WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of federal employees began their weekends gripped with doubt, uncertain of when they’ll be able to return to work and how long they’ll have to go without being paid after a bitter political dispute in Washington…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has begun. So has the finger-pointing. President Donald Trump says Democrats wanted to give him “a nice present” to mark the one-year anniversary of his inauguration. He says Democrats “could have easily made a…

HARTFORD – The Malloy administration is reporting the state deficit has widened to $240.2 million, primarily due to revised revenue estimates released Tuesday. The new deficit projection is $17.7 million higher than the state Office of Policy and Management reported…

SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A veteran educator from Connecticut has been named by Massachusetts officials to serve as receiver for the Southbridge public schools. Jeffrey Villar will oversee the school district that was placed in state receivership last January after…

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A submarine commander is praising the way his crew responded when a sailor intentionally shot himself aboard the Groton, Connecticut-based vessel. The USS North Dakota was about 170 miles from the base on Jan. 12…

KENT – Sightseers and out-of-town visitors are still flocking to see Kent’s ice jam – a mile-long block of ice on the Housatonic River that continued to show no signs of movement on Friday. Frank and Miok Lipke traveled to…

WATERBURY – A man is dead after a shooting at a Hill Street market, one of two shootings in the city Friday night. The victim is a 49-year-old Hispanic man, according to Waterbury Police spokesman Deputy Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo. The…

WATERBURY – In a decision that could indicate the outcome of multiple criminal cases, a jury in Waterbury Superior Court on Friday found an accused heroin dealer arrested in a major police operation not guilty of slinging the deadly narcotic…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US government shut down at midnight Saturday as Congress failed to overcome standoff over spending and immigration. The White House blamed the shutdown on Democrats, calls them “obstructionist losers, not legislators” President Donald Trump and Senate Democratic…

BROOKLYN, Conn. (AP) — A state trooper has had his police powers suspended after being charged with driving under the influence on New Year’s Day. State police said Thursday that 47-year-old Trooper Patrick Dragon was arrested Jan. 1 in Brooklyn….

STAMFORD (AP) — An Oregon man has been charged with stealing deposits Connecticut homeowners had made for generators after Superstorm Sandy. Local media reports that 56-year-old John Mech, of Seaside, Oregon, took a $7,500 deposit from a Stamford homeowner for…

HARTFORD (AP) — A Stratford man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for running a large-scale fencing operation. Federal prosecutors say 43-year-old Matthew Harwood will report to prison March 19 after being sentenced Thursday to 18…

HARTFORD (AP) — Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and two U.S. Senators Thursday decried a surprise decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to immediately rescind temporary housing benefits to 36 Puerto Rican families living in the state after being…

NEW BRITAIN (AP) — A 15-year-old shot by police is facing armed robbery charges. Local media reports Caleb Tisdol’s name was made public Thursday after being charged as an adult in Hartford Superior Court. He faces first-degree robbery, larceny, threatening…

EAST HAVEN (AP) — A 21-year-old West Haven man has been charged with getting an underage high school student pregnant. Local media reports that Joshy Alberto Garcia was charged this month with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to…

SALEM (AP) — A former attorney has been charged with stealing $426,000 from his clients. State Police say 65-year-old John Butts, of Salem, has been charged with first-degree larceny after taking funds from two people he had represented in probate…

NEW BRITAIN (AP) — A 15-year-old shot by police is facing armed robbery charges. The Hartford Courant reports Caleb Tisdol’s name was made public Thursday after being charged as an adult in Hartford Superior Court. He faces first-degree robbery, larceny,…

NEW HAVEN (AP) — A bank manager accused of stealing more than half a million dollars from the accounts of elderly clients has been sentenced to just over a year in prison. Forty-seven-year-old Carrie Caesar was sentenced Thursday after pleading…

HARTFORD – Leaders of a new state panel recommending how to make Connecticut more financially stable are optimistic the General Assembly will seriously consider their recommendations because there’s recognition a crisis is at hand. Jim Smith and Robert Patricelli, co-chairmen…

KENT – Route 7 finally reopened Thursday afternoon after being closed for five days due to flooding from the Housatonic River that froze over the road. The state highway was cleared of ice by the state Department of Transportation, which…