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An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move. The...
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Guest: Alex Burness of Bolts Magazine Also: OK voters remove neo-Nazi from office Noteworthy Presidential Primary results from RI, CT, NY, WI... On today's BradCast: When democracy works as it's supposed to. And when it doesn't. [Audio link to full...
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Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's death on Wednesday led to many retrospectives about the 82-year-old's high-profile place in national elections, including his history-making turn in 2000 as the first Jewish person on a major party ticket, his...
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Will all North Carolinians pay the price for Republicans nominating�a gubernatorial candidate who favorably quotes Adolf Hitler , compares LGBTQ+ people to “maggots” and “flies,” and thinks ...
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American college campuses , as well as our society more broadly, continue to be roiled by incidents of hate targeting ...
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A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld $75,000 in fines against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for missing a deposition in the lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, which led to a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones for repeatedly calling the 2012...
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A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host � Alex Jones � cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying nearly $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook ...
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On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at 11:30 am protesters will gather in front of Humana Headquarters at 500 W. Main in downtown Louisville * to protest the denial of care, * to demand the right to choose your doctor, * to express solidarity with retirees...
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting takes effect Sunday, with proponents vowing to ...
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UPDATE: Now 22 U.S. Senators. UPDATE: 18 U.S. Senators now. UPDATE: 16 U.S. Senators now. UPDATE: It’s now up to twelve U.S. Senators calling for Menendez’s resignation: Senators John Fetterman (D. PA), Pete Welch (D. VT) & Sherrod Brown (D. OH) have...
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Connecticut alderman facing charges in Jan. 6 riot defeats incumbent GOP mayor after primary recount An alderman facing criminal charges that he � entered the U.S. Capitol � with a mob of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, has narrowly won the Republican mayoral primary in Connecticut’s smallest city ...
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David McCormick � had a clear explanation for why his fellow Republican, Dr. � Mehmet Oz , lost a critical Pennsylvania Senate seat last year: Voters viewed the daytime television celebrity as an ...
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Rolling Stone reports: A SINGLE STATE trooper logged 1,350 fraudulent traffic tickets into a Connecticut database meant to detect racial profiling. The finding is key to a damning new audit of the Connecticut State Police, which reveals pervasive...
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A Massachusetts woman is suing a crisis pregnancy center after it failed to inform her that her pregnancy was ectopic, a potentially life-threatening condition. The ectopic pregnancy ultimately ...
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It’s getting close to summer and school vacation has started in many states, soon to be all of them. For most kids, that’s exciting news. For kids experiencing food insecurity, it can mean hunger as they lose access to free meals at school. Many areas...
by Laura Clawson
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A nominee to Connecticut’s highest court withdrew her name from consideration Friday after state lawmakers raised questions about a letter she signed in 2017 supporting Amy Coney Barrett for a ...
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Debate around the debt ceiling is bizarrely focused on making it harder for hungry Americans to access the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). America is not having trouble balancing the books because people in poverty are eating too...
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Students at a Utah high school have made headlines again for using derogatory racial slurs toward students from other schools during sporting events. Last year, during a basketball game, students at Roy High taunted those from Hunter High for being...
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via KHN.org The CT Mirror: Lamont Unveils Plan To Cancel Billions In CT Medical Debt Gov. Ned Lamont unveiled plans Thursday to use $20 million in federal pandemic aid to potentially cancel billions of dollars in medical debt for thousands of...
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In 2021, Democrats in Congress expanded the child tax credit when they passed the American Rescue Plan Act to provide critical resources for American families. For the first time in history, the full tax credit was made available to families with the...
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