2+ week, 1+ day ago   (936+ words) The Milford Board of Alderman provided a vivid demonstration of what opponents of the surveillance state are up against in the long fight ahead. On Thursday, the board met for nearly five hours and after midnight adopted a pause in…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (587+ words) By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL Syrians have taken to social media and the streets in recent days to demand answers about the death of Mohammad Ghamira, who was buried Monday in his hometown of al-Haffah in coastal Latakia province....

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (310+ words) Let us all praise the 300 Milford residents who attended a Board of Aldermen meeting Monday night to oppose the expanding surveillance state in their shoreline town. Milford awoke to what their leaders were imposing on them after locals started receiving…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (887+ words) Connecticut lawmakers are calling for state officials to potentially revoke the license of the two dozen BrightPath daycare center programs still operating in the state as allegations of sexual abuse involving a former employee at its now-defunct Avon location continue…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (374+ words) The civil rights suit, filed Tuesday, names the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, as the architect of what it describes as a conspiracy to target members of the pro-Palestinian movement by smearing them as antisemites. Those efforts were furthered…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1008+ words) When Kimberly Smith decided to help a Connecticut man seek reinstatement of his food assistance benefits, she invited him to her office so she could help guide him through the call to the state Department of Social Services call center....