The Hartford Courant plans to close by the end of the year the newsroom and offices it has been operating from in Connecticut’s capital since the mid-1940s… read more »
Category Archives: National News
Years-old murder shook town; new arrest causes aftershocks
Forty years ago, Brett Woolley’s dad was shot in the parking lot of a small-town bar in the Idaho mountains… read more »
Predawn fire guts old church housing New York’s Liberty Bell
A historic Manhattan church that houses New York’s Liberty Bell has been gutted by a massive fire… read more »
Northeastern US braces for wet, windy, snowy storm
The northeastern United States is bracing for a powerful, windy storm that forecasters say could bring 18 inches or more of heavy, wet snow to parts of the region… read more »
EPA says flood control project not subject to previous veto
An official with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the EPA does not object to a revised proposal for a massive flood-control project to pump water from parts of the Mississippi Delta… read more »
California on the brink: Virus rages and closures imminent
Much of California is on the brink of sweeping new restrictions on businesses.… read more »
Today in History
Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 5, the 340th day of 2020. There are 26 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first Black president, died at age 95. On this date: In 1791, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died…… read more »
Nearly 30 found in Texas smuggling operation, 1 man arrested
A federal prosecutor says an Honduran man has been charged with harboring after he was found keeping watch of more than two dozen people who authorities say were being held in a Houston home as part of a human smuggling operation… read more »
Police: Man who says he was crime victim chases, shoots man
Authorities say a man who reported being the victim of a burglary attempt chased another man down a South Florida street and shot and wounded him with an assault-style rifle… read more »
San Francisco Bay Area issues new stay-at-home order
The health officers in five San Francisco Bay Area counties have issued a new stay-at-home order as the number of virus cases surge and hospitals fill… read more »
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