John Kane
News FellowJohn Kane is a News Fellow at WSHU covering local news in Connecticut and Long Island. He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Central CT State University and is studying Journalism, Film and Television at Sacred Heart University's School of Communications and Media Studies. He currently lives in Stratford, Conn.
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New Haven education officials approved a new policy that they said will help protect the identity, safety and rights of transgender students in schools in the city. -
U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut wants Congress to continue to fund research to create a universal flu vaccine that could improve protection against multiple strains of the flu over several years.
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Connecticut health officials have fined more than 100 long-term care facilities for failure to meet the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Officer Michael Stanitis was fired by the city’s police commission in October of 2020.
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Five members of a Riverhead, New York, family lost their lives Tuesday night when their home was destroyed by fire.
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Mayor Joe Ganim of Bridgeport announced a series of awards this week to community support organizations across the region.
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Several people reported receiving a phone call informing them that they had been exposed to the virus through close contact with an infected individual. They were told to contact the Fairfield Health Department.
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Officials in Bridgeport, Connecticut, are struggling to keep promises to reform the police force they made after national protests last year.
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Comedian Jon Stewart joined U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Capitol Hill Thursday to urge congress to help veterans exposed to toxins to get health coverage.
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Connecticut children ages 5 to 11 were among the first in the country to get the COVID-19 vaccine following the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approval of Pfizer’s low dose vaccine for kids on Tuesday.
