Connecticut

39 states investigating Juul’s marketing of vaping products

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Investigators from 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul La...
17:26 25 February 2022

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma starts ad campaign for claims

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma launched an ad campaign Monday to tell people harmed by their powerful prescription opioid...
15:05 24 February 2022

States step up funding for Planned Parenthood clinics

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Severalstates have begun picking up the tab for family planning services at clinics run by Planne...
10:57 21 February 2022

Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes

HARTFORD, Conn. — The families of three female high school runners filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block transgender athletes in Connecti...
18:20 12 February 2022

Man accused of killing missing wife is in critical condition

FARMINGTON, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged with murdering his estranged wife was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday after being found unres...
21:12 28 January 2022

Reports: Fotis Dulos, accused of killing his wife, is dead

FARMINGTON, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged with murdering his estranged and missing wife has died, according to reports Tuesday.
18:17 28 January 2022

UConn beats Tennessee 60-45 in first meeting in 13 years

HARTFORD, Conn. — Crystal Dangerfield scored 14 points and No. 3 UConn used a dominant third quarter to beat 23rd-ranked Tennessee 60-45 on Thursday n...
2:01 24 January 2022

UConn vs Tennessee rivalry renewed in women’s hoops Thursday

NEW YORK — For more than a decade, the rivalry in women's basketball was Tennessee and UConn.
16:30 22 January 2022

Pot politics: Some Northeast states regroup on legalization

NEW YORK — A year ago, marijuana legalization looked like it was on a roll in the Northeast — it had already passed in three of the region’s states an...
11:16 13 January 2022

Former UConn coach Jim Calhoun earns 900th career win

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Jim Calhoun’s 900th win looked like so many others during a Hall of Fame coaching career.
2:51 11 January 2022

Jennifer Dulos case highlights common scourge, advocates say

HARTFORD, Conn. — Long before she disappeared, Jennifer Dulos told the court handling her divorce case that her husband was verbally abusive and that ...
16:23 10 January 2022

Husband in missing mom case ordered held on $6 million bail

Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of a missing mother of five, was ordered detained on $6 million bail Wednesday on new murder and kidnapping charges...
18:04 8 January 2022

Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to...
18:43 31 December 2022

As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — Guess who's getting used to working with robots in their everyday lives? The very same warehouse workers once predicted to be los...
5:13 30 December 2022

Halting 737 Max production will hit suppliers, airlines

As Boeing prepares to shutter much of a huge factory near Seattle that builds the grounded 737 Max jet, the economic hit is reverberating across the U...
22:40 17 December 2021

Ivy Leaguers get community service for disrupting game

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Students from Harvard and Yale universities, along with others who staged a climate change protest on the field during last month's...
18:52 6 December 2021

State of Sandy Hook shooting takes steps to divest from guns

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s treasurer, who oversees $37 billion in public pension funds, announced plans Tuesday to reallocate $30 million worth o...
18:42 3 December 2021

Ballroom dancers say immigration clampdown hurting business

ORANGE, Conn. — When no Americans replied to her multiple help-wanted ads for a dance instructor, Connecticut studio owner Chris Sabourin looked overs...
6:16 2 December 2021

Deadly storm moves cross country taking aim at Northeast

NEW YORK — Hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands delayed for travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday as a deadly winter storm ...
3:00 2 December 2021

Minor league cities fighting back against contraction plan

NORWICH, Conn. — Mayor Peter Nystrom says he plans to fight hard to preserve his town’s little piece of Americana.
17:25 27 November 2021

Jerome meets Jasmine: Fed chief observes economic struggles

EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell normally spends his days in the marble halls of Washington, meeting with senators ...
21:10 25 November 2021

Sculptor crafting first women’s statue for Central Park

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — A sculptor known for trying to redress history through her art is creating the first statue of real-life women for New York’s Cent...
12:52 21 November 2021

Sandy Hook lawsuit could force Remington to open books

A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has upended a longstanding legal roadblock that has given the gun industry far-reaching immunity from lawsui...
20:14 16 November 2021

Officer: I quit Proud Boys over fears of ‘far-left’ attacks

A Connecticut police officer accused a civil rights organization’s leader of trying to “silence conservative voices” by raising concerns about his mem...
19:15 13 November 2021

US-British diplomatic clash in store over Caribbean killing?

HARTFORD, Conn. — Officials in Anguilla are preparing a warrant for the arrest of a Connecticut man who refused to return to the Caribbean island to f...
20:18 12 November 2021

Man charged in Caribbean hotel worker’s death skips hearing

DARIEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged in the death of a hotel worker he says attacked his family in Anguilla has declined to return to the British...
17:44 11 November 2021

Prosecutor reviewing Russia probe known for tenacity, ethics

HARTFORD, Conn. — The man leading the inquiry into the origins of the Russia probe is no stranger to politically sensitive investigations.
14:55 1 November 2021

Filing period opens for New Hampshire’s presidential primary

CONCORD, N.H. — The lengthy list of 2020 presidential hopefuls started growing longer Wednesday as the filing period opened for New Hampshire's first-...
17:31 30 October 2021