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NEW HAVEN >> A Superior Court jury took less than two hours Wednesday to find Michael Torres guilty of assault, unlawful restraint and risk of injury to a minor for holding the hands of two children over a stove's flame and burning them.The verdict followed several days of testimony, including that of the two victims, who were 4 and 8 at the time.

NEW HAVEN >> Back to school shopping might not yet be in full swing, but Rev. Philip Blamo is asking for anyone with extra school supplies to consider sharing them with those across the world that don't have any."There's a lot of things that people don't want in this country that they can give," Blamo said.

NEW HAVEN >> Mayor Toni Harp Tuesday received the Democratic Town Committee's nomination to seek a third term, during a largely uneventful convention at Hill Regional Career High School. Harp's nomination was unanimous; no other candidate was nominated. Yet she still will face a challenger in Marcus Paca, who confirmed Tuesday he plans on continuing his campaign.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) >> A New England fishermen's group is taking its fight over monitors who collect sea data to the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping it removes a new cost they say is an existential threat to the industry.

EAST HAVEN >> Former Republican Board of Finance member Salvatore Maltese, who challenged Mayor Joseph Maturo in his 2015 re-election bid as an independent after losing to Maturo in the Republican primary, fell short by about 1,000 votes in the general election but placed ahead of Democratic candidate Michael Speer.

NEW HAVEN >> Michael Torres testified in his own defense Tuesday that he did not burn the hands of two children on a stove and that he helped get the most severely burned child to the hospital.During closing arguments later Tuesday, Torres' attorney, Wade Luckett, suggested to the jurors that Torres' girlfriend might have been the one who burned the kids.

North HAVEN >> Connecticut Renaissance Faire officials were OK with the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd but not the roar of the traffic on Interstate 91 and the modern look in North Haven, where it has deployed twice a year for the past two years.

The state Board of Examiners for Nursing has disciplined four nurses in separate cases, including three involving alcohol or drugs.The board on July 19 temporarily suspended the registered nurse license of Fernando Roldan of Hartford for failing to comply with the terms of a four-year probation, including attending therapy or support group sessions and submitting drug or alcohol test results, state

NEW HAVEN >> The worried calls started a day after President Trump's election. Mayor Toni Harp said they came mostly from immigrant residents. It wasn't hard to pinpoint their worries: Trump had vowed to deport undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Months later, Trump has mostly kept his word, shedding Obama-era deferment policies that once focused on undocumented immigrants with criminal records.

A licensed practical nurse from Ansonia who is accused of murdering an Eastern Connecticut State University student will get another chance to keep his nursing license.