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Should there be a temporary moratorium around smoke shops in Ansonia? The Ansonia Planning & Zoning Commission proposed a temporary moratorium on smoke shops and this week, there was a public hearing to get feedback from the community. We got an update from the commission chair, Jared Heon, and learned the next steps in a possible moratorium process for the city.

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Earlier this year, Connecticut lawmakers were touting UConn’s popularity among high school graduates nationwide. UConn has a record-breaking freshman class this year but what’s the catch with this stellar headline? Apparently, there’s a real housing crisis for upper classman across the five UConn campuses. We got the scoop from Katie Servas, News Director for WHUS, UConn’s radio station.  

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Monday's edition of "Connecticut Today" with host Paul Pacelli featured live coverage of a law enforcement news conference regarding another apparent assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump. The news conference featured Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe, Jr. (00:36). CBS News Tech Contributor Ian Sherr talked about the federal government's legal attempt at banning the TikTok app on national security grounds (04:19). CTNewsJunkie columnist and Substack blogger Terry Cowgill joined us for his weekly check-in (10:07)

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There are more questions than answers following what the FBI is calling a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. We wanted local insight from a law enforcement perspective to dive into the case. We spoke with Ken Gray, a distinguished lecturer of homeland security and terrorism, and criminal justice at the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at University of New Haven.

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Yale will pay dozens of patients who sued the school after extremely painful egg retrievals at its fertility clinic. It comes after a nurse secretly swapped their anesthesia with saline. While Yale says it has committed to making changes to the way it handles narcotics, what does this case mean for Connecticut residents and having health advocacy? Attorney Eric Chaffin of Chaffin Luhana, a national law firm with offices in Connecticut talked about patient advocacy and the breakdown happening between doctors and patients.  

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Senator Richard Blumenthal predicted the American people will be shocked by the information revealed in an interim report on the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and the security failures from the July incident. We asked Senator Blumenthal what was in that report and got his reaction to the most recent incident over the weekend involving the former president. The FBI says an attempted assassination on Trump happened at a golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Today, Mike Cerulli discusses this week's presidential debate with Connecticut State Comptroller Sean Scanlon (0:00), State Representative Greg Howard (40:00), and Patrick Berland (1:22:34).

Host Paul Pacelli started Friday's "Connecticut Today" looking at the growing conspiracy theories connected to Tuesday's presidential debate (00:40). GOP State Sen. Rob Sampson dropped by to chat about a recent controversy surrounding "curbside voting" in Bridgeport (07:24). CBS News reporter Chris Fox joined us from Austin, Texas, with details on another report that looks at the 2022 Uvalde mass school shooting (16:43). Finally, former Bridgeport State Rep. Chris Caruso capped-off the week with his regular thoughts on all the Bridgeport buzz (24:27)

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Ansonia police are investigating a murder suicide after a man apparently killed his ex-wife in Ansonia, then turned the gun on himself. We go the latest on the investigation from Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch.

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A Sacred Heart University professor and student connected over an unlikely passion: combatting too much cell phone usage. The pair teamed up and created a new children’s book called Bored and Loving It. We spoke to them about the book, why it can make a difference for young children and touched on a pilot program at the college banning cell phones in class.

To buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGHFFL7J

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