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Judge rejects officers' bid to erase charges in the case of a man paralyzed after police van ride

Mar. 28, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Four former Connecticut police officers accused of mocking and mistreating a man after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022 were denied bids Thursday to enter a program that could have erased criminal charges against them and let them avoid trial. ...

Former MIT researcher pleads guilty to 2021 killing of Yale grad student

Mar. 01, 2024 15:19 PM EST

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has pleaded guilty to the 2021 killing of a Yale University graduate student found shot outside his car in Connecticut. Qinxuan Pan faces 35 years in prison following his guilty plea Thursday...

14 workers, including some renovating a Yale building, hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning

Jan. 17, 2024 18:31 PM EST

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Blood tests of a construction worker who collapsed Wednesday outside a building owned by Yale University led emergency crews to uncover potentially lethal levels of carbon monoxide inside. Another 13 people were hospitalized, but the discovery may have prevented a much...