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More than 160 fires are currently burning across Quebec. A stalled pressure system over Nova Scotia is sending smoke from those fires down into Connecticut. Federal and state forecasters are predicting the smoke to linger in New England for a few days.
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Activist group says State Sen. Marylin Moore can 'Unrig Bridgeport' in mayoral bid against Joe Ganim
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A building under construction in New Haven, Connecticut, partially collapsed during a concrete pour, injuring eight construction workers, including two critically. But officials say there were no fatalities in Friday's collapse.
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The Board of Education's (BOE) decision to not ban two books from the Newtown High School library comes one day after the resignation of Republican BOE members Janet Kuzma and Jennifer Larkin.
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The workers are trying to convince Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders to add more funding for them in the state’s biennial budget, expected to come up for a vote before Wednesday.
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Lawmakers and advocates gathered Thursday with Robin Fierce, a Connecticut contestant from season 15 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” to celebrate the start of Pride Month with a flag-raising ceremony.
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The state Department of Agriculture estimates that frost and sub-freezing temperatures on May 18 destroyed millions of dollars in crops.
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Members of the House Freedom Caucus bucked leadership in a procedural vote on Tuesday, which they say is a way to show their displeasure with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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The near obliteration of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River has triggered evacuations and raised concern about Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which uses the reservoir to cool its reactors.
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Constitutional lawyer Michael Waldman says there's a growing divide between the electorate and the Court: "the country is moving in one direction ... the Court is moving fast in another direction."
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One of the shining voices of bossa nova, the Brazilian artist made both herself and the song world famous with her beguiling rendition, kicking off an illustrious career.
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The actor has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago. Gooding's lawyers had insisted that his encounter with the woman was consensual.
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The merger will end all pending litigation between the parties, mending a burgeoning split in men's professional golf that remade the game in the last year.
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