Gun Violence
He Joined A Gang At 12. Now He Wants To End The Cycle Of Violence That Claimed His Childhood
On an unseasonably warm July day, Lionel Irving gets up from the sofa on his front porch to hug his 16-year-old niece Jaliyah who is just getting home from a summer program called Self Enhancement, Inc.
New Haven Officer Released From Hospital After Suffering Multiple Gunshot Wounds
New Haven police Capt. Anthony Duff, who was hit multiple times while responding to a shooting incident last week, was discharged from hospital Thursday morning.
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5 Takeaways For New England From U.N. Report On Climate Change And Land Use
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is out with a new report Thursday examining how land use contributes to climate change and other environmental problems. The report, Climate Change and Land, is the second of three special reports from the United Nations panel. Global Warming of 1.5ºC was published last October, and a third report about oceans and the frozen world is expected later this year. While this new report is global in scope and particularly focuses on desertification,...
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More Historic Connecticut Newspapers To Be Made Available Online Thanks To Grant
The Connecticut State Library has been awarded a grant of over $263,000 from the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. The grant will be used to digitize Connecticut newspapers, and make them available online.
Health Care
Alzheimer's Patients Show Cognitive Improvement After Treatment With New Medical Device
A potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease -- partly based on technology developed in Connecticut -- has proven in an early clinical trial to reverse some of the cognitive decline which is a hallmark of the disease.
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