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Overflowing Idaho prisons are sending women with good behavior to "the hole
11+ hour, 10+ min ago (946+ words) On the nearly four-hour drive from a southeast Idaho prison, Kristine Scott was optimistic. One of 15 women transferred on April 3 to a minimum security prison in Boise, Scott was told she'd work at the community reentry center and live in…...
A horse was stuck in a muddy stream in Bloomfield. An excavator helped free it.
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (205+ words) Firefighters from Bloomfield Center Fire Department work to rescue a horse that had fallen into a stream on a property along Gale Road on Saturday. BLOOMFIELD " Bloomfield Center Fire Department said it was called to Gale Road early Saturday morning…...
Where did Connecticut's LGBTQ+ history happen? This evolving map aims to find out
1+ week, 2+ day ago (757+ words) A tag sale will be held March 13 and March 14 at the former Bloodroot restaurant in Bridgeport, with a variety of vintage treasures for sale. Anna Fossi has worked to document LGBTQ+ history in Connecticut since she went to college at…...
New Haven Pride Center to reopen after $500 K fundraising effort
2+ week, 2+ day ago (251+ words) Explore the cost of living, property taxes, renting vs. buying and more to help you choose the right home or town. Hear directly from our reporters with behind-the-scenes peeks at the teams and players they cover. If you were to…...
Belarusian parliament passes a bill to crack down on LGBTQ+ rights
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (360+ words) The upper house gave final approval for the legislation following its passage last month by the lower house, and it goes next to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko for his expected signature before becoming law. The bill makes the "propaganda of…...
Editorial: Connecticut's ban on 'conversion therapy' threatened by Supreme Court ruling
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (70+ words) ctinsider. com Steps to the United States Supreme Court, Washington DC, America The Supreme Court's 8-1 ruling against a ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors hinged on a law enacted by Colorado's legislature. But the decision, issued Tuesday and reached…...
Bulls waive guard Jaden Ivey after anti-LGBTQ+ comments, remarks about religion on Instagram
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (454+ words) They proclaim Pride Month in the NBA," he said. They proclaim it. They show it to the world. They say come join us for Pride, for Pride Month to celebrate unrighteousness. They proclaim it. They proclaim it on the billboards....
Editorial (opinion): Exceptions to FOI law should not be made easily
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) Last year, celebration of 50 years of Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act was tempered by the acknowledgement of the law's fragility, targeted by the number of bills introduced in legislative sessions each year seeking exceptions to the law and the people's…...
Salem moves forward with plan to bring Annabelle doll, other 'haunted' items to city
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (485+ words) The crowd gathers at the Warren Occult Museum exhibit at the Warren's Seekers of the Supernatural Paracon at Mohegan Sun on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. "Haunted" artifacts, including the famous Annabelle doll, took an important step on Thursday in a plan to…...
Geno Auriemma says Title IX 'probably over' due to NIL, revenue sharing
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (281+ words) Geno Auriemma was hired by UConn in 1985, 13 years after the passage'of Title IX legislation that prohibited sex-based discrimination in education activities such as athletics. Auriemma, of course, quickly turned his program into a national power with a generation of athletes…...