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Security tight at CT universities at graduations this year amid Gaza protests. Expect metal detectors

With protests and arrests at UConn and Yale, universities in Connecticut say commencement exercises will see tight security.

Kiera Jeffreys of Newtown, right, waves to her family during commencement at UConn in Storrs, Sunday, May 7, 2023.

There is a need for 200,000 nurses nationwide and Connecticut it part of the growing shortage. What Hartford HealthCare is doing.

CT is getting grayer and the nursing shortage is acute. Here’s what’s being done.

As UConn students waited outside the UConn Police Department for their friends' release this week, many students drew parallels to earlier protests when students activists demonstrated and were arrested.

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At UConn protests, echoes of earlier student activism from civil rights to Vietnam

Best Feature: A beautiful home with a large private lot in a wonderful neighborhood

Property of the week: A classic colonial in a CT neighborhood where ‘lifelong friends’ are made

Many of the 2024 nominees for Tony Awards have stared in shows in Connecticut. There are also numerous Yale graduates and some Nutmeg State natives.

The 2024 Tony nominees are full of familiar faces with Connecticut ties

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Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in a 3-horse photo finish at Churchill Downs

Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a photo finish, edging out Forever Young and Sierra Leone for the upset victory.

The House of Representatives voted unanimously Friday for limited reforms inspired by the absentee-ballot scandal that resulted in a court-ordered repeat of the 2023 mayoral primary and general election in Connecticut’s largest city of Bridgeport.

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Kevin Spacey denies new allegations of inappropriate behavior to be aired on UK television next week

Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behavior from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week. In an online interview with journalist Dan Wootton, Spacey...