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Monday 05/21/2018
UConn president Herbst to step down in summer 2019 Posted: 21 May 2018 [11:59 AM] STORRS - University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst announced Monday that she will step down after the 2018-19 academic year. The 55-year-old…
Police: Ambulance stolen, taken on 40-mile joyride to Connecticut Posted: 21 May 2018 [11:55 AM] PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Police say a Boston man stole an ambulance from outside a Rhode Island hospital and took it on a…
Friday 05/18/2018
Suspect in Hartford officer stabbing ordered held on $2 million bail Posted: 18 May 2018 [11:57 AM] HARTFORD - A Connecticut police officer who was stabbed in the neck and gravely wounded by an apartment building tenant was identified…
Tuesday 05/15/2018
Democrats pick Mary Glassman to run for Esty's seat Posted: 15 May 2018 [08:44 PM] WATERBURY - After a close second ballot, Democrats in the state’s 5th Congressional District endorsed Mary Glassman as the party’s candidate…
Monday 05/14/2018
Police: Trooper was drunk, speeding at time of fatal crash in Wolcott Posted: 14 May 2018 [11:52 AM] WOLCOTT - A Connecticut state trooper who died in an off-duty crash in February was drunk and speeding at the time and…
Sunday 05/13/2018
New Connecticut chief justice hopes to improve confidence in the judiciary Posted: 13 May 2018 [08:23 PM] HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Chief Justice Richard Robinson feels the pressure of his new job and welcomes the challenge. He also…
Connecticut GOP picks Boughton, Markley for gubernatorial ticket Posted: 13 May 2018 [01:41 AM] MASHANTUCKET – Following hours of voting, three ballots cast and some last-minute confusion, the Connecticut Republican Party endorsed Danbury Mayor…
Thursday 05/10/2018
Posted: 10 May 2018 [08:41 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - Connecticut lawmakers passed an 11th-hour bipartisan budget agreement before the General Assembly’s midnight adjournment on Wednesday, with lawmakers calling the vote historic. The $20.8 billion deal passed in the House of Representatives on a 142-8 vote at…
Wednesday 05/09/2018
Posted: 09 May 2018 [08:12 PM] WATERBURY (AP) - A man who was on Connecticut’s death row for bludgeoning a 13-year-old boy to death with a sledgehammer is now facing life in prison. The Republican-American reports that 38-year-old Todd Rizzo, of Waterbury, was resentenced Tuesday for…
Posted: 09 May 2018 [08:10 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday he will sign newly passed legislation that bans devices enabling guns to fire like automatic weapons. “I have yet to hear one legitimate reason why anyone needs to own a device…
Tuesday 05/08/2018
Posted: 08 May 2018 [07:27 PM] HARTFORD - A Connecticut judge has cited government immunity in dismissing a lawsuit by the parents of two children killed in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre against the town and its school district over alleged inadequate security measures. Superior…
Connecticut woman charged in frozen dog case gets probation Posted: 08 May 2018 [12:03 PM] HARTFORD - A Connecticut woman charged with allowing a dog to freeze to death has avoided jail. The Hartford Courant reports that…
Death of woman found in Burlington pond ruled a homicide Posted: 08 May 2018 [11:35 AM] BURLINGTON - The death of a woman found in a Connecticut pond last week has been ruled a homicide. The woman's body…
Public health agency reports more than 3,000 suspected ODs Posted: 08 May 2018 [11:33 AM] HARTFORD - Public health officials in Connecticut say hospital emergency rooms in the state have handled more than 3,000 suspected drug overdoses…
Friday 05/04/2018
New murder trial ordered for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel Posted: 04 May 2018 [07:23 PM] HARTFORD - In a stunning reversal, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday vacated Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's murder conviction and ordered a…
Thursday 05/03/2018
1 body found after 9 officers hurt in explosion at North Haven standoff Posted: 03 May 2018 [10:47 AM] NORTH HAVEN - A Connecticut woman's call to police to report domestic violence led to a standoff and explosion in a barn…
Wednesday 05/02/2018
Connecticut weighs return of highway tolls banned since 1980s Posted: 02 May 2018 [09:49 PM] HARTFORD, Conn. - Three decades after doing away with highway tolls, Connecticut's legislature is taking a hard look at bringing them back…
Race for city's statewide delegation is shaping up Posted: 02 May 2018 [01:27 PM] NEW BRITAIN – With about six months until Connecticut’s 2018 election, the race for the city’s statewide delegation is shaping…
Tuesday 05/01/2018
Posted: 01 May 2018 [02:31 PM] HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Authorities in Connecticut are looking to sell Hartford’s aging downtown arena. The Hartford Courant reports the Capital Regional Development Authority opened bidding for the XL Center on Monday. The authority is a quasi-public agency created by…
Monday 04/30/2018
New Britain Alderman Manny Sanchez to seek Esty's U.S. House seat Posted: 30 April 2018 [09:32 PM] HARTFORD - Flanked by members of the General Assembly’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus and members of the New Britain Common…
Woman dies when car crashes on I-84 in Farmington Posted: 30 April 2018 [11:08 AM] FARMINGTON - State police say a 24-year-old woman has died in an early morning crash in Farmington. Police say Sherryann Jamila Haylett,…
Some state lawmakers still pushing for tolls as session winds down Posted: 30 April 2018 [11:07 AM] HARTFORD - Some state lawmakers aren't giving up on passing legislation that could eventually lead to highway tolls on Connecticut's highways. Democratic…
Spada, Connecticut judge and public safety commissioner, dies at 85 Posted: 30 April 2018 [11:04 AM] HARTFORD - Former Connecticut judge and state public safety Commissioner Arthur Spada, who rooted out police corruption as a one-person grand jury…
Wednesday 04/25/2018
Mayor Erin Stewart picks Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei as her running mate Posted: 25 April 2018 [05:40 PM] HARTFORD – Just steps away the office she hopes is hers come November, New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart announced Tuesday…
Monday 04/23/2018
Posted: 23 April 2018 [09:01 PM] DANBURY, Conn. (AP) - Health officials have confirmed that norovirus sickened about 100 students at Western Connecticut State University and prompted the school to close for the day for disinfecting. State Department of Public Health officials said Monday that testing…
Man arrested at Bradley airport with loaded handgun Posted: 23 April 2018 [03:06 PM] WINDSOR LOCKS - A man has been arrested at a Connecticut airport for trying to board a flight with a loaded gun.…
A joyful reunion with birth parents leads to incest, murder Posted: 23 April 2018 [11:01 AM] DOVER, N.Y. - What started out as a joyful reunion of a young woman with her birth parents soon turned sour, then…
Western Connecticut State closes because of student illness Posted: 23 April 2018 [10:58 AM] DANBURY - Health officials have confirmed that norovirus sickened about 100 students at Western Connecticut State University and prompted the school to…
Sunday 04/22/2018
Event today in New Britain focuses on helping recently released Posted: 22 April 2018 [09:11 PM] NEW BRITAIN – Dana Smith and Char’Dornne Bussue are hoping to show residents that there is help for those…
Wednesday 04/18/2018
Program to commemorate Armenian Genocide of 1915 Posted: 18 April 2018 [09:23 PM] HARTFORD - The 103rd commemoration of the 1915 Armenian Genocide will take place on Saturday in the House Chamber at the State…
Yale's Skull and Bones warns students of pranks by impostor Posted: 18 April 2018 [04:41 PM] HARTFORD - Skull and Bones, the secret society at Yale University, is warning of an impostor who has called some students purporting…
Tuesday 04/17/2018
Posted: 17 April 2018 [08:44 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - The families of two children slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have filed lawsuits against right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for claiming the shooting in Connecticut did not happen. Neil Heslin, the…
Posted: 17 April 2018 [08:42 PM] MONTVILLE (AP) - Prosecutors are deciding whether school officials should be charged for failing to report a substitute teacher accused of running a “fight club” at a Connecticut high school. Police say cellphone videos show 23-year-old Ryan Fish encouraging students…
Sandy Hook families file suit against Infowars' Alex Jones Posted: 17 April 2018 [01:36 PM] HARTFORD - The families of two children slain in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have filed lawsuits against right-wing radio host…
Sunday 04/15/2018
Posted: 15 April 2018 [08:21 PM] SEYMOUR (AP) - Over two dozen residents of an apartment building in Seymour have been displaced following a large fire. The Connecticut Post reports 26 residents were displaced following flames that started in the attic, but quickly spread throughout the…
Friday 04/13/2018
911: Man kills daughter who was also his wife after breakup Posted: 13 April 2018 [10:58 AM] NEW MILFORD — A man killed his wife — who was also his daughter — and their 7-month-old son before taking his…
Substitute teacher charged with running student 'fight club' Posted: 13 April 2018 [10:56 AM] MONTVILLE - A former substitute teacher is charged with supervising a student “fight club” at a Connecticut high school. Police say cellphone…
Thursday 04/12/2018
Posted: 12 April 2018 [08:45 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - Campaign finance filings show that two wealthy retired businessmen running for governor are pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars of their own money into their campaigns. The Hartford Courant reports that Republican Bob Stefanowski, a former executive…
Wednesday 04/11/2018
Police: Connecticut bank robbery suspect trying to impress Taylor Swift Posted: 11 April 2018 [11:49 AM] ANSONIA - Police say a Connecticut man with a crush on singer Taylor Swift robbed a bank and then went to the…
Tuesday 04/10/2018
Posted: 10 April 2018 [09:02 PM] STAFFORD (AP) - Police say a middle school janitor in Stafford threatened a school shooting in a move that prompted a district-wide lockdown. Fifty-eight-year-old David Wachta of Monson, Massachusetts has been arrested and charged with breach of peace and first-degree…
Sunday 04/08/2018
Posted: 08 April 2018 [08:48 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - Connecticut lawmakers say they’re optimistic this will be the year the General Assembly requires high school students to learn about a 2000 law that allows newborns to be dropped off at a hospital - no questions asked.…
Thursday 04/05/2018
Posted: 05 April 2018 [08:19 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s new nominee for chief justice of the state Supreme Court would be the first African-American to hold the judicial branch’s top job. The Democratic governor announced Thursday that he is nominating Associate…
Sunday 04/01/2018
Posted: 01 April 2018 [09:02 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - The cries for embattled U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty to step down for not protecting female staffers who said they experienced violence, death threats and sexual harassment by her former chief of staff intensified on Saturday, with fellow…
Friday 03/30/2018
Judge says state shouldn't charge inmate who won suit against it, says judge Posted: 30 March 2018 [08:51 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - A federal judge has ruled Connecticut officials were wrong to keep more than half of a prison inmate’s $300,000…
Posted: 30 March 2018 [08:51 PM] FARMINGTON (AP) - The University of Connecticut announced Thursday that it has recovered more than $50,000 it paid to a slain researcher while it believed he was working from home. Police checking on the welfare of Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi, a…
Tuesday 03/27/2018
Posted: 27 March 2018 [09:01 PM] HARTFORD - The Connecticut Senate on Tuesday rejected Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s State Supreme Court chief justice nominee mostly along partisan lines, setting off political reverberations in a state where an open governor’s seat and control of the General…
Posted: 27 March 2018 [08:59 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - The chairmen of Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes are warning the casino revenue-sharing agreements they have with the state could be at risk if lawmakers push ahead with a modified bill that could lead to other entities…
Posted: 27 March 2018 [08:58 PM] HARTFORD (AP) - A Connecticut gubernatorial candidate won’t be allowed to rent out rooms in the governor’s mansion, unless he wins the election. Airbnb has pulled a listing placed by Democrat Mark Stewart Greenstein, who was offering rooms in the…
Police find burglar sleeping inside Connecticut home Posted: 27 March 2018 [11:49 AM] NEW HAVEN - Police say they caught a suspected burglar snoozing inside a Connecticut home. Officers responded to the break-in around 7…