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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont orders the closing of all schools for at least two weeks, beginning March 16.
2020-03-13

Paul Beatty becomes the first American author to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel "The Sellout".
2016-10-25

American actress Julianne Moore wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "Still Alice".
2015-02-22

The American city of St. Louis prepares for a weekend of protests after eight people were arrested protesting another death in the suburb of Ferguson, Missouri this week.
2014-10-11

North Korea releases 85-year-old American retiree Merrill Newman after 42 days in captivity. The United States once again asks the DPRK to pardon and release Kenneth Bae.
2013-12-7

North Korea sentences American Kenneth Bae to 15 years of prison labor for "hostile acts" against the regime. The United States calls for amnesty.
2013-05-2

A 4.0-magnitude (originally, 4.6) earthquake strikes Hollis Center, Maine, roughly 20 miles west of Portland, Maine, the state's largest city. At 3.1 miles deep, it is a shallow earthquake, felt in Maine, southwestern Connecticut, and eastern New York state. There were reports of very minor damage and cellular phone outages, but no serious property damage, injuries, or deaths.
2012-10-16

At least two American Marines and 16 Taliban fighters are killed in a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion airbase in Afghanistan's Helmand province, says a spokesman at nearby Camp Leatherneck.
2012-09-14

Voters in five US states go to the polls, with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney projected to win in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
2012-04-24

Egypt appoints new judges for the trial of 43 non-government organisation workers including six Americans who left earlier in the week.
2012-03-3