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RuPaul's Drag Race queen Amethyst comes out as trans: 'A different sense of happiness'
RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 queen Amethyst has come out as trans in an emotional social media post chronicling her gender journey. The 29-year-old Connecticut native announced her transition to fans in a handwritten note on Saturday, thanking them for supporting her upcoming album, Amy, and explaining its title's significance to her identity.
State Police mourn the passing of K-9 Officer Elmer
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) – Connecticut State Police have announced the passing of K-9 Officer Elmer Saturday night. Assigned to Detective David Collins, Elmer was a member of the Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit. Det. Collins and Elmer traveled across the state assisting on numerous fire scenes and locating countless pieces of evidence. Elmer passed due to […]
Connecticut State Police K-9 Elmer passed away Saturday
CONNECTICUT, USA — The Connecticut State Police sadly reported that K-9 Elmer #9046 passed away on Saturday due to medical complications. Elmer was six years old and assigned to Det. David Collins #930. Together, the partners worked on the state police’s Fire & Explosion Unit, the release said.
Power outage prompts Amtrak to temporarily halt regional services
Folks looking to take the train to either New York, Connecticut, or even Boston had to make adjustments Saturday after a power outage forced Amtrak service to shut down in part of the northeast Saturday. Amtrak said it had to halt services between Penn Station in New York and Boston...
Racial Equity Commission helps kill association health plans
Connecticut legislators faield to pass Association Health Plans in the 2024 session leaving many to wonder - what happened? The post Racial Equity Commission helps kill association health plans appeared first on Connecticut Inside Investigator.
Now in a second-chance society, former CT legislator, U.S. Marine making political comeback
David Alexander thought his political career was over in 2016. After two drunken driving arrests, he lost his race for reelection after two terms as a Democratic state legislator in Enfield. The situation got worse two days after his election loss when he was arrested on charges of third-degree assault on his elderly, adoptive father. He was arrested again in 2018 following an incident with ...
Connecticut officials warn beachgoers of nesting shorebirds as they announce some park area closures
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Environmental officials in Connecticut are warning beachgoers to steer clear of places where coastal birds gather and nest for the season. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection also said in a news release Friday that it has temporarily closed the Dr. William A. Niering Preserve within Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Charles Island in Milford and Duck Island in Westbrook.
CT advocates decry barriers for unhoused with health needs: 'A life and death public health crisis'
Connecticut's unhoused population continues to rise as affordable housing options decrease, an already difficult situation exacerbated for people with medical needs that add challenges to finding housing, officials said. "We are seeing an increase in homelessness not only in New Haven but across the state," said Margaret LeFever, senior manager...
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