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Canceled flights, stranded cars, no power: Winter storm slams swath of U.S.

Atlanta has seen nearly 1,000 flights grounded, while more than 34,000 Arkansans have lost power.

FILE: Andriana Milner, with the CT Black and Brown Student Union, joins a rally Tuesday, May 07, 2024, at Weaver High School in the wake of Hartford Public Schools recently announcing plans to lay off almost 400 employees. Addressing the crowd, State Child Advocate Sarah Eagan said, “Connecticut has one of the largest gaps in educational funding for school districts that educate primarily white students and school districts that educate primarily children of color. And that's hundreds of millions of dollars in disparity. And you've talked about it here. Why should four miles down the road, children have every opportunity at their fingertips and here you have to beg and stand outside and shout at the rain to get Music and Art and teachers what they need?”

As 'budget Novocaine' from pandemic aid ends, expert says CT fiscal guardrail pain is coming

Surpluses from "fiscal guardrails" have come at the expense of needed investments, says CT Mirror Reporter Keith Phaneuf. With no more ARPA money coming, there will be pain.

FILE: The Stone Academy campus in East Hartford now sits empty.

CT announces tentative $5M settlement with Stone Academy

Stone Academy, a defunct for-profit nursing school that had campuses in Connecticut, has tentatively agreed to a $5 million settlement over a lawsuit stemming from fraud allegations made by former students.

CATCH Housing's project on Fisherville Road in Penacook was named for its former director Rosemary Heard.

High prices, low inventory: NH's housing market continued to skyrocket in 2024

The affordability crunch was highlighted during Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s inaugural speech on Thursday, and was backed up by new year-end figures from New Hampshire Realtors.

2024 was the hottest year on record. The reason remains a science mystery

The official numbers are in: 2024 is the hottest year on record. Climate change is the main culprit. But there might be something else going on, too.

There is one major gift Trump is inheriting from Biden: A good job market

U.S. employers added more than a quarter-million jobs in December, according to the Labor Department. That's far more than forecasters were expecting.

Christopher Hood, left, along with Leo Cullinan, during a hearing in March. NHPR file photo.

NH Supreme Court sides with white supremacist group over highway banner in Portsmouth

The court upheld lower court rulings that found the state Attorney General used an overly broad interpretation of the Civil Rights Act to prosecute members of NSC-131.

A wind turbine in the Vineyard Wind offshore wind site near the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Mass. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.

New wind contracts to be signed in Massachusetts, even as Trump vows to stop offshore wind

Wind developers Avangrid and Ocean Winds are scheduled to sign contracts with utilities Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil next Wednesday. Their wind farms, New England Wind 1 and SouthCoast Wind, have been approved by the Biden administration.

Anthony Durant and Ebony Wilson make a selfie with the MLK, Jr. mural, created by local artist Corey Pane on the Noah Webster Library is part of CT Mural/RiseUp project MLK39 Racial Equity Mural Tour. West Hartford, Connecticut June 19, 2021.

Here are ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. around Connecticut

The nation marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 20, but events across Connecticut will honor the civil rights leader throughout the month of January.

What is the flame retardant that planes are dropping on the LA fires?

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling onto trees are common. What is it — and what's in it?

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