WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), a chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is supporting calls for immediate action and transparency from law enforcement and school district officials following reports of racist bullying endured by a 14-year-old Black student at Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School in Moodus, Connecticu  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, July 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: JUBA, (July 10, 2024) - South Sudan is on alert for a looming human and climate disaster in the coming months, with the world's youngest country expected to suffer its worst floods in 60 years that will drive parts of the country to the brink of famine, said Save the Children. The child ri  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The Water Environment Federation issued the following news release: Justin Bernstein of Connecticut has been named the national winner of the 2024 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP). Bernstein's project expanded on previous research by using genetically engineered cryobacterium to protect glaciers. The bacterium, exposed to a naturally occurring silicic acid on the glacier, converts into glass. This glass enhances the glacier's ability to reflect solar radiation, pr  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, July 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: GENEVA/LONDON, (July 7, 2024) - Three International Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are calling again for the immediate and unconditional release of personnel, the majority of whom were detained one month ago by authorities in northern Yemen. CARE, Oxfam, and Save the Children reitera  more