Connecticut Among The Best States For Children’s Development

Do you believe that you're raising your children in the right place in the world? If you live in New England you do, according to a new study. SmileHub.org has just released their new study Best States for Children (2025) where they've compared...

53-year-old pedestrian hit by Dodge Ram dies 2 weeks after crash

WASHINGTON - A 53-year-old male pedestrian struck by a vehicle in a September crash has passed away from his injuries two weeks after the incident. What we know: On Monday, Sept. 29, officers responded to a crash at Montana and Rhode Island...

Toddler Killed, Family Injured in Taunton Crash

TAUNTON (WBSM) — A young child was killed in a motor vehicle crash in Taunton Saturday night. Crash Happened on Broadway in Taunton According to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III, 911 calls came in at about 7:10 p.m. on October...

Editorial: Nation of laws

A measure signed into law in California is the latest effort to shield immigrants from the reach of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement actions. The privacy protection comes on the heels of other recently enacted state laws meant to...

RIC develops AI simulations for Spanish-language social work

PROVIDENCE – A set of new artificial intelligence-powered simulations being developed at Rhode Island College will soon provide students with the opportunity to practice clinical social work skills in Spanish. The technology, an initiative of the...

Visualized: The World’s Strongest Animals

Mapped: States With the Highest Opioid Prescription Rates This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways...

26 years after lobster die-off, CT lobstermen reflect on a net loss

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. Bart Mansi used to haul a thousand pounds of lobster a day. Now he sets out just a couple dozen traps, out of...

Toddler killed in head-on Taunton crash

A young girl who was nearly two years old died Saturday night during a violent head-on crash in Taunton, Massachusetts. Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn announced the young girl's death on Sunday morning. The crash happened around...

Taunton crash leaves toddler dead, mother and 5-year-old hospitalized

TAUNTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A crash in Tauton on Saturday left a nearly 2-year-old girl dead and her mother and a 5-year-old hospitalized, officials announced. Officers responding to a reported crash in the area of 400 Broadway around 7 p.m. found a...

Antitrust suit: Bausch overprices irritable bowel syndrome drug

Pharmaceutical company Bausch Health is selling a two-week supply of Xifaxan for more than ten times what the irritable bowel syndrome drug would cost in a fair market, according to an antitrust suit recently filed in Rhode Island federal court....

For Hooters’ Original Founders, Saving The Chain Is A Higher Calling: “America Needs Us.”

Last winter, Neil Kiefer, CEO of the Original Hooters Founders Group, heard that the franchisor and operator of the Florida-based restaurant chain, known as Hooters of America, was about to go bankrupt. So the 73-year-old Kiefer, a longtime friend...

Commonwealth Fund: Medicare member experience varies by state

An individual's experience with their Medicare plan might depend on the state they live in, with a new Commonwealth Fund report outlining state-based disparities in access to care, clinical quality, costs and population health. The "State...

Can Brandeis make liberal arts relevant again?

Brandeis University recently announced a $25 million investment to “reinvent” its liberal arts education and make it more workforce-oriented. Ask Brandeis University President Arthur Levine why the liberal arts needs reinvention, and he offers a...

‘No more Trump!’: Protesters denouncing the president unite across the country

They were teachers and lawyers, military veterans and fired government employees. Children and grandmothers, students and retirees. Arriving in droves across the country in major cities and small towns, they appeared in costumes, blared music,...

Page: Pam Bondi faces critics, ‘burns’ them

A lot of political figures are understandably nervous about facing a Senate committee probe. Not Pam Bondi. In more than four hours of testimony earlier this month to the Senate Judiciary Committee, she responded to the most polite questions with...

Grant funds go to program that supports the loved ones of drug victims

A local support group for parents who’ve lost their children to opioid addiction and overdose got some good news this week, learning that it will receive $30,000 to expand its efforts. The Wellbeing Collaborative’s Strong Arms Support Group serves...

Millions flood streets across America for No Kings protests opposing Trump’s use of power

WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans packed streets, parks and town squares across the United States Saturday for No Kings day, according to the organizers of the massive day of demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump’s administration —...

‘This is how change happens’ - US protesters chant messages in ‘No Kings’ marches nationwide

Each crowd, everywhere, shared the same mantra: No kings. Collectively, the day-long mass demonstration against the Trump Administration today NZT held in thousands of locations, condemned a President that the protesters view as acting like a...

Administrative – Grants – Conditions

Where plaintiffs that receive federal grant money have challenged new conditions imposed by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development, the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction should be allowed...

New name, same grant

House Republicans want to rename a new subset of Pell Grants after President Donald Trump, who signed a budget measure this summer that contained a provision creating them. Republicans included the name change as part of the fiscal year 2026...