Connecticut

Connecticut Family Receives Postcard Mailed 53 Years Ago

A Connecticut family got a shock on Tuesday after a funny-looking postcard arrived — 53 years late. “It took my breath away,” Joan Quirk told ABC’s West Haven affiliate WTNH. Emotions ran high in the Quirk household when the family realized that the card, mailed in 1963, was from an aunt who had long since passed away. “They had said…

Connecticut Student Says ‘ISIS’ in Pledge, Gets Pulled From High School

ANSONIA, Conn (AP) — A Connecticut high school student has been pulled out of classes and reported to police for substituting “ISIS” for the “United States of America” during the Pledge of Allegiance. “ISIS” is a term commonly used for the Islamic State group. Lt. Andrew Cota says the 15-year-old student at Ansonia High School wasn’t charged, but the case was…