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Henry J. Mansell, the retired Archbishop of Hartford, had a role in the 1985 transfer of a known pedophile priest from New York to Pennsylvania, where the priest then had inappropriate contact with school children, a grand jury report released this week reveals. The report by a Pennsylvania grand...

When the Dragon boats hit the Connecticut River in Hartford Saturday, the “Henkel Hidden Dragons” will be among dozens of teams in this ancient competition. “I’m feeling really good about our chances because we had a strong first practice,” said team member Nishant Kondamudi. “I can sense the enthusiasm...

State Democrats are calling on the Republican party’s leadership to “publicly condemn” a “racist” tweet from a prominent member of the Republican party that refers to Attorney General candidate and state representative William Tong as “Kim Jong Tong.” On Wednesday night, Republican Joe Visconti...

Victor Cuevas Jr. received a special form of probation in 2017 after his arrest on charges he used the camera in his cellphone to snap an upskirt photo of a woman as she rode an escalator at the state Capitol in November 2015. Cuevas, then 28, had a patronage job, working for the Democratic caucus...

Carolyn Lumsden, opinion editor at the Hartford Courant, has been chosen for the 2018 Pulliam Editorial Fellowship. Lumsden plans to spend the next year studying the dangerous effects of pyrrhotite, a little-known mineral that has badly weakened home foundations in Connecticut. As she reported...

Looking to stem contention about the name of Paul Manafort Drive, Mayor Erin Stewart had city workers make a tiny change Wednesday morning. The street is now officially Paul Manafort Sr. Drive. However, that switch may have fueled new controversy. Leaders of the common council are complaining that...

For Tuesday’s Democratic primary race for governor, a picture is worth 172,000 words — when that picture is a map of Ned Lamont’s wall-to-wall drubbing of challenger Joe Ganim. Town-by-town maps typically illustrate pockets of strength and weakness, and reveal geographic trends with their color...

Many have blamed the designer drug 'K2,' or synthetic marijuana, for the rash of more than 70 overdoses in 24-hour window this week across the New Haven green. But what is this drug and why is it dangerous? The overdose reports came in swiftly and even as city officials were working to get the...

Robert Holzberg knew he could keep yelling in frustration at his radio as he listened to the stories of children being separated from their families at the border, or he could find a way to help. Holzberg, a retired Superior Court judge, teamed up with retired state Supreme Court Justice Chase...

Facing sharp criticism from cycling advocates, the Hartford Line Thursday will introduce a new policy that will allow bicycles on trains — replacing current regulations allowing only collapsible and folding bikes on board at any time. Bike supporters have been urging the Connecticut Department...