Outside The Children’s Museum in West Hartford, it’s quiet, but inside it remains as active as ever. From groundhogs needing a snack to coyotes sharing their mood, hundreds of animals there and at their sister site, The Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, still need the same care as always. “In terms of care for animals, that hasn’t changed,...

Hundreds of animals at The Children’s Museum in West Hartford and at their sister site, The Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, still need the same care as always, even with the museum closed.

Taylor Swift is helping fill the blank space where incomes have gone for several of her fans

When Maria Miranda was scrolling through social media and saw videos of families talking to their older loved ones through windows, she said she had to hold back tears. “This is emotionally a stressful time. Add to that not being able to reach the people you love who are most vulnerable,” said Miranda. “I would be out of my mind.”…

Seniors across the state are turning to tablets to stay connected during the pandemic

A group of classic car enthusiasts came together over the weekend in Folsom, California, to gather supplies to help medical workers on front lines of the coronavirus fight. Many of the personal protection supplies doctors and nurses rely on are also used by car enthusiasts in their garages and paint booths.

Rihanna‘s Clara Lionel Foundation is giving $5 million to the response efforts against the coronavirus.

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The Waterbury Hospitality Center has collected approximately a year’s worth of donations following a damaging fire. The center is still in need of furniture for visitors.

A group of Middletown kindergarten students delivered care packages to newborn babies at St. Francis Hospital on Friday.

What started as a small fundraiser in a Terryville High School classroom turned into a multi-town effort to raise money for wildfire relief efforts in Australia. Terryville High School’s mascot is the kangaroo, so math teacher Jessica Hurd came up with the idea for students to raise money for WIRES Australian Wildlife Rescue Organization and NSW Rural Fire Service....

UPDATE: As of January 15, the students have collected more than $2,000 in donations. Kangaroos helping kangaroos. That’s the idea behind a local high school fundraiser for Australia. Students in Terryville are donating to help firefighters and wildlife, and they hope you’ll give too. Inside a classroom at Terryville High School, students are taking papers with kangaroos printed on them…

Inside a classroom at Terryville High School, students are taking papers with kangaroos printed on them and cutting them out. With each snip of the scissors and for every donated dollar, their voices are getting louder.

Wildfires raging across Australia have taken a devastating toll on the nation. At least 24 people are dead and more than 32,000-square-miles burned. Scientists estimate more than a billion animals have been killed, and they worry the wildfires may wipe out entire species. The devastating images are motivating many across the US to give, and an animal hospital in Berlin…

The Justice Department on Tuesday charged eight people — including a prominent political donor to both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and a Lebanese-American businessman who was a witness in Robert Mueller’s investigation — with conspiring to conceal the source of more than $3.5 million in donations to Clinton. The 53-count indictment unsealed in federal court in Washington detailed efforts…