Route 9 Reopens in Old Saybrook
Route 9 was closed in between exits 2 and 3 because high electrical lines were sagging in the heat, according to Connecticut Light and Power and the Department of Transportation. The closure affected...
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Vernon Police Arrest Bank Robbery Suspect
Vernon Police have arrested a 32-year-old New Jersey man accused of robbing a local People’s Bank on May 25. Arthur Allyn, of Oakhurst, New Jersey, is accused of giving the teller a note and taking off...
View ArticleGunman Near White House “Only Going to Fire Couple Shots”
A man who displayed a loaded weapon at a U.S. Secret Service police booth outside the White House told officers, “I was only going to fire a couple of shots if no one confronted me,” according to court...
View ArticleBoy's Condition Upgraded After Sand Dune Fall
A 6-year-old boy buried for three hours under sand at the Indiana Dunes is slowly seeing his medical condition improve, doctors said Thursday. “Nathan Woessner has been upgraded from critical and is...
View ArticleGabby Douglas Comes to Hartford Tomorrow
U.S. Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas will be in downtown Hartford on Friday for an event leading up to the 2013 P&G Gymnastics Championships next month. Part of the event will include renaming...
View ArticleRicoh Closing a Glastonbury Facility
Ricoh Imaging Company is closing a facility in Glastonbury, Connecticut and moving to Georgia. How many jobs will be affected is not known. “We are closing a facility in Glastonbury and consolidating...
View ArticleWATCH: Pitch Drop Experiment Caught on Camera
The science world might have tapped into something that is literally slower than molasses. Researchers at Ireland's Trinity College set up a camera to capture a pitch drop that was 69 years in the...
View ArticleMan Yells "Terrorist Rats" in Mosque: Imam
San Diego police arrested a man after he entered a mosque during early-morning prayer, yelled “terrorist rats” and made death threats. A surveillance camera captured the moments the suspect entered the...
View ArticleGas Prices Hit $4 in Connecticut
Gas prices have been rising and the average price for regular gasoline in parts of Connecticut is already over $4 per gallon. Gas prices have gone up by 20 cents in the last week in Connecticut, AAA...
View ArticleCar Crashes Through Bruegger's Bagels in New Haven
A car crashed through the front door of a Bruegger's Bagels at the corner of Whitney Avenue and Grove Street in New Haven Thursday afternoon. Two workers and a customer were in the store when the car...
View ArticleColbert Grills Spitzer Over His Political Ambitions
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer continued to make his way around the media circuit Thursday as he mounts a campaign for New York City Comptroller. Spitzer sat down with late-night comedy show host...
View Article4 Teens Shot After Family Party in Hartford
Three teenage girls and a teenage boy were shot in Hartford early Friday morning when a family party end. Police received a 911 call around 1 a.m. on Friday reporting that someone had been shot at Vibz...
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Winds, Thunderstorms a Fear in Mountain Fire
Fire crews battling a fast-growing wildfire that ripped through Southern California's scenic San Jacinto Mountains were bracing for potential storms Friday evening as the powerful blaze raged on its...
View ArticleHUD Offices Closed on Monday
All U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide will be closed on Monday, July 22. The offices will be closed because of government-wide automatic spending cuts that took effect...
View ArticleGirl, 16, Lured to Roof, Raped, Thrown Off Building: Cops
Police have arrested one man and are searching for a second suspect after they allegedly lured a 16-year-old girl to a Brooklyn roof, where they raped her before throwing her off, leaving her with...
View ArticleNew Photos of Boston Bombing Suspect Emerge
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev is again at the forefront of national attention after Rolling Stone put him on the cover of its August 2013 edition and an outraged Massachusetts State Police...
View Article4-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Starved by Mom
After her 4-year-old daughter was dropped off at a hospital weighing just 18 pounds, an Orange County mother of nine is facing multiple counts of child abuse, authorities said. Antonia Benitez, 35, of...
View ArticleAngry Birds Attack Brooklyn Park-Goers
Menacing mockingbirds are tormenting park-goers in a swath of green space along Brooklyn's waterfront, dive bombing their heads and swooping at their pets. Neighbors near Greenpoint's Transmitter Park...
View ArticleMore Than 2,000 Chicago Teachers, Staff Face Layoffs
More than 2,100 Chicago Public Schools employees could be laid off Friday morning, bringing the total number of pink slips to 3,000 in two months. CPS officials said Thursday they will notify 1,036...
View ArticleSoCal Rally for Trayvon Martin Turns Violent
A crowd of demonstrators became violent in San Bernardino, Calif., Thursday night when they threw rocks at cars while protesting the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed...
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