Police Hunt for Boyfriend in Shooting Death of Girl, 17
A 17-year-old high school senior was found shot dead inside her bedroom in East Orange, N.J., and police are looking for her 18-year-old boyfriend, authorities said. Aquilla Flood was found by a...
View ArticleLandlord Accused of Spying on Hamptons Vacationers
Families paying $7,000 a week for a summer rental in East Hampton were secretly videotaped on cameras set up by the home's owner throughout the house, prosecutors said Wednesday. The landlord, Donald...
View ArticleMan Fled After Hitting Several Cars: Police
West Haven police have arrested 30-year-old New Haven man accused of hitting several parked cars and running away. West Haven Police Officers were working a construction detail in the area of...
View Article19 Victims in Building Collapse Identified
A day that was dominated by despair with the recovery of six bodies from the debris of a building collapse ended on a high note when rescuers early Thursday morning located a survivor in the rubble....
View Article3 CL&P Workers Hurt in Hartford
Three Connecticut Light & Power workers were taken to Hartford Hospital to be treated for minor injuries sustained during an incident on Wyllys Street in Hartford on Thursday morning. Hartford...
View ArticleSource: Gunman, Aiming for Mom's Boyfriend, Shoots Boy
A 9-year-old boy remained in critical condition Thursday after he was shot in the chest while riding in a car with his mother on Chicago's South Side, officials said. The boy was wounded in a shooting...
View ArticleStudent Faces Charges for Ultra Hot Sauce Prank
A Chicago area high school student is in hot water after a potent prank sent school employees to the hospital, police said. The student is facing charges as a juvenile after he allegedly spiked a...
View ArticleGuide Dog to Help Blind Paralympian
Of the many inspiring stories from the Olympics, U.S. Navy Lt. Brad Snyder’s stands out. Snyder was blinded in Afghanistan in 2011 when an improvised explosive device exploded as he was trying to...
View ArticleFire Destroys 3-Family Home in Hartford
Three people are out of their houses in Hartford this morning after an early-morning fire. Fire broke out around 1 a.m. at a multifamily house on Homestead Avenue. Three people who lived in the house...
View ArticleFired Photogs Picket Chicago Sun-Times Building
Thirty laid off Chicago Sun-Times photographers and their supporters demonstrated in front of the newspaper's building Thursday morning, exactly one week after learning they were losing their jobs....
View ArticleConcerns About Demolition Voiced Weeks Before Collapse
The City of Philadelphia was notified of potential unsafe demolition practices happening at the site of Wednesday’s building collapse -- nearly a month before the deadly event. Center City resident...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Esther Williams
Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91. Williams became one of Hollywood's biggest...
View ArticleGun Discharged in Milford Howard Johnsons Parking Lot
Milford police are investigating after shots were fired in the parking lot of Howard Johnsons, at 1052 Boston Post Road, and police have secured area of the motel. Milford said they received a...
View ArticleDoughnut Forget! National Doughnut Day Arrives Friday
It's a national "holey day" that might derail bathing suit season. Friday is National Doughnut Day and several purveyors of the sweet treats are giving away freebies and baking up crazy flavors to...
View ArticleGovernor Signs Law to Increase Minimum Wage to $9
By Jan. 1, 2015, minimum wage in Connecticut will be $9, making it one of the highest rates in the country. On Thursday, Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the legislation that increases the minimum wage in two...
View Article2 Hurt in Partial Ceiling Collapse
A 13-year-old student and a 26-year-old intern were injured in a partial ceiling collapse at the McDonough Expeditionary Learning School in Hartford this afternoon. Officials said a heavy 6-by-12-foot...
View ArticleTropical Storm Means Heavy Rain for Us
Tropical Storm Andrea is growing and will have an impact on our weather. Showers will be moving in Thursday evening and overnight, but the heaviest rain, associated with Tropical Storm Andrea, will hit...
View ArticleWoman Pleads Guilty to Sandy Hook Fraud
A Bronx, N.Y. woman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges she fraudulently collected money in the name one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Nouel Alba, 37, entered the plea in...
View ArticleFire Breaks Out At Canton Church
The Canton Fire Department extinguished a fire at St. Patrick's Church Thursday afternoon, officials said. The 150-year-old church rectory, located at 7 Burlington Avenue in Canton, caught fire around...
View Article1st Philly Building Collapse Lawsuit Filed
Nadine White was at work inside the Salvation Army thrift store in Philadelphia on Wednesday when the four-story building next door came crashing down on top of her and everyone else inside. Six people...
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