The Latest Breaking News from Connecticut

Court to reconsider Connecticut's transgender athlete policy

A federal appeals court has reinstated a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, two months after a three-judge panel upheld the rules

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

Former college student pleads guilty to deadly sword attack

A former University of Connecticut student has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges for killing a man and severely wounding another with a sword in 2020 — one of two deadly attacks that led to a six-day manhunt in several states

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Connecticut could be the next state to legalize human composting

Step aside burial and cremation, a new bill would give Connecticut residents the option of a new after-death arrangement — composting.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2023

Connecticut family whose daughter was murdered fights to keep inmates like her killer in prison

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Elizabeth Carlson’s parents agreed to a plea agreement to send their daughter’s killer to prison for 42 years, they thought it was iron-clad.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Connecticut may exonerate accused witches centuries later

It's been more than 375 years since Alse Young became the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids, Ages 7 and 9, Walk to Dunkin' Donuts

"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."

Reason · Jan 30, 2023

A US state asked for evidence to ban TikTok. The FBI offered none

Emails show officials in the state of Connecticut opted not to ban the Chinese-owned app after consulting with the FBI.

Al Jazeera · Jan 26, 2023

Connecticut governor: Ban more guns, raise buying age to 21

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says he wants to add more firearms to the state's assault weapons ban and raise the age for buying long guns to 21 from 18

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

Brickbat: Didn't You See Me?

The Waterbury, Connecticut, police department has fired officer James Hinkle for screaming at and berating a woman who drove through an intersection where he was directing traffic. Hinkle accused the woman of almost running him over, but in the video he appeared to be a few feet from her and…

Reason · Jan 26, 2023

Editorial: We’re feeling lucky: Google antitrust lawsuit can set precedent for tech monopolies

It’s not every day that the federal government and states as varied as Tennessee and New York find themselves on the same side of a legal dispute, but these were joined by New Jersey, Virginia, Colorado, California, Rhode Island and Connecticut yesterday in filing suit against Google parent company Alphabet…

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023