$1M prize won at this Waterbury liquor store on brand new scratch off game
According to the Connecticut Lottery website, a Meriden resident won a $1 million prize on an Ultimate 7s scratch off ticket ...
On Lake Erie, getting rid of problem algae starts with giving it less food
OREGON, Ohio (AP) — On a warm late-summer evening, a small speedboat motored across a pea-green stretch of Lake Erie past a beach where a child sat splashing and a pair of newlyweds waded for a ...
What do kids think of the president?
Overall, today’s children continue to view the presidency as an important office and to understand the mechanics of the president’s day-to-day life. At the same time, however, children hold far less ...
Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief Mike Jeffries arrested on federal sex trafficking charges
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries and two other men have been arrested on sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges, a spokesperson for federal prosecutors said ...
Bridgeport personnel probe into city employee Wanda Geter-Pataky's role in ballot scandal ends
The local Democratic Party's vice chair has been on paid leave from her city job for over a year since being embroiled in an ...
Cat rescued, revived after Shelton fire at Woodland Trailer Park, officials say
Shelton fire crews rescued two cats from a fire at a trailer park, and one of them needed to be revived before being brought ...
On Ukraine, candidate Trump touts his role as dealmaker while Harris sticks with unwavering support
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump had a chance to clarify their positions on Ukraine. Trump evaded ABC moderator David Muir’s question regarding the ...
How pollsters have adapted to changing technology and voters who don’t answer the phone
In the 1970s, after household telephones had become widespread in the U.S., survey operators adopted a random-sampling method called random digit dialing, in which the survey’s designers would choose ...
Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says
Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before ...
The whip-poor-will has been an omen of death for centuries − what happened to this iconic bird of American horror?
Perhaps the best known whip-poor-wills in American horror appear in H.P. Lovecraft’s novella “ The Dunwich Horror .” Lovecraft references the species nearly two dozen times in his story, with the ...
Nebraska Democrats hope Omaha will be a ‘blue dot’ on the state’s red electoral map − and their lawn sign is a vibe
With Nebraska’s blue dot signs, Omahans are fighting to keep their spot on the map, not erase it. They are an act of claiming space, making Democrats visible in a state so strongly associated with ...
Women are at a higher risk of dying from heart disease − in part because doctors don’t take major sex and gender differences into account
The reasons for these differences are not fully clear. Some potential factors include differences in artery plaque composition that make men’s plaque more likely to rupture or burst and women’s plaque ...