The Latest Breaking News from Connecticut

Biden nominates associate state Attorney General Vanessa Avery as Connecticut’s first Black female US attorney

HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden has nominated associate state Attorney General Vanessa Avery to be Connecticut’s next U.S. attorney, the state’s top federal law enforcement officer.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022

Senators say they were denied full access to federal prison

Two U.S. senators say they were denied access to parts of a federal prison in Connecticut while trying to examine conditions there

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022

Woman, 23, found dead after Bumble date as family threaten to sue police

Lauren Smith-Fields' family said last week they were planning to sue the city after claiming Bridgeport Police 'failed' to properly investigate the 23-year-old's death in Connecticut, US

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2022

NBC Sports announcers won’t travel to Beijing for Winter Games

Thanks to concerns about COVID-19, most events will be called from the network’s Connecticut headquarters.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 20, 2022

Thousands of Connecticut residents are catching COVID-19. Due to long COVID, some won’t get better anytime soon

HARTFORD, Conn. — Of several hundred thousand Connecticut residents who have been or will be infected with COVID-19 during this winter’s omicron variant surge, most will avoid the worst-case scenarios of severe illness, intensive care and death.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022

Woman who drove past Secret Service barricades at Mar-a-Lago found not guilty by reason of insanity

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Connecticut woman charged with driving a rented SUV through barriers at Mar-a-Lago in January 2020, prompting the Secret Service and Palm Beach County sheriff's officers to fire at her vehicle, was temporarily insane at the time of the incident, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2022

Opera singer accepts insanity plea in Mar-a-Lago breach

The Connecticut opera singer who drew law enforcement fire when she sped through a checkpoint outside then-President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida has been found not guilty by reason of insanity

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022

Connecticut student dies after fentanyl overdose

The 13-year-old collapsed in the school’s gymnasium

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2022

How in-person schooling has impacted COVID-19 cases in four states

Preliminary COVID-19 data in South Carolina shows 31% of positive cases came from students and school staff.

USAFacts · Oct 12, 2021

17 States With Scary Estate and Inheritance Taxes

Over a dozen states currently impose estate or inheritance taxes on heirs. Here’s where you’ll have to pay.

Kiplinger · Oct 19, 2020