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March Madness doesn’t just stop at basketball for Connecticut universities, an in-state rivalry was taking place on the ice in Allentown, Pennsylvania. UConn took down Quinnipiac University on the ice in a 4-1 battle in the first round of the NCAA tournament. This was UConn’s first appearance in the tournament, and students were excited for their h...

There is now a new payment option for DoorDash customers. DoorDash and Klarna, announced a buy now, pay later partnership on March 20. The new deal allows people to purchase DoorDash orders of at least $35 minimum with their Klarna accounts. Consumers can either pay upfront, pay in four payments or pay later. The companies have said this is necessa...

A teen is accused of driving into a convenience store in New Haven and taking off Friday evening. New Haven police said a teen allegedly drove into the glass door of the 7/11 on Foxon Boulevard, panicked and fled. The minor’s parent called police to report what happened. The store clerk had some minor scratches from the glass, but is…...

UnitedHealthcare is poised to drop Hartford HealthCare Tuesday if the two sides can’t come to terms, leaving thousands of patients uncertain.   The two sides have a current contract set to expire on Monday. “I pray that on behalf of senior citizens that this gets fixed in a good way,” George Thompson, of Glastonbury, said Friday. Thompson said...

A man has been arrested for his role in organizing street takeovers in the New Haven area, according to police. The man, who is in his 30s, was allegedly involved in the use of several social media accounts that organized street takeovers. Police said officers with the Real Time Crime Center have been investigating street takeovers since early Dece...

A man has been arrested after allegedly making racist comments to a person in New Haven Friday morning, police said. New Haven police said they responded to the Westville Synagogue on West Prospect Street after getting a report of threatening and stalking. Responding officers learned that a man aggressively approached another man, making hateful an...

A man has been arrested after he allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed into two police cruisers in Milford on Wednesday. The police department said a man in his 30s fell asleep with his car in drive. Officers tried to get the man to put his vehicle in park, but he reversed and crashed into a police cruiser,…

A person has died in a fire that broke out at a home in Wallingford early Friday morning, fire officials said. The fire department said they were called to Clifton Street at around 4:30 a.m. Responding crews found heavy fire coming from multiple floors of a three-story home. The fire was knocked down and under control within 90 minutes. Several&#82...

As part of our Women’s History Month coverage, we’re sharing the stories of the women firefighters currently training at the Connecticut Fire Academy in Windsor Locks. This May, 45 members will graduate, and among them are five women. “We are a small group, but this group is actually one of the largest, and we all support each other sup...

Spirit Airlines is adding new nonstop flights between Bradley International Airport and Nashville International Airport as well as Detroit Metro Airport. The Connecticut Airport Authority said the flights to Detroit will begin on June 12 and operate daily. The flights to Nashville will begin on Aug. 15 and operate on Fridays and Mondays.

South Windsor police asked people to avoid part of Graham Road while they worked to repair a gas main leak. People were asked to avoid the stretch of the road between Ayers Road and Mark Drive. The road has since reopened. No evacuations were needed. Police said a contractor struck a line, which caused the gas leak. No additional information…...

The state Department of Children and Families now says it has found records pertaining to the family of a man who told police he had been held captive in the family’s Waterbury home for 20 years and was given little food and water over the decades. Police said the man, who is now 32  years old, was only 68 pounds…

Hot dog? Check. Chopped peppers? Ok. Onions, bacon, and brown mustard? Sure. Goat milk? Hold on! The Hartford Yard Goats unveilled the “Float Your Goat” menu item on Thursday. The team posted on social media that it’s a quarter-pound beef hot dog with all those toppings and then submerged in a glass of 100% whole goat milk. It sho...

State police have arrested a Torrington man who is accused of driving under the influence and going the wrong way on Route 8 early Friday morning. State police said dispatchers for Troop L in Litchfield started getting 911 calls around 12:34 a.m. reporting that a driver was going the wrong way on Route 8, heading south in the northbound lanes&#8230...