by Maya McFadden The New Haven independent
Career junior Mohammed said that books are helping him learn his fifth language.
Books on books on books.
Reading has helped Marwa Nakhi make friends during her freshman year at Hill Regional Career High School. Now, she can share her love of books with her classmates — and high schoolers across the school district —...
by Paul Bass The New Haven independent
A landlord is scheduled to get his day in court next week in a year-long quest to boot an Instagram-worthy brunch bar from Park and Elm Streets.
The landlord, Michael Shaffer of the CA White real estate company, has been seeking in court to...
by Lisa Reisman The New Haven independent
Babies aren’t born Democrat or Republican. They’re just born in need of nutrients to help them grow and thrive. Families need to know that the formula they’re buying is not going to make their babies sick.
That was the prevailing message of Tuesday morning’s...
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, March 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, in partnership with the Division of Festivals, announces the highly anticipated lineup for the 74th Annual St. Thomas Carnival Village, showcasing an exciting mix of homegrown, regional, and international talent.
Headlined by hip-hop icon Busta Rhymes,...
The National Museum of African American History and Culture says a timber piece of the slave ship, the São José-Paquete de Africa, on display in its “Slavery and Freedom” exhibit, will soon be prepared for a trip back to its home museum in South Africa.
The 33-pound (15-kilogram) timber piece...
by Tandy Lau
Prude’s legacy now includes Daniel’s Law, a bill encouraging local governments across the state to develop civilian response teams to replace police on mental health calls unless the incident poses a public safety risk. The legislation used Prude’s name with his brother’s permission when State Sen. Samra...
by DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
John Wrory Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father, the son of a slave, was important.
It was 1963, and the nation was mourning President John F. Kennedy. Wrory Ficklin was sitting with his mother and brother, watching funeral coverage on TV in...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Pedestrian fatalities increased in 24 states, decreased in 23 states and D.C, and remained the same in three states for January-June...
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS — A proposal sponsored by Tom Leek, a Republican from Ormond Beach, has now passed the Senate in back-to-back legislative sessions....
NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — While Havana confirmed last week that talks with Washington are underway, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has struck an increasingly defiant...
by Staff The New Haven independent
Bishop John Curling Wright, born Jan. 10, 1940, in Hemingway, S.C., to the late Edward Marion and Almeter Wright, Sr. was called from labor...
by Paul Bass The New Haven independent
A landlord is scheduled to get his day in court next week in a year-long quest to boot an Instagram-worthy brunch bar from...
by Lisa Reisman The New Haven independent
Babies aren’t born Democrat or Republican. They’re just born in need of nutrients to help them grow and thrive. Families need to know...
by Mona Mahadevan
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro: “Women have not been represented in the trades in the way they should be.”
For two years, Jasmine Villaneuva suffered from abdominal pain she...
by Jisu Sheen
Orange chicken, a solid classic.
The Ugly Dumpling soup dumpling sampler, flavors like pork and truffle, chicken, and pork and crab.
My favorites: the barbecue pork steamed dumplings.
Brown sugar...
by Allan Appel
Rona Rohbar came to the U.S. with her family at age 17, a refugee from a war-torn Afghanistan and speaking not a word of English — and...
by Karla Ciaglo Bluesky CTNewsJunkie
HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut municipalities could soon receive a direct cut of the state’s restaurant meals tax under legislation advancing in the General Assembly, a...
by Donald Eng
Homeowners could be in line for a but of income tax relief under a plan legislative Republicans unveiled Monday morning at a media briefing in Hartford.
Under the...
by Staff Report
Teenaged United States citizens, parents and others told Congress of their treatment at the hands of Department of Homeland Security officials last week, according to U.S. Sen....
by Paul Bass The New Haven independent
Top choice: Having candidates to vote for rather than against.
Choice #2: Having more candidates to choose among.
Choice #3: Being able to vote for...
by Lisa Reisman
Lady Stout, aka Denise Renee, doing her thing.
Doo-bee-doo-wop-doo-wop, Lady Stout sang.
Doo-bee-doo-wop-doo-wop-wop-wop, Penelope Klark Stewart, a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Worthington Hooker School, rejoined.
The occasion for this rapid exchange...
by Jamil Ragland Bluesky
HARTFORD, CT — Thousands of people braved unseasonably cold weather Saturday morning to deliver a message to President Donald Trump about their opposition to everything from...
The National Museum of African American History and Culture says a timber piece of the slave ship, the São José-Paquete de Africa, on display in its “Slavery and Freedom”...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Pedestrian fatalities increased in 24 states, decreased in 23 states and D.C, and remained the same in three states for January-June...
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS — A proposal sponsored by Tom Leek, a Republican from Ormond Beach, has now passed the Senate in back-to-back legislative sessions....
NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — While Havana confirmed last week that talks with Washington are underway, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has struck an increasingly defiant...
NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — Tamara McCaw, whose career spans arts administration, philanthropy, and international cultural development, becomes one of the few Caribbean-born leaders...
