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At least four Democratic representatives from Connecticut said Thursday they were targeted with bomb threats while home celebrating Thanksgiving with their families. Reps. Joe Courtney, Jim Himes, John Larson and Jahana Hayes each issued statements revealing they were targeted with bomb threats, prompting law enforcement to respond. In each case, law enforcement ultimately found no evidence of a bomb and all four lawmakers have reported their families are safe. The incidents come one day after several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administration appointees were similarly targeted in what the president-elect’s transition team called “violent and unAmerican threats to their...

A teacher who warned Donald Trump supporters not to start a fight with her or they would lose, and die, says she would consider a more peaceful approach. Annie Dunleavy, 30, resigned from Chapman Elementary School in Cheshire, Connecticut, amid backlash against her Snapchat video. She went viral after the video she posted to a private channel vowing to leave Trump supporters 'on a stretcher... forever' if they 'tested their gangster' on her. Dunleavy was put on a temporary leave from the school as the institution investigated her post-election rant, and quit soon after. Losing her dream job gave Dunleavy...