Today: September 08, 2024
Today: September 08, 2024

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Former cadets accuse the Coast Guard Academy of failing to stop sexual violence

Thirteen former cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy are accusing overseers of the Connecticut school of failing to prevent sexual violence on campus and covering it up

Former cadets accuse the Coast Guard Academy of failing to stop sexual violence
Health|News

New York temporarily barred from taking action against groups for promoting abortion pill 'reversal'

A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York's attorney general from taking enforcement action against certain pregnancy counseling centers for promoting what critics say is an unproven method to reverse medication abortions

Economy|Finance|News

Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors' financial adviser $400k

Rudy Giuliani has agreed to a last-minute deal to end his personal bankruptcy case and pay about $400,000 to a financial adviser hired by his creditors

Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors' financial adviser $400k
Americas|Crime|News

NYC mayor issues emergency order suspending parts of new solitary confinement law

New York City’s mayor has issued an emergency order suspending parts of a new law intended to ban solitary confinement in local jails, citing concerns for the safety of staff and detainees

NYC mayor issues emergency order suspending parts of new solitary confinement law
Crime|News

Connecticut woman found dead hours before she was to be sentenced for killing her husband

A 76-year-old Connecticut woman has been found dead at her home, hours before she was to be sentenced for killing her husband

Connecticut woman found dead hours before she was to be sentenced for killing her husband
News|Political

Georgia election workers who won $148M judgment against Giuliani want his bankruptcy case thrown out

Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy has come under fire from creditors including two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him

Georgia election workers who won $148M judgment against Giuliani want his bankruptcy case thrown out
Economy|News

Alex Jones spent over $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families who sued him have yet to see a dime

Lawyers for several families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting are criticizing Alex Jones' personal spending as they seek nearly $1.5 billion they won in lawsuits against the Infowars host

Alex Jones spent over $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families who sued him have yet to see a dime
Education|News

Theodore Roosevelt's pocket watch was stolen in 1987. It's finally back at his New York home

A silver pocket watch that belonged to President Theodore Roosevelt is back on public display at his home and national park site in New York, nearly four decades after it was stolen

Theodore Roosevelt's pocket watch was stolen in 1987. It's finally back at his New York home
News|Opinion|Political

Judge stops parents' effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoax

A federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Judge stops parents' effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoax
Education

Yale University names Maurie McInnis as its 24th president

Yale University has named its 24th president

Yale University names Maurie McInnis as its 24th president
Education|News|Opinion

Sandy Hook shooting survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates

The children who survived the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, will be graduating high school with mixed emotions

Sandy Hook shooting survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates
Business|News|Political

Alex Jones seeks permission to convert his personal bankruptcy into a liquidation

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking court permission to convert his personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation

Alex Jones seeks permission to convert his personal bankruptcy into a liquidation
News|Political

Judge rejects call to immediately shut down Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy dispute

A federal judge has rejected a request to immediately shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company as disputes in his bankruptcy cases widen

Judge rejects call to immediately shut down Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy dispute
News

Woman sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for conspiring to murder Connecticut mom

A woman who was convicted of murder conspiracy and other charges in the killing of Jennifer Dulos in Connecticut has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison

Woman sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for conspiring to murder Connecticut mom
News|Political

Connecticut's top public defender denies misconduct claims as commission debates firing her

Connecticut’s top public defender is fighting to keep her job as an oversight commission begins considering whether to fire her for a range of alleged misconduct

Connecticut's top public defender denies misconduct claims as commission debates firing her
Environment|News

Cleanup begins as spring nor'easter moves on. But hundreds of thousands still lack power

Snow showers are lingering as the cleanup begins following a major spring storm that brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast

Cleanup begins as spring nor'easter moves on. But hundreds of thousands still lack power
Environment|News

April nor'easter with heavy, wet snow bears down on Northeast, causing more than 680,000 outages

An early spring nor'easter is hammering the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds, with some northern areas expected to get up to two feet of snow

April nor'easter with heavy, wet snow bears down on Northeast, causing more than 680,000 outages
News|Sports

Ex-NBA guard Ben Gordon, arrested for juice shop disturbance, gets program that could erase charges

Former NBA guard Ben Gordon could see criminal charges against him in Connecticut erased from his record next year if he completes a probation program

Ex-NBA guard Ben Gordon, arrested for juice shop disturbance, gets program that could erase charges
News|Political

George Santos says he'll ditch GOP, run as independent, in bid to return to Congress after expulsion

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos of New York says he is leaving the Republican Party and will run as an independent in a bid to return to Congress, after having been expelled while facing federal fraud charges

George Santos says he'll ditch GOP, run as independent, in bid to return to Congress after expulsion
News|World

A police officer was accused of spying for China. The charges were dropped, but the NYPD fired him

A New York City police officer once charged with spying for China says he is fighting the commissioner's decision to fire him

A police officer was accused of spying for China. The charges were dropped, but the NYPD fired him
Entertainment|News

Ex-girlfriend of actor Jonathan Majors files civil suit accusing him of escalating abuse, defamation

The former girlfriend of actor Jonathan Majors’ is suing him on civil allegations including assault, battery, defamation and infliction of emotional distress

Ex-girlfriend of actor Jonathan Majors files civil suit accusing him of escalating abuse, defamation
News

Connecticut trooper who shot Black man after police chase is acquitted of manslaughter

A white Connecticut state police trooper has been acquitted of manslaughter in the death of a Black man who was shot as he sat in a stolen car holding a knife

Connecticut trooper who shot Black man after police chase is acquitted of manslaughter
News

Jury begins deliberating manslaughter case against Connecticut trooper who killed man in stolen car

A prosecutor has told a jury that a Connecticut state trooper’s fatal shooting of the 19-year-old man who had just crashed a stolen car following a high-speed chase was “overkill” and showed an “extreme indifference to human life."

Jury begins deliberating manslaughter case against Connecticut trooper who killed man in stolen car
News

'Oh my God feeling.' Trooper testifies about shooting man with knife, worrying about other officers

A Connecticut state trooper who shot a 19-year-old man to death in a stolen car in 2020 has testified that he believed he had to open fire because the man was armed with a knife and made threatening movements toward other officers

'Oh my God feeling.' Trooper testifies about shooting man with knife, worrying about other officers
News|Political

Woman convicted of murder conspiracy, coverup, in 2019 disappearance of Connecticut mother

A Connecticut jury has convicted a woman of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the presumed death of mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos in 2019

Woman convicted of murder conspiracy, coverup, in 2019 disappearance of Connecticut mother

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