Connecticut

Three people, including a 9-month-old baby, have died after a fire in Wallingford on Wednesday evening, according to police. Police have identified them as 24-year-old Justin Varnado, 19-year-old Karizmah Johnson and 9-month-old Kylenn (Jasir) Varnado. Police are treating the case as a suspicious death investigation and more information will be rel...

A Colchester police officer shot a person after responding to a disturbance call Thursday evening, according to state police. Officers responded to a disturbance call on Norwich Avenue just after 6:15 p.m. After arriving, officers encountered a person and one officer fired at that individual, injuring them, according to state police. The person was...

Waterbury police have arrested a third suspect in the shooting death of a man outside of Waterbury Superior Court last month. Police said they have obtained a warrant charging 26-year-old Nicholas Chiapponi, of Glastonbury, with the murder of 26-year-old Jarron Chapman, of Waterbury. Chiapponi was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday, accord...

Two people have died and another is hospitalized with serious injuries after a fire at a multi-family home in Wallingford, according to officials. They said the investigation indicates that the incident is criminal. Firefighters responded to the home on Geneva Avenue around 6 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a call about smoke coming from a home and ...

Four Guatemalan nationals are accused of participating in a large-scale scheme to steal and resell high-value products from home improvement stores and other retailers in several states, federal prosecutors said Monday. Marvin Estuardo Morales De Paz, 33, Abraham Dayger-Enrique, 24, Sebastian Lajuj-Soloman, 30, and Jonathan Josue Amperez-Perez, 31,...

There was madness everywhere around TD Garden Saturday evening as the Connecticut Huskies prepared to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini for a chance to reach the Final Four in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. “The vibes are high, the vibes are immaculate and we are ready for a UConn win,” said Huskies fan Teddy Rosol. &#82...

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First lady Jill Biden will be in New England this week for a fundraiser and an event about research on women’s health, the White House said Sunday. Biden will travel to to Connecticut, then Massachusetts, on Tuesday, and leave Wednesday afternoon, according to a news release from her office. Biden will arrive at Tweed New Haven Regional Airpo...

More than a dozen cows were dead when a cattle truck rolled over on a ramp on Interstate 84 in Newtown, Connecticut, early Thursday morning, authorities said. State troopers responded to the exit 10 off-ramp on I-84 West around 3:26 a.m. after the tractor-trailer rolled over. It was carrying 44 cows. A state veterinarian was called and a decision w...

A dog from Massachusetts died in the care of a Connecticut dog trainer, who misled the animal’s owner and officers investigating what happened, police said Tuesday. Saying the trainer was conducting a dog training scam, police in North Reading, Massachusetts, are seeking to charge the woman with felony counts of larceny and misleading a polic...

Three people have been arrested on sex trafficking charges for allegedly coercing five women into prostitution throughout New England and in New York and New Jersey, federal officials said Friday. The trio were arrested Wednesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts, over allegations dating back to 2012-2016. Jermall And...

A woman who crash-landed her 79-year-old husband’s plane on Martha’s Vineyard last month reported that he became incapacitated behind the controls, a month after his Federal Aviation Administration medical certificate had been updated, investigators said Wednesday. Randolph Bonnist, of Norwalk, Connecticut, previously had to provide extensive...

The pilot of a small plane that crashed, with a passenger at the controls, on Martha’s Vineyard this weekend has died, authorities said Friday. Randolph Bonnist, a 79-year-old from Norwalk, Connecticut, died at Boston Medical Center Thursday night, according to the Cape and Island District Attorney’s Office. Authorities have previously ...