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Entertainment // Things To Do Alrene “Renie Love” Blake marches in the 29th Juneteenth Parade circling through Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Saturday, June 19, 2021. Carol Kaliff / For Hearst Connecticut Media On June 19, the U.S. celebrates “Juneteenth,” to commemorate the day in 1896 when a group of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were […]
A longtime lawmaker in Connecticut has checked off a new milestone. Vanessa Roberts Avery, age 47, of West Hartford, has been sworn in as the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut, making her the first Black woman to fill that position. “It is an honor to return to this office, in the city where […]
Connecticut Republicans endorsed former state House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, a moderate on social issues, to challenge two-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal in November. But she will still face a primary in August after two social conservatives received enough delegate support on Saturday. About 50 miles away, Connecticut Democrats endorsed incumbent Gov. Ned Lamont […]
A white Connecticut state trooper who fatally shot a 19-year-old Black man following a high-speed chase in 2020 has been arraigned on a manslaughter charge By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press May 3, 2022, 2:57 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article MILFORD, Conn. — A white Connecticut state trooper who […]
The State of Connecticut says it wants to be a model employer, but it does not create a model environment. Proposed legislation under consideration at the General Assembly would move us in the right direction. This bill is important for all people of color, but as a state employee working in the Connecticut Technical Education […]
CROMWELL, CT – 6.20.2013 – metlife-blimp-travelers-championship – This photograph of the Hartford skyline taken from the MetLife blimp looks to the west from above the Connecticut River. The MetLife blimp provides video for the PGA tour and marketing for the nation’s largest life insurer. PATRICK RAYCRAFT | praycraft@courant.com ORG XMIT: B583007807Z.1 (Patrick Raycraft / The […]
President Joe Biden welcomed Black leaders to the White House Monday for a jovial Black History Month celebration, where he called on Congress to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court and pass voting rights bills. “I know progress can be slow and frustrating,” Biden said. “But I also know what’s possible if we […]
Brenda Lee Rawls, a Black Connecticut woman whose family has accused police of not treating her death seriously, died of natural causes, the state’s chief medical examiner has ruled. Rawls, 53, died Dec. 12 in Bridgeport, the same day as another Black Bridgeport woman, Lauren Smith-Fields
Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic’s first year, continuing a decades-long trend that disproportionately affects Black people, according to a government report released Wednesday. Overall in 2020, there were almost 24 deaths per 100,000 births, or 861 deaths total — numbers that reflect mothers dying during pregnancy, childbirth or the year […]