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Skeletal remains of three people found in foreclosed Burlington home

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Gen Z calls the new social media trend ‘tanmaxxing.’ CT experts call it ‘harmful’ and ‘destructive’

A recent national survey revealed that "misleading" information online is a key driver of sun safety decision making.

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Photo taken from Riverside Park looking at the Hartford skyline. (Douglas Hook / Hartford Courant)

Resignation hits embattled CT municipal commission. It comes amid alleged ‘conflict and dysfunction’

Tremont Flats, the newly completed apartment complex in Meriden. Developer Trinity Financial, which has done projects in Stamford, Norwalk and New Haven, is about to embark on another in Windsor Locks. (Courtesy of Trinity Financial)

Developer celebrates 82 new apartments in historic CT factory. An $85M housing project is next.

Ray O'Connell, who served was a Yantic volunteer firefighter for 57 years including 13 as chief, speaks at Monday's Norwalk City Council meeting.

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#45 ZUPPARDI'S APIZZA - WEST HAVEN, CT | The late Dominic Zuppardi learned his trade in Italy and became a master bread-maker in West Haven, Connecticut, before opening his own bakery specializing in artisan Italian breads and apizza. Today, the family-run business makes a variety of pies, but for a taste of history, you'll want to order one of the very first pizzas on the menu: the traditional plain pie with a great amount of tomato sauce and pecorino Romano cheese.

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, meets with Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE – Sean Penn appears at the Hammond Cinema Vanguard Award ceremony as part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2026. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, listens during an interview before a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion of Coherent’s manufacturing facility on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Sherman, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)

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Aetna's massive headquarters on Farmington Avenue in Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

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Brenda Cachay Gutiérrez, a student intern at Yale Law School, speaks at a press conference about Nancy Martinez's lawsuit in New Haven on June 15, 2026. Credit: Laura Tillman / CT Mirror

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 09: Tyler Farr performs onstage during day four of CMA Fest 2024 at the Chevy Riverfront stage on June 09, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images)

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