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The 23-year-old University of Connecticut student charged with murder in Willington appeared by video conference to face charges of murder in the death of his childhood friend in Derby. Peter Manfredonia was charged Monday with murdering Nicholas Eisele on May 24 and with kidnapping Eisele’s girlfriend and forcing her to drive him to New Jersey. He pleaded not guilty to…

A Connecticut man who is accused of killing two people in Connecticut in May, holding another hostage and kidnapping a woman and driving her out of state pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

Peter Manfredonia, who is accused of killing two in Connecticut in May, told a Willington man he allegedly held hostage in his own home, that “he just flipped,” according to an arrest affidavit released on Monday.

A 23-year-old college student suspected in two homicides, a brutal attack, a home invasion and an abduction in Connecticut is in custody in Maryland and will be brought back to Connecticut soon. Police said the motive of the crime spree he is accused of is unclear. Two Connecticut State Police detectives were in Hagerstown, Maryland on Wednesday night because they…

Authorities are continuing to search for a man wanted in connection to a deadly attack in Willington earlier this week and now state police said they believe he is responsible for another death in Derby. The search has now extended into New Jersey and Pennsylvania after a vehicle connected to 23-year-old Peter Manfredonia was found near the border. Manfredonia was…

A man spent the night clinging to rocks in the Housatonic River after falling from a railroad trestle on Sunday night and into the river. Crews responded to the Housatonic River in Derby on Monday morning, took boats out into the river and rescued a man. The man, who has not been identified, was walking along the trestle over the…

Track veterinarian Dr. Dana Stead said in a statement that Emtech had two broken front legs and she made the decision to euthanize the colt on the track.

Pete Alonso has been full of surprises during a memorable rookie season with the Mets. For fans in his new home city, his gesture Wednesday night might be the biggest home run yet.

The 14th Annual Chicago Ducky Derby was held Thursday to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois.

Jamie Bisceglia thought she could win a photo contest at a fishing derby in Washington, but her decision to take a photo with an octopus on her face resulted in a trip to the hospital.

A Bourne, Massachusetts woman who hosted the New York Mets’ Pete Alonso recalls hosting the slugger during his time in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

One day before the close of a catastrophic racing season at Santa Anita, another horse died there Saturday– the 30th fatality at the famed racetrack since Dec. 26, and the second death since track officials denied a request from the state regulatory board to suspend racing temporarily.

One day before the close of a catastrophic racing season at Santa Anita, another horse died there Saturday– the 30th fatality at the famed racetrack since Dec. 26, and the second death since track officials denied a request from the state regulatory board to suspend racing temporarily.

This is a Triple Crown season that will be remembered, though probably should be forgotten. Maximum Security was the winner of the Kentucky Derby for about 20 minutes, then got taken down over a claim of foul that will be debated forever. The Preakness was probably most notable for Bodexpress throwing jockey John Velazquez to the ground as they lurched...

Trainer Todd Pletcher, always dangerous in the Belmont Stakes, sends out a pair of long shots Saturday in the final leg of the Triple Crown. The focus of attention will fall on two other horses — Tacitus, the 9-5 favorite, and War of Will, the Preakness winner and the close second choice at 2-1. Bettors who ignore Pletcher do so...

The 144th Preakness Stakes is right around the corner, and though the race is one of the jewels of the Triple Crown, the glory of the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore has faded. NBC4 explains how Pimlico has lost its luster.

Super Bowl champion. Children’s book author. College graduate. Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman added another line to his resume on Saturday.

The owner of Maximum Security, the horse that was disqualified for a race infraction after winning Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, said on TODAY that he will be filing an appeal on Monday with Kentucky’s state racing commission over the decision. “I think this is something that’s big enough that the entire racing world is looking at this and I think they...

The Bruins beat the Blue Jackets, 4-3, to take a 3-2 series lead and move one win from the Eastern Conference Finals.

The mint julep is a Kentucky Derby staple. Each year, nearly 120,000 of them are served during the two-day event at the Churchill Downs Racetrack. The beverages will go for about $10 a pop at the track but, for the 14th year in a row, Kentucky bourbon distillery Woodford Reserve is offering a limited number of $1,000 mint juleps for...