Connecticut

Investigators are seeking information in connection with two non-fatal shootings in New Haven on Sunday. New Haven police said officers responded to a reported shooting on Quinnipiac Avenue just before 12:45 a.m. Sunday. A walk-in shooting victim arrived at Yale-New Haven Hospital shortly thereafter, police said. The shooting left the victim, a 47-...

Investigators are seeking information in connection with a “sudden death” in New Haven on Friday. New Haven police said Saturday that officers responded just after 7 a.m. Friday to a report of a man lying face-down in a stream in the area of Hemingway Street and Eastern Street. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s c...

A person participating in a triathlon in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Saturday has died after being pulled from the water. The Nantucket Fire Department said it responded to a medical emergency during the Nantucket Triathlon after lifeguards called for help around 7 a.m. for a participant who was unresponsive in the water. Lifeguards brought the sw...

A man from Portland has died after a crash on Interstate 91 North in Rocky Hill early Saturday morning. State police said 44-year-old Marcos Benitez Rengifo was driving near exit 24 around 3 a.m. when he veered into the right shoulder and hit the guardrail. During the crash, authorities said Benitez Rengifo was ejected from his vehicle. He was pron...

Stop & Shop has announced it will be closing 32 underperforming stores, including more than a dozen in New England, by the end of the year. The company said the closures will “position the company for growth” and noted that they will still have about 350 stores across five states. “As we announced in May, Stop & Shop has evaluat...

Children ages 5 to 18 will be able to get free eye exams at Hartford libraries this summer. The Hartford Public Library has partnered with Vision to Learn, a nonprofit that provides free vision screenings, eye exams and glasses to low-income schools and communities. In the past two years, Vision to Learn has visited 56 schools and community groups,...

The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Harwinton, Connecticut, on Friday. The NWS said Saturday that they had completed their damage survey and determined the tornado touched down along Spring Hill Road at 4:54 p.m. Friday with an estimated maximum wind speed of 85 mph with an estimated p...

Focused and calm under pressure, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is unflinching at the net and when she’s called to score. This year, the 10-year national team veteran and two-time Women’s World Cup winner reached over 100 appearances and became the first goalkeeper in National Women’s Soccer League history to have played over 15,000 min...

The 2024 James Beard Awards ceremony took place Monday night in Chicago, and some New England restaurants and chefs left the Windy City winners. Portland, Maine, won two James Beard awards, with ZU Bakery earning the Outstanding Bakery award and Atsuko Fujimoto from Norimoto Bakery winning Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker. Over in Connecticut, Davi...

A Massachusetts resident was arraigned Tuesday on multiple charges in a stabbing at a McDonald’s in Plymouth over the weekend, one of two alleged attacks that injured six people, including four girls at a movie theater, over the weekend, officials said. Jared Ravizza, a 26-year-old from the Martha’s Vineyard town of Chilmark, was held f...

A man wanted for murder after a deadly shooting in Fall River, Massachusetts, was arrested in Connecticut on Thursday, authorities said. Lee George-Maldonado, 28, of Puerto Rico, is accused in the death of 44-year-old Juan Castro, who was shot dead outside his home on Bank Street in Fall River on December 23, 2023, U.S. Marshals said Wednesday. Geo...

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,...