In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod Bethune ...

Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...

Stamford police say a multi-week investigation alongside DEA agents led to the Wednesday arrest of Samuel Elie for selling narcotics.

Adrian Peeler, a man convicted in the 1999 killings of a mother and her 8-year-old son, had his sentence commuted by outgoing ...

A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of ...

Solomon Schechter teacher Nicholas Ricciardi, of Manchester, was arrested for alleged "inappropriate" touching a student at ...

Athletic, one of the leading brewers of non-alcoholic beer, is donating money to relief efforts for wildfires ravaging southern California.

More than 118 million children had their schooling interrupted in April alone, UNICEF said, as large parts of the Middle East and Asia, from Gaza in the west to the Philippines in the southeast, ...

The aftermarket auto parts retailer is closing a Connecticut store at 935 S. Main St. in Cheshire, and more closures are ...

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased this week to just below 7%, its first decline after climbing five ...

As part of the Manchester shopping mall's foreclosure, the property will be sold to Namdar and two partners for $25.8 million ...