Will signed week before heavy metal star Oliver Herbert’s death part of police probe State police investigating the drowning death of heavy metal star Oliver Herbert in Stafford Springs have examined a will signed by Herbert a week before his death at a Hartford car dealership, multiple sources close to the probe said. The will was notarized by a person who was a friend of Herbert... More
Capitol Watch Podcast: Connecticut's pension problem is even more complicated than you think In the weeks and months before the midterm election, Connecticut voters heard a dark, ominous, vaguely familiar term: "unfunded pension liabilities." Why? What do those three words have to do with anything? Well, it’s complicated. Capitol Bureau Chief Chris Keating explains how Connecticut became... More
Capitol Watch Podcast: Connecticut's pension problem is even more complicated than you think In the weeks and months before the midterm election, Connecticut voters heard a dark, ominous, vaguely familiar term: "unfunded pension liabilities." Why? What do those three words have to do with anything? Well, it’s complicated. Capitol Bureau Chief Chris Keating explains how Connecticut became... More
Connecticut police say holiday shoppers can reduce crime risk with these simple steps In the rush of the holiday season, shoppers can easily fall victim to thieves who target their wallets and purses, the gifts they’ve just bought or even their cars, police warn. “With the holiday season upon us, incidents of theft and robbery tend to increase,” said Bristol police Capt. More
Our picks for 2018′s top 20 albums by Connecticut musicians In case you hadn’t been able to surmise from all the coverage it received in various places, including this one, the Connecticut music scene had a fantastic year for new music. It wasn’t just the quantity either. While there were literally hundreds of albums, EPs, and singles to take in, the overall... More
Kirsten Dunst spells out the meaning of Civil War in one wordless moment Civil War focuses on two photographers: war-weary veteran photojournalist Lee Miller (Kirsten Dunst) and naïve but skilled newbie Jessie (Priscilla star Cailee Spaeny). When Lee and her longtime ... 04/27/2024 - 11:02 pm | View Link
Arrests continue Saturday as Pro-Palestinian protests embroil US colleges Students across the country continued to protest Israel's war in Gaza at major universities following hundreds of arrests. 04/27/2024 - 1:19 am | View Link
‘Civil War’ Is More Real Than You Suspect You can apply that tactic to any situation. But we didn’t train for anything labeled as a civil war or a specific country or a group of people. One of the final images in the movie shows the soldiers ... 04/24/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
‘Civil War’ can’t decide what it’s fighting for Alex Garland’s “Civil War” (2024) is a visually stunning, surface-level thrill ride, but it ultimately proves to be just as hollow as its characters. 04/23/2024 - 7:53 pm | View Link
Post Credits Scene: Buried underneath Alex Garland's dour dystopia, there's an almost utopian idea of journalism. We record, so other people can ask.” Buried underneath Garland’s grim dystopia, there is an almost utopian idea of journalism. The documentation of conflict, it says, is sometimes as critical as the ... 04/23/2024 - 3:26 pm | View Link
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WASHINGTON — In October 1984, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware was invited to address a conservative Baptist church near Wilmington as he campaigned for a third term.
Biden, hardly the favorite of social conservatives, was in hostile political territory. But as the incumbent, he was given the first speaking slot — and he used it to hold court uninterrupted for nearly an hour.
One of the biggest reasons for such division in this country is not Taylor Swift or pickleball, but the extinction of local news.
I have no interest in rehashing why the lack of local news has resulted in us not knowing each other or that news deserts give mega-news sources an inordinate amount of influence.
Why do Republicans follow Fox, OAN and the like, even after Fox’s $787.5 million election-lie settlement?
Facing threats of legal action, OAN several days ago retracted a Trump story that Michael Cohen, not Trump, had an affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels. This is not journalism. These are not isolated instances but a pattern of misinformation, disinformation and lies.
Far-right news network OAN retracts article about Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels https://t.co/EYyxBX3R9J
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) April 30, 2024
It’s Orwellian propaganda, cultivating an audience of useful idiots through anger, fear, indignation and blinding them to the truth.
The snowbirds are gone, the equestrian crowd (horsebirds?), too. So why is this weekend so disorientingly packed with things to do? Not complaining, just trying to plan my outfit.
We have F1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix and all the DJs and celebrity-encrusted hoopla that comes before the main event on Sunday outside Hard Rock Stadium.
Dear Amy: We live on a street with curb parking in front of the houses, as well as private driveways.
We have lived here for more than 10 years and basically park peacefully wherever we want to, including using the available on-street parking. We all do that.
We just got new neighbors who seem to want to claim the two curb spaces in front of their house.