Connecticut State

Hartford, CT

West Haven, CT

Connecticut Public

The purchase of a $51,000 Ford Explorer for the mayor of West Haven prompted concerns again this week about the city’s ability to manage its finances and its willingness to comply with orders from a state oversight board. The Municipal Accountability Review Board, which gained oversight of West Haven’s...

New car for West Haven mayor blows up into dispute over state oversight

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Arkansas State

Little Rock, AR

At least 11 people were killed after a powerful storm system barreled through large swaths of the South and Midwest on Friday. The series of grueling tornadoes come just a week after a rare, long-lasting twister left 25 people dead in western Mississippi and one person in Alabama. In Arkansas,...

Multiple tornadoes sweep across the South and the Midwest, killing at least 11 people

At least 18 people were killed after a powerful storm system barreled through large swaths of the South and Midwest on Friday. The series of grueling tornadoes come just a week after a rare, long-lasting twister left 25 people dead in western Mississippi and one person in Alabama. In Tennessee,...

Death toll rises to 18 after tornadoes sweep across the South and the Midwest

Mississippi State

Rolling Fork, MS

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden went to Rolling Fork, Mississippi to visit with people recovering from devastating tornadoes and offer federal support. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

Biden went to Mississippi to offer support to victims of the devastating tornadoes

Ohio State

East Palestine, OH

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the major train derailment that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, last month. The suit, filed Thursday on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, accuses Norfolk Southern Railway Company and Norfolk Southern Corporation of "unlawfully polluting" the country's waterways and violating the Clean Water Act, which prohibits groups from releasing toxic pollutants into waterways without a government permit.

The Justice Department adds to suits against Norfolk Southern over the Ohio derailment

Pennsylvania State

Braddock, PA

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was released from the hospital on Friday and is back in Braddock, Pa., his office said. The senator had been receiving treatment for major depression at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center since he checked into the Washington, D.C., hospital last month, according to a news release from his office.

Sen. Fetterman will return to the Senate on April 17 after his hospital release

California State

Hollister, CA

Most of the country's lettuce and other leafy greens come from California's Salinas Valley, where 13 atmospheric rivers this winter have obliterated local drought conditions. Farmers have welcomed the water and also sometimes struggled with the deluge. Reporter Amy Mayer has this look at what it all means for spring salads.

In California, leafy greens farmers both suffered from floods and welcomed the water

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Connecticut prosecutors launch regionalized human trafficking taskforce

The Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce has launched in Connecticut. The taskforce includes local and federal law enforcement, the Hartford State's Attorney's Office, the Department of...

Connecticut prosecutors launch regionalized human trafficking taskforce

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