Connecticut news

• Route 2 in East Hartford Reopens After Multi-Car Crash

  11-08-2018 23:58
  
  A multi-vehicle crash closed Route 2 in East Hartford on Saturday afternoon.Photo Credit: Connecticut DOT
  
  Read more

• Drive by shooting investigation shuts down road in Manchester

  11-08-2018 23:56
  MANCHESTER — Police shut down a part Highland Street Saturday evening.
  Police said that shots were fired from a car at a house on Highland Street.  The shooting seems to be targeted and not random.
  The road is closed in the area of Highland Street and Candlewood Drive.
  Stay with FOX61 as the story develops.
  #BREAKING part of highland st CLOSED w/police presence in #Manchester . Working on more @FOX61News pic.twitter.com/TJCeOXZU56
  — Michael Howard (@MHoward_TV) August 11, 2018
  
  Read more

• In their own words: Charlottesville, one year later

  11-08-2018 22:45
  Watch Video
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Before the events of August 11 and 12, 2017, Charlottesville was, for those who knew of it at all, a college town or a weekend getaway from Washington, DC. Or, for the history buffs among us, the home of our third president. After those events — the torch-wielding march at the University of Virginia, the “Unite the Right” rally and the violence and injuries it wrought, and of course the horrific murder of Heather Heyer — Charlottesv
  
  Read more

• Water Main Break Closes Part of Meadow St. in Hartford

  11-08-2018 21:21
  
  A water main break has closed part of Meadow Street in Hartford on Saturday morning.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Communities around the state collect school supplies in for needy families

  11-08-2018 20:49
  SUFFIELD –It’s that time of year again–back to school season! For some families, it can be a financially strenuous time of year. That’s why communities across the state are collecting donations for school supplies.
  “Well I heard somebody yesterday when I was in the store and they were saying just their first round was $50,” says State Representative Tami Zawistowski, who organized the Stuff a Humvee in Suffield. “That’s without the backpack. It&rsq
  
  Read more

• Naugatuck Police Search for Robbery Suspect

  11-08-2018 20:44
  
  Naugatuck Police are searching for a man who they believe was involved in a robbery on Friday.Photo Credit: Naugatuck Police
  
  Read more

• Bikers fighting animal abuse hosting annual rally this coming Saturday

  11-08-2018 20:30
  NORTH HAVEN - Bikers Against Animal Cruelty, or B.A.A.C., is a non-profit organization of local motorcyclists promoting responsible pet ownership. The group prides itself on spreading awareness about the cruelty and neglect that impacts the lives of so many animals.
  Funds raised by B.A.A.C. help pay for urgent medical care, and provide funding to various shelters and rescue organizations to offset medical bills.
  "The shelters they are struggling as well so we try to help offset that bill for th
  
  Read more

• Bikers fighting animal abuse hosting annual rally on August 18

  11-08-2018 20:30
  NORTH HAVEN - Bikers Against Animal Cruelty, or B.A.A.C., is a non-profit organization of local motorcyclists promoting responsible pet ownership. The group prides itself on spreading awareness about the cruelty and neglect that impacts the lives of so many animals.
  Funds raised by B.A.A.C. help pay for urgent medical care, and provide funding to various shelters and rescue organizations to offset medical bills.
  "The shelters they are struggling as well so we try to help offset that bill for th
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Jury awards $289M to man who blames Roundup for cancer

  11-08-2018 19:51
  Watch VideoSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury’s $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said Monsanto’s Roundup left him dying of cancer will bolster thousands of pending cases and open the door for countless people who blame their suffering on the weed killer, the man’s lawyers said.
  “I’m glad to be here to be able to help in a cause that’s way bigger than me,” Dewayne Johnson said at a news conference Friday after the verdict was announc
  
  Read more

• Newly released footage shows Connecticut Medal of Honor winner’s final moments

  11-08-2018 19:21
  WASHINGTON — Drone footage released by the U.S. Air Force this week shows the final moments of Technical Sergeant John Chapman, an Air Force combat controller from Windsor Locks.  On August 22nd, President Trump will present the Medal of Honor to Chapman’s family for his actions in Afghanistan in 2002.
  The Medal of Honor is awarded to those who risk their lives and go above and beyond the call of duty. It is the country’s highest military honor.
  The Windsor Locks native j
  
  Read more

• Missing Colchester Woman Found Safe

  11-08-2018 18:18
  
  Colchester and state police have found a woman who was reported missing after not being heard from for days.Photo Credit: Colchester Police Department
  
  Read more

• Twitter admits InfoWars violated its rules, but says it will remain on the platform

  11-08-2018 18:05
  SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter said Friday that the accounts belonging to far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his fringe media organization InfoWars would, for now, remain online, one day after a CNN investigation found that Jones’ Twitter accounts appeared to have repeatedly violated the company’s rules.
  A Twitter spokesperson said that the company concluded that of the more than a dozen tweets included in CNN’s Thursday report, seven were found to have violated Twitte
  
  Read more

• New Haven Puerto Rico Festival cancels events on Green; indoor concert instead

  11-08-2018 17:41
  NEW HAVEN – Rainy weather has canceled outdoor events for the 3rd Annual Puerto Rican Festival of New Haven – but there will still be a celebration today.
  Puerto Ricans United, the festival’s organizers, will instead hold a concert at 6 p.m. today at the Bregamos Community Theater, at 491 Blatchley Avenue. The concert will feature Latin Recording Artist Oscar Serrano from Puerto Rico. Food will be available for purchase.
  The concert is free, and all are invited.
  Organizers had
  
  Read more

• Wet weekend ahead with temperatures in the 70s

  11-08-2018 16:17
  A Flash Flood Watch is in effect Saturday - Sunday morning for 1"-2" of rain and locally higher amounts over 3"+. Rain could come down at 1"-2" per hour rates, overwhelming some storm drains and gutters. Poor drainage issues are possible along roadways. Also small streams and creeks could rise rapidly.
  Today is the wetter of the two weekend days with periods of rain (heavy at times).  When it's not raining it should remain overcast with areas of fog and cooler temperatures (70s). There may
  
  Read more

• Wet weekend ahead: Flash Flooding possible tonight

  11-08-2018 16:17
  A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until Sunday 8AM. Isolated heavy rainfall accumulations in excess of 3 inches could occur, creating problems for floodprone areas.
  A stormy Saturday night will give way to an unsettled Sunday, with some pockets of shower activity. Unfortunately, high humidity will mean the potential for locally heavy rain with any thunderstorms that develop. Monday should also feature more sun, but still a chance for rain as well. Tuesday will be similar.
  We don't actually see t
  
  Read more

• Third Annual New Haven Puerto Rican Festival Switched to Indoor Concert

  11-08-2018 16:14
  
  The third annual New Haven Puerto Rican Festival scheduled for Saturday, August 11, has been moved inside due to the weather.
  
  Read more

• Plaque to memorialize historic, unmarked black cemetery

  11-08-2018 16:06
  GREENWICH — An unmarked, centuries-old African-American burial ground in this wealthy Connecticut town will finally be memorialized.  A plaque and some landscaping will identify the cemetery, under a settlement of a nearly yearlong legal fight between local officials and the owners of a multimillion home overlooking Long Island Sound.
  The deal involving what is labeled on some old maps the “colored cemetery” in Greenwich was approved unanimously Thursday by the town’
  
  Read more

• Blending containers recalled due to laceration hazard

  11-08-2018 15:42
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing AttachmentWASHINGTON – The Vitamix company is recalling some products because of a defect that has lead to some hand lacerations.
  The containers can separate from the blade base, exposing the blades. The company has gotten 11 reports of hand lacerations from the product, according to federal Consumer Safety Product Commission.
  Over 100,000 of the containers were sold at Costco, Williams-Sonoma nationwide, and online at http://www.vitamix.com fr
  
  Read more

• First Alert: Flash Flood Warning Issued for Parts of State

  11-08-2018 14:45
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for the chance of strong storms and heavy rains that could bring flash flooding Saturday, with the unsettled weather continuing into Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Colchester Woman Reported Missing Found Safe

  11-08-2018 14:38
  
  Colchester and state police have found a woman who was reported missing after not being heard from for days.Photo Credit: Colchester Police Department
  
  Read more

• Guzman 1st rookie to hit 3 HRs in game vs Yanks, Texas wins

  11-08-2018 13:18
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing AttachmentNEW YORK — Manuel Guzman had never seen his son play major league ball in person because he’s never been fan of planes.
  He might want to rethink it going forward.
  Ronald Guzman became the first rookie to hit three home runs in a game against the Yankees, powering the Texas Rangers past New York 12-7 on Friday night.
  “In BP I was going at it. I (tol
  
  Read more

• Red Sox hit 3 HRs, erase 5-run deficit and top Orioles 19-12

  11-08-2018 12:54
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing Attachment
  Missing AttachmentBALTIMORE — Down five runs in the third inning? Hardly a challenge for the Boston Red Sox, who quickly wiped out the deficit with a display of patience and power.
  Xander Bogaerts and Andrew Benintendi each hit three-run homers, Brock Holt connected in a six-run sixth inning and the Red
  
  Read more

• The Stan Simpson Show: Preview of upcoming Democrat/GOP primary contests

  11-08-2018 12:30
  It’s a prelude to a much-anticipated race for CT Governor.
  Hartford Courant Capital Bureau Chief Chris Keating joins Stan Simpson to discuss.
  
  Read more

• The Stan Simpson Show: New Britain native Paul Manafort under fire at high-profile trial

  11-08-2018 12:30
  Paul Manafort - a  New Britain native and son of a popular former mayor in the city - is at the center of a high profile federal trail, accused of bank and tax fraud.
  Prosecutors said the former campaign chairman for Donald Trump failed to pay taxes on millions he made as a consultant to pro-Russia Ukranian political party.
  The case is being prosecuted by the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. If convicted, Manafort, 69, could spend t
  
  Read more

• Stream The PGA Championship

  11-08-2018 12:21
  The fourth major comes to you live from Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri.
  
  Read more

• Airline employee steals a plane from Seattle airport and crashes

  11-08-2018 12:15
  Watch VideoSEATTLE — An airline employee stole an empty plane from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and flew it for an hour with military jets pursuing him before crashing in a wooded area 40 miles away.
  The 76-seater aircraft took off without authorization Friday around 8 p.m. local time with a Horizon Air employee at the controls, airport officials tweeted.
  The unidentified 29-year-old ground service agent was pronounced dead after the crash, Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor sai
  
  Read more

• Last-minute technical problem delays NASA’s flight to sun

  11-08-2018 11:55
  Watch VideoCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A last-minute technical problem Saturday delayed NASA’s unprecedented flight to the sun.
  The early morning launch countdown was halted with just one-minute, 55 seconds remaining, keeping the Delta IV rocket on its pad with the Parker Solar Probe.
  Rocket maker United Launch Alliance said it would try again Sunday, provided the helium-pressure issue can be resolved quickly. As soon as the red pressure alarm for the gaseous helium system went off, a lau
  
  Read more

• Man Who Recorded Cop's 'Trigger Happy' Comment Speaks

  11-08-2018 05:26
  
  A Hartford police officer has been placed on administrative leave after he allegedly was recorded telling people he was “trigger happy” and warned them not to run or fight, according to police. While an internalPhoto Credit: Morgan Raposa/Facebook
  
  Read more

• MISSING: Colchester Woman Hasn't Been Heard From in Days

  11-08-2018 05:24
  
  Colchester and state police are trying to locate a missing woman who hasn’t been heard from in days.Photo Credit: Colchester Police Department
  
  Read more

• First Alert: Heavy Rain, Flash Flooding Possible Saturday

  11-08-2018 04:49
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for the chance of strong storms and heavy rains that could bring flash flooding Saturday, with the unsettled weather continuing into Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Missy Elliott approves of ‘funky white sister’ performing ‘Work It’

  11-08-2018 03:14
  EAST GREENWICH, R.I. — When Missy Elliott’s “Work It” comes on the radio it can be hard not to sing along, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to pull it off.
  It’s a tricky song that requires singing some of the lyrics backwards.
  It’s no problem for Mary Halsey.
  (WARNING: Video includes some explicit lyrics)She posted a video of herself singing the song at a park in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, on July 29th.
  It’s now been viewed more than 10 mil
  
  Read more

• FedEx tractor-trailer plunges off highway bridge in Arkansas

  11-08-2018 03:13
  SAINT FRANCIS COUNTY, Ark. — A FedEx truck plunged off a bridge and into a water-filled ravine on Interstate 40 Friday afternoon, the Saint Francis County Sheriff's Department said.
  The accident happened near mile marker 256, which is the Highway 503 exit about 40 minutes west of Memphis.
  The truck crashed into another semi-truck before falling into the ravine from the bridge, officials at the scene said. The driver was airlifted to a hospital in Memphis after he was rescued and temporari
  
  Read more

• Dad ‘grades’ letter from school after receiving fine for son’s absence

  11-08-2018 03:13
  EXMOUTH, England – After a family vacation resulted in a fine from his son’s school, one dad decided to take a red marker to the mistake-riddled letter officials sent.
  Daniel Moore, a baker and father of two from Exmouth, England posted the letter from the Devon County Council on Facebook. He said he’d pay the fine, but called the council “hypocrites” and promised to send the letter back “marked and graded.”Moore received the $77 penalty after his son mi
  
  Read more

• Video shows rabid beaver attack father, 7-year-old daughter during kayaking trip

  11-08-2018 03:12
  BUTLER TOWNSHIP, Pa. – A peaceful day kayaking turned into a scene ripped from a horror movie for a father, daughter and the family dog Sunday when they had to fend off a rabid beaver.
  Dan Wherley told WPMT that, at first, he was excited to see wildlife during their daughter outing on Conewago Creek in Adams County.
  When the animal started biting at his kayak, he knew something was wrong and yelled a warning to 7-year-old Layla.
  "Get away cause it's a beaver!" Wherley screamed, pulling ou
  
  Read more

• Mountain lion breaks into house, kills homeowner’s cat

  11-08-2018 03:11
  BOULDER, Colo. — A Colorado resident walked in on a very unwelcome guest Wednesday night after returning home to find that a mountain lion had managed to slip inside the residence.
  Last night, a mountain lion entered a home on Marine St through a screen door, No people were injured but a house cat was killed. Please keep ground level doors and windows closed and locked at night and when you are not home. (This is also good advice for bears and burglars.) pic.twitter.com/cGseNpx2LI
  &md
  
  Read more

• Four-day school week goes into effect in Colorado district

  11-08-2018 03:11
  BRIGHTON, Colo. – Thousands of students and parents in one Colorado district will find the school week shortened to just four days.
  In School District 27J it's the first time they've tried out the four-day school week, a recent trend especially among rural schools.
  The district said it will save about $1 million a year by going to a four-day school week.
  But parents say it's going to end up costing them instead. That's because parents who work on Mondays are going to have to find or pay s
  
  Read more

• First Alert: Heavy Rain, Flash Flooding Possible for Weekend

  11-08-2018 01:38
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for the chance of strong storms and heavy rains that could bring flash flooding Saturday, with the unsettled weather continuing into Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• MISSING: Colchester Woman Hasn't Been Heard From in 48 Hours

  11-08-2018 00:40
  
  Colchester police are trying to locate a missing woman who hasn’t been heard from in 48 hours.Photo Credit: Colchester Police Department
  
  Read more

• Man Dies After Boat Flips at Haddam Meadows State Park

  11-08-2018 00:38
  
  A 64-year-old Higganum man has died after his boat flipped at Haddam Meadows State Park Friday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
  Read more

• Cash-Strapped Hartford Cut Tree Trimming Crew Years Ago

  11-08-2018 00:37
  
  An 11-year-old boy was hospitalized after being hit by a falling tree in Hartford’s Goodwin Park Tuesday, and the accident has led to questions about the city’s response to decaying trees tagged to come down.
  
  Read more

• Rescuers, Victim Reflect on Near-Death Experience

  11-08-2018 00:36
  
  Two 18-year-old men are heroes after they came across a man struggling in the water earlier this month.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
  Read more

• State Holds Funeral for Unclaimed World War II Veterans

  11-08-2018 00:30
  
  Friday the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, along with the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, held a funeral at the state veterans cemetery with full military honors for four men who served in...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
  Read more

• Joe Ganim accuses Ned Lamont of violating clean election laws

  11-08-2018 00:17
  HARTFORD  -- Democratic candidate Joe Ganim is accusing Ned Lamont of violating clean election campaign laws.
  Bridgeport Mayor Ganim held a news conference Friday demanding answers after a report surfaced that high level Democrats may have helped Lamont to identify his likely voters.
  The allegation comes on the heels of the Hartford Courant sending Ganim a survey question they obtained. According to the paper, the question is included in a computerized survey controlled by the state Democr
  
  Read more

• Southington Girl Creates Drinking Fountain for Cats

  11-08-2018 00:11
  
  Many people consider themselves animal lovers, but one little girl in the Plantsville section of Southington has taken her passion for cats a step further by creating an invention to help pets.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
  Read more

• New Haven Budget Shortfall Reduced By More Than $10 Million

  11-08-2018 00:09
  
  When nearly 22,0000 students go back to New Haven Public Schools at the end of the month, the district’s budget deficit will be smaller than at the start of summer break, school leaders said Friday morning...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsConnectic on Twitter!