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A recall has been issued for Zaarah Herbals powders after an investigation in Connecticut found significantly elevated levels of lead and inorganic arsenic, according to the state Department of Consumer Protection. The department said an investigation by the Department of Consumer Protection’s Food and Standards Division and the Connecticut Agricul...

Farmington police have arrested an 18-year-old woman who is accused of hitting a motorcyclist who later died from his injuries. Police said the teen hit two motorcyclists on Route 10, just north of Route 4, around 2:42 p.m. on Aug. 20. LifeStar medical transport helicopter flew one of the motorcyclists, 31-year-old Justin Gittings, of Meriden, to H...

We have partly sunny skies on Thursday and high temperatures between 46 and 53 degrees. Overnight, It will be mostly cloudy and that could possibly obscure the eclipse early Friday morning. Low temperatures will be near 32 degrees. Friday will be mostly sunny and high temperatures will approach 60 degrees. Then we will have lots of clouds on Saturd...

A Waterbury woman allegedly held her stepson captive for 20 years, providing little food and water, and a former school principal is speaking out and said the school reported concerns. “We knew it. We reported it. Not a damn thing was done. That’s the tragedy of the whole thing,” Tom Pannone, the former principal of the now-cl...

A Silver Alert has been canceled for a newborn that was reported missing out of Bridgeport. The baby is just a few weeks old and was reported to be with his mother. The Silver Alert was initially issued on Wednesday but has since been canceled.

Hamden police are looking for your help finding a man that has been missing for about two months. Authorities said Keith Brady, 46, may be in need of medical attention. He is described to be 6-foot-1 with dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes. Police said Brady was reported missing in January and was last seen in the area of Yale…

A multi-family home in Hartford has been deemed uninhabitable after a fire Wednesday afternoon. The fire department said they responded to a home on Cornwall Street in the city’s Blue Hills neighborhood. Crews saw flames coming from all three floors, and the fire extended inside, too. The fire was quickly extinguished and officials said every...

Three minors have been arrested after allegedly crashing a stolen car in Killingly over the weekend. State police said they responded to a crash in the area of Main Street and Westcott Road just before 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Authorities said a gray Subaru Crosstrek, which was reported stolen, fled the scene and later crashed into a tree on Hartford...

Police have identified the man that died after a car crash in Middletown Tuesday night.

A former police officer being sued by a man wrongfully convicted in his teens testified in the civil trial Wednesday. A lawyer for former New Milford detective Steven Jordan said he, the late detective David Shortt and the New Milford Police Department handled their responsibilities appropriately during the murder investigation that led to Ricky Bi...

A decades-long child abduction case out of New Haven is officially closed. On Wednesday, the New Haven Police Department held a press conference with FBI agents and officers, along with the father and stepmother of Andrea Reyes. Reyes was abducted in New Haven back in 1999 by her biological mother, Rosa Tenorio, according to police.  During Wednesd...

Evy Ruiz is serving up comfort in every cup of coffee. Last year, she opened up her own mobile café, Hasta Luego Cafe, which translates to “see you later friend.” “I named it Hasta Luego Friend because I never imagined myself returning back home and you know that you never say goodbye to anyone, you always return and it’s...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says its Connecticut chair joined the parents of two 13-year-old girls who were attacked at Wallace Middle School to meet with the principal and Waterbury Police on Wednesday. We’re told the seventh-grade twins were injured after being beaten by fellow students and having their hijabs ripped off earl...

The Education Committee looked at several bills Wednesday aimed at helping school district hire teachers and keep special education costs down. The public hearing came as the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education rallied at the Legislative Office Building for help. CABE President Leonard Lockhart said the top problem for most school boards...