Amber Alert for Toddler Canceled
Police have canceled an Amber Alert for Madison Wilson and the 1-year-old-girl was reunited with her mother. Police said her biological father, Robert Williamson, 46, kidnapped her in New Haven on...
View ArticleMan Injured in Four-Story Fall
A man was critically injured after apparently falling from a fourth-floor window in Naugatuck Wednesday. According to police, a 24-year-old man was found laying on the ground next to a multi-family...
View ArticlePriest Indicted in Federal Crystal Meth Case
A federal grand jury has indicted three men from Connecticut—including a priest—and two individuals from California with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney's office said...
View ArticleProfessor to Be Freed 5 Years After Conviction for Wife's Murder
Ellen Gregory Robb was murdered by her husband — beaten to death as she wrapped Christmas gifts in December of 2006. Dr. Rafael Robb, once a highly-regarded professor at the University of Pennsylvania,...
View Article"Aaron's Law" Would Tweak Hacking Law for Late Reddit Activist
A Silicon Valley congresswoman took to Reddit this week to propose tweaking a computer fraud law used to prosecute Aaron Swartz, the Internet activist who committed suicide last week and had faced...
View ArticleStudents Fall Through Ice in Torrington
Two Torrington High School students were taken to a local hospital as a precaution after falling through ice on Besse Pond, right near Torrington High School, around 7 a.m. on Thursday. Fire officials...
View ArticleAnti-Doping Experts: Culture Must Change
Anti-doping pioneer Don Catlin spent a quarter century trying to catch athletes using performance-enhancing drugs, snaring many of the world's biggest cheaters — but he never caught Lance Armstrong....
View ArticleCops, Firefighters Compete to Help Newtown Fund
Police officers and firefighters in Newtown will be using their brawn to raise money for the Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund, which was set up in the days following the school shooting in...
View ArticleDrugs, Guns and 164 Rounds of Ammo Seized in Hartford
State police seized five guns, more than 150 rounds of ammunition and drugs from a Hartford home during a drug sweep. State Police detectives, Hartford police and local officers from the Statewide...
View ArticleAquarium Gets Adorable, Blind Baby Sea Lion
A 1-year-old sea lion named Cruz lost his eyesight after suffering a gunshot wound to the face. He and another sea lion, Tanner, made their public debut recently at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. NBC...
View ArticleHealth Club Membership Warnings
This is the time of year many join new gyms or expensive health clubs. Here are a few tips to help you avoid getting sucked into costly commitments.
View ArticleManti Te'o Must Answer Questions
Hours after Notre Dame officials held a strange press conference about their star linebacker Manti Te'o and an Internet hoax, someone tweeted fuel to the fire. The tweet -- announcing new information...
View ArticleNot Quite Foot-Long Subway Sandwich Buzzes Online
A photo an Australian man posted of a Subway foot-long sandwich that was actually 11 inches earlier this week is getting a lot of attention online and prompting a lot of people to question whether the...
View ArticleDramatic Surveillance Video Shows Gas Station Shootout
The video shows shows a homeless man, Hasib Kuric, giving the clerk, identified as 45-year-old Leonard Carr, a critical warning of trouble outside. Kuric and gas station owner Bhagwanath Ramnarine...
View ArticleCampus Sexual Assault Response Report Card Released
A report was released this morning on how private and public Connecticut colleges and universities address sexual violence. The schools received high grades for the policies they have in place, but the...
View ArticleMunchies Run Ends in Arrest
A 23-year-old Vernon man was arrested early Thursday morning after smashing a sandwich shop window and grabbing a late-night snack, according to police. Police said they found Michael Anthony Smith...
View ArticleOn a "Budget," Tickets and Yankee Haters
President Barack Obama's second inauguration takes place Monday, and there's a lot going on. In an effort to keep you up to date, we'll be bringing you a daily round-up of interesting news, notes and...
View ArticleBy the Numbers: Gun Violence in America
Mass shootings have a way of focusing the nation's attention to the scourge of gun violence, but those events are relatively infrequent. In some parts of the country, gunfire is a part of everyday...
View ArticleIce Caused Rollover in North Haven
Route 5 in North Haven has reopened after a truck apparently slid on black ice and rolled over. A truck from Diesel Direct, based in Stoughton Massachusetts, rolled over on Washington Avenue at Defco...
View ArticleState GOP Outraged by Martha Dean's Sandy Hook Post
Republican leaders in Connecticut are outraged at former GOP Attorney General candidate Martha Dean for posting a link on her Facebook page to a video that promotes conspiracy theories about the...
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