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CT Small Businesses Checking Out Federal Paycheck Protection Program
Overall, people in Connecticut applaud the hastily put together Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that’s part of the $2 trillion federal stimulus to help out during the coronavirus pandemic. However, the small business owners that this is trying to protect have been wondering about a lot of things, including if they even qualify. Jennifer Lovett, owner of Crystal Financial Insurance and…
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Examining the Paycheck Protection Program
Some small business owners remain concerned about whether or not they will be able to qualify for the paycheck protection program.
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School Bus Driver Rescues Kitten Tossed From Moving Car
Who would throw a kitten out of a moving car? That’s the question police in Little Elm are trying to answer.
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Police Look For Suspect in North Branford Robbery
Police are looking for a man who robbed a bank in North Branford Friday afternoon. Police responded to Key Bank on Foxon Road at approximately 4:03 p.m. A white middle-aged male entered the bank and passed a note to a teller saying he had a weapon and he demanded money, according to police. A weapon was not displayed, police said….
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Conn. Treasurer Introduces “Historic Gun Policy” for Investments, Financial Business
State treasurer Shawn Wooden made a big statement, announcing a “responsible gun policy” for Connecticut’s pension investments and financial business, which includes selling off stocks of some gun manufacturers.
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State Treasurer Announces Historic Gun Policy Changes
State treasurer Shawn Wooden made a big statement, announcing a “responsible gun policy” for Connecticut’s pension investments and financial business, which includes selling off stocks of some gun manufacturers.
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Trump to Tariff Steel and Aluminum From Argentina and Brazil
President Donald Trump on Monday accused Argentina and Brazil of hurting American farmers through currency manipulation and said he’ll slap tariffs on their steel and aluminum imports to retaliate. Trump also called on America’s central bank to take action to prevent other countries from devaluing their currencies. Both South American nations were among a group of U.S. allies that Trump...
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Couple Paid $100 for Abandoned Car They Found in Storage Unit—Elon Musk Bought It From Them for Nearly $1 Million
In 1989, a couple from Long Island, New York paid roughly $100 for an unclaimed storage unit. It was a blind auction, meaning neither they nor the seller had any idea what was inside. When the couple opened the unit, they were in for what would likely be the surprise of their lives: Buried under some old blankets sat a...
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Moving Cross Country, Deadly Storm Takes Aim at Northeast
Hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands delayed for travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday as a deadly winter storm moved to the Northeast on Sunday, packing one last punch of snow and ice. The National Weather Service predicted more than a foot (0.3 meters) of snow in swaths of upstate New York and New England, as well as...
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UK Police: Bridge Attacker Had Been Jailed for Terror Crimes
A man imprisoned six years for terrorism offenses before his release last year stabbed several people in London on Friday, two fatally, before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by officers on London Bridge. Neil Basu, London’s police counterterrorism head, said 28-year-old Usman Khan was attending a program that works to educate prisoners when he...
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West Haven Police Seek to ID Armed Robbery Suspect
West Haven police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who is wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a bank on Wednesday.
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More Institutions Helping Federal Workers During Shutdown
Across Connecticut, more and more groups are coming forward to offer assistance to federal workers going without pay during the government shutdown.
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As Internet Restored, Online Iran Protest Videos Show Chaos
Machine gun fire answers rock-throwing protesters. Motorcycle-riding Revolutionary Guard volunteers chase after demonstrators. Plainclothes security forces grab, beat and drag a man off the street to an uncertain fate. As Iran restores the internet after a weeklong government-imposed shutdown, new videos purport to show the demonstrations over gasoline prices rising and the security-force crackdown that followed. The videos offer only...
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Towns Split as Home Buyouts Help People Move on After Floods
Tammy Kilgore raised the giant claw of a John Deere excavator high in the air, then slammed it down on the roof the house where she had spent nearly her entire adult life. The shingles crunched, but not much else. So she did it again, and again — each time taking a bigger bite with the mouth-like claw, until the...
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Iran Internet Slowly Revives; US Sanctions Telecom Minister
The internet slowly trickled back on in Iran on Friday after a dayslong shutdown by authorities amid protests and unrest that followed government-set gasoline prices sharply rising, as the U.S. sanctioned the country’s prominent telecommunications minister over the outage. A week after the gasoline hike, the loosening of the internet shutdown suggests Iran’s government believes it put down the demonstrations...
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Johnson, Corbyn Square Off on Brexit in 1st UK Election Debate
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn squared off Tuesday in the first live televised debate of Britain’s election, each trying to spark a lackluster campaign to life.
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Iran's Top Leader Warns ‘Thugs' as Protests Reach 100 Cities
Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday cautiously backed the government’s decision to raise gasoline prices by 50% after days of widespread protests, calling those who attacked public property during demonstrations “thugs” and signaling that a potential crackdown loomed. The government shut down internet access across the nation of 80 million people to staunch demonstrations that took place in a reported 100...
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A Bank Customer Made a Large Withdrawal, Then a Teller Went to Their Home to Rob Them
A Maryland bank customer made a large withdrawal. Then a teller from their bank came to their home and forced his way inside in an attempted robbery, police said. Nathan Michael Newell, 19, of Bel Air, about 27 miles northeast of Baltimore, was arrested at his job on Wednesday and faces charges of home invasion, robbery, burglary and assault, NBC...
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Starling Physicians Patients Worried After Medical Data Breach
Connecticut based healthcare group Starling Physicians is warning patients their personal information may have been breached in a recent cyber-phishing attack that targeted some of the organization’s emails.
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Patients Worried After Medical Data Breach
Some parents say they are concerned about their kids’ personal information after Starling Physicians revealed a data breach earlier this week.