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Communities across the state will hold Veterans Day events on Monday. Some are already celebrating those who have served our nation.

To help keep you informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we’ll revisit five stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., addresses the House of Representatives ahead of a vote on a resolution that will formalize the next steps in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.

The Boys and Girls Club of New haven is calling this a temporary closure, but it left parents scrambling to find alternatives.

To help keep you informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we’ll revisit five stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates.

The public was invited to attend the graveside services for a U.S. Army veteran who did not have any surviving family members and a crowd of around 300 people showed up.

A 40-foot-tall, World War I memorial cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in an important decision about the use of religious symbols in American life. The justices said preserving a long-standing religious monument is very different from allowing the building of a new one. And the court concluded that the nearly...

A 40-foot-tall, World War I memorial cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in an important decision about the use of religious symbols in American life. The justices said preserving a long-standing religious monument is very different from allowing the building of a new one. And the court concluded that the nearly...

The Windsor High School softball team hosted Military Appreciation Night on Friday during their game with Griswold.

State troopers and the American Legion are seeking high school students to participate in this year’s State Police Youth Week.

Community members in Newton, Massachusetts replaced a handful of American flags to honor veterans after vandals reportedly tore them down.

It could be a year before things get back to normal in East Haddam after the town saw several roads washed out during a torrential rain storm last week.

Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner announced Wednesday that he has joined the advisory board of a marijuana firm, saying that his “thinking on cannabis has evolved.” In a joint statement with former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who is also joining the Acreage Holdings board, Boehner said it was time for “serious considerations of a shift in federal marijuana...

A knife-wielding man injured three people in an attack in downtown Indianapolis after being told to stop playing a siren on a bullhorn, authorities said Sunday.

Republican Sen. Jeff Flake announced Tuesday he would not seek re-election next year, delivering a forceful condemnation of the “flagrant disregard of truth and decency” and bemoaning political complicity in a Senate speech clearly directed at President Donald Trump. Speaking to a rapt audience of other senators, the first-term Arizona lawmaker spelled out his frustration and disappointment in a floor...

President Donald Trump called for a “new unity” based on common American values while giving the keynote speech at an American Legion convention in Reno, Nevada, Wednesday. The speech comes a day after a campaign rally in Phoenix in which Trump emphasized divisions, criticizing Arizona’s two Republican senators and lashing out at the media. But on Wednesday, he said that...

Several towns are changing Memorial Day plans due to rainy weather.

Memorial Day is a time to honor those who gave their lives for our country. From parades, services and observances, to family activities marking the history of our armed forces, we have you covered with events across the state this Memorial Day weekend.

In a journey from celebration to sadness to celebration again, a California man who learned of his brother’s death in the Korean War on the day he turned 14 celebrated his 80th birthday Saturday by receiving his brother’s long lost Purple Heart medal.

Marijuana use may help with chronic pain and nausea, but a new study says there are also negative consequences for young children and those at risk for certain mental illnesses. Experts from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine reviewed all research on marijuana published since 1999 to find who should smoke and who shouldn’t.