HARTFORD, Conn. As a decade-long push to make a national park out of Samuel Colt s 19th-century gun factory won approval, elected officials hailed the project as a way to boost one of Hartford s ...

Protesters gather in front of Colt Manufacturing on August 1, 2025 following the U.S. Senate’s rejection of a proposed bill that would halt weapons sales to Israel. Credit: Tyler Russell / Connecticut ...