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Back to back! UConn fans gather to celebrate another basketball championship
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of fans lined the streets of downtown Hartford on Saturday to fete the UConn men's basketball team following its second straight NCAA championship, its sixth in the past 25 years. The players and coaches paraded on a double-decker bus with an...
Fans welcome UConn's repeat champs back to the 'Basketball Capital of the World'
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn's men's basketball team returned Tuesday night to the campus the school has branded the “Basketball Capital of the World.” Fans lined the streets in Eastern Connecticut, cheering as the team's buses passed by on the hourlong journey from Bradley...
Man pleads guilty to attacking Muslim state representative in Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who attacked a Muslim state representative outside a prayer service in Connecticut pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted sexual assault and other crimes in a plea deal that calls for a five-year prison sentence. Andrey Desmond, 30, appeared in Hartford...
2 dead after canoe overturns on Connecticut lake
BOLTON, Conn. (AP) — Two men are dead after a canoe overturned on a Connecticut lake Wednesday, authorities said. Environmental conservation police responded after the canoe overturned on Lower Bolton Lake, about 15 miles east of Hartford, according to the state Department of...
Reputed gang leader acquitted of murder charge after 3rd trial in Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who denies having led a violent Hartford gang has been acquitted of a murder charge and freed following a third trial that resulted from the state Supreme Court overturning his conviction. Donald Raynor, now 38, broke down in tears when the...
Connecticut woman accused of killing husband and hiding his body pleads guilty to manslaughter
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 76-year-old Connecticut woman who was accused of killing her husband, hiding his body for months and collecting his paychecks pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday, a state prosecutor said. Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi was arrested in February 2018 in the death of...
Virtus: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Virtus Investment Partners Inc. (VRTS) on Friday reported fourth-quarter net income of $30.8 million. The Hartford, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of $4.21 per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and...
Probe finds problems with Connecticut racial profiling data were largely mistakes, not intentional
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Inaccurate racial profiling data on traffic stops made by the Connecticut State Police was largely the result of data-entry mistakes and other mishaps, not an intentional effort by troopers to submit bogus information, according to a report by independent investigators...
Veteran seeking dismissal of criminal charge for subduing suspect in attack on Muslim lawmaker
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A military veteran who rushed to the aid of Connecticut's first Muslim state representative when she was being attacked after a prayer service and subdued the suspect is seeking to have a misdemeanor assault charge erased. Jason Spencer, 43, applied Wednesday...
'Gone Mom' prosecutors show shirt, bra, zip ties they say link defendant to woman's disappearance
Prosecutors in Connecticut's infamous “Gone Mom” case presented evidence Tuesday that they say links defendant Michelle Troconis to the 2019 disappearance of her boyfriend's estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos. The evidence included what appeared to be a blood-soaked shirt and bra, as...
