by JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November.
The dubious promise would most likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion...
by Dr. JAMES MCDONALD, NYS Health Commissioner
As a pediatrician, I have spent my career caring for patients and families during some of the most important moments of their lives. One lesson that has remained constant is that every patient has a story and every patient deserves to be heard.
National...
by MEG KINNARD
Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution following a tumultuous year in which President Donald Trump tried to remake the portrayal of U.S. history by the Smithsonian museums and other cultural entities.
Bunch said in a news release Tuesday that he was departing...
by Ariama C. Long
Leaving the United States to start over in a life abroad in Ghana can be a hard decision to make, but it is a choice more Black Americans have made in the last decade. A New York married couple, Dr. Torian Easterling and civil rights lawyer...
by AmNews Staff Reports
Organizers are gearing up for the 57th Annual African American Day Parade set for Sunday, Sept. 20 in Harlem. Before you head to the festivities, here are some things you need to know.
1. Black-owned businesses take the spotlight for this year’s theme.
The theme for this year’s...
by JIMMIE BRIGGS
The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Nia Gilliam was a 25-year-old co-pilot on a commercial flight awaiting an early morning takeoff at Newark Liberty International Airport en route to Boston’s Logan International Airport. But by the time she was set to take to the air, two airplanes ...
by JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor
College football is just in its third week. There’s still roughly three months of football to be played on the various teams’ regular season schedules. So much can happen between now and the end of November to alter the landscape of conference championships...
by JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in...
by MEG KINNARD
Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution following a tumultuous year in which President Donald Trump tried...
by SOPHIE BATES, The Associated Press
The police chief of a northern Mississippi city where 1-year-old Black child Kohen Wiley was shot and killed by...
by Willy Blackmore Word in Black
The pattern is becoming a little too familiar: The artificial intelligence boom is fueling an unprecedented demand for data...
By Special to The Post | Oakland Post
Nuna Phillips-McKee will reach an extraordinary milestone on Sept. 24 —her 100th
birthday, marking a century filled with...
By Oakland Post Staff | Oakland Post
Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced a $3.15 million settlement with Terminix International Inc. and Rentokil...
by Adele Haeg September
Justin Nijuan (right) and Mayor Elicker had a conversation about homelessness in New Haven: “We’ve got a lot more work to do, but I appreciate your...
by Dereen Shirnekhi
When a CTtransit bus became stuck in a flooded Temple Street on Sunday, the New Haven Fire Department came to the rescue — by giving the driver...
by Dereen Shirnekhi
Hearing officer Josh Galperin, reviewing camera footage.
Tyreese Brown showed up to the municipal office building at 200 Orange St. on Friday to contest a $250 fine he...
by Viktoria Sundqvist CT Newsjunkie
In the wake of recent Flock camera discussions in Connecticut, three lawmakers will host a virtual forum this week on Automatic License Plate Readers.
The forum,...
by Donald Eng CTNewsJunkie
HARTFORD, CT — The heavy rains and flash flooding that struck Connecticut Sunday forced emergency workers to rescue dozens of stranded motorists from cars stuck in...
by Donald Eng
HARTFORD, CT — The governor’s race entered its home stretch Thursday, with the two campaigns holding events less than a mile and less than an hour apart,...
By Ken Dixon, Staff WriterSep
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas in the State Office Building on Monday, announcing that nearly 316,000 cast ballots during the first week of early...
by Maya McFadden
On the first day of after school programming, elementary students and the mayor played Duck, Duck, Goose.
Celentano fifth graders Kaiden and Camille rolled game dice on Wednesday...
by Dereen Shirnekhi
Downtown/East Rock Alder Christine Kim, whose ward will include 2 Church, supports the project and wants it to serve New Haven, not just international companies: “It can’t...
by Jamil Ragland
HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut officials reaffirmed the state’s commitment to its sister state and cities in Ukraine as they continue to fight against an ongoing Russian invasion.
State...
by Viktoria Sundqvist
A defamation lawsuit filed by a Republican Congressional candidate against four fellow Republicans has been dismissed by a Connecticut Superior Court Judge.
Jonathan De Barros, who served 19...
by Donald Eng
HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut is one of 21 states participating in a pair of lawsuits against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries...
By Emil Amok Guillermo | Oakland Post
I hope on Labor Day you honored the value of a good day’s work--and reflected on the thing that could eliminate a lot...
by JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in...
by MEG KINNARD
Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution following a tumultuous year in which President Donald Trump tried...
by SOPHIE BATES, The Associated Press
The police chief of a northern Mississippi city where 1-year-old Black child Kohen Wiley was shot and killed by...
by Willy Blackmore Word in Black
The pattern is becoming a little too familiar: The artificial intelligence boom is fueling an unprecedented demand for data...
By Special to The Post | Oakland Post
Nuna Phillips-McKee will reach an extraordinary milestone on Sept. 24 —her 100th
birthday, marking a century filled with...