HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is expected to issue decisions and hear arguments in a variety of notable cases in 2018, including a newspaper’s quest for documents that belonged to the Newtown school shooter and Kennedy cousin Michael…

HARTFORD (AP) — U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are planning to go to Puerto Rico to meet with local officials and see firsthand the work that remains to recover from Hurricane Maria. Blumenthal and Murphy say they’ll spend…

HARTFORD (AP) — U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are planning to go to Puerto Rico to meet with local officials and see firsthand the work that remains to recover from Hurricane Maria. Blumenthal and Murphy say they’ll spend…

MANCHESTER (AP) — Police say a worker who was shot inside a restaurant has died and they’re still looking for two suspects in connection with the incident. Manchester Police said Monday that 36-year-old Norris Jackson, of East Hartford, was pronounced…

HARTFORD (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the Connecticut Department of Transportation has resurfaced 260 two-lane miles of roadway across the state during this last construction season. About 55 two-lane miles of the total was completed under the agency’s…

ROCKY HILL (AP) — The Connecticut Lottery is encouraging players to hold onto their tickets for a special New Year’s game after 100,000 eligible tickets were mistakenly disregarded in the initial drawing. The lottery organization said Monday that a new…

HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is expected to issue decisions and hear arguments in a variety of notable cases in 2018, including a newspaper’s quest for documents that belonged to the Newtown school shooter and Kennedy cousin Michael…

HARTFORD – Current and former Connecticut officials have started drafting proposed changes to the state’s child pornography laws that would drop mandatory minimum prison sentences in some cases involving defendants with mental health or developmental disabilities. The potential revisions are…

PITTSBURGH – The pain clinic tucked into the corner of a low-slung suburban strip mall was an open secret. Patients would travel hundreds of miles to see Dr. Andrzej Zielke, eager for what authorities described as a steady flow of…

WATERBURY – The Greater Waterbury area has a new addition – a healthy baby boy who has the honor of being the first born in the area in 2018. Drs. Muhammad Alvi and Tooba Munawar welcomed their first child, a…

STATE – With winter weather, including bitter cold and snow, hitting the area over the holiday weekend, state police reported having to deal with more than 400 accidents so far, including two that led to injuries and fatalities. In addition…

STATE – Frigid temperatures have led to the cancellation of three free hikes planned for New Year’s Day today. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has planned 13 hikes for the holiday across the state in order to…

HARTFORD – A big question for Connecticut taxpayers concerning the federal tax overhaul is how the new $10,000 cap on deductions for state and local taxes will affect them. The answer boils down to where people live, how much money…

How much state and local taxes (SALT) will you be able to deduct on your federal return this year? We calculated the typical state income and local property taxes per person, per town, and how many will be over the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joseph Helle was expecting a different sort of reception when he returned home from Army tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and showed up to vote in his small Ohio town near Lake Erie. His name was…

It’s been a bad year for accidents this holiday weekend compared to last year as reported accidents so far this long weekend have surpassed last year’s amount. The state police reported Sunday there were 325 accidents with 33 resulting in…

GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) — State police say a 51-year-old woman has been killed in a minivan crash on the Route 3 bridge in Glastonbury. Troopers say Devra Lee Koromanian, of Glastonbury, was driving southbound Saturday evening on the bridge over…

DENVER (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy was killed and four others were wounded Sunday in a shooting in suburban Denver that capped a year of deadly attacks in the United States. Two civilians were also injured. The shooting happened after…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker suspected of evading international sanctions by trading with North Korea, officials said Sunday. An official from South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the 5,100-ton KOTI and its…

BOSTON (AP) — Some New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day events in southern New England have been cancelled because of frigid temperatures. Organizers of New Year’s Eve events in Boston say they cancelled a 6 p.m. parade to Boston…