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#1 Visiting Nurse’s Killing at Halfway House Renews Pleas for Home Health Care Safety

Dec 8 2023 // The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence.Already stressed out by staffing shortages and mounting caseloads, heath care...

#2 Sandy Hook Families Offer to Settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 Billion Debt for $85 Million

Nov 29 2023 // Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the...

#3 Kennedy Cousin Whose Murder Conviction Was Overturned Sues Cop, Connecticut Town

Jan 4 2024 // Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, whose murder conviction in the 1970s killing of a teenager in Connecticut was overturned, is suing the lead police investigator in the case and the town of Greenwich for alleged malicious...

#4 Probe Into Death of Nurse on Home Visit Alleges Employer Failed to Protect Workers

May 3 2024 // A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety...

#5 Court Nixes ‘Wrongful Life’ Framing in Upholding $38M Fertility Malpractice Award

Feb 8 2024 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that claims involving the evolving field of assisted reproductive technologies can be decided using traditional negligence and medical malpractice principles and do not require...

#6 Driver Charged in Fiery Crash That Shut Connecticut Highway Bridge

Apr 29 2024 // A man accused of causing a fiery crash that shut down a major Connecticut highway bridge and killed a fuel delivery truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide, police said Thursday.State police said Reginald...

#7 Probe of Connecticut State Police Traffic Stops Shows No Intentional Racial Profiling

Feb 6 2024 // Inaccurate racial profiling data on traffic stops made by the Connecticut State Police was largely the result of data-entry mistakes and other mishaps, not an intentional effort by troopers to submit bogus information,...

#8 Connecticut Weighs Ban on Legacy Admissions at Private and Public Colleges

Mar 18 2024 // Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University.A bill was advanced to the...

#9 Alex Jones Offers Sandy Hook Families $55 Million Over 10 Years

Dec 20 2023 // Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones` latest bankruptcy plan would pay Sandy Hook families a minimum total of $55 million over 10 years, a fraction of the $1.5 billion awarded to the relatives in lawsuits against Jones for...

#10 Connecticut Weighs Wide-Ranging Bill to Regulate AI. But Its Fate Is Uncertain.

May 1 2024 // The Connecticut Senate recently pressed ahead with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured...

#11 Slain Visiting Nurse’s Husband Sues Employer, Alleging It Ignored Safety Concerns

May 8 2024 // The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about...

#12 Connecticut Residents Sue Kimberly-Clark Over PFAS Use That Firm Denies

Mar 6 2024 // Some of manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s neighbors in New Milford, Connecticut believe the paper goods manufacturer has contaminated their soil and drinking water with PFAS chemicals.Three of them have filed a...

#13 East Coast 4.8 Earthquake Causes Disruption But No Injuries or Sweeping Damage

Apr 7 2024 // An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors.The U.S....

#14 New Hampshire Won’t Reinstate License of Trucker Acquitted in Deadly Crash

Jun 4 2024 // New Hampshire safety officials last Thursday upheld the license suspension of a commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists but said another hearing will be held to determine how...

#15 ‘It’s in the Mail’ Is Not Good Enough to Protest Workers’ Compensation Claim

Apr 25 2024 // A Connecticut employer lost its right to contest a workers’ compensation claim because although it mailed its notice to the workers’ compensation law judge within the 28 day statutory period, the judge did not...

#16 Grand Jury Indicts ‘Hole in Won’ Owner on Prize Insurance Fraud Charges

Apr 10 2024 // A federal grand jury in Connecticut returned a six-count indictment charging a Norwalk, Connecticut business owner with fraud offenses related to his operation of a prize insurance business.According to the officials,...

#17 Flood-Stricken Connecticut Seeks Emergency Assistance from Federal Agencies

Aug 20 2024 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has submitted a request to President Joe Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a federal emergency declaration for Fairfield , New Haven, and Litchfield counties in...

#18 Judge Tosses Suit by Estate of Employee Killed in Crash After Mandatory Wine Tasting

Feb 9 2024 // A Connecticut judge has tossed a lawsuit by the estate of a woman who was killed in a crash while driving intoxicated following a mandatory wine tasting at the restaurant that employed her.The estate brought claims of...

#19 Northeastern Storm Causes Power Outages, Flooded Roads, Fallen Trees, Travel Delays

Dec 20 2023 // A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancelations and school closures.More than 5 inches (13...

#20 4 Killed in Yet Another Wrong-Way Highway Crash in Connecticut

May 13 2024 // A driver going the wrong way on Connecticut’s Merritt Parkway crashed head-on into a minivan early Thursday, killing all four people in the vehicles and closing one side of the highway for nearly seven hours, state...