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Police officer shoots, kills large pit bull attacking Enfield woman

An Enfield police officer shot and killed a large pit bull while it attacked a woman Tuesday evening in Enfield, biting her neck and dragging her into a yard.

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Angel Garcia disappeared 9 years ago without a trace. His mother, and...

A tree planted during a ceremony in Hartford Tuesday is a symbol of hope for a mother whose son disappeared nine years ago.

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Bradley International Airport increases wait times for COVID-19 results at...

Bradley International Airport increases wait times for COVID-19 results at its terminal testing location.

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Chuckles X, Connecticut’s official state groundhog, has died - search for...

The state’s official groundhog died over the weekend, and a search has begun to fill the crucial role before Groundhog Day 2021.

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Sisters arrested after they flood Vernon 911 dispatcher with calls, cursing...

Two sisters who called a Vernon dispatcher 12 times in four minutes last month to complain about their sibling’s arrest were themselves arrested and charged with harassment, police say.

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Probe finds fault in Stonington police’s handling of racist attack on Mystic...

An independent probe found issues with Stonington Police Department’s response to what is believed to be a racially-motivated attack in June at a local Quality Inn found, but the chief investigator...

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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges as part of...

Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part...

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State rules dog that fatally mauled 95-year-old Enfield woman can be put down

A Department of Agriculture hearing officer submitted a proposed decision Monday to allow authorities to euthanize a dog that fatally mauled a 95-year-old woman in Suffield last November.

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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong blasts $8.3B DOJ settlement with...

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong decried an agreement Wednesday between the U.S. Department of Justice and Stamford-based Purdue Pharma that puts an end to sweeping criminal and civil...

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Police: Naugatuck man arrested after he threw boy across room, made him step...

A Naugatuck man faces child abuse charges after he forced a child to sleep in a locked closet for months and inflicted punishments including forcing him to kneel on thumb tacks and drink hot sauce...

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As shootings increase in two Connecticut towns, local police to partner with...

Meriden and Waterbury police are partnering with the FBI on a joint task force to combat gang violence that investigators believe is behind recent increases in shootings in both cities.

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Daily coronavirus updates: Deaths in Connecticut rising, weeks after...

More than a month after Connecticut’s positive COVID-19 test rate began rising, the state now appears to be seeing a similar rise in coronavirus-related deaths.

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1 person seriously injured after motor scooter crash on Main Street in Hartford

One person was seriously injured Wednesday night after the motor scooter they were driving collided with a pickup truck on Main Street in Hartford.

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Man who eluded police in viral Hartford traffic stop captured this week with...

A Vernon man wanted in connection with a New Britain shooting was arrested Wednesday with an illegal .40-caliber gun and fake identification card.

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Hartford firefighters on scene of Zion Street fire

Hartford firefighters battled a blaze Wednesday night at a building on Zion Street in Hartford just down the hill from Trinity College.

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Two shot in Hartford overnight, police say

Two people are being treated at different hospitals in Hartford after an early-morning shooting on East Street, police say.

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Odor that sickened two in West Hartford may have come from massage oils, fire...

Massage oils might be what caused an odor that sickened two people and forced an evacuation at Bishops Corner in West Hartford Thursday morning, a fire official says.

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Man dies after he falls off scooter into water in Suffield, police say

A man who lost control of a motorized scooter and fell down an embankment into a Suffield canal Wednesday has died, police say.

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Rape charge added for man accused of trying to kidnap and drown woman in New...

A man who allegedly tried to kill a woman he didn't know in a random, violent crime in New Canaan last spring also tried to rape her, police say.

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3 wounded in shootings hours apart in Hartford as gun violence continues to...

Three more people were injured by gunfire in less than 12 hours early Thursday in Hartford as shootings continue to rattle the capital city in the days after state police reinforcements were dispatched...

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