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Expanded sick leave: State Senate approves law, Lamont says he will sign
The Senate voted Monday night for final passage of Democratic legislation that will expand Connecticut’s groundbreaking, if limited, paid sick days mandate into a nearly universal benefit by Ja...
Torrington High String Quartet joins the Stones vs. Beatles battle royale at Warner May 8
When the touring show “Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown” returns to the Warner Theatre in Torrington on Wednesday, May 8 at 7 p.m., the Torrington High School String Quartet will joi...
These simple seared pork chops boast the flavors of porchetta without all the work
Italian porchetta is a special dish of spit-roasted pork flavored with herbs, fennel and garlic. It’s delicious, but much too involved for a weeknight dinner. To give pork chops the same flavor...
Quick Fix: Mac and Cheese Primavera (springtime)
Do you love mac and cheese? It’s a favorite dish for many of us. Here’s a light version with springtime vegetables: asparagus, yellow squash and zucchini. Sharp cheddar cheese finishes this c...
https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/food/2024/05/07/quick-fix-mac-and-cheese-primavera-springtime/
Brunson hits 40-point mark (43) again as Knicks take opener over Pacers
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson doesn’t go into a game aiming to score 40 points more consistently than anyone in the postseason since Michael Jordan. He only cares about winning games, so a la...
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Rotting bodies and fake ashes spur Colorado lawmakers to pass funeral home regulations
DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers passed a bill Monday to overhaul the state’s lax funeral home oversight, joining a second measure aimed at regulating the industry that passed last week. Both...
After AP investigation, family of missing students enrolls in school
ATLANTA (AP) — Four months after The Associated Press wrote about an Atlanta family struggling to enroll in school, all of the children — in a complete turnaround — returned to class last m...
Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and, in his sternest warning yet, told the former president that future gag order violations could send...
https://www.rep-am.com/news/2024/05/06/trump-fined-1000-for-gag-order-violation-in-hush-money-case/
Pro-Palestinian protesters break through barricades to retake MIT encampment
NEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters that had been blocked by police from accessing an encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday broke through fencing, linked arms...
Putin orders tactical nuclear drills on eve of his new term
President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s military to carry out combat drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, ramping up his confrontation with the West just a day before his inauguration f...
https://www.rep-am.com/news/2024/05/06/putin-orders-tactical-nuclear-drills-on-eve-of-his-new-term/
Hamas accepts Gaza cease-fire; Israel says it will continue talks but presses on with Rafah attacks
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas announced its acceptance Monday of an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but Israel said the deal did not meet its “core demands” and that it was pushing ahead with...
Don Winslow talks about the end of his prolific writing career
For three decades, crime novelist Don Winslow followed a simple routine: He’d rise at dawn each day to begin writing by 5:30 a.m. Twenty-five books later, most of them crime novels, many of the...
It’s worth getting to know Cotman and his stories
The opening story in “Weird Black Girls,” the third collection by Elwin Cotman, is called “The Switchin’ Tree.” It’s set in a small town where a harsh tree punishes children by compel...
https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/2024/05/06/its-worth-getting-to-know-cotman-and-his-stories/
Biography details what ‘Rulebreaker’ Barbara Walters did to get to the top
On May 15, 1953, TV Guide ran a profile of Barbara Walters, young producer of a 15-minute children’s program called “Ask the Camera.” By the time she died, almost 70 years later, Barbara Wa...
Jen Silverman’s gripping second novel explores the long afterlife of political violence
Earlier this year a former member of the far-left Baader-Meinhof gang who spent decades in hiding was arrested by German police in connection with a string of crimes. It was just another example ...
Magpie Murders’ creator Anthony Horowitz wrote ‘Close to Death’ and is a (dopey) character in it
From the minute he enters “Close to Death,” Giles Kenworthy is practically begging to be murdered. Anthony Horowitz isn’t in his blockbuster “Magpie Murders” universe with “Close,” ...
A case of mistaken identity: Klein’s reputation ruined by simply having same first name as crackpot
Think of it this way: What if you were a famous writer who, for years, had been ahead of the curve on major issues of worldwide significance (globalization, climate change, pandemics, social medi...
‘City of Ruins’ completes a masterful Don Winslow trilogy
Years ago, when novelist Don Winslow first read Aeschylus, he recognized that the Greek father of literary tragedies had explored every major theme found in modern crime fiction, from murder, ven...
https://www.rep-am.com/life-arts/2024/05/06/city-of-ruins-completes-a-masterful-don-winslow-trilogy/
In this horror novel, an Indigenous writer takes on the legacy of an ‘Indian Burial Ground’
A spate of 1980s horror flicks – “Pet Sematary,” for one – generated scares by disturbing the sacred space of Indian burial grounds, a trope generally applied with no Indigenous input. By...
State looking to extend paid sick leave benefits
UPDATE: The State Senate approved the law late Monday night. HARTFORD – State senators were verging Monday night on sending legislation extending Connecticut’s pioneering law on paid sick lea...
Waterbury dentists reimburse Medicare
WATERBURY-The owners of a dental practice operating in Waterbury and New Britain have agreed to pay more than $498,000 to resolve claims they paid a recruiter to have Medicaid clients directed to...
https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/06/waterbury-dentists-reimburse-medicare/
Middlebury referendum on budgets set for Wednesday
MIDDLEBURY – A referendum is slated for Wednesday on both the town’s 2024-25 proposed municipal and school budgets, which, when combined, represent a total spending package of $42.6 million, ...
https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/06/middlebury-referendum-on-budgets-set-for-wednesday/
Lights are on at Torrington High
TORRINGTON – Lights in harmony with natural lighting are up and working in classrooms in the new high school. The building was opened to a group of tourgoers Saturday. “They’re doing a lot ...
https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/06/lights-are-on-at-torrington-high/
Southbury residents set to vote on town, school budgets
SOUTHBURY – Residents will head to the polls Wednesday to vote on both the town and school budgets for 2024-25, which, if approved, would leave taxpayers here on the hook for about $81.2 millio...
https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/06/southbury-residents-set-to-vote-on-town-school-budgets/
Today in History: May 7
Today in History: May 7, Nazi Germany surrenders By The Associated Press undefined Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 7, the 128th day of 2024. There are 238 days left in the year. Today’s ...
https://www.rep-am.com/today_in_history/2024/05/06/today-in-history-may-7-2/
Legislators debate COVID funds
HARTFORD – Democratic and Republican legislators sparred Monday over a Democratic budget bill that appropriates $360 million to $400 million in unspent federal coronavirus relief funds to suppo...
https://www.rep-am.com/local/capitol-report/2024/05/06/legislators-debate-covid-funds/
Horoscope For Tuesday, May 7
What kind of day will tomorrow be? To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign. For Tuesday, May 7, 2024 There’s much promise in the air today, thanks to a very ...
https://www.rep-am.com/horoscope/2024/05/06/horoscope-for-tuesday-may-7/
Waterbury Hospital owes city $9 million in back taxes
WATERBURY – Waterbury Hospital owes the city nearly $9 million in taxes, a bill it waits to pay while it appeals its tax assessment in Waterbury Superior Court. City officials are confident the...
https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/06/waterbury-hospital-owes-city-9-million/