Environment

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a celebration of all things tacky. Plus, a look at why reality TV is sometimes tacky and at the tackiest home décor.

The actress had been on life support after suffering a "severe anoxic brain injury," caused by a lack of oxygen, when her car crashed into a home Aug. 5. She was 53.

One year later, the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has changed life for ordinary Afghans.

Scientists aren't sure why a group of Connecticut's periodical cicadas disappeared nearly 70 years ago.

Heat doesn’t affect everyone equally. Maps from UConn's Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation show who is most vulnerable to heat.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants.

Local environmental experts are concerned about the worsening effects of stormwater runoff on recreation and fishing. They’re sharing their knowledge with the public this week.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: What is stickiness, scientifically speaking? How do geckos climb? Why don’t Post-it Notes ruin our books? And: A look, specifically, at chewing gum.

Connecticut opened monkeypox testing and vaccination centers this week.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) was one of several officials calling for a more robust federal response to the monkeypox outbreak at a news conference Monday.

Federal lawmakers have passed a bill that could get more pickup trucks and smartphones out to consumers. Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives approved a $52 billion investment in U.S. companies specifically targeted at the production of semiconductor chips.