Matchbox cars, the coloring book and the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The newest honorees debuted decades ago but occupy store shelves even today.

Robert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in “Jackie Brown,” died Friday. He was 78. Publicist Kathie Berlin said Forster died of brain cancer following a brief illness. He was at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, including his four children and partner Denise Grayson.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester was the first in New York to seek bankruptcy protection under the weight of new sexual misconduct lawsuits, but lawyers and church leaders say it may not be the last.

The smartphone is being considered for induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year in recognition of its impact on how people play and interact. The other finalists announced Wednesday are: Care Bears, the coloring book, Fisher-Price Corn Popper, Jenga, Magic the Gathering, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox cars, My Little Pony, Nerf Blaster, Risk, and the top....

A New Hampshire mother will be allowed to keep her “PB4WEGO” vanity license plate thanks to Gov. Chris Sununu. The governor reached out to the Department of Motor Vehicles Wednesday and “strongly urged” them to let Gonic resident Wendy Auger keep the plate she’s had for 15 years.

A New Hampshire mom is putting up a fight after being told to surrender the vanity license plate she’s had for 15 years. This month, Gonic resident Wendy Auger got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles saying her plate “PB4WEGO” is in violation of state requirements. Auger says she’s just a mom with a useful motto.

A New Hampshire woman is fighting the Department of Motor Vehicles to keep her “PB4WEGO” license plate she says she has had for 15 years.

A woman had quite a shock when she went to load groceries into her pickup truck at a western New York supermarket

A 12-year-old girl has been charged with spray-painting swastikas on the sides of a church and other buildings in New York’s Finger Lakes region

You can see Cirque Luzia on Market Street in Hartford through July 21.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is reaching out to wary foreign leaders to frame alleged Iranian attacks in a Middle East oil shipping route as a problem for the world at large, especially for Asian countries vitally dependent on that oil. Pompeo, in a series of Sunday television interviews, emphasized the U.S. international outreach in the wake of what the...

The Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale will host professional tennis this summer, despite losing the WTA event that had served as a tuneup for the U.S. Open.

Twelve more video games have a shot at joining favorites like “John Madden Football” and “Pac-Man” in the World Video Game Hall of Fame .
The hall announced the finalists for the Class of 2019 Thursday from among thousands of nominees.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is scheduled to travel overseas to talk with officials in England, Ireland and Northern Ireland about how Brexit will affect relations between the United States and the United Kingdom.

U.S. business groups said Friday they are encouraged by China’s approval of a new law that loosens restrictions on foreign investment and said it could help smooth the way to a substantive trade agreement between the two countries. China’s ceremonial legislature passed a measure Thursday seeking to prevent Chinese officials from forcing U.S. and other foreign companies to turn over...

The gunman behind at least one of the mosque shootings in New Zealand that left 49 people dead on Friday tried to make a few things clear in the manifesto he left behind: He is a 28-year-old Australian white nationalist who hates immigrants. He was angry about attacks in Europe that were perpetrated by Muslims. He wanted revenge, and he...

Florida law enforcement officials say New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is one of hundreds of men accused of allegedly soliciting prostitution as a result of a recent sting they say contributes to the world of sex trafficking. The bust in the Sunshine State spans three counties, and police confirmed it had ties to New York and China. Todd McGhee,...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered preparations for a second summit with President Donald Trump, saying he’ll “wait with patience and in good faith” to work toward a common goal, the North’s state media reported Thursday. Despite Kim’s determination for another meeting with Trump, the two remain at odds over fundamental issues. Experts say a major sticking point...

A ground stop was issued for flights to Newark Airport Tuesday evening after two drones were spotted in the airspace nearby, FAA officials said.

The White House rejected a trade planning meeting with Chinese counterparts this week due to outstanding disagreements between the two sides over the enforcement of intellectual property rules. Officials from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office were set to meet with two Chinese vice ministers this week to try to resolve trade differences before the March 1 deadline, but the meeting...