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As investigators tracked down the man suspected of gunning down 17-year-old Karlonzo Taylor, a community tried to come to terms Thursday with the death of a teen who officials said was finishing a promising senior year in high school. “That kid was on his way to doing something great,” said Eric...

A Hartford-based firm known for its expansive affordable housing developments is preparing to add another project to its portfolio: a sweeping renovation of 14 buildings along Park Terrace and Hillside Avenue in the city’s Frog Hollow neighborhood. The Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartford...

On the eve of the 77th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Connecticut’s last Pearl Harbor survivor watched as a park was dedicated to the memory of the 18 Connecticut men who died in the attack, which thrust the United States into World War II. “This is something wonderful,” said...

A three-judge panel on Thursday found an 18-year-old Hartford man guilty of murder in the stabbing death of his uncle a year ago, but a moment later acquitted him by reason of mental disease or defect. The judges found that Isaiah Lindsay, then 17, was in the midst of “profound psychosis” when...

Travelers has committed $5 million to the provide additional financial assistance to current and former policy holders with failing foundations. The money will only be made available to homeowners who have also filed an insurance claim with Travelers and who are receiving funding from the Connecticut...

Since the 1990s, Cheryl Jansen had noticed junk and tree limbs piling up at the once oasis-like Park Cemetery, just north of downtown Bridgeport and wondered where the money families had paid for perpetual upkeep was going. What she learned after finally taking her case to a judge shocked the conscience....

Rhode Island has it. So do Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and four other states. But if legal sports betting comes to Connecticut — and it seems likely — what will it look like? Sports reporter Alex Putterman joins Capitol Watch to clarify. We also visit with Diana Goode and Kaitlin Foshay-Brown...

A judge on Wednesday vacated Ernie Newton's 2015 conviction for campaign finance fraud, as directed by the state Supreme Court, and the prosecution began anew with Newton pleading not guilty to the charges. The Bridgeport Democrat also requested a jury trial. He is represented by public defender...

With the unveiling of a $21 million innovation and technology hub downtown Wednesday, Infosys signaled that a reinvention is underway in the capital city. The global information technology company, which employs more than 200,000 people around the world, has carved out three floors of the Goodwin...

State and elected officials and others met Wednesday at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to discuss the issue of water affordability as costs continue to rise, in part due to the rising costs of infrastructure repair and upgrades. Brenda Watson, executive director of Operation Fuel,...