Former senator and former US vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman dies. Lieberman, who represented Connecticut in the Upper House (1989-2013), was 82 years old.
Funeral services will be next Friday at Agudath Sholom Congregation in his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong mourned the death of whom he called his mentor and whom he remembered as a man "principled and tough" But also "incredibly warm and kind and dedicated to Connecticut," said Tong.