Category: Connecticut

State Legislature Elections: Little National Press, Big Voter Impact

There are 435 U.S. House and 34 U.S. Senate seats on midterm referendums nationwide with voters also set to elect 36 governors, but these contests will only occupy the top sections of ballots people in most states will see when they go to polls on Nov. 8. Also on tap will be 133 ballot measures…


State Legislature Elections: Minimal National Press, Big Voter Impact

There are 435 U.S. House and 34 U.S. Senate seats on midterm referendums nationwide, with voters also set to elect 36 governors. But these contests will only been seen by people in most states when they go to the polls on Nov. 8. Also on tap will be 133 ballot measures in 37 states and…


Northeast US Rationing Heating Oil as Winter Approaches

The Northeastern United States is so short on heating oil that the fuel is being rationed in some areas, local officials said. Chris Herb, president of the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association, told the Boston Herald and Bloomberg News that some heating oil wholesalers in Connecticut are saying that retailers have been placed on allocation, which…


Funeral for 2 Ambushed Officers Draws Peers From Around US

EAST HARTFORD, Conn.—The grieving widows of two slain Connecticut police officers gave tearful tributes to their husbands Friday during a funeral attended by thousands of law enforcement officers from around the country. Others who spoke at the service for Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte and Alex Hamzy pleaded for an end to hatred and suspicion against…


10-Year-Old Boy Mauled By Bear While Playing in Connecticut Backyard

A 10-year-old boy was attacked by a black bear while playing in his grandparents’ backyard in Connecticut on Sunday. The attack happened at about 11 a.m. in Morris, a town of about 2,200 people northwest of Waterbury, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) told reporters. The injuries were not fatal, and the…


Wounded Connecticut Officer Shot, Killed Suspect Who Killed 2 Colleagues

BRISTOL, Conn.—A Connecticut police officer who was wounded in an apparent ambush that killed two of his fellow officers fired the shot that killed the attacker, police said. In a Facebook post Saturday, police in Bristol said Alec Iurato was shot and returned fire on Wednesday, killing Nicholas Brutcher. The state medical examiner’s office said…


Police: Officers May Have Been Lured Into Deadly Ambush

BRISTOL, Conn.—Two police officers who were shot dead in Connecticut had apparently been drawn into an ambush by an emergency call about possible domestic violence, authorities said Thursday. A third officer was wounded in the gunfire. State police said in a release that the 911 call Wednesday night about a dispute between two siblings appears…


Connecticut Police: 2 Officers Fatally Shot, 3rd Wounded in Apparent Ambush

BRISTOL, Conn.—Two police officers who were shot dead in Connecticut had apparently been drawn into an ambush by an emergency call about possible domestic violence, authorities said Thursday. A third officer was wounded in the gunfire. State police said in a release that the 911 call Wednesday night about a dispute between two siblings appears…


Connecticut Elementary School Administrator Promotes ‘Subtle’ Left-Wing Indoctrination: Project Veritas

An elementary school administrator in Greenwich, Connecticut was captured in an undercover video boasting about how he refuses to hire Catholic or conservative teachers, and how the teachers at his school subtly inject left-wing progressive ideology into their teaching. In a video released by news organization Project Veritas, Jeremy Boland, assistant principal at Cos Cob…


Takeaways From Tuesday Primaries: Four Trump-Backed Candidates Win, Omar Survives

November general election slates for 16 congressional, four gubernatorial, and three U.S. Senate seats were set in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Vermont in Aug. 9 primaries. Among first-glance takeaways are triumphs by four candidates endorsed by former President Trump and the narrow victory by “squad” honcho Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in her Democratic primary. Meanwhile,…