A white Hartford police sergeant who was caught on a citizen’s video saying he was “trigger happy” has been demoted and is fighting for his job, city officials said Thursday.

Semiotics is the study of sign process, which is to say: it's the science of the search for meaning. And then, part of the underlying premise of semiotics -- which just happens to be part of the underlying premise of The Colin McEnroe Show , itself -- is that there's meaning... everywhere.

Connecticut Public Radio, The Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges, WFSB Channel 3, the CT Mirror hosted the first gubernatorial debate of the general election at the University of Saint Joseph on September 5, 2018. Missed the event? Listen to the audio above

It takes just one look outside to know what time of year it is. The goldenrod, Queen Anne's lace, and asters are blooming, so it must be late summer moving into fall.

Check out some of the titles recommended during this episode here . Now that it’s summer, it’s time to head to the beach with a good book! For many of us, vacation is one of the few times we get to read for fun. Don’t know what book to pick up? Where We Live has got you covered.

Nike is catching a lot of press for selecting former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick as the face of a new "Just Do It" ad campaign.

Julissa Mota can recall the exact moment when squash — the preppy racquet sport — entered her consciousness. Visitors had stopped by Julissa's fifth-grade class at M.D. Fox School, a neighborhood school in Hartford's South End. Capitol Squash , an urban squash program, was new and recruiting kids in 2014, so the executive director brought along a coach and a big blue box with racquets inside for the children to pass around.

After a few weeks mostly out of the public's view, Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob Stefanowski is back hitting the pavement . But having spent most of his campaign warchest to win the GOP primary, he's also busy dialing up potential money donors. This week, we gauge how tough it may be for Stefanowski to match his Democratic opponent Ned Lamont in terms of campaign spending . It won't matter as much, though, if outside groups keep doling out millions to independently back his candidacy.

A San Francisco-based software engineering school is opening a new location in Connecticut.

Over 2,000 students have come to Connecticut from Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria. Many of them have settled in Connecticut's biggest cities, and their arrival has highlighted the need for more teachers who speak Spanish and who are certified to teach English language learners, or ELLs.