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New Haven Adopts Facial-Recognition Tech
The city plans to switch over from fingerprint readers to facial-recognition technology at 11 different workplaces this week.

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The city plans to switch over from fingerprint readers to facial-recognition technology at 11 different workplaces this week.

The committee alders endorsed a proposal calling on Yale not to strike such a settlement with the Department of Justice.
A New York-based hotel company has purchased the property for more than $10 million.
Steve Fontana saw how downtown New Haven transformed — and sees how similar changes could come to the center of Hamden.
Mayor Justin Elicker has formally asked Tweed New Haven Airport to stop providing “preferential parking” for federal immigration agents.
The fourth-generation family-run store has suddenly closed, at least for now.
The restaurant plans to auction off its furniture and fixtures later this month.
When a bus became stuck in a flooded street firefighters came to the rescue — by giving the driver a piggyback ride through high waters.
New information has also been released in the case involving a SCSU athlete who was arrested by ICE at the airport last week.
Firefighters ran into a burning building — not to rescue victims from smoke, but to raise money for research into a rare form of cancer.
Federal immigration agents arrested a Southern Connecticut State University athlete at Tweed New Haven Airport.
The New Haven Police Department and the state Department of Children and Families are investigating an allegation, according to officials.
Police said the man’s injuries were life-threatening, “but we think he will survive.”
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception that allows the café to sell wine and beer at its brick-and-mortar location.
The brothers who own the Wooster Street pizzeria have bought a nearby property where they plan to open a new restaurant.
It was a big night for the challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election.
“I was only five months pregnant when my whole world fell apart,” the victim’s girlfriend said.
The boy was reported missing last Thursday.
A shooting at one restaurant and an explosion outside another, within less than 24 hours of each other, prompted a community meeting.
Neighbors voiced frustrations at a recent Hamden Newhall Neighborhood Association meeting as the foundation-repair process drags on.