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NEW HAVEN >> Board of Education member Edward Joyner is facing a primary challenge by a human services development director.Jamell Cotto, the family center director at Catholic Charities Centro San Jose Family Center on Lombard Street, registered as a Democratic candidate for the Board of Education on May 25,

HARTFORD >> The House approved a revised version of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's bill to change the bail bond system and reduce the pre-trial population.In a 88-62 vote, 11 Republicans voted in favor of the measure that would eliminate cash bail and prohibit a court from imposing financial conditions on the release of most people charged with misdemeanors.

NEW HAVEN >> One woman is running for mayor, another has aspirations for statewide office, while others are looking for helpful insight into the election process.They filled a lecture hall at the Yale Law School Monday morning for the beginning of the weeklong Women's Campaign School where their first speaker, Connecticut's Lt.

NEW HAVEN >> Media giant Hearst added to its Connecticut media holdings Monday, acquiring Digital First Media's properties in the state, including the New Haven Register and Connecticut Magazine.

NEW HAVEN >> After traveling a distance of more than 2,000 miles, a group of Elm City high school students came to see a strong resemblance between New Haven and its sister city, Le#xf3;n, Nicaragua.High School in the Community students Jenna McKechnie, Sean Nelson and Jasalay Mercado said their trip last month, which was organized through the

HARTFORD>> An attempt to call a revised, bipartisan recreational marijuana amendment for a vote in the House hit a bump in the road Monday when the lead House Republican said her Democratic counterparts crafted the amendment without her input.A Monday morning press conference called by Rep.

NEW HAVEN >> Monday's funeral for Officer Edward C. Douglas Jr. drew more than 100 people to Trinity Temple Church of God on Dixwell Avenue. Among them were Douglas' high school friends William Allen and Jeremy Black. Near the steps leading up to the church, where Douglas' pristine white casket sat between rows of wooden pews, Allen and Black stood and looked at one another.

WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump for a second day lashed out at London's mayor on Twitter in the wake of a deadly terror attack in the city.Trump tweeted Monday morning that London Mayor Sadiq Khan had offered a "pathetic excuse" and "had to think fast on his 'no reason to be alarmed' statement.

NEW HAVEN >> A Superior Court judge Monday ruled Dr. Lishan Wang competent to stand trial in the slaying of a medical colleague in Branford seven years ago.

NEW HAVEN >> A person died Monday morning after a car crashed into a tree on Route 15, state police said.At approximately 7 a.m., a vehicle that was traveling northbound on Route 15 crashed as it approached Exit 59, state police said.The right lane was closed at 7:11 and delays are expected, state police said.