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UConn has just announced that out-of-state students who are enrolled only in online courses will not be allowed to live in university housing this fall and the school is asking them to stay home for the semester. This comes as students are scheduled to return to campus for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close in…...

A mosquito trapped in Connecticut has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis for the first time this season. The mosquito was trapped at Stonington High School on August 3, according to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) can be transmitted to humans through mosquito bites. It is a disease tha...

There was light foot traffic at many polling stations across the state on primary day in Connecticut, perhaps due to concerns about coronavirus. Secretary of the State Denise Merrill assured voters that polling locations are safe. Personal protective equipment was distributed, and all locations should provide hand sanitizer and following social dis...

Trees uprooted. Wires still down. This was the scene in Ridgefield Tuesday, more than a week after Tropical Storm Isaias created extensive damage and widespread power outages. Eversource’s response there has people frustrated and looking for answers. “I don’t know what’s going on with Eversource. Maybe they’re more concerned about their credit rati...

There were no new coronavirus-related deaths reported in Connecticut Tuesday, but the positive test rate jumped up to 1.4%. There were 117 new COVID-19 cases reported in the state, bringing the total to 50,684. There were 8,338 new tests reported, for a positivity rate of 1.4%. In total, there have been 909,305 tests administered in Connecticut. Th...

Angelo and Ettore Rossetti will always remember August 8, 2015. It’s the day they set the Guinness World Record for longest tennis volley rally. “We rallied 30,576 volleys without a bounce,” said Angelo Rossetti. For five hours and 28 minutes straight, Angelo and Ettore hit the ball back and forth. “The wrist pain is excruciating,” said Angelo. “I ...

A candidate for Connecticut’s Second Congressional District was arrested Monday night. Wethersfield police said Thomas Gilmer, of Madison, was placed under arrest Monday night and charged with strangulation in the second degree and unlawful restraint in the first degree. Gilmer is a Republican candidate for the state’s Second Congressional District...

The governor held hold a news conference Tuesday to talk about reopening schools. Gov. Ned Lamont, Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona and other state and local officials held a news conference at 2 p.m. at Pearson Middle School Winsted. Lamont said last month that most students and teachers are expecting to return to the classroom this fall, but...

A baby girl who was in critical condition after an overdose on medicine in New Haven has died, according to police. Police officers and firefighters responded to a Norton Street home at 12:40 p.m. Saturday after getting a 911 call about an unresponsive child and officers learned the 17-month-old girl had likely ingested adult medication, police sai...

The 2020 annual Connecticut sales tax-free week will begin Sunday, Aug. 16 and go through Saturday, Aug. 22.

The attorney general is calling for regulators to investigate Eversource and United Illuminating for their response to Tropical Storm Isiais, which knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes across the state, many of which are still waiting for power a week later. Attorney General William Tong is also asking the two utility companies for d...

Connecticut’s former public health commissioner is alleging that Gov. Ned Lamont fired her for “discriminatory reasons” and administration officials prohibited her from implementing nursing home protocols that would have saved lives amid the coronavirus pandemic. Renée Coleman Mitchell lodged the claims in a five-page statement released Monday nigh...

Despite the ongoing power problems and the major changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, voters will be casting their ballots in Connecticut’s primary on Tuesday. Polls opened at 6 a.m., but many have already cast their vote with an absentee ballot. If you’re coming to vote, the Secretary of the State wants you to know that polling...

A woman was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries after police said she crashed into a building in East Haven on Tuesday. Officers and firefighters were called to the area of Hemingway Avenue and Short Beach Road after getting a report of a car into a building. When crews arrived, they said they found a car lodged…