Arab-American Groups: Coke Ad Is Racist
Arab-American leaders have slammed Coke's new Super Bowl ad and a promotion based on it, saying the campaign demeans and stereotypes Arabs. The ad shows a thirsty Arab man leading a camel through the...
View ArticleIn Memoriam 2013
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died Feb. 1 at the age of 88. The combative and colorful three-term mayor and self-described "liberal with sanity" had become a symbol of the city he loved worldwide,...
View ArticleFormer Mayor Koch "A Quintessential New Yorker"
Former Mayor Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the...
View ArticleStorm Damages Roof of Ludlowe High, Fairfield
Strong winds ripped a section of rubber membrane from the roof of Ludlowe High School in Fairfield on Thursday morning. The area affected is above the main hallway of Warner House according to a...
View ArticleNYers, Pols Recall Their Beloved Mayor
Ed Koch, the larger-than-life politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run, died of congestive heart failure Friday, Feb. 1, at the age of 88. Here, New...
View ArticleShooting at Cromwell Condo Complex
Police responded to the Fox Meadows condominium complex in Cromwell for a shooting Thursday afternoon. Officers were called to the complex at Meadow Brook Road and Woodbridge Lane just before 4 p.m....
View ArticleScattered Snow Flurries Today
The day after temperatures reached the 50s, expect scattered snow flurries on Friday as winter returns. Snow flurries have been reported in northern Connecticut, but residents from around the state...
View ArticleGreat White Shark Spotted Near Hamptons
A well-known great white shark is back on New York's Long Island: "Mary Lee" was tagged in Cape Cod last fall, then spotted off Florida last month. But Thursday, it was found hanging around the...
View Article41 Days Later, Missing Beagle Reunited With Family
Forty-one days after Clyde the beagle went missing on New York's Long Island, the beloved pet has been reunited with his owners, who were displaced by superstorm Sandy. Christina Yevoli and her son...
View ArticleDoctors Hope to Influence State Gun Laws
A group of local doctors, police officers and teachers met at the Lyceum in Hartford on Friday morning to talk about reducing firearm violence in Connecticut in the hopes that their ideas will help...
View ArticleOfficer, Good Samaritan Pull Woman from Burning Car
A Plainville police officer and a Good Samaritan pulled a woman from a burning car on Interstate 84 in Plainville this morning, just before a small explosion right where the woman had been lying....
View ArticleOfficers Shoot Suspect in Bridgeport
Bridgeport police shot a knife-wielding man on Thursday night and he is in critical condition, according to state police. Just before 9 p.m., a security guard for the University of Bridgeport saw a man...
View ArticleBullet Casings Found in Bethel Middle School
Bethel Middle School was placed into a modified lockdown after bullet shell casings were found in the school Friday. According to the school superintendent, the .22 caliber shell casings were on the...
View ArticleNewtown Calls for Armed School Officers
The Newtown Board of Education wants more armed police officers in the Connecticut town's four elementary schools after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. Last night, they decided to ask the town...
View ArticleShotgun Shell Found on Hall Memorial School Bus
Hall Memorial School, a school for grades 4 through 8 in Willington, was on lockdown until 8:15 a.m. on Friday after a shotgun shell was found on a bus. According to the superintendent’s office,...
View ArticleEd Koch: The Mayor of Media
In early October 1978, less than a year into the first of his three terms as mayor of New York, Ed Koch appeared before millions on national TV, delivering the opening monologue during the...
View ArticleBradley Offers Seasonal Trips to Dominican Republic
If 81 degrees sounds good to you, a new charter service from Bradley Airport to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic can make it happen. Apple Vacations’ will begin offering seasonal weekly nonstop round...
View ArticleTorrington Police Issue Alert for Missing Man
Police are looking for a missing Torrington man who has not been to work in two days and threatened to harm himself, according to police. Police received a report at 8 a.m. on Friday from someone...
View ArticleConstruction Worker Dies in Middlefield Accident
A 35-year-old New Haven man has died after falling 12-feet off a staging area while working on a residential construction site on Cherry Hill Road in Middlefield on Friday morning. Lamar Liddell was...
View ArticleFormer FDOTUS, Barney Bush, Dead at 12
Barney Bush, the Bush family's Scottish Terrier, who spent his time in the White House sniffing for snacks and greeting his home's many visitors passed away Friday from lymphoma. President George W....
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