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As Connecticut and the nation race to vaccinate as many residents as possible, a new reality is emerging in the fight against COVID-19: reaching herd immunity—much less completely eradicating COVID-19—may be impossible, but the virus can be contained.

A fight over building apartments in mainly white Woodbridge has become a flashpoint in the debate over racial equity in Connecticut. Here’s why. Eliza Fawcett, Hartford Courant © Mark Mirko/Mark Mirko Jean Molot has lived in Woodbridge for 20 years and supports a proposal by a Yale Law School clinic and an affordable housing developer to turn a single-family home in town into a four-family development. The contrast between New Haven and its suburban neighbor Woodbridge is i...

Local activist Jazna Stannard is working with Hartford MakerSpaceCT to create an outdoor art installation to honor first responders and frontline workers.

On May 1, outdoor bars can reopen in Connecticut, without the requirement that they serve food, with their curfews moved to midnight, and with the eight-person per-table limit lifted. Tavern owners with outdoor seating said they like to see restrictions lifted, but that doesn’t mean they’ll change their own procedures immediately.

A 21-year-old UConn student was arrested Thursday and charged with a hate crime one month after a swastika was found spray-painted on the side of a chemistry building on campus during Passover and directly across the street from UConn Hillel.

Bill to eliminate Connecticut’s religious exemption for school vaccinations clears the Senate Tuesday; thousands of opponents rally before vote Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant © Mark Mirko/Mark Mirko / Hartford Courant Thousands of people opposed to legislation that would eliminate Connecticuts religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday as the state Senate prepared to vote on the measure. After nine hours of debate, the sta...

Gov. Ned Lamont signs bill eliminating Connecticut’s religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant © Mark Mirko/Mark Mirko / Hartford Courant Thousands of people opposed to legislation that would eliminate Connecticuts religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday as the state Senate prepared to vote on the measure. Gov. Ned Lamont Wednesday signed legislation that would end Connecticut�...

Murder convictions against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in murder of George Floyd spark relief -- and hope -- in Connecticut Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant © Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com/Hartford Courant/TNS Manchester, Ct. - 04/10/2021 - Keren Prescott of Power Up Manchester, reacts as guilty verdicts for Derek Chauvin are announced for the killing of George Floyd Three guilty verdicts read aloud in a Minneapolis courtroom late Tuesday...

Lawmakers and others considering an expanded government role in health insurance will soon learn whether Connecticut’s powerful insurance industry still packs a punch in the General Assembly.

Tehmina and Sumrina Naheed have vaccinated hundreds and become their community’s go-to vaccine sources, talking locals through the process in any of four languages.