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A late priest from Waterbury sexually abused a 10-year-old altar boy before morning Mass in 1980, a lawsuit filed this week in Waterbury Superior Court alleges. The 28-page lawsuit alleges that the Rev. Walter Vichas sexually abused Kevin DiStasio while the boy was putting on his vestments for...

A legal principle that erased former New England Patriot's player Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction after he killed himself in prison is outdated, unfair and should not stand, a Massachusetts prosecutor told the state's highest court Thursday. Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III...

A federal grand jury has issued a seven-count indictment charging a Canadian man who abducted his two-yer-old son in 1987 and fled that country with filing false statements in order to live in the U.S. under an assumed name since fleeing with his son. Allan Mann Jr., also known as “Hailee Randolph...

A heroin addict convicted of a drug-fueled arson murder in a Branford beach community was freed from prison Thursday after a judge ruled that law enforcement failed to disclose evidence that could have helped his defense. John Vailette, 48, was convicted of premeditated arson-murder in 2015 following...

Bob Stefanowski did not win the governor’s race Tuesday night, but state Republicans can take comfort in knowing that a repudiation of President Trump two years ago has not translated into lasting damage for the GOP in statewide races. The map below shows the vote split for Stefanowski and Democrat...

New Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre has selected Jacob G. Padrón as its new artistic director. Padrón, 38, knows the New Haven area well. When he was a student at the Yale School of Drama a decade ago, Padron was managing director of the student-run Yale Cabaret. He now teaches artistic producing for...

Puppetry has a long tradition in Africa, with puppets and masks used in sacred and secular ceremonies and as entertainment for centuries. But when kidnapped Africans were trafficked across the ocean to work as slaves in America, they were cut off from the art and customs of their homelands. “Puppetry,...

Democrats maintained control of Hartford’s General Assembly seats on Tuesday, brushing aside challenges from a bevy of Republican and minor-party candidates. Their victories were emblematic of a larger trend in Connecticut, where the state Senate, now split 18-18, tilted strongly toward the Democrats....

As a winding line of young, unregistered voters snaked around New Haven City Hall and the clock ticked toward 8 p.m. on election night, the city’s much-maligned registrars of voters had done something rare — brought together the Democrats and the Republicans, both of whom were contemplating taking...

A Springfield man pleaded no contest Wednesday to first-degree assault for shaking, squeezing and seriously injuring his 4-month-old son. William Clingensmith, 38, who used to live in Enfield, was arrested in February on two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of risk on injury to a minor....