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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: A report says a Bristol police officer was justified in the use of deadly force to stop a gunman who killed two other officers in a 2022 ambush attack. And the fireworks show at Jones Beach is back this Fourth of July.

Connecticut will allocate more than $2 million to serve students’ mental health needs during the summer months for both 2024 and 2025, Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker announced on Thursday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that more than 18,000 jobs are now available to Venezuelan migrants and asylum-seekers. But the process to become employed is far more than just a job application.

Sharon Hospital received the initial denial to close their delivery unit. Advocates ask the state not to “turn a blind eye” to urgent healthcare challenges.

Here are 11 ways to help those in Turkey and Syria affected by last week’s earthquake on both the local and global scale.

The state received an “F” on its report card for its continued sale of flavored tobacco products. In addition, the report said almost a third of all Connecticut high schoolers say they use tobacco.

The letters threatened mass shootings and bombings dating as far back as 2013.

The demand comes as the city’s acting police chief, Renee Dominguez, is under fire for exonerating several officers who used force during the arrest of an unarmed man earlier this year.

Gary Gamarra had already been off the force for almost a year before he lost his certification. He was asked to resign in late 2020 after he was accused of raping at least one sex worker, using his influence as an officer to coerce her.

The go-ahead arrived as New Haven Children’s hospital said that COVID-related hospitalizations for children are increasing both in the city and across the United States.