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An unidentified juvenile was charged Monday with second-degree manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of Guilford teen Ethan Song, days after investigators announced they concluded that Song fired the fatal shot himself, police said. Song, 15, accidentally shot and killed himself last January...

For a city where more than 190 people have died of drug overdoses since 2012, the chance that Project HOPE will curb addiction in New Britain is too good to pass up. “We know that we cannot arrest our way out of this problem,” Mayor Erin Stewart told a gathering of police, prosecutors and hospital...

Michael Skakel told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday that he was unjustly convicted of murder because of “inexcusable” errors by his trial lawyer and that claims to the contrary in the most recent appeal by state prosecutors are without merit. Roman Martinez, Skakel’s new appeals lawyer, argues in...

An elderly woman strangled at a Waterbury nursing home has died, and the 81-year-old resident accused of attacking her is now facing a murder charge. Police were called to Autumn Lake Healthcare at Bucks Hill at 6 p.m. Saturday and found 76-year-old Patricia May suffering from what appeared to...

Four cars were stolen over the weekend in West Hartford, police said Monday. One theft led officers on a pursuit into Hartford. Two of the cars were left on and running when they were stolen Monday morning. On Saturday morning, a suspected thief stole a Honda CRV in West Hartford Center. The driver...

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra will receive a $1 million grant after meeting a fundraising challenge as part of its long-term $10 million campaign. A group of donors who wish to remain anonymous offered the seven-figure bounty over the summer if the symphony raised $750,000 in new pledges by the...

To police, doctors and others combating youth drug use, the start of recreational pot sales in Massachusetts poses not one problem but many. With increased access to marijuana, they envision in Connecticut spikes in drugged driving and marijuana dependence, accidental ingestion of cannabis gummies...

New president of NAACP pledges to boost community awareness

To the delight of Makayla Urbina, Winterfest Hartford opened for six weeks of free ice skating, skate rentals and skating lessons at Bushnell Park on Friday. Urbina, 10, already knows how to spin on the ice. This year, she wants to learn “the double spin that people do.” Urbina was one of about...

Post-Thanksgiving shopping marathons are a tradition for Jolyn Manafort’s family, so much so that on Friday, Manafort and seven of her sisters, sisters-in-law and nieces sported matching raglan shirts at Westfarms mall that read, “Up All Night To Get Lucky: Black Friday 2018.” Like millions of...