April

NBC Connecticut First Alert meteorologists are tracking changing weather to kick off the new work week. A round of rain, snow and graupel showers moved through on Easter Sunday mixed in with areas of sunshine. Sunday night into Monday is quiet, but cold. Temperatures drop into the 30s and 20s for the typically cooler neighborhoods. Hopefully you haven’t forgotten...

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life stress, anxiety and overall burn out is a very real thing but what are some of the ways you can relieve daily tension? Self care wellness retreat ‘Just Be’ is trying to answer that question as they held a community-wide and complimentary stress-free retreat to honor Stress Awareness Month. From learning stress...

Nurseries and landscapers in northern Connecticut were scrambling Thursday ahead of a nor’easter that could bring several inches of snow by Friday morning.

The Boston Red Sox announced this week that single-game tickets for April home games will go on sale to the general public on Thursday at 10 a.m. The team said tickets will initially be priced at 2020 individual game prices, and will fluctuate based on demand and variables such as the date, number of tickets available, opponent and weather conditions….

Azizi, the giraffe calf whose birth was watched on a YouTube livestream by hundreds of thousands of people in 2019, died of an “unexpected and unpreventable” condition at the East Texas Zoo and Gator Park, the zoo said.

For snow lovers this winter has been anything but impressive with regard to snowfall totals. The Hartford area has only recorded 30.1 inches of snow so far which leaves us near 19 inches below the normal snowfall. Of course we could still add to that total with snow still possible in the months of April and even May. Lets talk…

Without much a winter, what impact will the warmer temperatures have on our spring?

LaShawn Daniels, a Grammy Award-winning songwriter who penned songs for Beyoncé, Whitney Houston and Lady Gaga has died. He was 41. Daniels’ wife April said in a statement that her husband died in a car accident Tuesday in South Carolina. He earned a Grammy in 2001 for his songwriting work on Destiny Child’s “Say My Name.” Daniels co-wrote several Grammy-nominated...

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are now a family of six. Their baby boy has officially arrived via surrogate, the reality star confirmed on Twitter on Friday afternoon. “He’s here and he’s perfect!” the new mom of four tweeted.

Some taxpayers fear the Internal Revenue Service, worried a single mistake will cost them their car or their house. Uncle Sam’s finance arm can and does flex its muscles. A former IRS agent shared a revealing take on the agency’s ruthless reputation with NBC Responds.

April, the beloved upstate New York giraffe whose extra-long pregnancy went viral in 2017, gave birth to another male calf on Saturday. A livestream video showed the miracle of birth to nearly a quarter million people. Afterward, April licked her newborn’s long neck as the calf rested next to her. This is April’s fifth calf, and the first since April...

For the first time, Yale University is hosting the Ivy League’s four-team, two-day basketball tournaments, and that means a boost this weekend to New Haven’s economy.

April the Giraffe, the long-necked spotted beauty from New York’s Animal Adventure Park who captivated the globe for months as she prepared for the birth of her fourth calf last year, has some news.

What’s six months old and nearly 10 feet tall?

The first round of votes are in, April the giraffe fans.

Devoted fans of April the giraffe lost their link to her on Friday when her round-the-clock live stream went dark — but it turns out she’s coming back this week for a limited engagement.

April the giraffe has become a cash cow for a tiny zoo in rural upstate New York, thanks to a YouTube video livestream of her pregnancy and birth of an incredibly cute calf that has riveted viewers around the world.