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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut prosecutor says a New Haven police officer was justified in shooting and wounding a man who came at him with a knife.

MIDDLEBURY -- There is no swimming today at Hop Brook Lake.

The Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday morning that the swimming area is closed until further notice, due to water quality issues caused by recent rainfall.

Ryan Lochte lost his first major sponsor when Speedo USA announced it is dropping the swimmer over a drunken incident during the Rio Olympics that he initially described as an armed robbery.

Former Gov. John G. Rowland is preparing to try to appeal his latest criminal convictions to the U.S. Supreme Court.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked an Obama administration directive on bathroom rights for transgender students in U.S. public schools.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After two weeks of sunshine and 10 rounds of golf, President Barack Obama is preparing for the busy fall awaiting him.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Facing a massive deficit that's more than 12 percent of his city's budget, the new mayor of Hartford is appealing to wealthier neighbors to help find regional solutions that benefit Connecticut's struggling capital city and its suburbs.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- State officials are hoping to teach Connecticut farmers how to reduce risks to public health when they hold open houses and tours.

Defense attorney right at home in court despite change in status

Sure, well-known criminal defense attorney Ralph Crozier, 64, might be serving a stretch in federal prison for money laundering-related crimes, but it doesn't mean he can't be charismatic.

ISTANBUL — A child suicide bomber killed at least 51 people and wounded nearly 70 others at a Kurdish wedding party near Turkey's border with Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, decrying the attack as an apparent attempt by Islamic State extremists to destabilize the nation by exploiting ethnic and religious tensions.