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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the keynote address at the United States Coast Guard Academy’s commencement ceremony in New London on Wednesday. Harris commended all of the cadets for their hard work and applauded them for what they have accomplished. She said the Cadets are doing the critical work to protect our country, advance our interests and shape the...

A man has been arrested after being accused of photographing over a dozen people in a bathroom at a private beach in East Lyme, according to authorities. Police said they conducted interviews of victims and witnesses in multiple states and were able to identify 13 victims who were unknowingly photographed. Officials said 21-year-old Nicholas Spellman from Massachusetts was working at…

Two people are dead after a fire and a shooting in New London Wednesday night. Police responded to the report of shots fired in the area of Granite Street and Williams Street around 7:30 p.m. Before arriving at the scene, officers were told there was also a fire at 48 Granite St. Once at the scene, police began evacuating the…

A woman from New London made her Olympic debut Tuesday, playing basketball for Team Puerto Rico in Tokyo on Tuesday. India Pagan, 22, started playing basketball when she was just 11 or 12 years old for New London’s recreational league. She continued playing in high school where she was an all-state player who ended her high school career with more…

President Joe Biden delivered the commencement address at the 2021 U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London today, telling the graduates that he’s never been more optimistic about this country. He told the men and women graduating from the Coast Guard Academy that the country needs them.   During his speech, he congratulated the graduates and also commended the parents….

New London Police are searching for the father of a baby boy who was killed in a dog attack in Norwich Monday and said he is a person of interest after a home on Rosemary Street in New London was intentionally set on fire Tuesday morning. Crews responded to a report of fire at a multi-family home on Rosemary Street…

New London police have arrested the mother of a 4-year-old boy on murder charges after she claimed she strangled him on Sunday. Officers responded to a parking lot on Nautilus Drive around 6:30 a.m. after getting a report of a woman damaging a vehicle with a bat. When police arrived, they said they made contact with the vehicle owner and…

New London public schools are switching to distance learning next week as the school district works to identify close contacts of people who recently tested positive for COVID-19. All schools will be closed for in-person learning the week of Nov. 9 through Nov. 13, according to school officials. Students must participate in full-time distance during this time. Classes will not…

Gov. Ned Lamont said the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate is 1.4%, which is one of the lowest in the country, but up from what it was a couple of months ago. The state reported an additional 1,066 positive COVID-19 cases since Friday. With 77,261 tests performed, that is a 1.4% positivity rate. Hospitalizations have increased by 21, bringing the state’s…

The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 is preparing to embark from Connecticut after three years’ and $11.2 million worth of renovations — and several months of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The beloved vessel is scheduled to be towed from the preservation shipyard at the Mystic Seaport Museum to…

The mayor of New London has decided to remove the city’s Christopher Columbus statue to protect it from potential vandalism, hoping that a final decision on what to do with the controversial statue can be put to the public and city council. Thousands of people have signed petitions to remove the statue, which has already been vandalized with spray...

As passionate protests for racial equality march on around the country and here in Connecticut, some New London residents are also taking a stand to take down a controversial statue in the city. Thousands of people have signed petitions to remove the Christopher Columbus statue, which is currently covered on its base with red spray paint. This isn’t the...

The leading voice of gun rights in Connecticut is stepping down after a decade of leading an advocacy group that has grown to more than 33,000 members.

Tens of thousands of people in Massachusetts remain without power on Friday morning after a record-breaking storm thrashed New England with battering winds and torrential rain.

The roof of a Delta airplane hangar at Logan International Airport in Boston was partially blown off during a powerful fall nor’easter that rattled the region overnight. “Delta’s aircraft maintenance hangar sustained wind damage from storms overnight and teams will be inspecting the damage today,” a statement from the airline said.

A record-breaking autumn storm plunged hundreds of thousands of people into the dark, toppled trees, canceled schools and delayed trains in the Northeast, while persistent winds Thursday hampered efforts to clean up and restore power and clean up. Throughout New England, 500,000 were left without power Thursday due to downed trees and power lines, according to The Boston Globe. Several...

Four people were transported to the hospital in New London after their catamaran boat capsized in New York on Sunday.