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Poderosa: LGBTQ coffee entrepreneur Evelyn Ruiz leads by centering community The Puerto Rican coffee business owner from Hartford runs Hasta Luego Friend out of a vintage trailer and founded a queer collective at bars around town.

Meet Evy Ruiz in our latest installment of our Poderosas: Portraits of Purpose series! @ctpublic.bsky.social www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-03...

Man in mental health crisis injured in Blue Hills police shooting dies. Family to call for justice The shooting initially left 55-year-old Steven Jones in critical condition.

Latest from @chrispolansky.bsky.social: "The Greater Hartford branch of the NAACP is weighing in on the second police shooting of a Black man in acute mental distress in less than two weeks in the capital city." www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-03...

Americans now listen to podcasts more often than talk radio, study shows | TechCrunch Recent findings also show that video podcasting -- while popular -- is not necessarily replacing audio shows.

"For the first time this year, podcasts eclipsed spoken-word radio with 40% of listening time, as opposed to 39% for radio."

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Police fatally shot CT man who pulled a knife during mental health crisis. Now, his family speaks Attorneys and family of Everard Walker, who was shot and killed by a Hartford police officer last Thursday inside his apartment, announced plans to sue.

The latest: "The family of Everard Walker called Connecticut’s 211 line to ask for a mental health evaluation last Thursday. The response ended with police fatally shooting Walker in front of his son and daughter." www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...