In a press conference shortly after 11 a.m. this morning in Washington, D.C., five senators, led by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and including Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 and Chris Murphy, introduced legislation that would re-establish a federal ban on assault weapons. The legislation, known as the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, will seek »
Read some on-the-ground dispatches from our reporters in Washington, D.C., covering President Barack Obama’s second presidential inauguration. WASHINGTON, D.C. 1:34 p.m. — Realistic about the challenges of Washington but hopeful nevertheless, at least 600,000 have crowded onto the National Mall to witness the second inauguration of President Obama. They have cited health care, the end »
Just over one month after Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher Victoria Soto died shielding her students in the second-deadliest school shooting in American history, the town council of Stratford, Conn. voted to name a primary school after her. The school, Honeyspot House, is currently in the early phases of a plan to move the school »
In the frigid December air of Newtown, Conn., families and neighbors huddled together Friday evening to commemorate the one-week anniversary of the school shooting that left 20 children and six faculty members of Sandy Hook Elementary School dead. The vigil, which drew roughly 2,500 people, included speeches from Newtown First Selectwoman Pat Llodra, Newtown Congregational »
For the 10 black police officers suing New Haven for bias in hiring, their attempts to seek an injunction against promotions based on a newly administered 2011 test appear no closer to conclusion. The group, dubbed the “New Haven 10,” argued their case at the New Haven Superior Court on Monday, contending that the results »