Police have found the parents of a toddler who was found wandering alone in New London on Monday morning.

Officers said a 2 to 3-year-old boy was found alone near Montauk Avenue and Willetts Avenue and was taken to the hospital. 

Emergency service personnel were able to find the child's home in the Crescent Street area while doing a door-to-door canvas, authorities added.

Police said no arrests have been made, however, the investigation remains active. 

Anyone with information is urged to contact police at (860) 447-5269 ext. 0.

Investigators plan to release a "full narrative" of what they believe happened in the shooting of former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, according to the Ministries of the Dominican Republic.

It has been just more than a week since Ortiz was shot in Santo Domingo while at a bar. Surveillance footage of the scene showed a gunman walking up to Ortiz and shooting at him at close range, causing chaos and sending patrons running from the area.

Ten people have been arrested in connection to the shooting, which officials have called a sophisticated plot to kill the beloved retired athlete. Dominican officials are still looking for Luis Alfredo Rivas Clase, who they said was part of the shooting.

Nine suspects appeared in court Friday, donning ballistic helmets and bulletproof vests. They were ordered to remain in prison as the investigation develops.

The tenth suspect, Alexander Perez Vizcaino, was arrested Friday. He is expected in court Monday.  

The investigation revealed that Rolfi Ferreyra Cruz ran inside a nearby home after he allegedly fired a shot at Ortiz. There, he said he had been robbed and asked the homeowner to get him a taxi, allowing him to flee.

Since the June 9 shooting, Ortiz has undergone two surgeries and is now recovering at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Ortiz's wife Tiffany and his daughter Alexandra posted sweet tributes to him on Sunday in honor of Father's Day.

Since the Red Sox great is an American national, the U.S. is assisting in the investigation and the FBI has become involved.

A man was shot after exchanging gunfire with officers outside a federal courthouse in Dallas, Texas, Monday morning, police said. 

Dallas police said the suspect in the shooting outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas has been taken to an area hospital and that no one else was injured. 

The Dallas Morning News reported that one of its photographers, Tom Fox, was outside the courthouse and witnessed the gunman approaching the door of the federal building and firing shots. The man appeared to be wearing body armor and carrying a rifle. 

The window panes in a revolving door of the courthouse were broken afterward. It was not immediately clear if the glass door was shattered by police fire or the gunman. 

A photo taken by Fox shows federal officers surrounding a man lying shirtless on the ground in the parking lot.  

Several witnesses told NBC 5 they heard between 15 to 20 shots fired. 

Police were seen searching for a device near the federal courthouse. Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are at the scene.

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to change the longstanding rule that says putting someone on trial more than once for the same crime does not violate the Constitution's protection against double jeopardy, NBC News reported.

The case drew attention because of its possible implications for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.

The 7-2 ruling was a defeat for an Alabama man, Terance Gamble, convicted of robbery in 2008 and pulled over seven years later for a traffic violation. When police found a handgun in his car, he was prosecuted under Alabama's law barring felons from possessing firearms. The local U.S. attorney then charged Gamble with violating a similar federal law. Because of the added federal conviction, his prison sentence was extended by nearly three years.

The Fifth Amendment says no person shall be "twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" for the same offense. But for more than 160 years, the Supreme Court has ruled that being prosecuted once by a state and again in federal court, or the other way around, for the same crime doesn't violate the protection against double jeopardy because the states and the federal government are "separate sovereigns."

State Police returned to the Connecticut River in East Hartford on Monday to continue searching for a missing boater.

Ivan De Jesus Morales Mencia, 39, jumped into the river on Saturday, according to Connecticut Environmental Conservation Police. Crews searched for Mencia on Saturday and Sunday and returned to the river Monday morning.

A member of the CSP Dive Team told NBC Connecticut that the divers will be using a towable sonar unit that provides a good picture of the bottom of the river.

They will be searching north of Great River Park closer to the railroad bridge along Interstate 84.

The dive team said the river current is very fast in that area. It moves in a circular motion and can flow upriver as well. There is a lot of debris in the murky water and it can be as deep as 50 feet. It can be unsafe to dive so depending on what they find during their search, they will make a decision to dive or not.

The dive team plans to spend a few hours searching Monday.

Some Hartford streets are closed because of an underground electrical fire or explosion, according to police.

Smoke is coming from manholes on State Street.

Police said Market Street is closed between State and Temple streets, American Row coming off Founders Bridge is closed and there is no northbound traffic on Prospect Street from Antheneum Square.

Police said on Twitter that there was an underground explosion. Police at the scene said there is an underground electrical fire.

Police have arrested a Danbury High School employee who is accused of giving marijuana to multiple students.

According to police, officers received a complaint about 41-year-old Glenn Davis last month. The complaint said Davis, who was a safety advocate at Danbury High School, provided marijuana to several kids, including some Danbury High School students while off campus.

Officers said an arrest warrant was issued for Davis by Danbury Superior Court after an investigation.

Once Davis learned about his warrant, police said he turned himself in on Friday. He was processed and released after posting a $5,000 bond.

Davis is facing multiple charges of risk of injury to a minor and distributing marijuana. He is scheduled to appear in court on June 25.

The 2019 Travelers Championship Tournament is underway. The opening ceremony took place at TPC River Highlands Monday and Gov. Ned Lamont helped tee things off. 

“This tournament is a big piece of the Connecticut soul,” the governor said. “People are going to be tuned in, it’s a big deal.” 

Thousands of people are expected to attend what should be a very competitive tournament. 

Players will compete during four rounds from Thursday to Sunday. Among the start-studded list of entrants are Phil Mickelson, defending champion Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka. 

“It’s an amazing field, isn’t it? Almost everybody is here,” Lamont said. “It just shows you how important and well managed this tournament is.” 

Tournament Director Nathan Grube said this year’s field is among the strongest in tournament history. 

“You’ve got the number-one ranked player in the world with Brooks Koepka. You’ve got Phil Mickelson coming back. You got Bubba trying to tie the record of being a four-time winner,” Grube said. “From a golf standpoint, people are just ecstatic about it.” 

The PGA stars will be shining. The question is whether the sun be doing the same. 

Organizers are watching the weather closely and know it could impact the tournament. Grube said they have many contingency plans but are also counting of fans being flexible. 

“What I like is, we are an all-day event,” Grube said. “If there’s weather in the morning, people come in the afternoons. If there’s weather in the afternoon, people come out in the morning.” 

The fairways have been trimmed, the greens finely manicured, the course is meticulous and organizers are ready to get things started. They are also eager to show off a brand-new clubhouse and several fan-friendly course improvements. 

“People I know who’ve been coming to this tournament for 20 years are going to come out and go, ‘Wait a minute. I don’t even recognize this,’” Grube said. 

The week’s schedule is busy. There’s a practice round Tuesday. The Celebrity Pro-Am is Wednesday and the first round of the Traveler’s Championship tees off Thursday morning. 

Thousands of cases of Pillsbury Best flour are being recalled in 10 states, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, because of the possible presence of E. coli, the FDA announced.

Though no illnesses have been reported in this particular case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tied it to a broader flour-linked outbreak blamed for more than a dozen illnesses mainly in East Coast states.

Hometown Food Company, in cooperation with ADM Milling Co., initiated the voluntary recall of two specific lot codes of its Pillsbury Best 5 lb. Bread Flour due to a potential presence of the pathogenic.

The product was manufactured by ADM Milling Co., at the company’s mill in Buffalo, New York. 

About 4,620 eight-count cases of impacted Pillsbury Best 5 lb. Bread Flour were distributed to a retailers and distributors across 10 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

The affected products have the following UPC codes, lot codes and best-if-used-by dates:

• Pillsbury Best Bread Flour: UPC Item Code: 0 5150020031 5; Lot Code: 8 342; Use-By Date: JUN 08 2020
• Pillsbury Best Bread Flour: UPC Item Code: 0 5150020031 5; Lot Code: 8 343; Use-By Date: JUN 09 2020

A Maine man who is accused of sexually assaulting and strangling an 11-year-old girl in Norwalk in 1986 made a brief court appearance Monday after being extradited back to Connecticut and he is due back in court on July 10.

Norwalk Police worked with Maine State Police to arrest Marc Karun, 53, on Wednesday.

He has been charged with murder with special circumstances and kidnapping charges in connection with the disappearance and slaying of 11-year-old Kathleen Flynn.

She was reported missing on Sept. 23, 1986 when she failed to return home from school.

Her normal walk home from school included the path that leads to Hunters Lane, and then to Fillow Street and some of Kathleen’s friends said they saw her walking toward the beginning of the path by the tennis courts a few minutes after school ended, according to police.

Kathleen’s body was found the next morning in a secluded wooded area more than 100 feet from the path. Authorities said she was sexually assaulted and strangled.

Her murder really shook the Norwalk community.

Karun, who would have been 21 years in September 1986, was arrested in Maine and extradited back to Connecticut. He has been charged with murder with special circumstances and kidnapping charges and is being held on $5 million bond.

On Monday, the judge who heard the case kept bond at $5 million and the case will be moved to Stamford, where Karun is due in court on July 10.

Kathleen's family released a statement thanking the Norwalk Police for "bringing Kathleen's murderer to justice."

According to our NBC affiliate in Maine, Karun was charged with sexual assault and kidnapping in a separate case just six months before Flynn was murdered. But the victim in that case did not wish to testify, so Karun was released on probation 20 days before Flynn disappeared.

Police will hold a news conference on Tuesday.

A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who was visiting New Canaan with her family has been missing since Friday and police said she might have run away. 

Police responded to a home on Marvin Ridge Road around 5:15 a.m. Friday to investigate. 

They said Melissa Cheyenne Davis, 17, of Old Fort, North Carolina, was in New Canaan, visiting family with her parents and sibling, and was last seen at 9 p.m. Thursday when she went to her bedroom at the house she was visiting, police said. 

Police said it appears that Melissa might have run away from the home and is missing. 

It’s possible she is still in the Fairfield County area or possibly in New York City. 

She has brown hair, hazel eyes, is 5-foot-6 and weighs 125 pounds. She has a large scar on her right knee. 

Anyone with information is asked to call Sgt. Farenga, of the New Canaan Police Investigative Section at 203-505-1332 or the New Canaan Police main number at 203-594-3502. 

Southington police are investigating multiple thefts from a local nursery.

Sal Geremia of Geremia Gardens on West Street said thousands of dollars in merchandise has been stolen from his business.

Police confirmed they are investigating three thefts at the business between May 15 and June 17. The report states about $2,000 worth of inventory was stolen in the first hit, $1,000 to $2,000 in the second, and an unknown amount in the third.

Surveillance footage from one of the thefts shows a suspect taking plants.

Geremia said the thefts were methodical, as though the person was filling out a shopping list.

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information should contact Southington police.

Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck in a hit-and-run in Groton. 

Groton Town Police said they responded to Water Street in Mystic just after 12:15 a.m. Friday after the woman was struck and learned that the driver who hit her fled to Stonington, according to police. 

The victim was brought to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. 

Police said they found the vehicle and driver a short time later in Stonington. 

Police are investigating and ask anyone with information to call the Groton Town Police Department at (860)441-6712. Thank you for your assistance.

The world’s population could swell to 10.9 billion by the end of the century, a new United Nations analysis found, raising concerns that adding more than 3 billion people to the planet could further deplete natural resources and accelerate global warming.

The increase, up from the current count of 7.7 billion people, is expected despite a continued decline in the global fertility rate, which has fallen from 3.2 births per woman in 1990 to 2.5 births per woman this year, NBC News reports.

The new report predicts slower population growth than the U.N.’s last assessment, released in 2017. That estimate projected that the world population would reach a staggering 11.2 billion by the end of the century. The revised figures reflect the downward trend in the global fertility rate, which means the populations of more countries are shrinking.

According to the U.N., many of the fastest-growing regions are among the poorest, which could exacerbate issues of hunger and displacement. Scientists are also concerned about the effect of population growth on climate change. As the global population increases, so will humanity’s footprint on the planet.

Officials are investigating the death of another U.S. citizen in the Dominican Republic.

The State Department confirmed with NBC News that a U.S. citizen died in the Dominican Republic this month. Other news outlets identified the victim as a New Jersey man who died on June 13, though the spokesperson with the U.S. Department of State did not confirm this.

“We offer our sincerest condolences to the family for their loss,” the spokesperson said. “Out of respect for the family during this difficult time, we do not have additional information to provide.”

The victim is the ninth American to die in the Dominican Republic within the past year and a half, according to NBC News. Local government authorities have promised they’re working with U.S. authorities to investigate the recent deaths of three U.S. tourists in Bahia Principe resorts in La Romana and in Punta Cana in May, while saying the cases are “unrelated and isolated.”

Another American woman also died at the Excellence resort in Punta Cana earlier this month.

News of the deaths prompted other American families to share similar stories of their loved ones mysteriously dying while staying at resorts in the Dominican Republic. At least half a dozen people reportedly fell ill while staying at resorts and at least two of them died after drinking from minibars, family members said.

The deaths, along with the shooting of former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz and the beating of a Delaware woman in a Punta Cana resort back in January, have raised safety concerns among those planning to visit the island.

Despite this, news of the deaths and violence have not led to a slew of canceled trips, according to some industry experts. They said however that a snapshot of the overall impact on tourism in the Dominican Republic won't be clear until the government issues its next report in the fall.

For more and more college students in Connecticut and elsewhere, the burdens of paying to tuition, fees, room and board, and textbooks aren’t where the financial stresses stop.

Increasingly, on campuses around the country, students are having issues with food insecurity.

And some institutions, like Norwalk Community College, have tried to help students as best they can. The school started a food pantry specifically for students less than five years ago.

“It was something that could be a little taboo to talk about so we tried to find a place that was a little more off the beaten track to make it so the stigma about kids being hungry, you know, students wouldn’t feel bad using the pantry,” said Courtney Anstett, Service-Learning Coordinator at NCC, who helped to establish The Pantry.

The pantry at NCC isn’t big by any definition. It’s in a small room that used to house a copier. Now it has nonperishable food items on shelving on each side of the narrow space. There’s also a freezer and refrigerator for other items.

The federal government has taken notice of the issue. A report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that there is a lack of reliable data on the number of students facing food insecurity.

At Norwalk, an informal survey revealed more than 30 percent of students have come in contact with the pantry in recent years.

NCC’s President David Levinson says ensuring there’s space and resources for the Pantry is a requirement, given the modern demands on college students.

“You look at food, plus housing cost, transportation. Even though we do a very good job covering tuition and fees for those in need, there’s a lot of other costs they have to incur,” he said.

One of the students who both utilizes the pantry and works there is Guerlina Philogene.

She says hunger was a regular issue during her childhood and it continues to be an issue today. She says the Pantry at NCC has become an essential part of her routine.

“This has been a great start with me,” said Philogene, who lives in Stamford and will study business next year at UConn. “I would come home, bring cans, snacks for my little sister, so she can enjoy, too.

Anstett, who helped establish the pantry, says the program has been incredibly successful. She says she believes more institutions, including four year colleges, need to grow their awareness about the issue.

She said, “We want to serve the whole student so if we’re helping them in this one area, in the food pantry with the grab ‘n go, but if we can give them skills where they can sustain themselves for long periods of time, then I would say that’s ideal.”

Connecticut’s new commuter rail line marked one year of service Monday.

To celebrate, Gov. Ned Lamont, Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, and Transportation Commissioner Joe Giuletti took the CT Rail Hartford Line from New Haven to Hartford.

“This is how you tie a state together,” Lamont said after he stepped off the train at Hartford Union Station. “There’s nothing more important in terms of economic development than making sure people can get from here to there.”

To date, more than 634,000 passengers have ridden the Hartford Line, exceeding projections by more than 51,000.

The train has nine stops, eight of them in Connecticut. The Hartford line ends northbound in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Some improvements are coming to the Hartford Line. An app with mobile ticketing is being developed, new Amtrak cars will be on the line in the coming years, and cars with restrooms that are ADA accessible will be arriving on the line later in the summer. The cars have been repurposed from other commuter rail operators around the country and region.

Transportation Commissioner Joe Giuletti quipped, “Help us with getting tolling funding through and maybe we can get new cars up and down the line” on the issue of the ADA cars being rehabbed, pre-owned cars

Expanding public transit is considered a key cog of any broader transportation plan. Though, due to federal rules, revenue generated from tolls cannot be used on rail lines. Instead, the plan is for the Department of Transportation to use other revenues to pay for rail improvements, in the event they’re not needed due to a new revenue stream for roads that tolls would provide.

Lamont says he’s not envisioning anything extraordinary in his plans for transportation but says even simple improvements will make Connecticut an easier state to navigate.

“We don’t have to have a high speed Shanghai to Beijing type rail,” Lamont said. “We can make five to ten to fifteen minutes faster by doing some basic, state of good repair and some signalization work and that’s what we’ve got to do to get this state moving again.”

No plans for a Special Session on infrastructure have been announced yet. Gov. Lamont will meet with legislative leaders on Wednesday to discuss what may be debated by the General Assembly later in the Summer.

A visit to grandma’s house should be special.

“You can spoil them and then send them back,” explains Grandma Winnie Dao from Enfield.

But for her, it’s a lot more complicated than that.

“They do ask questions like ‘Why am I not living with mom and dad? Why am I here? You’re supposed to be the fun grandmother, not the mean one,’ Winnie says with a chuckle.

Winnie finds herself doing it all. She’s tasked with raising her son’s two children. Angelina is 5 and Shaquil Jr. just turned 1.

“It’s very tiring. Monday through Friday, I work full time,” says Winnie. “I get up at 5 o’clock, and I don’t go to bed probably until 10:30.”

Angelina moved in with her when the state removed her from her parents’ home four and a half years ago. Her father, Winnie’s son, became addicted to drugs after taking prescription painkillers following a serious car accident.

Last year, Winnie took in her grandson, too. Their father’s battle with drugs wasn’t getting any better. In fact, less than a month later, he died after taking fentanyl-laced marijuana.

“Sometimes I get so angry,” Winnie says holding back tears. “I don’t understand why things happen the way they do, I have no idea. What scares me the most is probably if anything happens to me, what’s going to happen to them?”

Winnie is not alone. There are nearly 19,000 other grandparents across the state raising their grandchildren.

“The numbers have just increased drastically nationwide, and especially here in Connecticut,” says Yolanda Ortiz. Yolanda manages a program with the Hartford Community Renewal Team that supports families like Winnie’s.

Yolanda says the biggest hurdle the grandparents face is financial.

“If you’re a grandmother and you have custody of one grandchild and you’re not a licensed foster parent, you’re getting about less than $400 a month from the state of Connecticut, along with maybe some food stamps,” Yolanda explains.

Yolanda oversees 24 subsidized apartments in Hartford for grandparents who suddenly find themselves in this very situation.

“The waiting lists are very, very long. We have people who call every day asking if there is an opening,” she says.

And although exacerbated by the opioid crisis over the last few years, this is nothing new.

“This issue’s been around for a long time, it’s just a different issue and with different people,” says Hartford grandmother Barbara Turner.

Barbara turner has raised 7 grandchildren, three of who still live with her. The oldest is 26. Their mother died of a heroin overdose almost 3 years ago.

“It’s a lot. It comes with a lot. And you don’t know the depth of it until you’re in it,” says Barbara, “It’s a lot of sacrifice.”

Despite her single-income and all the other challenges that come with raising seven children, when asked what gets her through the tough times, Barbara doesn’t hesitate to answer, “My grandchildren.”

“Looking at them and having a desire to want better for them gets me through,” says Barbara. “Did I picture my life like this? Oh no! Not at all. Would I do it again? Yeah, I would.”

The grandmothers we talked to both said they shared their story with us in hopes of raising awareness and expanding affordable or free programs for other grandparents in their situation. They both found groups and resources in their communities that they say helped them realize they’re not alone.

For more information on support groups and programs in your area, click here. 

Famed forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee was on the defensive Monday, firing back against claims that testimony he gave some 30 years ago wrongfully sent two men to jail for a brutal 1985 murder.

“Basically want to correct some inaccurate reports saying I did not conduct any tests. I did,” said Dr. Lee during a press conference to address the case at the University of New Haven.

“I want to correct the record. I did the test. We did the test. Towel been tested,”  Lee said. 

Sean Henning and Ralph Birch were convicted in 1989 for the stabbing death of 65 year-old Everett Carr inside his New Milford home. A key element of their convictions was testimony by Lee that a stain found on towel found in Carr’s home was blood. Decades later, it’s been revealed that the towel was never tested in a state crime lab, and that the substance on it isn’t blood. But Lee says he did properly test the towel, and it was up to the state to test more.

“My testimony, I say I conduct presumptive tests. Presumptive test is a chemical test. Only given preliminary identification it could be blood. Maybe not blood. That’s why police have to collect the items to send to library to do confirmation tests,” said Lee.

The Connecticut Innocence Project began looking at the case back in 2006. Their director said they believe Birch and Henning are innocent of the charges.

The state supreme court has ordered a new trial for both men. Sean Henning has been released from prison while Ralph Birch remains behind bars.

In a statement, Henning’s attorney Craig Raabe said:

“Shawn Henning was wrongly imprisoned from the time he was a teenager based on the false and misleading testimony of Henry Lee. It has taken 30 years to correct this injustice and we are very pleased with the court’s thoughtful decision.”

It’ll be up to the Litchfield State’s Attorney to determine whether the men will be brought to trial again. A spokesperson for the state attorney general says that decision is likely to come within several months, possibly sooner.

For over a century, tobacco has been a major crop grown in Connecticut, but now many farms are moving away from this once desirable product.

“The market for tobacco has shrunk greatly as people smoke much less, and particularly the area near Bradley Airport and 91 there’s a lot of development pressure for new development other than farming,” said Christopher Wigren, deputy director of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.

In the 1900s, tobacco became a cash crop in the Connecticut River Valley because of the ideal growing conditions the area provides.

“The Connecticut River Valley was great for growing tobacco because the soil was very fertile and close to cities and transportation networks,” Wigren explained. “Immigrants could come and man the farms.”

Over the years, the booming industry brought in labor from all over the world.

“Immigrants from other countries, workers from Puerto Rico and in the 1940s college students from the south from African-American colleges, including Martin Luther King Jr. came to pick tobacco in the Connecticut River Valley,” Wigren said. “It’s sad to lose these tobacco sheds and fields they are a part of the whole landscape, which is such a special place for Western Massachusetts and Connecticut.”

As shade tobacco sheds are being demolished, a different type of tobacco production is thriving not too far away.

“We grow about 25 acres Connecticut broad leaf tobacco,” said Corrine Bordua, retail manager at Bordua Farms in South Windsor.

As sheds are torn down in Windsor, brand new ones are built in South Windsor to keep up with the demand for broad leaf tobacco, an artisan variety that is used in cigar wrappers.

“The taste of the tobacco grown here can’t be replicated anywhere else, so it’s very desirable to a lot of the upscale cigar industry manufacturers,” Bordua continued.

OJ Thrall Inc. has owned the Windsor land for 373 years, but they declined to interview with NBC Connecticut.