Connecticut

In mid-April Police in Bethlehem obtained an arrest warrant for 41-year-old Jose Claudio-Diaz related to robbery, terroristic threats, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. On Monday Connecticut State Police found Diaz near Bridgeport allegedly holding a woman against her will. NBC10’s Steven Fisher has more on the investigation.

Connecticut’s tick population is increasing this season, due to a variety of factors that include shorter and warmer winters and longer and wetter springs and summers, experts say. The state counted more than double the number of ticks through April 30 than it did last year, the New Haven Register reported Sunday. “This is when they come,” Dr. Zane Saul,…

There is new help for women-owned businesses in the state coping with the impact of the pandemic. The Women’s Business Development Council is providing $400,000 in grant money to help women-owned businesses which may have suffered due to the pandemic. WBDC raised a portion of the money for the Equity Match Grant Program. The state then stepped in to match…

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Outside Town Hall in Hamden on Sunday, activists joined with faith leaders, community members and others to send a message to lawmakers at the state Capitol.

Legislators, faith leaders and activists gathered outside Hamden Town Hall to demand the passage of two pieces of voting rights legislation.

Later closing times and fewer restrictions present revenue growth opportunity, some business managers told NBC Connecticut.

A lawsuit that aims to reject the religious vaccine exemption law that the governor signed into law on April 28 (HB-6423) was filed by two organizations and three parents in Connecticut. The state ended its long-standing religious exemption from immunization requirements for schools last week. The complaint, which was filed is the U.S. District Court of Connecticut on Friday, claims…

A home surveillance video caught three bears entering an SUV earlier this week in Avon, Connecticut.

Because of a lack of a real transition from the Trump administration, Biden had to hit the ground running on day one, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss says. He talks about Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office and how it’ll be remembered in history.

“There aren’t enough vaccines to go around.” India is now seeing extremely high coronavirus case counts as other countries move closer to vaccinating a large swath of their populations. One key difference? Countries like the U.S. purchased doses ahead of production, speeding up the process. Former FDA associate commissioner Peter Pitts explains.

The Connecticut Senate has passed a bill that would remove the religious exemption for childhood vaccinations. The bill, which already passed the House, now goes to the governor’s desk.

A man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer truck on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Becket, Mass., on Friday, authorities say, and a passenger sustained serious injuries. The driver of the truck, a 67-year-old man from West Granby, Conn., is expected to be charged, according to Massachusetts State Police. The accident occurred around 3 p.m. Friday afternoon on…

About 50 volunteers will be knocking on doors this weekend in Groton. Their goal is to have conversations with people about the COVID-19 vaccine.

The state is working to help find its 140,000 unemployed residents new work through workforce programs.

There’s a lot of anticipation for the verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial around the country and right here in Connecticut. “We have many incidents here in CT, so we can’t put a blind eye to what’s going on,” said Scot Esdaile, president of CT NAACP. Just this weekend, dozens of people participated in a vigil to honor...

With storms intensifying, rainfall increasing and sea levels rising, waterfront property owners are lifting their homes out of danger.

Foodshare and the Connecticut Food Bank added an extra day of food distribution in East Hartford Saturday.

With fishing season in full swing, we got a look at how trout are raised at a local fish hatchery.

The FDA’s decision to pause use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has left clinics and pharmacies around the United States, including in Connecticut, to adjust.