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WINSTED — An 18-year-old from Torrington is in critical condition at Waterbury Hospital after a crash shortly after midnight Saturday on Colebrook River Road, police said.

MIDDLEBURY — A mild winter did not bring much snow for the town to plow from its roads, or enough frigid days to make officials crank up the thermostat in Middlebury's municipal buildings.

TORRINGTON — Stephen Pretak, running in his hometown race for the first time since 2005, beat the blistering heat and the two-time defending champion in winning the 45th annual Torrington Road Race on Sunday.

TORRINGTON — Overpayments of less than $5 on your city tax bill could become property of the tax collector.

IRBIL, Iraq — Iraqi Kurdish forces say they have retaken five villages east of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in an operation launched early Sunday.

Dustin Holst-Grubbe's grandmother says his life has become more like "Grand Theft Auto," and the other violent video games he played, than the boy who once helped her cook and do chores around her home in Norwich.

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The Community House was filled with humans Saturday evening celebrating "Paws to Celebrate," a fundraiser for the Little Guild of St. Francis animal shelter.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The mother of one of the Chibok girls kidnapped more than two years ago by Nigeria's Islamic extremists on Sunday saw the first proof her daughter is alive — a video of her begging Nigeria's government to exchange detained militants for the girls' freedom.

SEATTLE — Prosecutors describe Roman Seleznev, the son of a Russian lawmaker, as a master hacker who orchestrated an international scheme that resulted in about $170 million in fraudulent credit card purchases.

WASHINGTON — The nation's transplant network is taking a long-awaited step to ease a serious disparity: Where you live affects whether you get a timely liver transplant or die waiting.