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Man convicted for 4th time of sending threats to officials, journalists
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man with a history of writing threats to public officials, including a U.S. president and a Supreme Court justice, has been convicted for a fourth time after prosecutors say he mailed more than 100 additional threatening letters. Garrett...
Former Connecticut lawmaker gets 27 months in prison for stealing over $1 million in coronavirus aid
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut state representative was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Wednesday for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven — most of it in federal coronavirus-related aid — and using a good chunk of it to fuel his gambling addiction. ...
Connecticut Senate passes early voting bill, new system allows up to 14 days of in-person voting
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut voters will have 14 days to cast their general election ballots early and in person under a bill that cleared the state Senate early Wednesday and now heads to the governor's desk. The Senate approved the bill by a 27-7 vote. The action comes six...
Stewart helps Liberty hand Sun first loss of season
NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 11 of her 21 points in the decisive third quarter to lift the New York Liberty to an 81-65 win over the Connecticut Sun on Saturday. Stewart, who scored a franchise and career-high 45 points in her home debut last Sunday, took over in the...
Bear helps itself to 60 cupcakes from Connecticut bakery, scares employees
AVON, Conn. (AP) — A hungry black bear barged into the garage of a Connecticut bakery, scared several employees and helped itself to 60 cupcakes before ambling away. Workers at Taste by Spellbound in the town of Avon were loading cakes into a van for delivery on Wednesday when the...
Connecticut lawmakers absolve accused colonial-era witches, apologize for "miscarriage of justice"
With distant family members looking on, Connecticut senators voted Thursday to absolve the 12 women and men convicted of witchcraft -- 11 of whom were executed — more than 370 years ago and apologize for the “miscarriage of justice” that occurred over a dark 15-year-period of the state's...
Connecticut House passes most wide-ranging gun bill since legislation passed after Sandy Hook
Connecticut lawmakers on Thursday advanced the most wide-ranging package of gun safety measures since the legislation passed after the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre, with proponents noting the state is not “recklessly retreating” from regulating guns like other states. The...
Connecticut teen dies following after-hours stabbing at elementary school
EAST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has died from a stab wound suffered during an after-hours fight outside a Connecticut elementary school, police said Wednesday. East Haven Police were called to Tuttle Elementary School at 6:28 p.m. Tuesday. They discovered the injured...
Major Massachusetts health insurer hit by ransomware attack, member data may be compromised
BOSTON (AP) — The second-largest health insurer in Massachusetts was the victim of a ransomware attack in which sensitive personal information as well as health information of current and past members may have been compromised, company officials said. Point32Health said in a...
Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest. “He just kept saying ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,’’’ his mother, Catherine, recalled tearfully. “I...
