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Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim testified before the Standing Committee on Recommendations for Admission to the Bar on Tuesday in an attempt to get his law license back. Ganim lost it after he served 7 years in federal prison.
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A judge has ordered a Texas attorney representing Infowars host Alex Jones for a hearing in a Connecticut court. Jones was sued for defamation in Texas and Connecticut by families of victims killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. An attorney for one family suggested in court this week that Jones’ attorneys shared confidential psychiatric records and depositions of the nine named plaintiffs in a Connecticut lawsuit against Jones — records an attorney for the plaintiffs in Texas say Andino Reynal shouldn’t have.
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Connecticut launched a website and telephone hotline on Friday designed to link people seeking abortions with resources in the state.
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Connecticut is spending more than $5 million to upgrade hospital infrastructure at the campus of the state’s Department of Veteran Affairs in Rocky Hill.
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Infowars host Alex Jones is on trial in Texas and Connecticut for saying that the Sandy Hook school shooting never happened. A jury now has the Texas case, while the Connecticut case is in bankruptcy court. Defense teams representing Jones face more problems stemming from a dramatic moment in court Wednesday that featured the appearance of a text message representing the type of record Jones swore he didn’t have.
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Griner's attorney was quoted by Russian news agencies on Monday as saying the appeal was filed, but the grounds of the appeal were not immediately clear.
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R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago is starting. The singer faces a slew of legal battles and was already sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering.
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