WATERBURY – When Carl Viarengo opened Model Garage in 1958, with his friend Frank Gross, he had no idea he was founding an institution that would live on beyond his retirement. Six decades later, the parking lot at 110 Thomaston…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Inventor Peter Madsen was charged Tuesday with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine, with prosecutors saying he either cut her throat or strangled her before dismembering her body and dumping…

HARTFORD (AP) — For some of the law enforcement agencies that agreed to be on A&E Network’s real-time police show “Live PD,” the goal of being more transparent with their profession under increasing scrutiny clashed with concerns over public image….

HHARTFORD (AP) — The case of a Cromwell man convicted of threatening violence against a judge is set to go before the state Supreme Court. Justices are scheduled to hear the appeal of Edward Taupier on Wednesday. Taupier was sentenced…

NEW HAVEN (AP) — An Army veteran who says someone left a scalpel inside him after surgery is suing a veterans affairs hospital. Bridgeport resident Glenford Turner says the scalpel was only discovered years later, after he suffered from long-term…

2 dogs attack, kill dog in front of its home in Connecticut WALLINGFORD (AP) — Police say two dogs mauled another dog to death in front of its home. Wallingford Police Lt. Cheryl Bradley tells local media that a woman…

WINDSOR LOCKS (AP) — An international airline will shut down its service at a Connecticut airport after just nine months in operation. Norwegian Air announced Monday it is ending service at Bradley International Airport, with its last flight to Edinburgh…

HARTFORD – For some of the law enforcement agencies that agreed to be on A&E Network’s real-time police show “Live PD,” the goal of being more transparent with their profession under increasing scrutiny clashed with concerns over public image. Police…

WALLINGFORD — Police say two dogs mauled another dog to death in front of its home in Wallingford. Wallingford Police Lt. Cheryl Bradley tells The Record-Journal that a woman was walking her Shih Tzu-Poodle mix Monday morning when two dogs…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An Army veteran is suing a Veterans Affairs Hospital in Connecticut after he says someone left a scalpel inside him after surgery, and it was only discovered years later, after he suffered from long-term abdominal…

Watch as an Audi A3 police say was driven by Ashton Sheen, 26, of Darien, hit the side of Trooper Eduardo Santiago’s cruiser early Monday. DARIEN – A 26-year-old woman was arrested early Monday after driving the wrong way on…

HARTFORD (AP) — For some of the law enforcement agencies that agreed to be on A&E Network’s real-time police show “Live PD,” the goal of being more transparent with their profession under increasing scrutiny clashed with concerns over public image….

HARTFORD (AP) — Flooding is reported on several swollen Connecticut rivers, causing problems around the state. In Kent, officials said ice jams on the Housatonic River prompted the private boarding school the Kent School to send more than 500 students…

STORRS (AP) — The University of Connecticut is reviewing plans by a Republican student group to bring in a well-known conservative speaker, two months after a speech by another right-wing pundit led to the arrests of him and a protester….

HARTFORD (AP) — Bird enthusiasts have traversed eastern Connecticut looking for eagles. Local media reports the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection counts eagles across the state annually. A nonprofit, The Last Green Valley, is responsible for counting in the…

MERIDEN (AP) — Connecticut Latinos are learning firsthand from the state’s congressional delegation about government and how the advocacy process works. Seventeen residents were selected to participate in second Latino Leadership Academy, organized by the delegation and the Connecticut Hispanic…

HARTFORD – State public health officials say they have seen a steep increase in the number of people hospitalized with influenza over the past five weeks. The Department of Public Health says this year’s flu virus has been particularly severe…

STORRS – The University of Connecticut is reviewing plans by a Republican student group to bring in a well-known conservative speaker, two months after a speech by another right-wing pundit led to the arrests of him and a protester. UConn’s…

ATLANTA (AP) — Though his voice was silenced nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of nonviolence still resonates and inspires. Decades ago, the famed civil rights leader – also regarded as one of America’s greatest orators…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When truck driver Chris Gromek wants to know what’s really going on in Washington, he scans the internet and satellite radio. He no longer flips TV channels because networks such as Fox News and MSNBC deliver…