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Renovated hotel on UConn campus provides housing option for returning students

With dorm space at a premium, students at the University of Connecticut in Storrs have another housing option as the university navigates through the coronavirus pandemic: the now-renovated former...

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Man assaulted, seriously injured on Hillside Avenue in Hartford

One person was assaulted and suffered a serious neck injury Wednesday afternoon on Hillside Avenue in Hartford.

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Six arrested in stolen car/gun violence operation in Hartford, police say

Hartford police say they made six arrests Wednesday night as part of an effort to stop car thefts and associated gun violence.

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High-ranking trooper saves distressed woman on highway, state police say

A lieutenant colonel with the Connecticut State Police kept a distraught woman from running into traffic on I-95 in Old Lyme Wednesday, state police say.

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Connecticut inmate found dead with ligature made from DOC-provided mask

A 32-year-old Connecticut inmate from Windsor was found dead Wednesday with a ligature made from a cloth mask around his neck, Department of Correction officials said.

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Ellington man who kept dungeon for ‘slave training’ gets 29 years in federal...

A self proclaimed “slave trainer” was sentenced Thursday to 29 years in prison after convictions on child pornography and exploitation charges.

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Black Lives Matter mural defaced at South Windsor town hall driveway

Police are trying to find out who defaced a Black Lives Matter sign in the town hall driveway late Wednesday.

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Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut’s COVID-19 numbers have stayed mostly...

Despite some day-to-day variation in hospitalizations, deaths and positivity rate, Connecticut’s relatively low COVID-19 numbers have held steady over recent weeks. The state is, however, seeing a...

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DOJ finds Yale University discriminates against Asian American, white...

Federal investigators have concluded that Yale University discriminates against Asian American and white applicants after a two investigation into the school’s undergraduate admissions process.

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Six survive boat explosion in Norwalk Harbor, police say

Six people survived a boat explosion Thursday in Norwalk, police say.

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Hartford police ask for public’s help with identifying victim of deadly...

A pedestrian was struck by a car and killed Thursday night on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford.

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With UConn move-in underway, the state of Connecticut still hasn’t ruled on...

Mansfield officials worry that, without additional restrictions, their town could be at risk for a coronavirus outbreak.

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Kids (and the mayor) dash in as Manchester ‘Sprayground’ spurts to life on a...

In the roasting heat at noon on Friday, Mayor Jay Moran officially opened the town’s new $400,000 Sprayground.

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Elderly woman kidnapped in West Hartford carjacking, knife-wielding suspect...

An elderly West Hartford woman was kidnapped Thursday afternoon when a knife-wielding man entered the car she was sitting in outside a post office location and sped away.

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Residents call for improved traffic enforcement and more police after deadly...

A gruesome, hit-and-run collision involving a car and a bicycle on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford shortly after nightfall Thursday left the cyclist dead and a neighborhood so shaken, a team is...

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Hartford man shot in leg Friday on Wethersfield Avenue near site of gruesome...

A 23-year-old man was shot Friday evening on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford, less than two blocks from where a man was killed in a gruesome hit-and-run crash the night before.

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‘Back the Blue’ rally in support of Manchester police sparks loud, but...

A rally supporting Manchester police Saturday drew a Black Lives Matter counterprotest that ramped up with verbal intensity as both sides walked to the steps of the police department.

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Family of bicyclist killed in Hartford hit-and-run calls for justice and...

The family of a 44-year-old man killed in a grisly hit and run on Wethersfield Avenue on Thursday are calling for a crackdown on racing and reckless driving, which they hope will prevent future...

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One person killed, five wounded in New Haven

Six people were shot, one fatally, in a New Haven residential neighborhood, police said Sunday.

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Hartford police building, vehicles vandalized with Black Lives Matter graffiti

An anti-police phrase and “BLM” were spray painted on Hartford police headquarters this weekend, along with multiple police vehicles that were parked in a lot with a broken security gate.

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