New London

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.

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...

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.

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

Our main headline this weekend is the warm air! Temperatures will be significantly above average, though it doesn’t look like we will set any records Sunday or Monday (both records are in the mid 90s!). It will be very warm, however! High temperatures will reach the mid and upper 80s both days. A few showers are possible Monday night with...

Tonight: Clear. Pleasant. Lows in the low 60s. Tomorrow: Sunny. Very warm. Highs in the mid 80s. Monday: Sunny. Very warm. A late day shower. Highs in the upper 80s.

Three family members from Boston were killed Sunday in a car crash in New Hampshire. The crash took place shortly before noon on Interstate 89 northbound in New London. The vehicle rolled several times before hitting a construction sign and coming to a stop in the median of the highway, New Hampshire State Police said. The victims have been identified...

Three people are dead following a rollover crash on Interstate 89 in New London, New Hampshire State Police say. The crash in the northbound lane occurred just before noon Sunday near Exit 12. The vehicle rolled an undetermined number of times into the median of the highway, police say, and all three victims were ejected from the vehicle as it...

The fatal accident happend Sunday on Interstate 89 northbound just north of exit 12 in New London, New Hampshire.

A Pentagon report says that almost half of female cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy said they were sexually harassed and that about one in eight women reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact.