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A Stamford woman has been sentenced to prison for her role in at least 10 racially-targeted burglaries in several states, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Federal prosecutors in Rhode Island said Basneyareth Rebollar-Martinez, 28, conspired to steal from Asian homes between July of 2022 and January of 2023. She was sentenced to two ye...

Former top Coast Guard officials hid a years-long investigation into sexual assault and harassment at the service’s academy from both Congress and the public after leaders debated the fallout from a potential disclosure, according to a U.S. Senate committee report released Friday. Coast Guard officials also took steps to remove references to ...

CVS Health is laying off nearly 165 employees as a part of a mass layoff at its facility in Hartford, Connecticut. The facility, located on Farmington Avenue, announced that they plan to layoff 164 employees in February 2025. The company said all of the impacted employees are either out stationed, remote or work-at-home employees. None of the emplo...

“I’m no different, I mean, if I can make it, anybody can make it,” DeSean Graham said. “There’s change in me. There’s change in anybody else.” Standing outside the CT Violence Intervention and Prevention headquarters on Ashmun Street in New Haven, Graham is a lifetime away from Jan. 6, 2021. When the country was watching the U.S. Capito...

A woman has sustained serious injuries after being hit by a car in Hamden Friday night. The police department said it happened on School Street just before 6 p.m. Officers said a woman was struck by a vehicle, which then fled the scene. The woman was taken to the hospital and is in serious, but stable condition, according to police….

Warming centers are opening their doors across the state amid cold temperatures Friday night. Low temps around 20 degrees are expected, with wind chills in the teens. Temperatures will remain low overnight and through Saturday morning. By the afternoon, temperatures will rise to around 40 degrees. There is possibility of snow Saturday night. A coat...

Cub Scout Pack 65 in Coventry is looking to recover after their storage building was broken into, leaving the scouts surprised and upset. “They wouldn’t expected someone to come in and steal from them. You know, they’re young kids,” troop leader Brad Manning said. “We always try and teach them a scout is trustworthy and you know this kind...

Tuition will not go up for Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) next year because of a recently-approved tuition freeze. The Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education voted to freeze tuition for all four state universities, Connecticut State Community College and Charter Oak State College during the 2025-26 academic year. “Thi...

A man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a massage parlor worker during an armed robbery in West Haven earlier this year. West Haven police said they responded to a massage parlor in town on Aug. 18 after an armed robbery was reported. Responding officers learned that a worker was alone when the doorbell rang. She went to the&#8230...

Police are looking for the suspect they say shot and killed a man in Waterbury in June. Officers responded to the shooting on Washington Street around 12:15 a.m. on June 4. They found 30-year-old Robert Baez, of Waterbury, suffering from a gunshot wound. Baez later died at the hospital. On Friday, police identified 25-year-old Angel Rodriguez as a ...

Emotions were high on Friday for a big welcome home. “So excited that I might actually fall to the ground,” Lilly Jaremback, of East Lyme, said. “I’ve been waiting for this day to come, 189 days ago,” Jessica McCosker, of New London, said. After being on deployment for six months, U.S. Navy sailors on the USS Virginia submarine made...

Trumbull and Milford police are investigating after receiving reports of more than 45 car break-ins Thursday night. Authorities said all of the cars had their windows smashed. There were about 20 car break-ins in Trumbull and more than 25 break-ins in Milford, respectively. Police said there were similar break-ins reported in other towns, too. Auth...

If you have travel plans over the next few days, you’ll want to hear this.  Nearly one million people in Connecticut are hitting the road to travel for the holidays, and tens of thousands of people will be flying out of the state’s two major airports. Tweed New Haven Airport was buzzing to start the day Friday, but settled......

A man has been arrested for allegedly posing as a contractor and taking money for work he never completed in New Fairfield, police said. State police said they arrested a New York man who posed as a general contractor and collected $265,000 from homeowners who hired him to complete renovations. He was arrested for first-degree larceny in New York o...