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Two Connecticut women will compete on season five of Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship,” which premieres Nov. 5. Professional baker Chantal Thomas of Windsor and home baker Sherry Clarke of East Lyme became friends while filming the show. Thomas owns amazingackee.com, where she shares...

Just two days after 11 people were killed at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss shared her story of survival and resilience with a community in mourning. Schloss brought comfort and strength to Hartford, as vigils for the victims of the attack took place around the state....

During a vigil Monday at Temple Beth Hillel, Rabbi Jeffrey Glickman talked about faith — no matter what your religion. Dozens of people filled the South Windsor synagogue to “reclaim this space” and “tell the community that when any one group is attacked, we all feel pain,” Glickman said in response...

Prosecution expert witnesses outlined for jurors Monday how Joseph Silva’s DNA was found on the .40-caliber handgun used to fatally shoot Joshua Cortez and Alysha Ocasio, how the bullets traveled through each victim’s body and killed them, and how gunshot residue was found on Silva’s hand in the...

Increased police patrols at houses of worship and Jewish community centers across Connecticut were continuing Monday after the mass shooting Saturday at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Leaders at the Mandell Jewish Community Center in West Hartford sent out an email to its members Sunday, letting them...

Two days after a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Democrats called out Bob Stefanowski, the NRA-endorsed Republican nominee for governor, saying he wants to roll back Connecticut’s sweeping post-Sandy Hook gun control legislation. “Connecticut residents are safer because of our strong gun...

As she sat on a plane taking her from Toronto to Connecticut to see her son for the first time in 31 years last weekend, Lyneth Mann-Lewis could barely breathe with anticipation. “It’s been a long and hard 31-year journey since my son was abducted and I endured many, many hard days,” Mann-Lewis...

The three leading candidates for governor will make final head-to-head pitches to voters in their last debate Tuesday night, almost certainly repeating familiar themes from past debates and — for the major-party hopefuls — their aggressive advertising campaigns. Some of those polished messages...

The family of a Sacred Heart University student who choked to death last year during a pancake eating contest is suing the university. Caitlin Nelson, 20, of Clark, N.J., started to choke minutes after the contest began on March 30, 2017, and died days later at a New York hospital. The lawsuit,...

Open Studio Hartford, an annual extravaganza that lets local artists showcase their work and allows art lovers to buy one-of-a-kind creations, is expanding this year from one weekend to two — from Nov. 3 and 4 and Nov. 10 and 11 — in studios and venues all over the city. Cynthia Bulaong, Open Studio...