Connecticut

We have had quite the rainfall event across southern New England in the last couple of days.  Major flooding occurred in Rhode Island on Monday around Providence. And on Tuesday, flash flood warnings were hoisted twice for areas in and around New Haven.  Radar-estimated rainfall had a good handle on actual reports across the region, with 2-5 inches in a...

Vermont voters will choose candidates Tuesday to fill a seat in the U.S. Senate that has been occupied since 1975 by retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, the last of Congress’s so-called Watergate babies, elected after the resignation of former President Richard Nixon. Click here to see our 2022 Vermont Primary voter’s guide. The leading Democratic candidate to run for Leahy’s...

Vermont’s most closely-watched contest — for the Democrats’ nomination for U.S. House in November’s general election — has the current lieutenant governor and a physician positioning themselves as moderate choices.

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in two towns in Litchfield County Thursday evening. The EF-0 tornado had winds of 75 miles per hour and stayed on the ground for about five miles. NWS investigators came to the state Friday to investigate the twister. According to the NWS, the tornado touched down along Smith Road in Norfolk…

Federal prosecutors say a Vermont man charged with killing his mother at sea in 2016 in a plot to inherit millions should remain behind bars pending trial because he poses a flight risk and danger to others. The prosecutors filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont, on Friday, opposing a request by Nathan Carman to be released….

PUTNAM, Conn. (AP) — Even as numerous Republican-governed states push for sweeping bans on abortion, there is a coinciding surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to expansion of Catholic hospital networks. These are states such as Oregon, Washington, California, New York and Connecticut, where abortion will remain legal despite the…

It’s been two weeks since the State of Connecticut announced its first reported case of monkeypox. And while it’s still rare, now one of the people who has contracted it is sharing his experience and sending a message to others in hopes of slowing the spread. “It’s been a physical and emotional roller coaster, for sure,” Johnny Rivera said....

A man who threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend and members of her family in messages sent through anonymous social media and email accounts has agreed to plead guilty, federal prosecutors in Boston said Wednesday. Marshall Nicholas Fain, 31, of New Haven, Connecticut, was in a relationship with the Massachusetts woman for about two years before they split last August, according…

Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials began, there were witch trials and executions here in Connecticut. In fact, the first witch-hanging in all the English colonies happened in 1647 when Alse Young was hanged in Hartford. Now, there is a movement to have her, and those who were convicted, exonerated by the state. The first hanging was 32-year-old Young,…

A Connecticut man capped a grueling, monthslong run from Florida to Maine with a surprise proposal to his partner, who was with him the entire way.

The misadventure happened June 23 when a mother bear knocked over a garbage can and one of her cubs stuck its head in a clear plastic jar that had spilled out

A Connecticut man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle people from Brazil into the United States. Officials said 41-year-old Fagner Chaves De Lima, of East Hartford, was observed trying to smuggle a person from Brazil to the U.S. The District of Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office said De Lima tried to orchestrate an “elaborate” and “manipulative” human smuggling...

A state law protects abortion rights in Massachusetts, but for people in other states, including New Hampshire, there are questions.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. In anticipation of the decision, several states led by Democrats have taken steps to protect abortion access. The decision also sets up the potential for…

The Supreme Court issued a decision Friday overturning Roe v. Wade, wiping the constitutional right to an abortion.

Here’s what it could mean for your wallet if federal or state government temporarily suspend taxes at the pump.

Arthur “Kitt” Watson and Diane Watson spoke to NBC New York on Sunday, a day after their yacht went up in flames in a New Hampshire harbor while they were on their way to Maine.

A former Roman Catholic priest who served at several Rhode Island parishes has been indicted on a charge of sexually assaulting a juvenile about 40 years ago, the state attorney general’s office said Monday. Kevin Fisette, 66, is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a charge of first-degree sexual assault, authorities said. The alleged assault on a boy occurred in…