Orange crush: Boats packed with revelers tour Amsterdam canals to celebrate the king’s birthday
Decked in the national orange color, dancing to music, and eating orange-glazed pastries, many in the Netherlands are marking ...
CT at risk: Uncovering what young people say is keeping them back
A study found that 119,000 residents from 14 to 26 were disconnected from school or employment or at risk. Young people ...
A former Democratic Georgia congressman hopes abortion can power his state Supreme Court bid
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. John Barrow is trying to harness a voter backlash to abortion restrictions to unseat Georgia ...
Pouring rain, frosty days in Connecticut. How farmers are coping as growing season gets underway.
In the past, we would get a half of inch of rain or an inch of rain,” a Connecticut farmer said. “Now we are getting four or ...
Property of the week: A new CT home you can move into this fall
Time is running out to build your own custom home at a Connecticut site. It’s in one of Manchester’s premier developments, ...
Wine walkabout: We visit Tuscany wine country and eat well with a chef’s recipe
This is the heartland of Italian wine, a place where every bottle tells a story of the terroir and the deft hands that coax ...
Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say
The retrial in New York of Harvey Weinstein — whose moviemaking prowess once wowed Hollywood — won’t be coming to a ...
Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs short of cash
Alejandro Fonseca stood in line for several hours outside a bank in Havana hoping to withdraw Cuban pesos from an ATM, but ...
Arrest warrant issued for man in fatal shooting of off-duty Chicago police officer
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 22-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was heading home from work. Chicago police say Saturday in a community alert that the ...
Why you might have heard Paul Simon’s ‘The Sound of Silence’ at Spanish Mass
One song has stuck with Julio Cuellar Gonzales for practically his entire life, following him from a small town in Bolivia all the way to Virginia. With lyrics inspired by the Our Father prayer ...
Readers Speak: Enforce speed limits to save lives
It is has been well established scientifically that for every 10 mph of increased speed, the risk of dying in a crash doubles ...
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‘Connecticut’s Bookshelf’ exhibit pays tribute to local literary favorites and facts
A lot of famous authors are associated with Connecticut, from 19th century novelists Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe to ...