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Connecticut's "Right to Read" law allows the state to set curriculum requirements for all districts, creates student assessments to track progress, provides professional development and more.

The Long Island Power Authority approved a new standard rate to encourage electricity customers to avoid peak hours when energy is most expensive and environmentally harmful to generate.

About 6,000 inmates convicted of federal drug crimes are being released from prisons and halfway houses. It represents the first wave of early releases as the U.S. reconsiders how it punishes drug crimes.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has canceled scores of oil and gas leases sold by the Bush administration in Utah's red rock country. The sales would have brought $6 million to the government, in addition to royalties on any oil or gas production.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will speak to the Canadian Parliament on Friday as part of his campaign to bolster support from Western allies for Ukraine's war against the Russian invasion.

Some appetizing news from the American Farm Bureau Federation: Thanksgiving dinner is expected to be less expensive this year.

See highlights of a Kaiser Family Foundation/NPR survey on the effects of long-term joblessness.

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk became the world's first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years by beating British fighter Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh.

The grants will fund electric vehicle chargers for medium and heavy duty trucks along I-95, new heat pumps across New England and a clean climate control system for Union Station in New Haven.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said his decision had to do with Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.