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A man is critically injured after he was shot multiple times outside of a hookah lounge in Bridgeport early Saturday morning and police are searching for the person responsible. Officers received reports of shots fired outside of the Hollywood Hookah Lounge on Main Street around 3:30 a.m. Shortly after, dispatchers said they received information ab...

Police at the University of Las Vegas are investigating a report of a theft from the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team bus. Officials said University Police Services received a report of a theft from a UConn team bus on Tuesday. According to police, the theft is believed to have happened during a team practice at the Thomas &amp...

A report of a suspicious device inside of a home in East Haven on Saturday prompted an investigation and evacuations, but state police have since deemed the area safe and residents are allowed to return to their homes. Police officers and firefighters were called to Palmetto Trail after getting a report of an unknown suspicious device in a home. Th...

A man was taken to the hospital after police said he was pistol-whipped and shot during a robbery in New Haven on Friday night. Dispatchers received 911 calls about a person that was shot on a park bench near the intersection of Watson Street and Bassett Street around 7:40 p.m. Police said during one call, a shot could be heard…

Connecticut State Police have arrested a man who was found with a bb gun inside of a bag at Bradley Airport earlier this week. Transportation Security Administration officials said officers detected the bb gun in the man’s carry-on bag on Thursday. According to TSA, troopers eventually arrested the 28-year-old man on a state charge. Authoriti...

Could the car tax be changed or eliminated? A bill to create a task force to study the feasibility of eliminating the property tax on motor vehicles passed the Planning and Development Committee Wednesday in a 14-7 vote. State Senator MD Rahman (D – Manchester) introduced Senate Bill 497, “An Act Eliminating The Property Tax On Motor Veh...

No sanctioned bear hunts this time. Connecticut lawmakers moved a bill forward Friday removing a controversial hunting proposal meant to address the rise in bear-human interactions. In a state with many wide forests, people in Connecticut are no strangers to seeing bears in their neighborhoods. They include homeowners in Simsbury. “We’ve had them c...

EzriCare Artificial Tears were the most commonly reported eyedrops amongst 68 patients across 16 states. Those drops have since been recalled, along with Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Tears and its Artificial Eye Ointment.

Another man has been arrested for possessing child pornography in Meriden, marking the second arrest of its kind in a week’s span. Meriden Police said 42-year-old Andrew Adams was taken into custody on a warrant Friday. The police department worked with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and state police during their investigatio...

A driver crashed into a parked car and pushed it into a restaurant that was full of customers in Norwich Friday night, according to authorities. Norwich Fire Department Battalion Chief Pat Curtin told NBC Connecticut that a vehicle driving on West Thames Street hit an unoccupied car, pushing it into Love Thai by Thai at about 7:50 p.m. The restaura...

A middle school in Middlebury was locked down for a few hours after a staff member found a stray bullet in the hallway. The school district said students at Memorial Middle School were told to shelter in place at about 11:40 a.m. The police department was notified and they found an unspent 9mm round. Officers then swept the hallways and…...

A minor is in critical condition after being punched and stabbed in an unprovoked attack on the basketball court of a Norwalk elementary school Friday night, police said. Authorities said they were called to Norwalk High School at 5 p.m. after getting a report of a stabbing. Officers located the minor on the football field with a stab wound. They&#...

It was a milestone flight for Avelo Friday. The airline says it flew its one millionth passenger. That includes those flying in and out of Tweed since its first take off 16 months ago. To celebrate, Avelo’s founder surprised everyone hopping aboard a Fort Myers flight with a free roundtrip ticket for a future adventure. “Our mission at Avelo is&#82...