Firefighters knock down Westport house fire

The fire occurred early Friday morning at a home on Roosevelt Road. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut shoreline emerges as desired travel destination as coronavirus upends summer vacation plans

As airlines cancel summer flights to Europe and travelers decide against trips to states where COVID-19 cases are spiking, visitors appear to be choosing the Connecticut shoreline as an alternate destination for vacations and day trips. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The $600-a-week unemployment lifeline is about to run out as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Lawmakers are debating whether the program should be extended.

A $600-a-week federal unemployment benefit is set to end this week, leaving millions of Americans dependent on smaller state benefits. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Feds agree to buy 100 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer in race to beat the pandemic

The U.S. will pay nearly $2 billion for 100 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Police, mostly unmasked, arrive at Capitol to protest reform legislation

By mid-morning, a controversial section on individual immunity in cases of police brutality remained in the legislation. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

NWS: Threat of ‘strong to severe’ T-storms returns today

The storms could have wind gusts in excess of 58 mph, large hail and heavy rainfall. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Warrant: CT state trooper on disability earned $47K through T-shirt company

Trooper First Class Kevin Moore has been charged with fraudulent claim or receipt of benefits and first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Daily coronavirus updates: For second day in row, Connecticut reports zero coronavirus deaths

The state’s hospitalizations also stayed mostly steady Wednesday, after an uptick on Tuesday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Pop-up car meets like the gathering that attracted 1,000 people are a hazard during the coronavirus pandemic, but police say they are hard to stop

Quickly organized car meets such as a recent gathering in East Hartford that ended with a triple shooting present a vexing challenge to public health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic, local and state officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut reports zero coronavirus deaths for third day in past two weeks

Also on Tuesday, the state’s hospitalizations ticked up slightly. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Feds: CT woman sentenced to three years for role distributing fentanyl

Marisol Ferry, formerly Marisol Hernandez, “was an active participant in the processing, packaging and distribution” of the drugs, according to a news release from the Connecticut U.S. attorney’s office. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Pfizer, with a Connecticut presence, gets $1.95 billion to develop COVID-19 vaccine

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday a $1.95 billion contract with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which has a location in Groton, Conn., and its German partner BioNTech to buy 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Sullivan blasts Hayes for supporting ‘extreme’ school reopening plan

GOP candidate David Sullivan touts his own university teaching during the pandemic in race against Rep. Jahana Hayes, 2016 National Teacher of the Year. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Feds agree to buy 100 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer; Lamont heads to Groton for announcement

The U.S. will pay nearly $2 billion for 100 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

‘An eternity in COVID time:’ Connecticut residents report long waits for coronavirus test results

Across Connecticut and the nation, wait times for some COVID-19 test results are stretching to a week or longer. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Parent surveys suggest most want their children in school this fall, but many families remain uncertain

As schools prepare for students to return in the fall, district surveys show a large majority of Connecticut parents and guardians want their children to attend classes in-person. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Cops: Early AM thieves ‘forcefully removed’ ATM from business

The ATM was removed about two hours before the station opened for business. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Do we have good data? 90 false-positive COVID cases raise question for lawmakers

The 90 false-positive COVID-19 tests included 63 nursing home patients and 21 staff members, but the impact is still being investigated. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Hot temperatures continue with risk of severe T-storms, hail

In its first heat wave of the season, Bridgeport has four consecutive days of 90 degrees or more temperatures this week. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

To combat surging COVID-19 cases elsewhere, Connecticut requiring quarantine for travelers from 31 states

Beginning Friday, travelers will be required to fill out a questionnaire as well. Refusing could lead to a $1,000 fine. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

State bond commission approves millions of dollars for new schools, crumbling foundations support, community policing

From crumbling foundations to community policing to new schools, the state bond commission approved hundreds of millions of dollars in financing for capital projects Tuesday. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A challenge to expanded absentee ballot use loses again in court, for the second time in two days

Superior Court Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher rejected the central claim in a suit by the candidates that an emergency pandemic order by Gov. Ned Lamont expanding absentee ballot access is illegal because only the Legislature as the authority to do so. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

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