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An apartment fire in Hartford over the weekend sent one person to the hospital. Firefighters responded to an apartment complex in the 400 block of Albany Avenue on Sunday around 8 p.m. for a report of a fire. Once at the apartment complex, firefighters said they found a fire in a third floor apartment. According to fire officials, crews removed&#82...

Millions of Americans are welcoming a change to their retirement funds after President Joe Biden signed a new law Sunday. Anyone who has a public pension will be able to get their full social security benefits. With a stroke of a pen, millions of public workers got a boost to their retirement planning. President Biden Sunday signing the social secu...

Police are searching for a man wanted for murder in connection to the city’s first homicide of 2025. Officers were called to the 200 block of Lake Street around 4:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of a person shot. Officers in the area found a man with gunshot wounds to his torso and hand. The man was transported to the…

Hassan Diarra had 19 points and eight assists, Aidan Mahaney and Tarris Reed Jr. helped spark a second-half comeback and No. 11 UConn overcame a 14-point deficit to beat Providence 87-84 on Sunday and extend its home winning streak to 28 games. Solo Ball added 16 points for UConn (12-3, 4-0 Big East). Mahaney scored 15, Alex Karaban had 13…...

Paige Bueckers scored 15 points before leaving the game with an injury to help No. 7 UConn rout Villanova 83-52 on Sunday. Bueckers added nine assists for the Huskies (13-2, 4-0 Big East) before getting hurt with 1:17 left in the third quarter after a collision near midcourt. Bueckers was going for a loose ball when Villanova’s Jasmine Bascoe...

A car crashed into a building in Waterbury on Sunday. The collision appeared to have happened at the Waterbury Surgery Center on West Main Street. Police have not said if anyone was injured in the collision. The investigation is active and ongoing.

A man who stole an unoccupied cruiser in Rhode Island was stopped on Route 2 in Preston after a chase early Saturday morning, according to Connecticut State Police. Connecticut State Police was notified about a stolen Providence, Rhode Island, police cruiser on Interstate 95 South crossing into Connecticut from Rhode Island around 2:30 a.m. The sto...

A man was arrested for driving under the influence in connection to a crash in North Branford that left a woman seriously injured on Friday night. Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls about a crash with injuries at the intersection of Foxon Road and Totoket Road around 8:40 p.m. Emergency crews arrived and said they found one driver, identified ...

An employee was injured during an incident involving a boiler at a wastewater treatment plant in Norwich on Sunday. Police said the incident happened around 9 a.m. at the Norwich Public Utilities Wastewater Treatment Plant. Authorities did not release details about what exactly happened, but said the cause is under investigation. According to polic...

A reported shooting on Interstate 91 in Hartford left one person injured over the weekend. Troopers responded to I-91 near the exit 27 on ramp for a reported shooting on Saturday around 10 p.m. According to state police, one person was taken to the hospital. Their injuries are described as non-life threatening. Authorities did not release any addit...

East Windsor police have found the family of a woman who was found wandering in Broad Brook on Sunday. According to police, the woman was found wandering in the Scantic Glen apartment complex in Broad Brook. She was reportedly not able to tell officers her name or where she lives. Shortly after asking for help identifying the woman, police said&#82...

A good Samaritan rescued a driver from a burning vehicle following a crash in Monroe on Saturday. The crash happened on Purdy Hill Road in the evening. Fire officials said it involved two cars and after the collision, one of them became engulfed in fire. That fire then spread to nearby brush. According to fire officials, a good Samaritan neighbor&#...

A man who was shot in Bridgeport on Saturday has died, marking the city’s first homicide of 2025. Officers were called to the 200 block of Lake Street around 4:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of a person shot. Officers in the area found a man with gunshot wounds to his torso and hand. The man was transported to the…

A man who is accused of waiting outside of someone’s house in Norwalk with a machete for several hours over the weekend has been arrested. Officers were called to Scribner Avenue on Saturday around 7:30 a.m. for a report of an unwanted person. The caller reported that 26-year-old Patrick Norris came to the home unannounced from California and...