Connecticut to lift most mandates on businesses, outdoors

Connecticut plans to phase out many COVID-19 restrictions affecting businesses next month, including long-shuttered bars, while keeping the mandatory indoor mask-wearing rules in place for now, Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Monday. The announcement came as the state surpassed 8,000 COVID-associated deaths. Diners seperated by barriers at Max’s Oyster Bar in West Hartford, Connecticut...