Connecticut news

• Watertown Officer Accused of Stealing Raffle Prize at Charity Event

  06-11-2017 23:56
  
  A Watertown police officer has been arrested, accused of tampering with a raffle at a police-sponsored golf tournament to benefit a cancer center and trying to steal a watch and bracelet that were donated...Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
  Read more

• Cora Says Opportunity To Manage Red Sox Is A Return Home

  06-11-2017 23:46
  KYLE HIGHTOWERAP Sports WriterBOSTON (AP) — Alex Cora didn’t expect his first chance to manage in the major leagues to come this soon, but the new Boston Red Sox manager he says he’s ready to take on the challenge of leading one of its most storied franchises.
  Cora was introduced Monday at Fenway Park as the 47th manager of the Red Sox. A native of Puerto Rico, the 42-year-old becomes the first minority manager of a club that was the last in the majors to field a blac
  
  Read more

• $21M Train Station Opens In Wallingford, As Part Of Coming Commuter Service

  06-11-2017 23:40
  (CBS Connecticut) — As part of the plans for a new commuter rail service between New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, a new train station opened today.
  This is the first of three new stations opening along the route in Connecticut — the other two are in Meriden and Berlin.
  Platforms are being installed in New Haven and Hartford.
  Department of Transportation Assistant Rail Administrator John Bernick says the $21-million Wallingford station has higher platforms, to allow passengers to
  
  Read more

• Police Officer Charged With Stealing From Charity Raffle

  06-11-2017 23:38
  WATERTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police officer has been accused of tampering with a raffle and stealing a prize from an event held to raise money for a cancer center.
  Christopher Masayda was arrested Monday on charges including larceny in connection with the October theft.
  State police allege the off-duty Watertown officer tampered with raffle drawings at a police-sponsored charity golf tournament. They say he later stole a watch and a bracelet that were donated by a local jeweler.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Tracking the First Snowflakes of the Season

  06-11-2017 23:05
  
  NBC Connecticut meteorologists are predicting big weather changes by Tuesday and Tuesday evening.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Depression On The Rise Among Young Teens, Study Finds

  06-11-2017 22:37
  CBS Local — A new report has revealed a disturbing trend among America’s youth. According to a decade-long survey, the number of young teens suffering from depression is rising rapidly.
  The survey of over 600,000 people was carried out by Columbia University and the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2005 to 2015. According to the results, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, the number of adolescents diagnosed with clinical depression far outpaced any other age
  
  Read more

• Showers Followed by Cooler Weather

  06-11-2017 22:32
  
  A cold front is responsible for the scattered showers throughout the day. The showers come to an end later this afternoon and will bring in much cooler air later this evening and especially by tomorrow morning.
  
  Read more

• Marshalls, TJ Maxx still paying workers of closed Puerto Rico stores

  06-11-2017 22:16
  HARTFORD —  Owners of the Marshalls, TJ Maxx and HomeGoods chains are receiving a lot of praise for continuing to pay its employees following the destruction the most recent hurricanes had on Puerto Rico.
  Framingham-based TJX Cos. confirmed to The Boston Globe that workers at all of its 29 Marshalls, TJ Maxx, and HomeGoods stores in Puerto Rico are still receiving paychecks.
  “We believe it is the right thing for us to do under these circumstances,” TJX spokeswoman Eri
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Latest NBA Power Rankings

  06-11-2017 21:59
  The Boston Celtics, winners of eight straight, take over the top spot in this week's NBA power rankings. How do the rest of the rankings shake out?
  
  Read more

• 21st Century Fox shares soar after report of sale talks with Disney

  06-11-2017 21:53
  21st Century Fox shares jumped by as much as 8.5% on Monday afternoon after a report that the company had recently been in talks to sell most of its assets to Disney.
  The deal that was under discussion, as reported by CNBC, would have seen Fox selling its movie studio, television production unit and entertainment networks to Disney. Fox would have kept its news and sports holdings and would restructure around those assets. It would also have kept its broadcast network and the local broadcast sta
  
  Read more

• Police Investigating Robbery at Key Bank in New Haven

  06-11-2017 21:48
  
  A man robbed Key Bank in New Haven Monday morning and police are searching for him.Photo Credit: New Hven Police
  
  Read more

• Keidel: McVay’s Rams Are For Real

  06-11-2017 21:34
  By Jason Keidel
  If you watched the football assault perpetrated at MetLife Stadium yesterday, you had to wonder what planet we were on.
  The New York Giants (1-7) were picked to be a playoff team while the Los Angeles Rams (6-2) were supposed to be mired in Year One of an epic rebuild. The Giants were the blue-blood franchise that has fans passing tickets down the generations, while the Rams have to borrow arenas until they build their own.
  Yet it was the Rams who looked like the veteran-laden cl
  
  Read more

• Computer Talk: Fake Ads On Facebook and Twitter

  06-11-2017 21:27
  Erik and Bob take your computer questions, and discuss President Trump’s Twitter account, which was temporarily deleted on an employee’s last day of work. Meanwhile, Sen. Blumenthal asks about fake ads on Twitter and Facebook in the Russia probe.
  Google Docs users get temporarily locked out, and Electric car maker Tesla can’t ramp up Model 3 production until 2018.
  A listener asks if it’s safe to connect a budgeting app to their bank account information, another  want
  
  Read more

• Arrest Made In Vernon Home Invade, Burglary

  06-11-2017 21:23
  (Vernon, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – In Vernon, a man is being charged for his alleged part in a burglary and home invasion in town.
  Around 10:00 Sunday night, officers received the call for a burglary in progress at a Spring Street home.
  While en route, responding officers observed a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle in the burglary.
  Police say that vehicle, with 24-year-old Jaequan Marquez at the wheel, ended up hitting a utility box.
  The occupants fled but police were
  
  Read more

• The Connection: The State of The Connection Inc.

  06-11-2017 21:22
  On this program, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa DeMatteis-Lepore look back on how far The Connection Inc. has come as an organization, as well as their own personal and professional growth over the years.
   
  
  Read more

• Watertown police officer arrested in theft from charity auction

  06-11-2017 21:21
  WATERTOWN — A Watertown police officer was arrested in connection with a theft from a charity auction and an scuffle that happened when a bystander tried to stop him.
  Christopher Masayda, 26, was charged with 5th degree larceny and breach of peace in the second degree. The arrest stemmed from an incident at the Crestbrook Park Golf Course on October 6.
  State Police said following a police department sponsored charity golf tournament, Masayda tampered with the raffle drawings and later stol
  
  Read more

• Money Wisdom: Finding the Right Financial Advisor

  06-11-2017 21:20
  Do you have the right financial advisor? Joel discusses the red flags that you can’t ignore when you’re interviewing new financial advisors, or when you’re evaluating the advisor you already have.
   
  
  Read more

• Third Person Charged in Violent Home Invasion in Groton

  06-11-2017 21:19
  
  A third person has been charged in a brutal home invasion in Groton.Photo Credit: Groton Police
  
  Read more

• Suspects in Bridgeport Armed Robbery Arrested

  06-11-2017 20:59
  
  Five people suspected in an armed robbery in Bridgeport Monday morning have been arrested and police said they are looking into whether the group is behind several robberies over the last several weeks.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police
  
  Read more

• 40 Percent Of Doctors, Nurses Go To Work With The Flu, Survey Finds

  06-11-2017 20:42
  CBS Local — As flu season kicks into high gear, a new report is revealing the unhealthy habits of the people entrusted with keeping Americans healthy. According to a survey of nearly 2,000 healthcare professionals, over 40 percent who say they’ve worked while sick actually had the flu as they met patients.
  “The statistics are alarming. At least one earlier study has shown that patients who are exposed to a healthcare worker who is sick are five times more likely to get a h
  
  Read more

• UConn Mens Basketball vs Queens College: Exhibtion (11/5/2017)

  06-11-2017 20:22
  UConn Huskies vs. Queens College exhibition game. See photos, courtesy of Bob Stowell @Thephotodawg
  
  Read more

• UConn Womens Basketball vs Ashland: Exhibtion (11/5/2017)

  06-11-2017 20:21
  The Huskies took on Ashland for an exhibition game, and we've got exclusive photos! Check out our gallery, courtesy of Bob Stowell @Thephotodawg.
  
  Read more

• UConn Football vs USF (11/4/2017)

  06-11-2017 20:19
  See photos from UConn's November 4th game against USF. All photos courtesy Bob Stowell @Thephotodawg.
  
  Read more

• Dog with rare condition eats every meal in special highchair

  06-11-2017 20:17
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- While we’re used to babies eating dinner in high chairs, it’s not everyday you see a dog in one.
  Tink is a Labrador Retriever that does everything else a normal dog does besides when it comes to mealtime.
  She was born with a condition called Megaesophagus.  Which means when Tink eats, the food and water never makes it all the way to the stomach, according to WXMI.“The esophagus, how it works, is it kind of squeezes the food and water down in a wave-
  
  Read more

• Comcast internet service problem said to be resolved

  06-11-2017 20:14
  HARTFORD — Problems are being resolved according to Comcast for Comcast internet customers nationwide according to the company.
  The website Downdetector.com showed a spike in service complaints from Comcast customers that started around 1 pm Eastern time.
  A company spokesperson said in a statement:
  On Monday, Nov. 6, our network experienced a service disruption affecting some customers with IP-based services. The disruption was caused by a configuration error. We know how important these s
  
  Read more

• City of New Britain Receives Check from Pan Am Railways

  06-11-2017 20:05
  
  Days before the City of New Britain would have filed a lawsuit action against Pan Am Railways over reimbursement for the thousands of dollars it cost to deal with a December 2016 derailment, the city has...
  
  Read more

• Employee of Company That Helped Elderly Embezzled $850K: PD

  06-11-2017 19:40
  
  A Winsted woman is accused of embezzling more than $850,000 from several clients of a company that provides financial management and personal services to the elderly, infirm and people with special needs...Photo Credit: Avon Police Department
  
  Read more

• Report: $6 Million In Ebola Funds Stolen From Red Cross In Fraud Scheme

  06-11-2017 18:58
  CBS Local — An investigation of the Red Cross has revealed that at least $6 million was stolen from funds and donations meant to help stop an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Africa.
  According to reports, the missing money was uncovered after the Red Cross looked at how the organization spent over $120 million gathered to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea from 2014 to 2016. The Associated Press writes former Red Cross workers colluded with local bank employees
  
  Read more

• Man Arrested on Home Invasion Charges in Vernon

  06-11-2017 18:56
  
  Vernon police have arrested a man on home invasion and robbery charges and are seeking a second suspect in the case.Photo Credit: News 4 New York
  
  Read more

• Anthony Weiner reported for prison for sexting conviction

  06-11-2017 18:44
  NEW YORK — Officials say Ex-US Rep. Anthony Weiner has reported to a federal prison in Massachusetts. A sexting compulsion that cost Weiner his seat in Congress and a chance to be New York City’s mayor now cost him his freedom. The New York Democrat surrendered  Monday at Devens Federal Medical Center in Massachusetts to serve a 21-month prison sentence for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl. The facility in Ayer, about 40 miles  west of Boston, has over [&helli
  
  Read more

• Case stirs question of school liability for student suicides

  06-11-2017 18:41
  BOSTON — Massachusetts’ highest court is set to wade into a contentious legal battle over whether schools can be held responsible when students take their own lives. The Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit filed against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by the family of a graduate student who killed himself in 2009. Han Nguyen’s family says his death was preventable and that the school had a legal duty to act with reasonable care to protect [
  
  Read more

• Website selling ‘ugly Christmas rompers’ for the holidays

  06-11-2017 18:39
  Would you wear one of these to the office holiday party? An online retailer is selling Christmas—and Hanukkah—rompers just in time for the holidays. GetonFleek.com released a new line of ugly holiday rompers for men. Each of them is on sale for $99.99. The rompers come in four different styles: an elf, Santa, “classic,” and an “It’s Lit” version for those who celebrate Hanukkah. The website says each romper has a zipper fly in the front in case anyone wa
  
  Read more

• Professor’s artwork turns U.S. flags into KKK-style hoods

  06-11-2017 18:28
  MIAMI, Fla. – A University of Miami assistant professor is provoking plenty of controversy and debate with an artwork that blends the Stars and Stripes with a KKK symbol — and she says that was exactly the idea. Three American flags sewn into Ku Klux Klan-style hoods stand in the window of a faculty art exhibit in Miami’s historic Wynwood Art District. Visible from outside the gallery, they nabbed headlines even before the show opened October 23. The “American Mask”
  
  Read more

• Jury Selection To Begin In Baby’s Daycare Benadryl Death Trial

  06-11-2017 18:25
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – Jury selection is set to begin for an unlicensed daycare provider charged with second-degree manslaughter for the death of a 4-month old boy who authorities say was given an overdose of Benadryl.
  The Connecticut Post reports that selection for a six-person jury is set to begin Monday for Carol Cardillo in Bridgeport.
  Cardillo is charged in the March 2016 death of Adam Seagull, who was in her care at her Fairfield home for 11 days.
  Authorities initially thought Seag
  
  Read more

• Jury Selection Begins In Baby’s Daycare Benadryl Death Trial

  06-11-2017 18:25
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – Jury selection is set to begin for an unlicensed daycare provider charged with second-degree manslaughter for the death of a 4-month old boy who authorities say was given an overdose of Benadryl.
  The Connecticut Post reports that selection for a six-person jury is set to begin Monday for Carol Cardillo in Bridgeport.
  Cardillo is charged in the March 2016 death of Adam Seagull, who was in her care at her Fairfield home for 11 days.
  Authorities initially thought Seag
  
  Read more

• Man gets prison for sending strippers to neighbor’s house

  06-11-2017 18:24
  OMAHA, Neb. — A Nebraska man has been sentenced to four years in prison for sending prostitutes to strip on his neighbor’s front porch dozens of times over a three-year period. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 45-year-old Douglas Goldsberry of Elkhorn was sentenced Friday in Douglas County District Court after pleading no contest in September to pandering. Authorities say Goldsberry hired prostitutes to bare their breasts and strip on his neighbor’s porch while he watched fr
  
  Read more

• CT Flags At Half Staff For Texas Shooting Victims

  06-11-2017 18:19
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has ordered that flags be lowered to honor the victims of a shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
  The Democratic governor on Monday ordered that flags be flown at half-staff until sunset on Thursday.
  Twenty-six people were killed during the shooting Sunday at a church in South Texas.
  Around 20 people were injured.
  Authorities say the shooter, 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley, was later found dead in his vehicle.
  (©
  
  Read more

• Newtown Among 800 School Sites Attacked By Hackers

  06-11-2017 18:14
  
  Newtown Public School District’s website was hacked Monday morning and a school official said the district’s website was one of 800 across the country attacked by hackers.Photo Credit: Michael Trevail
  
  Read more

• Connecticut Churches React After Texas Massacre

  06-11-2017 17:58
  
  Seeing the deadly massacre of 26 people inside a small church in Southerland Springs, Texas, hits close to home for parishioners in Connecticut.Photo Credit: Erich Schlegel/Getty Images
  
  Read more

• NHPD Seeks Bank Robbery Suspect

  06-11-2017 17:47
  (New Haven, Conn.,/CBS Connecticut) – In New Haven, police are on the lookout for the suspect in a bank robbery this morning.
  It was around a quarter-to-nine that the suspect entered the Key Bank on Church Street and passed a teller a note demanding cash.
  Police say the robber did not show, imply or mention a weapon and there were no injuries.
  The suspect fled on foot down Elm Street toward State Street and possibly headed to Grand Avenue.
  Detectives are looking for a black male with a sto
  
  Read more

• I-84 West in Plainville Reopens After

  06-11-2017 17:37
  
  Interstate 84 westbound is closed in Plainville for a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a car, according to the state Department of Transportation.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
  Read more

• SEC Football Report: Georgia, Alabama Stay Unbeaten

  06-11-2017 16:53
  Ryan Mayer
  This is the CBS Local SEC Football Report. Every week, this space will recap the results and top performances from the Southeastern Conference and look ahead to key match-ups the following week.
  Georgia and Alabama post identical 24-10 wins
  The top two teams in the conference welcomed in potential divisional challengers on Saturday, and both were dispatched fairly easily as the Bulldogs and Tide remained undefeated on the season.
  For Georgia, quarterback Jake Fromm has his first star
  
  Read more

• Winsted woman arrested after embezzling money from several bank accounts

  06-11-2017 16:47
  AVON — Avon Police say they’ve arrested Sheila Grochowski, 70, of Winsted after they say she embezzled money from several bank accounts. Police say that Grochowski worked for Barbara H. Hance Associates, Inc. from 2010 to 2016 and had access to Hances’s client bank accounts. The acon Police Department along with the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, ID’d 25 separate victims whose bank accounts were accessed by Grochowski during those 6 years. Several of the vict
  
  Read more

• Newtown school website hacked, showing “concerning” Arabic writing

  06-11-2017 16:34
  NEWTOWN — Newtown’s public schools website was hacked in the middle of the night according to acting Superintendent Lorrie Rodrigue. The FBI is investigating the incident out of Miami. Dr. Rodigue says that some 800 school websites were affected nationwide, and schooldesk.net is the company that provides the web service. Arabic writing and symbols were on display on the website this morning. The website is currently taken down and will remain down until Dr. Rodrigue is assured the ha
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsConnectic on Twitter!