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TORRINGTON — It's only two weeks until Congress reconvenes in Washington, and the state's congressional delegation on Tuesday came to City Hall seeking a wish list of programs needing federal grants to help combat the heroin epidemic.

ROME (AP) — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck central Italy early Wednesday, with reports of damaged buildings and blackouts near the epicenter Rieti and residents fleeing their homes and running into the streets.

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NEW HAVEN — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday declared his First Five initiative "a huge success" while standing outside the swanky, spanking new global headquarters of Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

WARREN — While other crops languish in the heat, the dry summer has been a boon to Connecticut grape growers.

WATERBURY — Victor Santiago admitted he sold cocaine when he was younger and progressed to manning his "block" on River Street where he sold PCP, a powerful hallucinogen.

WATERBURY — City police, next week, will begin a new program of confronting residents suspected of using out-of-state license plates to dodge city vehicle taxes..

LITCHFIELD — Theresa Heck, who fled Wisconsin following her eighth arrest for drunken driving last year, was hiding in plain sight in Torrington.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Twitter accounts of an Ohio zoo targeted by online critics and trolls over the shooting of a gorilla have been taken down.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to prison for stealing more than $380,000 from her employer by charging personal expenses to a corporate credit card.