HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Oct. 7, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court today permitted a lower court ruling to remain in place preventing the Biden administration from enforcing the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) against Texas hospitals who decline to provide essential, stabilizing medical care to a patient when the medically ne  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Oct. 7, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong today released the following statement on the anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. "It has been one year since the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. One year of immense grief for the families of the innocent victims senselessly seized and slaughtered. One terrible year of unimaginable suffering for the remaining hos  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 8 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct an in-person public information meeting concerning the replacement of the bridge carrying Route 189 over East Branch Salmon Brook in Granby, on Monday, November 18, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at Granby Town Hall at 15 North Granby Road in Granby. The public information meeting is being held to provide the publ  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 8 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a virtual public information meeting concerning safety and operational improvements to the Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge in Westport on Monday, October 21, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. This virtual meeting is being held to provide the public the opportunity to offer comments or ask questions regarding the prop  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 8 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is developing plans for the replacement of illumination systems in Cromwell. The project involves the installation of a new roadway lighting system and the replacement of an existing roadway lighting system at Route 9 from south of Coles Road (Route 9 northbound mile 28.66 and Route 9 southbound mile 28.61) through the Route 372 i  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER KOLITSAS, 30, of Wolcott, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to offenses related to his leadership of a catalytic converter theft and trafficking ring. According to court documents and statements made in  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This year, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center hosted 18 students from 12 states and 18 different colleges and universities. Project topic areas ranged from climate change, offshore wind, and microplastics, to fish and fisheries, aquaculture, and protected species. Some projects involved technologies and techniques such as passive acoustics, photography, biodeposition, mass spectrometry, and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Smithsonian Institution National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute issued the following news release: * * * Open Select Evenings Nov. 22 Through Jan. 4; $6 Tickets Required * * * Washington, D.C.'s beloved family-friendly winter wonderland, ZooLights (https://nationalzoo.si.edu/visit/events/zoolights), returns to brighten the holiday season at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Now in its 16th year, ZooLights is brighter than eve  more