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Local pizzerias are participating in a nationwide fundraiser to help people impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.  Slice Out Hunger, a New York-based organization is raising funds to help people and pizzerias that were directly impacted by the wildfires in the LA area and they are calling on pizzerias across the country to step in and help. S...

A woman has died after crashing into a tree in Mansfield on Tuesday. State police said they were called to Chaffeeville Road around 3:10 p.m. for a report of a crash. According to state police, 69-year-old Jen Webster, of Storrs, lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a tree. Webster was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is&#823...

Trinity Health of New England has informed medical staff at its three hospitals in Connecticut that they now have to work for a third-party company based in California. Trinity Health told employees they will lose their jobs if they don’t agree within 90 days to work for the company, called Virtuity. “Trinity Health Of New England has entered into ...

There are new consequences for a youth sports coach allegedly involved in a hit-and-run following a game. The Town of Windham is reportedly stopping the coach from being part of its programs. State police say a camera captured Bryan Baez-Rivera driving a white sedan and then apparently making no attempt to avoid striking a person. “That’s terrible....

A man and woman from Torrington went before a judge on Tuesday for their alleged roles in the death of a 24-year-old Harwinton man who was killed last summer. Logan Diaz-Lopardo, 21, is facing charges including first-degree manslaughter and Abbigale Whipple, 20, is facing charges including conspiracy to commit manslaughter for the death of 24-year-...

A man accused of brutally beating a family member and her two young children with a baseball bat in Bridgeport has been re-arrested for violating a protective order nearly two dozen times, a new arrest warrant states. Abdulrahim Sulaiman, 38, of Bridgeport, was arrested in September for severely beating a woman and her children, including 4- and 6-...

Emergency crews rescued a woman from the icy waters of the Connecticut River Tuesday morning. Police received a 911 call about a woman who walked out onto the ice at Ferry Park at 315 Meadow Road just after 9 a.m. A witness reported the woman fell through the ice. Arriving crews found the woman clinging to the edge of a…

A Waterford man who was charged in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has pleaded not guilty and his case has been continued until March. James Roe Cleary, 56, was charged in October with a felony offense of obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder. He was also charged with misdemeanor offenses of…...

A threatening statement prompted a lockdown at Rocky Hill High School on Tuesday and the school has resumed normal operations after no threat was found, according to district officials. Superintendent of Schools Mark Zito said the threatening statement appeared in a Google document. In response, the school was placed into a security lockdown where ...

The attorney general’s office said it has reached a $1.5 million settlement with Carvana, the online used car dealer, and customers could be eligible for restitution. Attorney General William Tong said the settlement, which is subject to approval in Hartford Superior Court, comes after hundreds of consumer complaints about extended delays in ...

A three-vehicle crash on Route 9 North in Berlin closed lanes on Tuesday morning and the scene has cleared. The crash is happened between exits 32 and 34 around 10:53 a.m., according to state police. They said there are no life-threatening injuries. No additional information was immediately available.

A teenager has been arrested in connection to the death of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed in New Haven in December. Officers were called to Shelton Avenue and Huntington Street around 6:40 p.m. on Dec. 3, 2024, for a report of a person shot. It was reported that a man with a gunshot wound was laying in the…

An apartment fire in Hartford forced more than 20 people out of their homes Monday night and two people were taken to the hospital. In total, 23 people are displaced. The Hartford Fire Department said that included 21 adults and two kids who now have to find another place to live for the time being. Firefighters were dispatched to Wethersfield&#823...

A car hit a school bus with 15 students on board in Vernon on Monday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to South Street and Crown Street around 2:40 p.m. for a report of a crash involving a school bus and a car. According to police, the school bus driver and the 15 Vernon Center Middle School students on the bus…