Connecticut

Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, and Suni Lee could be some of the gymnasts competing at the XL Center in Hartford weeks before the Paris Olympics.

A bridge that was damaged during a fiery crash on Interstate 95 in Norwalk last week has been demolished and now plans are being made to reconstruct and rebuild it. Gov. Ned Lamont gave an update about the Fairfield Avenue Bridge on Monday morning with Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto and other state and local officials. Ov...

An investigation is underway after a man was found shot and killed at a park on the Manchester-East Hartford town line on Sunday night. East Hartford police officers found a man in Wickham Park on Tolland Street just after 10:30 p.m. Police have identified the victim as a 31-year-old man from New Britain, but they are not releasing his identity&#82...

Two high school students were shot and killed at a party in an apartment in Hartford over the weekend. According to police, there was a party inside of an apartment on Hendricxsen Avenue on Saturday around 10:30 p.m. It is believed there were about 10 to 12 people there and all of them knew each other. Officers responded to the…

Both sides of Interstate 95 in Norwalk have fully reopened on Sunday, days after a fiery crash closed the area. Crews have been working to demolish the Fairfield Avenue Bridge after it was damaged during a crash and fire on Thursday morning. “Having the highway completely closed in both directions allows additional equipment to be on site,&#8...

A teenager and a man who were both found with gunshot wounds in the stairwell of an apartment building in Hartford late Saturday night have died. Officers responded to Hendricxsen Avenue around 10:30 p.m. after getting multiple 911 calls about shots fired. Police said they found two unresponsive males with gunshot wounds in the apartment building s...

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...