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Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel's war with Hamas....
Crane: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Crane Co. (CR) on Monday reported first-quarter net income of $64.8 million. On a per-share basis, the Stamford, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of $1.12. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.22...
Hexcel: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hexcel Corp. (HXL) on Monday reported first-quarter net income of $36.5 million. The Stamford, Connecticut-based company said it had profit of 43 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs, came to 44 cents per share....
A convicted rapist is charged with murder in the killing of a Connecticut visiting nurse
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...
Third person dies after a Connecticut fire that also killed a baby and has been labeled a crime
WALLINGFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say a third person has died as the result of a fire that also killed an 8-month-old baby and is being investigated as a crime. The blaze was reported at about 6 p.m. Wednesday at a home in Wallingford, about 14 miles (23 kilometers)...
First major attempts to regulate AI face headwinds from all sides
DENVER (AP) — Artificial intelligence is helping decide which Americans get the job interview, the apartment, even medical care, but the first major proposals to reign in bias in AI decision making are facing headwinds from every direction. Lawmakers working on these bills, in...
Fire kills 2, critically injures another at Connecticut home. Officials believe it was a crime
WALLINGFORD, Conn. (AP) — A fire that killed two people and critically injured a third at a multifamily home in Connecticut appears to be “criminal in nature,” local authorities said Thursday. The blaze was reported at about 6 p.m. Wednesday in Wallingford, about 14 miles (23...
Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ellen Ash Peters, who was the first woman to serve as Connecticut's chief justice and wrote the majority opinion in the state Supreme Court's landmark school desegregation ruling in 1996, has died. She was 94. Peters, who also was the first female faculty...
Connecticut's top public defender denies misconduct claims as commission debates firing her
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's top public defender fought to keep her job Tuesday as an oversight commission began considering whether to fire her for a range of alleged misconduct, including hurling unfounded accusations of racism against people who disagreed with her and improperly...
Back to back! UConn fans gather to celebrate another basketball championship
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of fans lined the streets of downtown Hartford on Saturday to fete the UConn men's basketball team following its second straight NCAA championship, its sixth in the past 25 years. The players and coaches paraded on a double-decker bus with an...
