Hazmat Crews Find Nothing in Avon Apartment Building
Police and firefighters have given the all clear an avon apartment building after a report of white powder being found inside. Crews from Avon and Simsbury responded to the Avon Mills Apartments on...
View ArticleCar Crashes Through Groton Restaurant
A Groton restaurant owner escaped serious injury when a car came crashing through her restaurant Friday afternoon. The car crashed through the front window at Beirut's Food Palace at 754 Long Hill Road...
View ArticleUnmarried Cohabiting Couples Show Lower Commitment than Married Couples: Study
Thinking about moving in with your girlfriend or boyfriend? Think again. Unmarried young adult couples living together are not necessarily committed to each other in the long run, a new study by the...
View ArticleMother of Murder Victim Raises Awareness
Just a month and a half after losing her daughter, Corrinna Martin of West Haven is turning her grief into something positive. Martin started an organization called MOVE, or Mothers of Victims'...
View ArticleTeen Shot, Killed Chasing Cell Phone Robbers: Family
A teenager was shot and killed when he tried to chase after two robbers who allegedly stole his brother's cell phone in Jersey City early Friday morning, his family says. Muhammed Choudhry, 18, was...
View ArticleFBI Seeks to Return Stolen Antiques
The FBI is asking for help in returning dozens of stolen antique maps and books to their rightful owners. According to the FBI the artifacts have been in FBI custody since 2006, when an antiques dealer...
View ArticleFDNY Rescues Dog Trapped on Window Ledge
A dog that became trapped on a window ledge in Brooklyn was rescued by a firefighter who won the pup's trust with treats and brought him down in a bucket truck. Witnesses said the dog appeared to have...
View ArticleNTSB Apologizes for Confirming Fake Racist Pilot Names
The National Transportation Safety Board apologized Friday evening for its erroneous confirmation of "inaccurate and offensive" names of pilots on the Asiana Airlines jet that crashed at the San...
View ArticleChild Pulled Out of Indiana Sinkhole in Critical Condition
A 6-year-old boy who spent more than three hours in an Indiana sinkhole was pulled out alive Friday evening. Emergency officials told NBC News that the boy was flown to a Chicago hospital for...
View ArticleGas Prices Rising With No End in Sight
Have you noticed those gas prices creeping up lately? According to the AAA Driving Club, prices have risen seven cents in Connecticut over the last week and have reached an average of $3.84 per gallon....
View ArticlePolice Discover Manchester Heroin Factory
Police arrested four people after discovering a heroin factory at a Manchester apartment on Friday. Officers arrested four suspects and contacted the Department of Children and Family Services after...
View ArticleHit-And-Run Victim Speaks Out
New video shows a hit-and-run crash that left an elderly woman with severe injuries. Juana Hostos, 82, was walking home from a Stratford gas station last March when a car backed right over her. Months...
View ArticleWoman Tried to Smuggle Crack Pipes in Her Genitals: Cops
A Florida woman who was taken to jail for drug possession is facing additional drug charges after police found her trying to smuggle two crack pipes into jail through her genitals. Cynthia Scholes, 41,...
View ArticleTeacher Arrested on Wedding Day for Alleged Rape
A Westchester County high school teacher was arrested in the alleged rape of a 16-year-old student on what was supposed to be his wedding day Friday, authorities said. John M. Azabache, a 31-year-old...
View ArticleKids Made Themselves Sick in Cafeteria as Part of Game
The 22 children who became ill Thursday after eating lunch at a San Diego school cafeteria made themselves sick on purpose as part of a game, school officials confirmed on Friday. According to San...
View ArticleMen Charged With Casino Cheating to Go On Trial
Two New York City men are going on trial on allegations they scammed the Mohegan Sun casino out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a scheme police say involved crooked game dealers and marked...
View ArticleRace to Mackinac Parade of Boats Launches
A new kind of parade set sail in Chicago Saturday. Ashore Thing, presented by Michigan Avenue Magazine and the Chicago Yacht Club, celebrated the start of the famous Race to Mackinac Island boat race...
View ArticleBoy Runs Through Burning Homes to Warn Residents
Firefighters are crediting a 12-year-old boy with alerting residents of a fire that broke out in a building Saturday morning, causing an extra-alarm blaze in Chicago’s Canaryville neighborhood....
View ArticleBART Investigates Sex Tape Taken on Train
Bay Area Rapid Transit police are investigating an amateur sex tape that was apparently shot on a moving BART train. Deputy Chief Ben Fairow said his officers are trying to track down the cell phone...
View ArticlePolice Search for Halfway House Escapees
State Police are looking for two inmates who escaped during a medical evaluation at Waterbury Hospital Friday night. Police said 27-year-old Tjayda Jones and 31-year-old Marcos Jimenez were...
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