Investigations

Former Hartford police officer Jill Kidik was responding to a call when she was stabbed by a woman experiencing a mental health crisis. Kidik believes a mobile crisis response team could have prevented the situation from escalating the way it did.

Cannabis is now legal in Connecticut and the new law allows, for the first time, people to grow their own at home.

Police say lately the public has been better about locking their cars and removing valuables from view, but there are new trends drivers should be aware of to keep themselves and their property safe.

A Danielson home contractor under investigation by the state now faces criminal charges.

It’s been almost two years since Mubarak Soulemane was killed in West Haven. His death followed a police pursuit from Norwalk after an alleged carjacking.

State regulators have been reviewing an agreement that has electric utility Eversource dropping its appeal of a $28 million fine connected to its Tropical Storm Isaias response last summer. Some of those fines were imposed in connection with an NBC Connecticut Investigates exclusive.

The Department of Consumer Protection is investigating more than two dozen complaints against CT Heat Pros for improper or incomplete HVAC work.

A youth camp in South Kent that voluntarily surrendered its license in August failed to ensure the health and safety of its campers, according to a state investigation. The operator was also fined $1,500 for opening without the proper license.

Millions of Americans who suffer from sleep apnea need to check their Philips CPAP and breathing machines for a potentially dangerous defect.

NBC Connecticut Investigates is digging for details on the Cessna Citation 560X business jet that crashed into a building in Farmington after taking off from Robertson Airport in Plainville Thursday.

The newest financial frustration in Connecticut’s red-hot housing market is not only a struggle for people looking to buy. Would-be renters find themselves running into big obstacles – and big price tags – all around the state.

Connecticut is suffering from an excess of salt on the roads which is affecting some residents’ water supply. Sodium chloride from the brine used to pre-treat roadways before a snowfall is creeping into wells, making the water undrinkable.

No formal database tracks these accidents, but The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Not-In-Traffic Surveillance research estimates that rollaways cause approximately 150 deaths and 2,000 injuries every year.

NBC Connecticut Investigates has obtained video from inside the bar where a Connecticut State trooper was drinking before a drunk driving crash.

The state has set standards for concrete and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to help homeowners with crumbling foundations, but lawmakers say more work is ahead.

Assisted living memory care facilities are not subject to the same regulations that nursing homes must meet. Some believe the pandemic has shown that this can leave those in need of such services vulnerable to mistreatment.

Law enforcement and some Republican lawmakers are calling for stricter youth justice laws in response to an uptick in crime, but a Connecticut crime data analyst says the pandemic is playing a part in these negative trends.

Two years after it first made a splash as a health and environmental hazard in the state, firefighting foam containing PFAS is now on its way out.

The company set up by the state to give financial assistance to hundreds of homeowners with crumbling concrete basements may get more time to get its work done.

Taxpayers in Somers gave town leaders an earful after a vote that changed the town’s form of government, turning over daily operations from the first selectman to an unelected administrator instead.

The Piscitelli family from North Haven provided surveillance footage that appears to show an Amazon driver leaving something by the curb in front of their house after making a delivery. The family says the driver left behind a bag of urine.

We’ve been experiencing the impact of sea level rise for years, in the form of flooding, more frequent storms, and rising tides. Scientists say it will likely accelerate.

A state university professor is denouncing an award-winning initiative named The 1619 Project, calling the project and its creator misleading, bigoted, and more. But the professor’s critique, and how he distributed it, has raised questions.

A state university professor is denouncing an award-winning initiative named The 1619 Project, calling the project and its creator misleading, bigoted, and more. But the professor’s critique, and how he distributed it, has raised questions.

A Connecticut fire district has terminated the employee who got it a Paycheck Protection Program loan that raised questions last year.

While there has been so much focus on the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year or so, 2020 quietly became a record-breaking year for accidental drug intoxication deaths in Connecticut. Medical experts – as well as those who have been touched by tragedy – believe the problem is continuing to worsen in 2021.

As some students struggle after more than a year of closures, remote learning and other disruptions during the pandemic, school districts are looking at ways to help those students get back on track.

With warmer weather, construction is underway in southern New England, lifting buildings into the air to replace defective concrete basements below them.

A Bloomfield fire department has voted to return a $120,459 paycheck protection program loan it received.

One year into the pandemic, Dr. James Gill discusses the impact of the coronavirus in a rare interview. His office’s current mission is to investigate and certify thousands of COVID-related deaths.

The vast majority of PPP recipients in Connecticut received loans under $150,0000.

The state’s attorney general and Department of Consumer Protection Warn that using online payment apps does come with risk.

2020 was a banner year for the Connecticut real estate market, bringing an influx of new residents to the state. NBC Connecticut Investigates has analyzed new data that shows some cities and towns saw double and triple digit percentage increases in the number of home sales in 2020 compared to the year before.

While Connecticut’s family services courtrooms have never fully closed amid COVID-19, court officials say their condensed capacity is causing cases to pile up.

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Cromwell resident Lucille Lancia wanted to spruce up her home with a little color, so the 85-year-old called on a local painter to do the work.