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‘Dozens of police’ arrest Pro-Palestinian protesters at UConn; CT senator calls for president to defend students’ First Amendment rights

Police at the University of Connecticut cracked down on student protesters Tuesday morning, arresting students who were part of the “Gaza solidarity encampment” on the Storrs campus.

The Gaza solidarity encampment at the University of Connecticut was cleared by police Tuesday morning, with an unknown number of protesters arrested, the university said. All that remains is side walk chalk. A handful of students involved with the encampments sit in the space later in the morning. (Alison Cross/Hartford Courant)

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Hartford Public Schools said 33 certified staff will receive pink slips this week as the district moves forward with an aggressive plan to mitigate a $77 million deficit in Fiscal Year 2025.

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The state bomb squad responded to Meriden on Monday evening to investigate an explosion in a storm drain.

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The state bomb squad responded to Meriden on Monday evening to investigate an explosion in a storm drain.

The character performers at Disneyland in California have said they filed a petition for union recognition. The organizing effort comes more than four decades after their peers at Disney's parks in Florida joined a union. Why now for the California...