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April 2 is International Children’s Book Day and Connecticut is or was home several authors and illustrators who are responsible for some of your favorites. One quite famous one was Maurice Sendak, the author of “Where the Wild Things Are, and many, many more beloved books. He lived in Ridgefield and the Sendak House and Archive is open by appointm...

Hartford police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened Tuesday night. Police were called to Vine Street near Keney Park shortly before 7 p.m. after getting an alert of shots fired in the area. Officers found a man injured in the road. He was taken to the hospital and later died, police said. The man has been identified as 50-year-old&#82...

A 14-year-old girl was hit by a car in Hartford Tuesday afternoon, according to firefighters. Firefighters said the accident happened at 111 Hillside Ave., in front of McDonough Middle School. The girl was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. Firefighters said the driver stayed on scene and police are...

Gov. Ned Lamont has authorized a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed Barbara Hamburg 15 years ago. Hamburg was found murdered in the yard of her Madison home on March 3, 2010. She had been beaten and stabbed to death. “Madison police have devoted countless hours and resources to the investigat...

Connecticut joined 23 other states and Washington, D.C., in a lawsuit to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) from pulling back more than $11 billion in public health grants. “We are in the fight of our lives,” Attorney General William Tong (D-Connecticut) said during a press conference at the Legislative Office Building in H...

City, municipal and state leaders gathered on Tuesday to urge the state to pass two new bills aimed at cracking down on street takeovers, illegal dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles. One of the bills is SB 1284: An Act Concerning Street Takeovers and the Illegal use of Certain Vehicles. Currently as it relates to ATVs and dirt bikes, cities are&#82...

University of Connecticut’s men’s basketball player Liam McNeeley has declared for the 2025 NBA Draft. McNeeley is a freshman forward with the Huskies, and he just finished his first season. He was named the 2025 Big East Freshman of the Year. He has played 27 games this season and was a starter in 26 of those games. According to UConn&...

Hartford HealthCare and Quinnipiac University are teaming up to launch the New Careers in Nursing Program, a two-year accelerated initiative designed to help mid-career professionals transition into the nursing field. The program aims to address a growing need for more registered nurses. Kenisha Messam is one of 17 students in the first cohort of t...

Waterbury police have released new body camera footage and documents pertaining to the case of a man who said he was held captive inside a home for 20 years. The body camera footage shows police officers responding to the Blake Street home on the night of Feb. 17, when police say a man set a fire in his room to…

Millions of Americans deal with seasonal allergies each year, and experts say springtime is coming earlier and getting longer due climate change. “The allergy seasons are getting worse,” Hartford HealthCare Immunologist Dr. Philip Hemmers said. “A lot of that has to do with changes in our climate with higher amounts of rain and CO2 levels. The plan...

A now-former Madison school employee has been arrested for allegedly communicating with students inappropriately, police said. Authorities said Shalena Hastings, 37, was arrested on March 28, and she faces a slew of charges including use of a computer to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, misrepresentation of age, risk of injury, impairin...

More eyes will soon be monitoring the ticket sales industry after President Trump signed an executive order this week. Could this help provide some relief for music and sports fans? We all know that buying a ticket to a concert or a sporting event can be a really frustrating experience. NBC CT Responds has heard from so many of you…

A Hartford man has been charged with murder-for-hire in Vermont. The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont said a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a 43-year-old Hartford, Connecticut man with murder-for-hire and distribution of fentanyl, cocaine and cocaine base. Federal officials said law enforcement wa...

Police have arrested the father of a 7-month-old baby who they said drowned when he was left alone in a bathtub in East Haven in October. The baby, Angel Josiah Rodriguez, was found unresponsive in a bathtub on Redfield Avenue on Oct. 6, police said. Medics from the East Haven Fire Department tried to save him, but he died after…