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Conn. lawmakers vote to crack down on street takeovers
With the spread of “street takeovers,” state lawmakers took steps Wednesday to help local officials regain control of their streets.
The state House of Representatives vo...
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Ellen Ash Peters, a former chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court and a groundbreaking figure among women in the law, has died, colleagues said Tuesday. She w...
Hartford — Connecticut's top public defender fought to keep her job Tuesday as an oversight commission began considering whether to fire her for a range of alleged miscon...
Middletown — During a visit to Connecticut on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona defended recent changes to the federal student aid system, urging studen...
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will headline a $1,000-a-plate luncheon for President Joe Biden's re-election campaign Thursday afternoon in Wethersfield, according to the h...
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Two police officers were injured after a large gathering at a beach in West Haven was followed by a shooting at a nearby gas station on Monday, leading to a total of 12 a...
HARTFORD — As the UConn Husky men’s basketball team marched in downtown Hartford for the official victory parade on Saturday, a small group of armed citizens marched down...
A fugitive accused of killing two people and injuring a third in Canada in 2022 has been extradited after he was captured in Hartford last month living under a different ...
Born in Colombia, Manuel Rocha was raised in the housing projects of Harlem.
His ticket out was a scholarship to a Connecticut prep school and another to Yale University....
With less than seven months remaining until Election Day, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy holds a commanding lead in the money race for reelection with more than $9 million in the bank.
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Two Connecticut teachers were arrested this month after they were accused of sexually assaulting minors, stressing the urgency for legislators to develop policies that wi...
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced his office is seeking detailed cost and profit information from retail grocers in the state in an effort to determine whether their business practices are partly to blame for persistent high food prices.
Portland, Maine — A North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in rope off New England, worsening an already devastating year for the vanishing animals, federa...
Medicare Advantage, the increasingly popular plans run by insurance companies that often offer dental and vision coverage and other perks beyond traditional Medicare ...
The high-profile failures by Bridgeport Police to properly notify families about the deaths of two Black women in late 2021 drew national headlines, local protests, chang...
Two court cases, one criminal and one civil, are challenging Connecticut's legal cannabis program on Constitutional grounds.
At the heart of both arguments is the so-call...
A proposal to tackle waste in Connecticut could radically change how residents handle food scraps.
Senate Bill 191 would make food scrap recycling mandatory. Under the pr...
The proceedings present a historic challenge for the court, the lawyers and the everyday citizens who find themselves in the jury pool.
What do you do with a drunken vulture?
Raptor specialist Christine Cummings and her staff were faced with that exact quandry over the weekend as they tended to two hammer...
Plainville — Three of the town's municipal departments have pivoted to a permanent four-day workweek following the success of a pilot program.
"This forward-thinking appr...
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