Tag Archives: Connecticut

• News

  Damaged commuter rail snarls traffic

  “There are going to be substantial delays until we can get this line back in full service,” Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said.
• News

  9 still hospitalized after Connecticut train collision

  Nine people remained in the hospital — one in critical condition — two days after a commuter train derailed and struck another train on one of the busiest tracks in the country, officials said Sunday.
• News

  Dozens injured after train collides in Connecticut

  Dozens of passengers were injured after two trains serving the tri-state area collided during rush hour on Friday.
• News

  Passengers bloodied after trains derail, collide in Connecticut

  A mayor says it may take weeks to get train service moving again on that key corridor.
• News

  Sandy Hook task force recommends demolition and rebuilding

  The Sandy Hook Task Force voted unanimously late Friday to recommend to build a new school on the site of the existing building.
• News

  Senator begs FOX: Don’t air NASCAR NRA race

  A senator from Connecticut is urging FOX to pull this weekend’s NASCAR race from its schedule over the race’s title sponsor.
• Politics

  Obama to make case for gun control in speech near Newtown

  President Barack Obama makes another impassioned pitch for gun control Monday as he travels to Hartford, Connecticut.
• News

  Some Newtown victims’ families are not calling for assault weapons ban

  Some of the families of the victims of the Newtown mass shooting are not calling for a ban of the type of weapon Adam Lanza used to murder their loved ones.
• News

  School: Student will be allowed to wear anti-gay T-shirt

  A high school student who was threatened with suspension or expulsion for wearing an anti-gay T-shirt last year will be allowed to wear shirts expressing his views on homosexuality.
• News

  Gun violence task force meets video game leaders as debate continues

  The federal task force led by Biden has been meeting with stakeholders in the gun debate
• News

  Prof: Newtown didn’t happen

  A professor is causing outrage over his claims that the Sandy Hook school shooting may not have happened.
• News

  Sandy Hook students return to class for first time since shooting

  They will travel to Chalk Hill Middle School in the nearby town of Monroe, Connecticut