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General newsNov 30, 2022

Yale University sued over student mental health policies

Yale University is being accused of discriminating against students with mental health disabilities, including pressuring some to withdraw from the prestigious institution and then placing “unreasonable burdens” on those who seek to be reinstated

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Social affairsNov 29, 2022

Connecticut facing growing cost of pandemic bonus pay

A greater-than-expected demand for aid has forced the Connecticut General Assembly to considering how to cover the extra cost of promised bonuses for thousands of frontline workers who remained on the job the during the coronavirus pandemic

Arts and entertainmentNov 23, 2022

New Haven OKs monument to replace Columbus statue

The New Haven Board of Alders has approved a public monument representing the Italian-American immigrant experience

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General newsNov 13, 2022

Sandy Hook memorial opens nearly 10 years after 26 killed

A memorial to the 20 first graders and six educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has opened to the public, a month before the 10th anniversary of the massacre

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Arts and entertainmentNov 10, 2022

Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company have been ordered to pay an extra $473 million to families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax

General newsNov 10, 2022

Judge orders Infowars host Alex Jones to pay additional $473 million for lies about Sandy Hook school shooting

Judge orders Infowars host Alex Jones to pay additional $473 million for lies about Sandy Hook school shooting

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Social affairsNov 10, 2022

Connecticut’s Hayes wins 3rd term in US House, defeats Logan

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes has won a third term representing Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District, fending off a challenge from former Republican state Sen. George Logan and resisting a red wave that hit neighboring New York

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Social affairsNov 9, 2022

Democrat Ned Lamont wins 2nd term as Connecticut governor

Democrat Ned Lamont has won reelection as Connecticut governor, defeating Republican businessman Bob Stefanowski for the second time in four years

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Social affairsNov 9, 2022

Connecticut Republicans hope to end Democrat lock on House

Connecticut Republicans are hoping to unseat at least one of the state’s five incumbent Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives