Evening News Brief: Blumenthal tours burnt down mosque, pledges more security funding

Blumenthal tours burnt down mosque, pledges more security funding   Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Friday toured a New Haven mosque that was intentionally burned, and the senator is pledging more federal security money for religious centers across the state.

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