Judge rejects Ponzi king Madoff's bid for early release

A judge has rejected Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's bid for early release from his 150-year prison sentence

NYPD boss calls for calm after stabbing, other attacks on cops

New York City police are trying to determine if Wednesday’s ambush stabbing of an officer on an anti-looting patrol patrol in Brooklyn was inspired by anti-police sentiments expressed during days of protests and unrest over the death of...

R.I. governor aims to rebuild health care system

Rhode Island plans to distribute as much $150 million of federal stimulus money to help the state’s hospitals recover from the financial hit they have taken during the coronavius pandemic

Immigrant families to receive $3.5 million in COVID relief

Some immigrant families in Connecticut without legal status will receive a share of $3.5 million in public and private funds for COVID-19 relief

Connecticut senators press White House, Pentagon chiefs on use of military on protesters

Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy on Wednesday joined a group of fellow Democratic senators in pressing Pentagon chiefs about the use military force on protesters in dozens of American cities.

Rhode Island seeks to prevent virus spread at protests

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says she is looking at how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at large gatherings such as protests over the death of George Floyd

Thousands protest peacefully during police brutality rally in Boston

Thousands of people have demonstrated peacefully in a Boston park to protest police brutality against black people

RI Gov. Raimondo activates the National Guard

Providence experiences an 'organized effort to cause destruction'

Lamont: Trump called governors 'fools and jerks' over response to protesters

On the Zoom call was Connecticut’s governor, a U.S. senator, a congresswoman, a state’s attorney, a police chief, a mayor, civil rights leaders, clergy and others.

Macy's, other stores broken into as NYC imposes curfew amid Floyd protests

New York City has imposed a late-night curfew that failed to prevent another night of widespread damage, including arrests at the flagship Macy's store in Manhattan, following protests over George Floyd’s death

George Floyd demonstrators block traffic on I-84 in Hartford

Protesters have blocked traffic on Interstate 84 in Hartford to protest police killings of black people including George Floyd in Minnesota

Fotis Dulos' estate ordered to pay mother-in-law $1.9M

A Connecticut judge has issued a ruling in a civil case against Fotis Dulos, who killed himself in January after being charged in the murder of his estranged wife

Protests peaceful in Boston by day turn violent at nightfall

Thousands of people marched through Boston during the afternoon carrying signs and chanting in a peaceful protest of the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis