A bite-sized look at what else we’re hearing: New Haven peace commissioner is killed in a hit-and-run after marching for Palestine. Also, the Town of Hempstead files a lawsuit challenging the MTA congestion pricing plan.

Commentator David Bouchier reminds us that this is Be Kind to Animals Week, and what we can do about it.

Around 100 Connecticut lawmakers, religious leaders and community members gathered in the Senate chamber for the state’s 42nd Holocaust Commemoration on Friday. Reports of antisemitism in Connecticut more than doubled in the last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

After a fiery crash shut down Interstate 95 in Norwalk on Thursday, Connecticut officials say the goal is to have the highway reopened by the morning rush hour commute on Monday, May 6.

Unlike other college encampments around the country, Wesleyan’s administration has indicated that the encampment will not be removed, provided it stays peaceful.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded access to fertility treatments, reversing its decades-old policy that blocked in vitro fertilization for unmarried, single or LGBTQ veterans. But IVF is still out of reach for many other veterans due to the requirement that they prove their infertility was caused by their military service.

A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: Yale University President Peter Salovey is set to testify before a U.S. House committee on antisemitism on campus amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Also, sexual assault investigations at the Coast Guard Academy are being mishandled, according to a Senate subcommittee.

The Connecticut House of Representatives approved a controversial Democratic climate change bill. It passed along party lines after several hours of debate that reflected a sharp divide between Democrats and Republicans.

A marine scientist, pianist, and composer with coding skills came together to create Harmony of Nature II, Waves, an album based off of coastal climate data from the Long Island Sound and beyond.

International fentanyl trafficking will be declared a national emergency due to the passage of a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is more powerful than heroin and kills hundreds of Long Islanders every year.