Flour In Hallway Causes Scare At Enfield School
Officials have determined that the white powder found at Eli Whitney Elementary School this afternoon is flour from a homemade stress ball belonging to one of the students. Police say the stress ball...
View ArticleDramatic Photos: Santa Monica Shootings
Students rush to safety after shots were fired near the Santa Monica College. An armed gunman opened fire on a bus, a home and cars near the college on Friday afternoon. Police confirmed there are...
View Article911 Issue Delayed Ambulance to Girl, 4, Struck on UWS: FDNY
Fire officials say "human error" within New York City's 911 system caused a more than four-minute delay in dispatching an ambulance to help the 4-year-old girl who was struck by an SUV on Manhattan's...
View ArticleFive-Year-Old Leaves Elementary School Unnoticed
A Waterbury mother is demanding answers after her 5-year-old son walked out of his elementary school this week and wandered off without anyone noticing. “I am so mad... words cannot explain how mad I...
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Gunman Killed, at Least 6 Dead in Santa Monica
The suspect in a series of shootings that left at least six people dead in Santa Monica, Calif. on Friday was killed in a shootout with police, authorities said. The number of victims has changed...
View ArticleWestport Playground Honors Dylan Hockley
Despite Friday’s messy weather, more than 100 people gathered to dedicate a new playground in Westport in honor of Dylan Hockley, a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook School shooting....
View ArticleCon Artists Target Conn. Homeowners
In the wake of recent home-improvement scams, Woodbridge police are warning residents to be wary of "independent contractors" who show up unannounced looking for work. At one Woodbridge home, a man...
View ArticleKindness Remembered 27 Years Later
A mother of six traveled to Fort Worth to thank the woman who gave her a home when she was a young, pregnant immigrant with no money and no home nearly 30 years ago. Patience Menakaya was just weeks...
View Article90-Year-Old Receptionist Not Planning for Retirement
June Springer has been working for the majority of her life and now, at 90 years old, doesn't have plans to stop any time soon. Springer turned 90 this week and was celebrated by her co-workers and...
View ArticleCrowd Braves Rain for Dave Matthews
The rain didn't stop thousands of people from flooding into Hartford's Comcast Theatre Friday night to see the Dave Matthews Band. Many fans tailgated under tarps and tents as the heavy rain fell....
View ArticleNearly 4,000 Philadelphia Teachers, School Staff Losing Jobs
Nearly 4,000 Philadelphia school teachers, administrators and staff learned Friday they would lose their jobs. School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. William Hite, Jr. said the layoffs are...
View ArticleOne Dead in Head-On Collision
One person is dead and three others were seriously injured after a head-on-collision in Danbury Saturday afternoon. Fire officials said a white car with four people inside struck a utility truck on...
View ArticleFugitive in 1979 Chicago Murder Arrested
A 65-year-old man, who fled the country after being charged with killing another man 34 years ago was arrested Friday, officials said. Ata Yousef El Ammouri was taken into custody around 5 p.m. Friday...
View ArticleCommuters to Get Help Finding Parking Spots
Connecticut's Department of Transportation is trying to help rail commuters find a place to park their cars. Under a new DOT initiative, commuters who are interested in buying available parking permits...
View ArticlePalace Malice Wins Belmont Stakes
Palace Malice, the pace-setter at the Kentucky Derby, sprinted to a decisive win at the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes, dashing Orb's last Triple Crown chance for redemption. Veteran jockey Mike...
View ArticleEx-Dolphins WR Faces Charges: Deputies
A former NFL and Miami Dolphins player was arrested on a domestic violence charge after he pushed his wife during a “tug of war” over one of their children at their South Florida home Monday night,...
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Gun-Toting Grandma Scares Away Burglar
A 72-year-old grandmother took control of a scary situation when she was confronted by someone trying to break into the Orange County home she shares with her WWII-veteran husband. A burglar hopped a...
View ArticleCrews Search New Milford Waters for Cyclist
A dive team resumed a search today for a missing 33-year-old New Milford man this morning. The search started after a jogger called 911 around 8 p.m. on Tuesday and reported seeing a man fall from some...
View ArticlePolice Looking for Isuzu Connected to Fatal Crash
A 59-year-old Plainfield man was killed in a hit-and-run late Monday night and police are searching for the driver. Robert E. Jones, a veteran, was on his way home and trying to cross School Street...
View ArticleYoung Golfers See Idols in Action
Harsh weather may have caused delays at yesterday's practice rounds of the 2013 U.S. Open, but not even the rain could dampen Travonne Williams' excitement for seeing his golf idols in action. "It felt...
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