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Police searched Monday for two assailants who sneaked into a backyard party in Fresno and opened fire while a small crowd watched football on television. Four people were killed and six wounded.

Four people were killed and six were wounded Sunday night in Fresno, California, when “unknown suspects” sneaked into a backyard and opened fire on a group gathered to watch a football game, Fresno police told NBC News. Kris Sanchez reports.

Dozens of families are displaced and multiple people were taken to the hospital after an apartment fire in Hartford early Sunday morning.

A 30-year-old man died in Manhattan after the elevator he was trying to exit apparently malfunctioned and trapped him, pinning him between the elevator car and the shaft wall, officials say.

Several towns are dealing with flooding and downed trees and wires after storms moved through Monday afternoon.

In another tragedy for the NYPD, a veteran police officer died by suicide in his Queens home Wednesday evening, police said — the seventh member of the force to do so in the last 10 weeks and the second in just two days.

A fifth NYPD officer has died by suicide in the last two months, escalating a recent crisis that has caused all levels of police leadership to speak out on the need for cops to look after their mental health and that of their colleagues.

A motorcyclist fled after a crash in Berlin and some local kids are trying to help police find the culprit. They drew sketches of the driver and gave them to police.

North Branford is generally a quiet town, but one weekend a year it welcomes tens of thousands of people at its Potato & Corn Festival.

Two kids were transported to the hospital after an irritant was found in the air near the dance floor at the hotel where a Stonington prom was being held on Saturday.

A Connecticut mayor is seeking community input in the search for a new police chief amid controversy over a shooting involving two police officers who opened fire on an unarmed couple.

A large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea attacked and killed its owner when the man fell on his property in Florida, authorities said Saturday.

Police have identified the woman who died in a fire in a building in Danielson on Thursday morning.

A firefighter who sued to keep a beard he grew for religious reasons has shaved it off after a judge denied his request.

Miami Beach is adding dozens of additional officers this upcoming weekend as the city will be cracking down on out of control spring breakers.

Berlin police officer Aimee Krzykowski had to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatments for breast cancer.

Berlin police officer Aimee Krzykowski had to undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatments for breast cancer.

An iconic Waterbury restaurant is reopening tomorrow with a new owner.

A detective in North Haven saved a newborn baby who was not breathing on Saturday night.

The Fire Marshal is investigating a Norwalk house fire that occurred Sunday morning.