Fewer building permits for new housing were granted in 2021 than in every year since 2011.
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A shift away from daily COVID case counts has begun
The most familiar indicator of COVID-19’s inexorable spread —daily state and local case counts— may be on the way out.
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CT mother-daughter duo plead guilty to charges from Jan. 6 Capitol riot
A Connecticut mother and daughter have pleaded guilty to parading or demonstrating in a Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Natural gas bans are new front in effort to curb emissions
Lawmakers in New York are considering the nation’s first statewide ban on natural gas connections in new buildings.
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Hospitals recruit international nurses to fill pandemic shortages
Scores of hospitals across the U.S. looking abroad to ease a shortage of nurses worsened by the pandemic.
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Home births rise in Connecticut as pandemic prompts women to seek alternatives to hospitals
The number of at-home births increased nationally to its highest level since at least 1990.
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For some trans people, how family handle names and pronouns can make or break the holiday
Many transgender people head into the holidays seeing family struggle with or outright refuse to use their new names.
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More states to provide free COVID home test kits
New Jersey is joining New Hampshire and Washington state in sending free COVID-19 testing kits to residents who request them.
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With medical bills soaring, nonprofits, crowdfunding, payment plans offer some debt relief
Lori Dingwell of Waterbury tested positive for COVID-19. Despite her insurance, she racked up $10,000 in medical debt.
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As Congress moves to change military sexual assault prosecutions, attacks continue to haunt survivors
Congress is poised to take action that would put the responsibility for prosecuting sexual assault cases on independent military lawyers.
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Rural midwives fill gap as hospitals cut childbirth services
Where some rural hospitals are cutting obstetric services, midwives, trained in maternity care, are picking up the slack.
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The federal government is making a new investment in women-owned small businesses
The SBA is putting a greater focus on women business owners than ever before.
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Robocallers try new tactics to evade crackdowns
Like the Whac-A-Mole game at the carnival, every time state and federal law enforcement officials think they have smacked down scam robocalls, the unwanted calls pop up in a slightly different place with a slightly different face. One new trick is for callers to send messages straight to voicemail. The scammers argue that because they […]
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A ‘double red zone’: Alarms raised at many universities over sexual assault reports
Students around the country have protested their schools’ handling of sexual assault as more are on campus after pandemic-disrupted years.
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Supreme Court indicates it could eliminate a core element of Roe v. Wade
The justices appeared starkly divided on whether to uphold the protections guaranteed by Roe v. Wade,