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Milford, CT police say they need traffic cameras for their safety

Davis Dunavin

Milford police say traffic cameras and license-plate readers are essential to their safety. That comes as the city has backed down a little on their use, after becoming the center of the debate over the cameras in Connecticut.
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Amid Trump pressure, Yale activists say 'Don't give in to a bully'

Davis Dunavin, Sara Haseney

Yale students return to campus as the Trump administration investigates the university's admissions practices. Activists are urging Yale not to settle with the administration.

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Former Christian theme park Holy Land USA returns with a 'Stations of the Cross' trail

Davis Dunavin

If you’ve driven through Waterbury, Connecticut, you may have noticed a big white cross on a mountain. The local Catholic church has been fixing it up, and they’ve debuted a new trail marking the Stations of the Cross.
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Sen. Anwar develops a homelessness prevention toolkit for CT towns

Ebong Udoma

Connecticut State Sen. Saud Anwar (D-CT) has a plan to better coordinate local resources to help address the state's growing homelessness crisis.
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Flock cameras are causing an uproar in CT — and everywhere else

Davis Dunavin, Ava Keogh

Flock safety cameras are drawing growing scrutiny over privacy concerns. In Connecticut, residents from across the political spectrum are pushing back as officials weigh a moratorium.
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Candlewood Lake has been generating power — and fun — for nearly 100 years

Sabrina Garone

Boating, fishing, or taking in the scenery — Candlewood Lake is a favorite summer spot for residents of upper Fairfield County. But did you know Connecticut’s largest lake is actually man-made?
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More than $100,000 in bets have been placed on CT’s primary elections

Molly Ingram

In the last two years, prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket have exploded in popularity. Users can bet on pretty much anything, including the Aug. 11 Democratic and Republican primaries in Connecticut.
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Training prepares community science effort to tag LI Sound horseshoe crabs

Sabrina Garone

Long Island Sound is home to a living fossil: the horseshoe crab. They have been around for nearly half a billion years, but today this hardy and helmeted species faces new challenges.
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Wildfire smoke continues to drift from Canada

Ebong Udoma

The thick wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada will stick around into the weekend, according to experts in Connecticut.
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After years of delays, CT clears Clean Slate criminal erasure backlog

Molly Ingram

All 170,000 people who were eligible to have their records erased under Clean Slate have done so, according to the state.
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CT’s speed cameras are now ticketing in several highway work zones

Molly Ingram

Drivers who speed through certain work zones in the state will be ticketed or issued official warnings beginning Monday, July 6.
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to CT assault rifle ban

Ebong Udoma

Rep. Steve Stafstrom (D-Bridgeport) is concerned that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging Connecticut’s assault weapon ban that followed the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012.