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A journalist’s death, allegedly at the hands of government operatives, has brought new scrutiny to ties between the University of New Haven and an institution in Riyadh that trains security forces for Saudi Arabia. Stanley Heller, a New Haven activist with the Middle East Crisis Committee, has...

Dismissal at Hartford’s Burns School was delayed and the school was “isolated” as authorities worked Monday afternoon to identify a white powder that two students were exposed to. Fire department Lt. Brian Thompson said firefighters were called to the school shortly after 2 p.m. to investigate....

The town of Ellington has withdrawn its application for a special permit to build a park named in memory of a local boy who died from a rare brain tumor in 2016. First Selectwoman Lori Spielman announced in an Oct. 19 post to the town’s Facebook page that the application for the “Middle Road- Jacob...

A Glastonbury woman pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree hindering prosecution for her role in helping accused double-murderer Joseph Silva get away in the immediate aftermath of a double shooting in Hartford two years ago. Kailei Opalacz, 22, pleaded guilty before Judge Laura F. Baldini, who...

Lawyers for Nathan Carman are offering an alternative theory to the murder of his 87-year-old grandfather that revolves around a 25-year-old woman that John Chakalos had just spent the weekend at a Connecticut casino with days before his death. In court documents filed in Rhode Island, federal...

Months after UConn Health announced plans to pursue a public-private partnership, the public teaching hospital is officially casting its net for organizations with creative ideas to bring it financial stability. UConn Health, which has run annual losses each year since 2014, began the nationwide...

Consumers will have the shortest open enrollment period yet to shop for 2019 health insurance plans – 45 days -- but they can “window shop” and compare plans beginning today. Open enrollment for health plans effective Jan. 1, 2019, will run from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15, giving consumers the least amount...

When Jillian Krasusky was little, she watched her father take cars apart and rebuild them. “He taught me how cars work and that started my career as an engineer,” she said. Jillian, now a freshman at Miss Porter’s School, knew she wanted to go to a school that offered hands-on engineering experiences...

Comic-book stores in Connecticut will be giving away free comic books on Oct. 27 as part of the nationwide Halloween ComicFest. In all, 1.7 million free comic books, geared toward a wide range of ages, are expected to be distributed nationwide. This year’s titles include “Ms. Marvel #1,” “Superior...

Gallery owner Eric Ben-Kiki wants everyone to vote, so he enlisted artists to help get people into the civic spirit. For an exhibit in Ben-Kiki’s EBK [small works] gallery on Pearl Street, artists have turned the word “Vote” into art. Ben-Kiki isn’t taking sides, he’s just urging people to vote....