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A summit that included a star-studded virtual concert hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the poor around the globe whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.

Nine police officers across Connecticut are back on the job after conquering Africa’s tallest mountain. “I cannot think of a word to describe it,” said Putnam Detective Donna Brown. “It was just unbelievable.” Brown was one of 12 people on the Conquering Kilimanjaro team, nine of whom were police officers from Connecticut. Two police officers from New Jersey were also…

A Pennsylvania woman who rescued a piglet that was darting in and out of rush-hour traffic is getting help from local businesses to fund a surgery it needs to survive.

It has been almost two weeks since an Ansonia mother was found beaten to death in her home. Police continue to search for her missing 1-year-old daughter Vanessa Morales. At Joey C’s Boathouse in Stratford, a fundraiser was hosted to help support the baby’s family. “My son was only two when his father was brutally murdered in Bridgeport, so...

At Joey C’s Boathouse in Stratford, a fundraiser was hosted to help support 1-year-old Vanessa Morales’ family.

Melanie Whelan is resigning from her position as chief executive officer of SoulCycle, effective Tuesday, the company told CNBC Make It. Both sides felt it was time for a leadership transition, according to a person briefed on the decision who asked not to be named because those discussions were private. A spokesperson for SoulCycle declined to comment on the impetus...

The Maryland woman who has accused Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of raping her while they were students at Duke University in 2000 is a single mother who values her privacy, worked for several years as a school fundraiser and had a sometimes-turbulent personal life.

Rich Pawulski is one of the four people who contracted the mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE, during this unprecedented summer season. Three of those patients died. Prior to 2019, the only human EEE fatality was a single case in 2013.

Glastonbury residents are disappointed to hear the Riverfront Park skating area may not be open this year.

A senior Trump administration official has embellished her résumé with misleading claims about her professional background — even creating a fake Time magazine cover with her face on it — raising questions about her qualifications to hold a top position at the State Department, according to NBC News. An NBC News investigation found that Mina Chang, the deputy assistant secretary...

Communities across the state will hold Veterans Day events on Monday. Some are already celebrating those who have served our nation.

Singer John Legend was on hand to lend support as 18 former felons were granted the right to vote in what Miami officials say is a simple and streamlined process.

You can see more than 30 tablescapes at this year’s event from November 14 – 16.

The Trump administration accelerated the pace of its environmental rollbacks for the country’s coal-fired power plants Monday, proposing to weaken two Obama-era rules aimed at cleaning up dangerous heavy metals and ash from coal plants and keeping them from washing into groundwater and waterways. The new proposals — the latest in a series of regulatory breaks granted by the administration...

Chicago’s top cop won’t be in attendance when President Donald Trump addresses the International Association of Chiefs of Police at their annual conference in the city next week.

Three weeks after a vintage airplane crashed at Bradley International Airport killing seven people and injuring seven others, the Simsbury Fire Department is hoping the community will help them support two of their own who survived the crash.

The death of a Meriden mother whose remains were found in Waterbury in August has been ruled a homicide.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says he’s expecting a large turnout for his planned fundraiser for presidential candidate Joe Biden.