-
NBC, Telemundo Stations Team Up With Michelson Found Animals for ‘Fund the Shelters Challenge'
To celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Clear the Shelters, NBC and Telemundo stations are teaming up with the Michelson Found Animals Foundation, a leading animal welfare non-profit organization, to present the first-ever Fund the Shelters Challenge. Every year, thousands of animal shelters and rescues partner with their local NBC- and Telemundo-owned television stations to offer low or waived adoption...
-
CT LIVE!: Turkey Drive Benefiting Foodshare
The Que Whiskey Kitchen Turkey Drive is November 21 from 3 – 6pm at the restaurant in Southington.
-
Touring Fashion Icon Anna Sui's Stylish Home with Ellé Decor
We partner with Elle Décor at the Greenwich Village Apartment of fashion icon Anna Sui. Inspired by her nearly 40 years in fashion design, Anna’s dream home is a beautiful mix of influences that surprises at every turn.
-
“Out of the Darkness” Walk Held in East Hartford
September is National Suicide Prevention month, and on Saturday, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hosted an “out of the darkness” walk at Great River Park in East Hartford.
-
Airbnb Offering All-Expense-Paid Trip to Antarctica for Science Research
Airbnb is offering a handful of people concerned about the environment a chance to participate in scientific research on how to help preserve it during an all-expense-paid trip to Antarctica. The Antarctic Sabbatical, as the travel company is dubbing it, will give five people the opportunity to study how widely microplastics have infiltrated the region. Over a month’s time in...
-
NFL Teaming With Jay-Z on Entertainment and Social Activism
The NFL and Jay-Z’s entertainment and sports representation company are teaming up for events and social activism. The league not only will use Jay-Z’s Roc Nation to consult on its entertainment presentations, including the Super Bowl halftime show, but will work with the rapper and entrepreneur’s company to “strengthen community through music and the NFL’s Inspire Change...
-
Vernon Police Work to Help Drug Addicts
The rise of opioid-related deaths is leading to a new partnership in Vernon.
-
Email Sextortion Scams Are on the Rise. Here's What to Do If You Get One
“You can panic,” reads the subject line of one fake sextortion email. Another has a victim’s real password in the subject line, in an attempt to establish authenticity. These low-tech frauds spiked in 2018, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Compliant Center (IC3), netting millions for scammers. Last year, electronic extortion complaints rose 242% to 51,146 reported crimes, with total...
-
Special Olympics CT Summer Games Are in Full Swing
More than 2,500 athletes are competing throughout the weekend.
-
Mother Who Paid $6.5 Million to College Scammer Says She Was Duped
The mother of a Chinese family that made the largest payment to the ringleader of the college admissions scandal claims she was led to believe the money would go toward helping underprivileged students and that her daughter was already accepted into Stanford University three weeks before the $6.5 million donation. In a statement released by a Hong Kong lawyer representing...
-
CT LIVE!: Margaritas for Cinco de Mayo
Dimitrios Zahariadis, Founder of Cocktail Chemist, showed us how to make 2 versions of the margarita.
-
NBCUniversal and LA 2028 Announce Olympics Partnership to Sell Ad Time
NBCUniversal and LA 2028 announced Wednesday a partnership through which they will sell media and sponsorship deals in tandem in connection with the Olympics and Paralympics from 2021 to 2028.
-
Who is Lori Lightfoot? Victory Speech Gives Emotional Glimpse at Her Family, Background
Lori Lightfoot touched on her upbringing in her victory speech Tuesday night, giving a brief but emotional glimpse into the people and experiences she said made her who she is today.
-
Lori Lightfoot to Become Chicago's First Black Female Mayor
For the first time in history, Chicago has elected an African American woman to be the city’s next mayor.
-
‘I Love You Brother': Partner of Slain Chicago Cop Shares Heartfelt Memories
Chicago police shared a heartfelt and emotional note Thursday from the partner of a recently slain officer.
-
Concerns About New Plane Ground Boeing Stock Rise
Boeing soared early in 2019 and lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average with it. Now concerns about the safety of the newest version of its flagship airplane have halted the momentum. Shares rose 36 percent in January and February thanks to steady orders for Boeing jetliners, including its popular 737. Then came Sunday’s deadly crash of a 737 Max 8...
-
Boeing's Newest Plane Becomes Its Biggest Headache
Boeing’s newest version of its best-selling airliner ever was supposed to boost its fortunes for years to come. Instead it has turned into the company’s biggest headache, with more than 40 countries — including the U.S., which had been one of the last holdouts — grounding the 737 Max 8 after a second fatal crash proved one too many. On...
-
Hartford Athletic Unveils Jerseys, Partners With Trinity Health of New England
Hartford Athletic, Connecticut’s new pro soccer team, has teamed up with Trinity Health of New England as one of its founding partners and unveiled their new jerseys Wednesday.
-
First Look at Hartford Athletic Jerseys
Hartford Athletic, Connecticut’s new pro soccer team, has teamed up with Trinity Health of New England as one of its founding partners and unveiled their new jerseys Wednesday.
-
Cape Cod Resort Employee Used Secret Camera to Film Women Showering: Police
A Cape Cod resort employee has been arrested for secretly videotaping women in the resort shower. Twenty-five-year-old Yarmouth resident Anthony Mendes was arrested Saturday for electronic surveillance of partial nudity and misleading to obstruct justice by tampering with evidence. Yarmouth police began investigating the crime Friday when the camera was discovered.