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Families evacuating from Hurricane Dorian’s path have traveled as far north as Connecticut for safety.

Police in the Dominican Republic say alcohol, high speed and dark roads may have been factors in the deaths of a couple from Mount Vernon who apparently crashed their car on their way to the airport after a romantic getaway in the Caribbean.

Connecticut’s Bradley International airport was among the 15th highest in the nation for flight cancellations due to bad storms and power outages, according to Insuremytrip.com.

U.S. auto sales are falling as vehicle prices climb, indicating that buyers at the lower end are getting squeezed out of the new car market, according to a new industry forecast. First-quarter auto sales are expected to drop by nearly 2.5 percent from a year earlier, to 4 million units, according to J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. Retail sales, which...

Las Vegas police searched Monday for a woman accused of using a stolen car to run over and kill a nail salon worker after failing to pay for a $35 manicure. Police were trying to identify the woman and were investigating the crime as a murder, Officer Larry Hadfield said. The woman got a manicure Saturday at a salon about...

Charles and Justin Bilton, a father and son from Massachusetts, were just trying to escape as a rapidly growing forest fire started to surround them in Montana. “That kind of came up on us real quick,” Charles Bilton said Monday night in Rowley. “As it intensified, it really spread.” The Biltons were in Glacier National Park last week when an...

A car crashed on to the side of New Britain Avenue in West Hartford on Saturday night after going over the guardrail along an elevated section of Interstate-84.

With Gary Ramey’s fledgling gun-making business taking off in retail stores, he decided to start offering one of his handguns for sale on his website. That didn’t sit well with the company he used to process payments, and they informed him they were dropping his account. Another credit card processing firm told him the same thing: They wouldn’t do business...

Wednesday marked eight days since tornadoes devastated parts of the state. But for those in the hardest hit areas, recovery is a slow process and includes filing insurance claims and finding contractors.

Manchester police are investigating a carjacking that happened on Clinton Street Tuesday morning.

San Francisco police have recovered two pricey costumes and a pair of ice skates belonging to U.S. Olympic figure skater Marissa Castelli.

Officials in Hawaii have apologized after an alert warning of a ballistic missile launch went out by mistake, an error that caused widespread panic for more than half an hour on the island on Saturday. Among those sent seeking shelter was a couple with Connecticut ties, who now live in Wilmington, Del.

Terrence Byrd was driving his fiancee’s rental car on a Pennsylvania highway when a state trooper pulled him over for an alleged minor traffic violation. He acted nervously during the stop, at one point telling troopers he had a marijuana cigarette in the car, and officers eventually asked to search the vehicle. But because the rental agreement didn’t authorize Byrd...

Richard and Carole Marzi were all set to start their vacation in small-town France. They just had no way to get there.

It doesn’t take a firearm or a bomb to wreak havoc. All it takes is a driver’s license, a valid credit card, some proof of insurance — and as little as $19.

Americans curtailed their shopping in June, with less spending at restaurants, department stores and gasoline stations. The spending pullback came despite a healthy job market and suggests that economic growth could remain sluggish. Retail sales fell 0.2 percent after declining 0.1 percent in May, the Commerce Department said Friday. Spending at retailers has grown 2.8 percent over the past 12...

A North Texas dad got help with his restless baby on a plane from a stranger who turns out to be an experienced daycare worker.

Stevie Wonder and members of Prince’s inner circle will highlight a family-sanctioned Prince tribute concert in St. Paul on Oct. 13, organizers announced Thursday. Prince’s family originally planned to hold the show at the new NFL stadium in his hometown of Minneapolis. However, organizers said that it will be at the smaller Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Tickets go...

Charred plastic and metal are what’s left of a woman’s luxury car. It wasn’t set on fire, but actually exploded while she was sleeping inside her home.

The family of a man shot in the head and killed by a Philadelphia Police officer sought answers in the hours after the deadly incident during a traffic stop in the city’s Mayfair section.