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The man police say killed his wife inside their Simsbury home on Friday morning appeared before a judge Monday in Hartford Superior Court. Ding Sheng Lin, with the help of an interpreter speaking Mandarin, was arraigned on a murder charge. The judge kept the 50-year-old’s bond at $2.5 million. According to court documents, police were called to the...

“I think our demands are pretty simple. Disclose, divest and reinvest in the New Haven community,” Yale student Chisato Kimura said. There’s a growing encampment at Yale University as pro-Palestinian protests continued on Monday. “We’re going to be out here, we’re going to be speaking out,” Kimura said. In the literal sense, Monday’s scene wa...

Changes coming to West Hartford Center next year could impact businesses utilizing the town’s on-street parking space. The area is known for its outside dining and construction could temporarily pause this option for many restaurants. “In West Hartford it’s essential,” said Whitney Gostyla, a waitress at Luna Pizza. “It’s essential to see that your...

Waterbury police have arrested a 15-year-old who is accused of stealing a car, running a red light and causing a crash in Waterbury on Sunday night. Police responded to Wolcott Street and Sharon Road around 7:30 p.m. to investigate a two-car crash and found that one of the cars had been stolen. Police said the driver of the stolen car…...

A bus carrying elementary school children was involved in a crash in Vernon on Monday afternoon. No children were injured, but one parent asked to be taken to the hospital, according to school officials. The crash happened at the corner of Route 30 and Bamforth Avenue.  School officials said six elementary students were on board and Vernon par...

A person has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a customer in the back at a store in Bridgeport on Monday afternoon. The police department said they were called to the area of State Street and Iranistan Avenue just after 3:45 p.m. Authorities said a person was stabbed in the back while inside a store in the area. The extent of…

Police from the town of Groton shot a man with a stun gun at a hotel Sunday morning after he held a knife to a man’s throat and threatened to “kill everyone,” including his wife and children, police said.   Police said it started with a man calling 911 and telling police that hotel staff refused to allow him into…

A man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Thomaston over the weekend has been arrested, according to police. Police said they arrested 37-year-old Richard Blood after a woman reported that she was bound and sexually assaulted at a Thomaston home around 1 a.m. on Saturday. Responding officers found the woman with visible injurie...

Correction (Monday, April 29, 2024 9:00 p.m. ET): An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the incident happened in Southington. It actually happened in Bridgeport. Two police officers were injured when their cruisers collided in Bridgeport on Monday afternoon. Police said the two officers were responding to a call when they collided aro...

A 70-year-old man who was struck in New Haven on Sunday night has died and police said the driver who hit him left the scene. Officers responded to the area of Whalley Avenue and Brownell Street at 9:26 p.m. Sunday and found 70-year-old Yusuf Suat Gursey, of New Haven, injured and in the road. He was brought to Yale New…

A body was found in the Connecticut River in Hartford on Monday. Police said the body is a male and it appears that he had been in the water for a while. Major crimes and the medical examiner are investigating. No additional information was immediately available.

One person suffered serious burn injuries in a brush fire in Norwalk on Friday evening, according to the Norwalk fire department, and employees of a pizza shop rescued the person. Firefighters found a 1,000-square-foot area of brush burning between the Norwalk River and the parking area at the back of 607 Main Ave. when they responded. Dave’s Plane...