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The General Assembly adopted a $28.1 billion state budget that orders major new investments in municipal aid and affordable childcare and restructures Connecticut’s tax on hospitals to leverage more federal aid and assist the industry.

In Portland, Ore., an intergenerational group has started a joyful weekly mall walking tradition, complete with colorful costumes.

Award winners include authors Daniel Kraus, Jill Lepore and Yiyun Li, opinion writer M. Gessen and staffers and contributors at The Washington Post, Reuters and AP.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Stanford education economist Thomas Dee about the latest study on schools banning cellphones.

Researchers looked at whether a tried-and-true poverty alleviation effort that gives cash and coaching to households, and is typically implemented in rural areas, could work in an urban setting.

At a special ceremony in Hartford, citizens of Connecticut’s state-recognized tribes spoke out about the disproportionate number of Native people who are murdered or go missing each year.

A moratorium on new federal rules around right whales is already in place until 2028 due to concerns from lobsterman who say certain regulations for the endangered species would cripple the fishing industry.

The temperatures are warming and the outdoor recreation season is ramping up. Get to know Maine’s trails, animals, plants and more by getting outside.

New Jersey State Police say a United Airlines passenger jet struck a light pole and damaged a truck as it was coming in for a landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday.

Two newly-wed doctors are coming to the Yale School of Medicine via Couples in the Match, a service matching residents into the same program.