UConn women's basketball redshirt junior Azura Stevens said Monday she will forego her final year of eligibility and declare for the WNBA draft, according to the university.

"I'd like to thank the coaches, my teammates and the fans at the University of Connecticut for helping me grow and supporting me as a player," Stevens said in a statement. "It's been a lifelong dream for me to play in the WNBA, and I'm excited for this opportunity God has presented me with."

Stevens played just one season for UConn after transferring from Duke in 2016. After sitting out a year, Stevens averaged 14.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game this season for UConn.

We wish Azura nothing but the best and we're going to be there to support her in any way we can," Geno Auriemma said. "Z and her family have given this a lot of thought and feel this is the right time to pursue this."

Some areas of Connecticut saw more than 7 inches of snow Monday morning.

Snow totals by town:

• Andover: 5
• Ashford: 4
• Avon: 4.8
• Bethel: 5.5
• Branford: 5.5
• Bridgeport (Airport): 6
• Chaplin: 5.5
• Clinton: 5.8
• Columbia: 6.1
• Coventry: 5
• East Haven: 5.2
• Easton: 6.1
• Enfield: 4
• Fairfield: 6.1
• Farmington: 5
• Glastonbury: 5
• Groton: 4.5
• Hamden: 6.2
• Hampton: 6
• Madison: 6.5
• Milford: 6.7
• Moosup: 5.5
• New Britain: 4.5
• New Canaan: 7.5
• New Fairfield: 7.2
• New Hartford: 4.5
• New Milford: 5.5
• Newtown: 6.1
• North Haven: 6.3
• Norwalk: 6.5
• Plainfield: 5
• Plainville: 5.5
• Pomfret: 5.2
• Roxbury: 5.1
• Southington: 5.5
• Staffordville: 4.4
• Tolland: 5
• Trumbull: 6.5
• Wallingford: 6
• Warren: 4.5
• Waterbury: 5
• West Hartford: 6
• West Haven: 6
• Weston: 6.5
• Wethersfield: 4.5
• Willimantic: 6
• Wilton: 6
• Windham: 5
• Woodstock: 4.6

The Environmental Protection Agency will overturn the Obama administration's tough new requirements to boost fuel efficiency and cut greenhouse gases from passenger cars, CNBC reported.

The Trump administration was widely expected to announce that it would scale back the standards for model year 2022-2025 cars and trucks finalized under President Barack Obama. On Monday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said the agency will revise the rules.

Pruitt did not offer details about the scope of the revision.

The so-called corporate average fuel economy, or CAFE, standards are currently set to jump to about 50 miles per gallon by 2025, presenting an engineering challenge to the U.S. automotive industry.

Hamden police have arrested a father in connection with the death of his 11-month-old child in July.

Police said that on July 26, 2017 emergency crews were called to Hamden Health Care at 1270 Sherman Ave. for a report of an unresponsive infant. The child was rushed to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment and died several days later.

The medical examiner determined the child’s cause of death was “acute oxycodone intoxication,” and the manner of death as “undetermined, ingested medication prescribed to another.”

According to police, the child's father, 32-year-old Daniel Armfield, drove her and two other children to Hamden Health Care to pick up the child's mother. When Armfield arrived, he realized the child was not breathing.

Police said that when investigators searched Armfield’s car, they found several loose pills in the backseat, which were determined to be oxycodone. Police said officers also found cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine in the vehicle.

Armfield was arrested on March 29, 2018. He faces charges of first-degree reckless endangerment, risk of injury to a minor, possession of marijuana, possession of a control substance and motor vehicle charges. He was held on a $75,000 bond and is due in court on April 12.

Connecticut leaders are reacting after U.S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty announced she will not run for re-election amid criticism after she admitted to keeping her chief of staff on after he threatened another staff member.

On Thursday, Esty, who represents the 5th District, issued an apology for failing to protect female employees who said Esty’s former chief of staff, Tony Baker, harassed them, including one woman who said she was punched in the back and received death threats.

Some lawmakers, including members of Esty’s own party, have called from her to resign. But others, including Sen. Richard Blumethal and Congressman Jim Himes called for patience and more information, while Sen. Chris Murphy and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro said Esty should remain in office.

Esty has said she will not resign. On Monday she announced she will not seek a fourth term in Congress, one that she was likely to win. She also apologized to her former staffer.

“In my final months in Congress, I will use my power to fight for action and meaningful change…I intend to spend the coming months doing what I’ve always done: working hard each and every day for the people of Connecticut.”

Many say that Esty’s decision is the right one.

“The truth is, too many facts about how this incident was handled fall short of appropriate standards for responsible and responsive leadership. Fostering a safe and supportive workplace culture for staff must be a guiding principle for all managers, and especially all elected officials, from local office all the way up to the President,” Gov. Dannel Malloy said in a statement.

“I think this is the right decision and I thank Congresswoman Esty for her many years of service to the residents of the fifth district and the State of Connecticut,” Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman added.

Senators Blumenthal and Murphy and Congresswoman DeLauro also backed the decision.

“This decision is the right one. Elizabeth Esty has done much good and fought relentlessly for highly significant causes like gun safety. She made profound mistakes, as she has acknowledged. Harassment and assault in any workplace are unacceptable,” Blumenthal said in a statement.

“Elizabeth is a friend and a colleague, who has fought hard on behalf of the people she represents for the past six years. I have spoken to Elizabeth at length over the past few days, and I support her decision to not seek re-election. No one should ever be harassed, assaulted or intimidated at work. Elizabeth knows she handled the dismissal of her former Chief of Staff badly. The decision she made today is the right one for her, and I look forward to working with her during the remainder of her term,” Murphy wrote in a statement.

“Anna Kain’s story is heartbreaking, and she showed great courage by coming forward to share it. People should be safe from harm everywhere they go—especially at their workplace. Congresswoman Esty made a difficult decision, but the right one for her and the constituents of her District," DeLauro said.

Judy Villa, the chairwoman of the Cheshire Democratic Town Committee, was disappointed with the news.

“Personally I think this is a tragic loss to the 5th district, to the state and frankly to the United States,” she told NBC Connecticut.

Democrats are now tasked with figuring out who to run in what had become a safe Democratic district. This also gives Republicans a significant boost to their chances in what has historically been a swing district.

A bill in the state legislature aimed at making insurance companies cover the cost of crumbling concrete basements has died.

The judiciary committee voted down Senate Bill No 518 24-16 Monday afternoon. 

The bill would have also raised more money to help homeowners impacted by crumbling foundations by adding a $20-per-year surcharge on all renters and homeowner’s insurance policies. Last session the General Assembly agreed to bond up to $100 million over five years to help hundreds of people with crumbling basements.

The insurance industry said forcing it to cover crumbling basements would have doubled premiums statewide.

At last check, the Department of Consumer Protection said 685 people have filed complaints for crumbling basements. Many people following the situation closely believe that number will go up by hundreds, if not thousands.

Calling hours for Trooper First Class Kevin Miller, who was killed in a crash on I-84 while on duty last week, will be Thursday at Rentschler Field, with a funeral service Friday.

Miller served with the Connecticut State Police for 19 years and was assigned to Troop C in Tolland. He had previously served for Troop K in Colchester and Troop E in Montville. He was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer on I-84 in Tolland last Thursday.

During the afternoon rush hour, an extraordinary procession carried Miller's body from Tolland to the chief medical examiner’s office in Farmington. The Hartford Fire Department put up a flag over the I-84 overpass in Hartford in honor of Miller, while other state police troopers saluted him.

Calling hours will be held Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and again from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Pratt and Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, 615 Silver Lane in East Hartford.

A Mass of Christian burial funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the same location.

U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty announced Monday she will not run for re-election amid criticism and pressure to resign after she admitted to keeping her former chief of staff on after he was accused of threatening another female staff member.

On Thursday, Esty issued an apology for failing to protect the female employees who said Esty’s former chief of staff, Tony Baker, harassed them, including one woman who said she was punched in the back and received death threats.

Reports say Esty, a Democrat who represents Connecticut's 5th District, was informed that in 2016, Baker called Anna Kain, another office staff member with whom he had previously been in a relationship, more than 50 times before leaving a voicemail in which he threatened to kill her.

It took three months for the congresswoman from Cheshire to act, eventually signing a non-disclosure agreement, providing $5,000 in severance to Baker and assisting him in finding a job with the nonprofit organization Sandy Hook Promise.

Baker was Esty's chief of staff from 2014 to 2016. His spokesman denied many of the allegations.

Some lawmakers, including members of Esty’s own party, have called for her to resign.

On Monday Esty announced that though she will not run for re-election, she has no plans to resign. Read her full statement below:

"From being a room parent in a first grade classroom to serving on the library board, town council, state house and U.S. Congress, I went into public service to fight for equality, justice, and fairness. It is one of the greatest honors of my life that the people of Connecticut’s Fifth District elected me to represent them in Congress. However, I have determined that it is in the best interest of my constituents and my family to end my time in Congress at the end of this year and not seek re-election.

"Too many women have been harmed by harassment in the workplace. In the terrible situation in my office, I could have and should have done better. To the survivor, I want to express my strongest apology for letting you down. In Congress, and workplaces across the country, we need stronger workplace protections and to provide employees with a platform to raise concerns, address problems, and work to reduce and eliminate such occurrences, in the first place. In my final months in Congress, I will use my power to fight for action and meaningful change.

"I’m proud of the work I’ve done in Congress fighting for what’s best for Connecticut: working for gun violence prevention and safer communities for our children, supporting our veterans, and fighting for women’s equality and access to health care. On these critical issues and many more, there is still so much at stake for my district and for our nation. I intend to spend the coming months doing what I’ve always done: working hard each and every day for the people of Connecticut."

Esty asked that the Ethics Committee “conduct an inquiry into whether I have violated any law, rule, regulation or other standard of conduct applicable to a Member of the House.” A statement from her office also said Esty urged the full House to explore whether the rules and procedures for dealing with such matters need to be further revised and strengthened.

A Silver Alert has been issued for a 4-month-old girl from Bristol.

Symphony Hannah was reported missing Monday. She has brown hair, brown eyes and weighs about 18 pounds.

Police believe Symphony is with her mother, Titana Jackson, and the pair may also be with the girl's father, Sidney Hannah. According to Bristol police, Sidney Hannah has a full restraining order barring him from contact with Symphony and her mother.

More information was not immediately available.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts should contact Bristol police at 860-584-3011.

Bloomfield police are investigating a report that a man wearing a mask tried to lure a child into a minivan Monday morning.

Police said the man approached the middle school student just before 8 a.m. at the intersection of Park Avenue and Revere Drive.

The vehicle was dark blue with a patch of rust on the driver side, police said.

Anyone with information on the incident should contact the Bloomfield Police Department at 860-242-5501.

At a special City Council meeting Monday, Hartford officials went over a plan that could bring a professional soccer team to a renovated Dillon Stadium.

The plan calls for renovating Dillon Stadium for a cost of around $10 million. As it’s presented, the state would pay for these renovations. In February, the funding was approved by the State Bond Commission which drew upon funds authorized by the General Assembly for neighborhood investment. If the city council approves the proposal and everything goes as planned, a renovated Dillon Stadium could have a United Soccer League, or USL, team by next April.

Dillon Stadium became embroiled in controversy when the developers hired to redevelop it were accused of pocketing money for the project. They were ultimately convicted on fraud and money laundering charges. 

This proposal could bring new life to the stadium, which many who pass by consider an eyesore.

“I'm super psyched about this proposal. I think it's great for Hartford,” said Brian Gallagher, president of the Hartford Soccer Club.

With the city retaining ownership, the Capital Region Development Authority managing it, and the Hartford Sports Group, or HSG, using it.

HSG promises to spend up to $10 million to bring in a USL team, while also paying an annual $300,000 licensing fee. They would also pay a $25,000 community use fund payment and cover overhead expenses that exceed $300,000 in any year. HSG would also cover the costs of police officers used outside the stadium for events as well as private security inside the stadium

“I certainly support redoing Dillon but not for this kind of money,” said Hartford resident Alyssa Peterson.

While some who spoke on Monday had concerns, the majority seemed supportive of the plan.

When not being used for USL games, the community could use the facility. Hartford would be expected to continue to pay for insurance for the stadium and would provide trash removal and snow removal. Trash removal after HSG events would be paid for by HSG. The city would also cover utilities after HSG covers the first $10,000 in electric costs.

Improvements would also be made to Colt Park as part of the plan.

“Seems like a good deal, but we want to make sure it is really a good deal for the city of Hartford,” said resident Hyacinth Yennie.

City Council President Glendowlyn Thames says that there will be a Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission meeting on Thursday to discuss the plan, and the city council could vote on the proposal as soon as April 9th.

CRDA and HSG say the plan needs to be approved soon so they can begin renovations and bring in a USL team.

City officials in New Haven are considering a plan to change parking meter rates based on time and location.

If the plan becomes a reality, where – and when - you park downtown could determine how much money you have to put in the meter.

City officials said it’s all about getting people to park more efficiently when they come downtown. For example, parking at Church and Chapel streets could cost more than parking farther out.

“We usually have a hard time finding a parking spot in New Haven,” said Branford resident Daniel Sousa.

A plan to optimize parking spot availability and the use of the city’s parking garages is being floated by the city's Board of Alders. In the proposal, starting in July the price to park in one of downtown’s 1,000 street-level spots would be determined by the day and the location of the zone.

“If you’re coming into a show on Saturday night you’re going to be able to find discount zones as well as premium zones where prices are lowered or raised based on demand,” explained Doug Hausladen, the director of New Haven Transportation, Traffic and Parking.

Hausladen said some parking areas downtown are over-utilized while others are under-utilized, and not enough visitors are considering the 18,000 available garage spaces.

“There is not enough parking in downtown," Hausladen said. "It adds to our traffic congestion. It adds to our asthma rates. It adds to everything bad about the city."

Trumbull resident John Kizildag said he’s gotten about $300 in parking tickets downtown. He hopes that if the idea becomes a reality, it doesn’t add to drivers’ worries about bringing their car into the city.

"You kind of feel like you’re tied to your car and you have to worry about getting a ticket," Kizildag said.

"It is a point of revenue for the city, but it can drive away people if they make people anxious of parking or make people worry about feeding the meter," he added.

Other residents said whether there’s a new parking system or the city keeps the current model, parking in the area will never be easy.

The parking authority said that if the plan is implemented, the majority of downtown parking spots would actually go down in price. This is still just a proposal and needs approval by the city Alders and the Parking Authority before a pilot program could roll out.

A third woman has filed a lawsuit to void a nondisclosure agreement in connection with President Donald Trump, according to NBC News.  

Jessica Denson, a former campaign staffer, says Trump "weaponized the NDA by using it as a club to thwart and chill" her discrimination allegations.

In her lawsuit filed on March 26, Denson said she wants a judge to nullify the nondisclosure agreement she signed with the campaign because it "violates public policy" and is too "vague and overly broad." The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal have also attempted to void confidentiality agreements with the president.  

Panera Bread's website leaked customer records for at least eight months, according to cybersecurity blog KrebsOnSecurity, which claimed that millions of accounts were affected. Panera Bread disputed that number, telling Reuters that the company believed fewer than 10,000 had been potentially affected.

KrebsonSecurity reported that the records included names, email and physical addresses, birthdays and the last four digits of customers' credit card numbers. The blog cited a security researcher who said he first told Panera about the vulnerable data on Panerabread.com back in August 2017.

"Our investigation is continuing, but there is no evidence of payment card information nor a large number of records being accessed or retrieved," Panera Bread Chief Information Officer John Meister told Reuters.

Naugatuck police will have additional officers at Naugatuck High School Tuesday after a student made expletive-laden threats over Snapchat. 

Police said they identified the Naugatuck High School student after receiving reports of perceived threats and the student admitted to making the posts while stressed out earlier that evening, but said it was never an intention to threaten or hurt anyone, police said. 

Officers launched the investigation around 10:45 p.m. Monday. The initial report was from a Naugatuck High School who provided a copy of the posting screenshot to investigating officers. 

The Snapchat message indicated that the student who posted it was “stressed out” from school, “hates almost everyone” and went on to state “… (Expletive) teachers better watch out for me this week … I’m not putting up with any (expletive) this week so (expletive) just the teachers, everyone better watch it,” according to police. 

In all, investigators received about 50 calls from parents, students and residents who were concerned about sending kids to school on Tuesday after seeing the posts. 

Naugatuck Police said they identified the juvenile through the posting information, responded to the student’s house and spoke with the student and parents. 

The family was cooperative with officers and the juvenile admitted to making the posts while stressed out earlier that evening, but reported that the intention was never to threaten or hurt anyone, police said. 

Investigators determined there were no weapons in the house and the student did not have access to any. 

The juvenile was arrested and charged with second-degree breach of peace and released to the custody of a parent pending a court date in Waterbury Juvenile Court. 

As a precaution, the Naugatuck Police will have an additional presence at Naugatuck High School today and will continue to evaluate the need for any additional assistance over the next few days with the Naugatuck High School staff and the Naugatuck Board of Education. 

Still have a Toys R Us gift card?

Since announcing last month it was going out of business, Toys R Us customers have been scrambling to spend that last bit of store credit before the toy chain stops accepting gift cards on April 21.

And with Toys R Us and Babies R Us retail websites already shut down, shoppers who don't live near one of the remaining brick and mortar stores are left with few options.

Bed Bath and Beyond is offering an alternative: exchange Toys R Us and Babies R Us gift cards for Bed Bath and Beyond e-gift cards. 

But customers won't get the full face value of the gift card. The home goods retailer is offering $16.05 for a $25 card, and for a $100 card, you can get $64.20. Bed Bath and Beyond said it will also accept cards with partial balances, as long as they're over $20. Shoppers can spend the credit in stores or online.

In order to see what your gift card is worth and redeem your credit at Bed Bath and Beyond, click here. The offer will end at 11:59 p.m. E.T. on Thursday, April 5.

State police are at Vinal Technical High School in Middletown Tuesday as a precaution after arresting a student Monday night who is accused of making threats against the school. 

State police said they responded to the Middletown Police Department at 7:16 p.m. Monday to investigate threats to the high school after a parent reported a child received three Snapchat messages that implied violence against the school. 

Investigators developed a person of interest and responded to the student’s home, where the student admitted to sending the messages, according to state police. 

The juvenile was arrested and charged with second-degree breach of peace and second-degree threatening. 

The student is scheduled to appear in juvenile court in Middletown on Wednesday.

Jill McCabe, the wife of fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, broke her silence Monday in a passionate op-ed piece about President Donald Trump's repeated attacks against them, NBC News reported.

"For the past year and a half of this nightmare, I have not been free to speak out about what happened. Now that Andrew has been fired, I am," she wrote in The Washington Post.

Jill McCabe is an emergency room pediatrician who lost a race for Virginia State Senate in 2015. Trump connected donations to her campaign to her husband, who was fired two days shy of his retirement, in repeated broadsides.

She ripped Trump's insinuation that her husband was influenced by the donations as "utterly absurd," noting they came before Andrew McCabe was promoted to deputy director.

A teen began singing the theme song to the TV show "Cops" as he was arrested following a pursuit through a New Jersey golf course over the weekend.

Hawthorne police tell the Bergen Record that the 16-year-old was driving a stolen Mazda3 when officers gave chase at about 3 a.m. Saturday.

Officers pursued the car through the White Beaches Country Club in Haworth before the teen pulled over on Andover Avenue and tried to flee, according to the Record. He was arrested a short time later.

That's when officers were serenaded by the 16-year-old. He can be heard on dashcam video footage obtained by the Record singing "Bad Boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?" as he is cuffed and placed into a police cruiser following a foot chase.

The newspaper obtained the footage through an open records request. 

"It was like 'Live PD' right in front of my house. It was phenomenal," said one person who saw the chase's aftermath. 

Authorities said they also found burglary tools, cash, debit cards and stolen IDs from residents in Closter and Harrington Park after the arrest. The teen is believed to be behind a string of recent home burglaries in the area. 

The Record reports the Newark boy faces charges including eluding, resisting arrest, burglary and receiving stolen property.  

Justin Timberlake is bringing his Man Of the Woods Tour to Mohegan Sun this year.

The Grammy-winning singer will perform at Mohegan Sun on Dec. 21, according to the resort casino.

The tour kicked off last month and will continue through North America before heading to Europe in the summer.

Timberlake will return to the U.S. for dates through the fall. The Mohegan Sun show is the last performance scheduled for the year.

Tickets go on Sale Monday, April 9 and are priced at $399, $199 and $129.

Timberlake is the second major artist to announce a show at Mohegan Sun.  U2 will perform there on July 3.