Mystic Seaport Museum workers are digging heavy snow off historic wooden ships, including the Charles W. Morgan, without damaging the decks. On Tuesday, they used only rubber and plastic shovels. They avoid metal tools and snowblowers because they can gouge the wood. The job is challenging on the Morgan because workers lift snow over rails that reach about four feet. Staff then spread rock salt on the decks. They say salt water protects wood better than fresh meltwater. Crews also watch for bala

Muhammad Ali is being honored with a commemorative U.S. postage stamp. Ali was known as one of the greatest boxers and a cultural icon. Ali's stamp features a 1974 Associated Press photo of him in a boxing pose. Ali's wife, Lonnie Ali, expresses excitement about the tribute, highlighting Ali's mission of spreading compassion. A first-day-of-issue ceremony for the Muhammad Ali Forever Stamp is planned for Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky, Ali's birthplace. The U.S. Postal Service director of stam

Connecticut is working to become a destination for holiday movie fans, promoting its charming towns featured in films by Hallmark and Lifetime. The state has launched the nation's first Christmas Movie Trail, a self-guided tour of locations where 22 films were made. It has sparked online buzz and boosted business for some attractions. Fans are visiting places like Wethersfield, where parts of "Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane" were shot. The holiday movie industry is booming, with 100 new films rel

Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is making a return appearance at this year’s Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest. The 41-year-old had skipped last year’s gastronomic battle for the coveted Mustard Belt amid a dispute over his relationship with a competing brand. It will mark Chestnut's 20th appearance. He's won 16 times and holds the world record of eating 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Chestnut told The Associated Press he never appeared in any ads for Impossible Foods tout

Resettlement agencies have raced to welcome refugees before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The Republican vowed to “suspend refugee resettlement” again to end what he calls "the migrant invasion of America." Nearly 30,000 refugees

The ashes of a big-eyed, brown and white puppy named Lisa that died last week in a plane crash in New York’s Catskill Mountains will be delivered to the late animal rescue pilot's family. A memorial flight was set Sunday to pick up the remains of the dog named Lisa from Albany, New York, and fly them to Virginia to the family of volunteer pilot Seuk Kim as a way of completing his mission. Kim and the puppy died last weekend after Kim's plane crashed under unknown circumstances. Two dogs aboard t

The one-credit course will focus on the period from Beyoncé's 2013 self-titled album through this year’s genre-defying “Cowboy Carter.”

U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes isn’t a member of the historically Black sororities and fraternities known as the “Divine Nine.” But throughout her hotly contested reelection campaign this year, Hayes, the first Black woman to…

The grueling basic training for fledgling cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, known as swab summer, is being revamped this year in light of a sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the prestigious Connecticut service academy. It's one of seven

New Jersey is incentivizing taxpayers who work from home for New York based employers to sue New York in court for taxing their wages. Connecticut is now considering it as well. There's hundreds of millions of dollars on the line for both states. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy last year signed legislation that rewards New Jersey residents with a tax break who win their tax appeal. Now Gov. Ned Lamont of Connecticut, a fellow Democrat, wants to offer a similar bounty. Out-of-state taxpayers paid nea

A group of lawmakers from six states have worked on the first major proposals to reign in AI discrimination. But those bills face blistering headwinds from every direction. Lawmakers in Colorado, Texas and Connecticut, among others, have come together Thursday to argue the case for their proposals. The press conference follows a tug of war between civil rights-oriented groups and the industry over core components of the legislation. Organizations including labor unions and consumer advocacy grou

Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.

When it comes to state insects, most states honor fuzzy or beloved bugs like honey bees or butterflies. Not so Connecticut, whose bug-to-be-most-proud-of is a voracious non-native predator, Mantis religiosa. Two groups of schoolkids want lawmakers to replace the praying mantis. One suggests the Spring Azure Butterfly. Another wants the Autumn Meadowhawk Dragonfly. Lawmakers didn’t want to disappoint, so the kids suggested a compromise during a hearing at the Capitol on Friday -- could Connecticu

A judge's order for a new primary in Connecticut’s largest city because of alleged absentee ballot fraud captured on surveillance video is fueling skepticism about the security of U.S. elections, as well as conspiracy theories involving the 2020

Many people who have evacuated communities in Canada's Northwest Territories because of raging wildfires have had to leave their beloved pets behind. But a group of people, including a veterinarian in territorial capital of Yellowknife, have been working find these animals, reunite them with their owners or keep tabs on them until the evacuation is lifted. In some cases, owners have left out food and water for pets left behind, thinking they'd be back home in a day or two. But with evacuations l

Connecticut plans to inventory all of its government systems using AI and regularly check to see if they're discriminatory.

Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on sovereign tribal lands to sell directly to consumers. By doing so, it circumvents laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model. Mohegan Sun, a casino and entertainment complex in Connecticut owned by the Mohegan Tribe, announced this week that the California-based electric automaker will open a showroom on its property this fall. And last month the Oneida Indian Nation announced a similar