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For a generation of Irish American men, John F. Kennedy symbolized all they might do and become in the United States. Journalist Pete Hamill, who learned of Kennedy's death while visiting relatives in Belfast, wrote of feeling unsafe years later when his car broke down on a remote road in rural Mexico. Unsafe, that is, until he arrived at the nearest house and saw portraits of JFK and the Virgin of Guadalupe on the mud-brick wall.
U.S. Rep. John Larson's longstanding quest to save the Social Security system has an important new ally: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The millennial congresswoman from Queens made a video with Larson calling for the House of Representatives to vote on the Social Security 2100 Act.
"It takes all of us coming together to preserve and save Social Security,'' Ocasio-Cortez said in the video, which was posted on Larson's social media channels.
A shining memorial to Connecticut men and women who died in wars spanning 2½ centuries arrived at Goodwin College Thursday.
The Connecticut Fallen Star Memorial honors approximately 30,000 fighters from the state who were killed in battles from Bunker Hill to Fallujah. A dedication ceremony — to be attended by 20 of the state's Gold Star mothers — is set for Nov. 9.
