HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2023: * * * During an interview with WTNH, Chief State's Attorney Patrick Griffin announced that the U.S. Department of Justice will be taking over the criminal investigation into the Connecticut State Police traffic ticket scandal. The following is a reaction from ACLU of Connecticut public policy and advocacy director Claudine Constant: "Connecticut has long recogniz  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Aug. 12 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following statement on Aug. 11, 2023: * * * Reacting to this week's announcement by the UN Secretary-General of the agreement between the UN and Government of Syria to permit the UN's cross-border access to Northwest Syria, Rasha Muhrez, Syria Response Director for Save the Children said: "As we move forward, c  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Aug. 11 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: Save the Children called on Wednesday for access to humanitarian aid to continue in Ethiopia's Amhara region, where a state of emergency has been declared after a renewal in violence. Save the Children's Country Director for Ethiopia, Xavier Joubert, said the lives of fam  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Aug. 9 -- LIMRA issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: General David H. Petraeus, USA (Ret.) will give the opening keynote presentation at the 2023 LIMRA Annual Conference. The event will be held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD on Oct. 22 - 24. Considered one of the most prominent combat commanders in American history, Gen. Petraeus has dedicated his life to public service, leading military campaigns in Iraq and Afghan  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 8 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire (TNC) today announced the permanent protection of 870 acres along the Upper Connecticut River in Northumberland and Groveton. The parcel contains a mix of farmland, woods, wetlands, and expansive floodplains--areas along the river that flood each spring, filtering water and providing irreplaceable wildlife habitat. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Depar  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, released a report in partnership with the University of Connecticut featuring data collected in 2022 from nearly 13,000 LGBTQ+ youth (age 13-18) across the country. The report presents extensive data on LGBTQ+ youth experiences in five domains: LGBTQ+ youth at home; Se  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following agency statement on Aug. 4, 2023: * * * Save the Children expresses deep concern and alarm over recent news reports that Texas state troopers have been separating families at the US-Mexico border under Operation Lone Star. "As an organization that advocates for the rights and well-being of children, we   more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Aug. 9 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: A Rohingya child and her mother have died in a mudslide in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh after days of torrential monsoon rains that have affected more than half a million refugee children as well as the host community with two Bangladeshi children also losing their   more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Aug. 8 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: A relentless wave of attacks against farmers in Nigeria by armed groups is hindering critical food supplies and threatening to push the country deeper into a devastating hunger crisis this year, Save the Children said. Increased attacks against farmers across parts of the c  more