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Many parents are fielding questions from their kids about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And some teachers are facing similar questions. But for educators, teaching students about global affairs can be a bit tricky. Two experts spoke with Connecticut Public's Lori Mack to offer tips and to discuss a new interactive game designed to teach foreign policy and global civics lessons.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: After a controversial split from ‘Slate,’ Mike Pesca has relaunched ‘The Gist’ as an independent podcast. Pesca joins Colin for the hour.
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The Salisbury Ski Jumps have been embedded in northwestern Connecticut’s culture since Norwegian immigrants started teaching locals how to ski in the 1920s.
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The City Council of New London, Connecticut, voted last week to disperse more than $13 million in federal pandemic relief funds during an emergency meeting. Now, some residents say they feel unheard and the decision was made in haste — without their input.
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A landfill in Putnam that takes in ash from waste-to-energy plants wants to expand its footprint.
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A trash agency handling about one-quarter of Connecticut's waste can't vote on major issues due to a lack of legislative action.
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Eversource says it is working to win back the "hearts and mind[s]" of customers in Connecticut through a proposed $103 million settlement.
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Drones could be a new frontier for farming as the agriculture industry looks to unmanned aerial vehicles as a way to save farmers time and keep crops healthy.
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Gov. Ned Lamont asked the federal government Thursday to assist farmers who suffered crop damage due to Tropical Storm Elsa. In a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the governor said high winds and heavy rains caused growers across the state “significant damage and crop losses.”
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In Blackhaven, you play as Kendra Turner, an intern from an unnamed historically black college, who’s taken a job at a fictionalized plantation museum in America where the history of slavery has been erased.