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Major automakers are teaming up to launch a new EV charging network in North America

Automakers are teaming up to build more fast charging stations in North America. Their stated goal is to build a network larger than Tesla's to help address a major concern for EV customers.

A postcard from Guatemala's Lake Atitlán

NPR's Lilly Quiroz brings us a postcard from Guatemala about Lake Atitlán, considered to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the world.

Commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection James Rovella and State Police Lieutenant Colonel Mark Davison address state legislators during a forum on a state police traffic stop data audit on July 26, 2023. The report, released by the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project, showed thousands of traffic tickets were falsified between 2014 and 2021, skewing race and ethnicity data.

Week in CT news: Party endorsements, Metro-North rates, and a state trooper ticket scandal

The heat is on in Connecticut … and on the Connecticut State Police. Frankie & Johnny recap the week’s news.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona speaks with first-generation Wesleyan University students about the importance of diversity and inclusion efforts on college campuses. This comes in the wake of a recent Supreme Court decision brought an end to affirmative action.

U.S. education secretary tells Wesleyan students SCOTUS affirmative action decision was 'wrong'

“This affirmative action decision by the Supreme Court, which I believe is wrong, is giving us an opportunity to really be innovative," Cardona said.

A woman walks past newly renovated units in the Colonial Village public housing complex in Norwalk.

Norwalk residents petition against multifamily zoning changes

A petition made by Norwalk residents, with nearly 900 signatures, asks the city to halt work on the zoning regulation rewrite after a recent draft proposed increasing multi-family housing in some areas.

While meeting with students at House of Restoration in Hartford, Charlene Russell-Tucker, state education commissioner said, “We want families to know that these programs are available to them. They can go on the tracker, go on their cell phones, [and] find locations across the state where meals are provided.”

Summer nutrition program brings free food to CT youth. Here's what to know

All children aged 18 and under are eligible for free meals this summer. Individuals with disabilities older than 18 enrolled in state education programs are also eligible.

Carlee Russell, the Alabama nursing student who said she was kidnapped, was charged with two misdemeanors in connection with the hoax, Hoover police announced Friday.

Carlee Russell is charged with kidnapping hoax

It remains unclear why the 25-year-old Alabama nursing student fabricated a story of a stranded toddler and why she went missing for two days.

Firefighters say they'll quit if their temporary pay boost isn't made permanent

A temporary boost in pay for wildland firefighters is set to expire in October. Some say they'll quit if Congress doesn't act to make it permanent.

Kate Heichler, Executive Director of the Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut along with Dr. Tommie Jackson, pastor at the Faith Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Stamford talk with parishioners at the end of the "Pray for the Land" gathering at the church. Sunday, July 10, 2016.

Stamford city leaders promise thorough investigation into death of pastor struck by police officer

The death of the Rev. Tommie Jackson has not only caused heartbreak across the community but it also hits close to home for the police department. His widow, Dorye Jackson, is a Stamford police commissioner.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are ticking up. But even if illnesses keep rising, it appears unlikely that they will hit previous summer peaks.

The CDC sees signs of a late summer COVID wave

In July, coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and emergency room visits have inched up. Recent summers have seen a bump in COVID-19. This year's rise looks modest so far.

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