Work crews began demolishing a bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed for a second day Friday, as motorists’ nerves continued to fray in hours of traffic jams on and around the main artery linking New England and New York. “It’s crazy,” said Marco Ortiz, a tattoo artist at […]
A tanker crash and fire on Interstate 95 in Norwalk, Connecticut, damaged a bridge and closed the highway near the accident site until further notice. The three-vehicle crash involving the fuel tanker happened at 5:30 a.m. Thursday underneath the Fairfield Avenue bridge. The tanker swerved to avoid a collision after a car cut off a […]
NORWALK, Conn. — Workers on Friday began removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck – a project expected to keep both sides of Interstate 95 closed through the weekend and extend a traffic nightmare on the major artery linking New England and New […]
HARTFORD, Conn. — A tanker truck filled with gasoline burst into flames in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in southwest Connecticut, closing the East Coast’s main north-south highway Thursday and causing major traffic jams. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said there were no serious injuries in the 5:30 a.m. accident in Norwalk. But the accident […]
The Columbia campus was cleared of tents and occupiers last night, with as many as 300 people arrested between Columbia and CUNY where police also cleared the campus. Activists at Columbia posted this sad image of the empty campus this morning. The caption with this reads: as of this morning, all our tents have been […]
A convicted rapist was charged with murder and attempted sexual assault Friday in the killing of a visiting nurse at a Connecticut halfway house for sex offenders in October – a crime that spurred calls for better safety measures for home health care workers. Authorities added the charges against Michael Reese, 39, as he appeared […]
After a break last week — Was it for Holy Week? Spring Break for the candidates? Who knows? — primaries are back this week. Did you miss them? Of course, the week off gave both major candidates plenty of time to stir up controversy among Christians. Donald Trump promoted the “God Bless the USA […]
A Connecticut state trooper who killed a 19-year-old man while firing seven gunshots into a stopped car in 2020 is set to stand trial for manslaughter. Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of Trooper Brian North. North has pleaded not guilty to first-degree manslaughter with a firearm in the death of Mubarak Soulemane in […]
There are a few thoughts that popped into my mind as I began to research this idea that Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) was going to forgive approximately $1 billion in medical debt. At first glance, my thought was, “Hey, if you can do it go for it.” Insurance companies are some of the richest […]
Most of the recent public discussions of debt cancellation have dealt with Joe Biden’s seemingly endless efforts to “erase” student debt. In Connecticut, Democratic Governor Ted Lamont appears to be taking a page from the Biden playbook and applying it to a different type of debt. He announced this week that the state would be […]
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