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Three veterans of the Vietnam War were recognized Tuesday at a ceremony held at Touchpoints at Manchester, when they were given the Connecticut Veterans Wartime Service Medal. Cornelius Evans, Renaldo Victoria Jr. and Edward Delane Jr. were originally meant to get the medals at a June 8 event honoring...

If printable firearms get a green light in Connecticut and you want your own “ghost gun, ” where do you go? The question arises as Connecticut and six other states try to stop a private company from publishing instructions for making undetectable, unregulated 3D-printed firearms. State leaders...

When suspected killer Daneual Drayton was placed on probation in March, Connecticut officials said Tuesday, his name was entered into a national database that should have alerted other states of his status. But when Drayton appeared in two New York courtrooms in early July following his arrest...

Bradley International Airport will rehabilitate two of its taxiways with a $13.2 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday. The updates to Taxiways C and R, two of the 17 taxiways at the Windsor Locks airport, are among $3.18 billion...

Mosquitoes captured in Hartford’s Keney Park have tested positive for West Nile Virus, city officials said. Workers with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection trapped the bugs last week. There have been no reported cases of West Nile in the city. Most people infected with...

Seven Stars Cloud Group Inc., an international conglomerate working to establish its technology headquarters in West Hartford, plans to meet with town officials this week to share its preliminary plans for the old UConn campus. It’s SSC’s first step in securing necessary approvals from the town...

When one company buys out the assets of another company with a record of awful business practices, it’s typically buying responsibility for all the liabilities, too: all the debts, all the legal troubles, all the misdeeds of the past. But what about when an executive takes over the top job at a...

If gambling doesn’t get your adrenaline pumping, a race car definitely will. Foxwoods Resort Casino is unveiling the next phase in its campaign to become a family-friendly resort destination. Monza World Class Karting at Foxwoods, a state-of-the-art go-kart track, with twists, hairpin turns, multiple...

After simmering for more than a year, a crisis in medical care behind prison walls seemed to explode into the public consciousness Monday, as the former medical director described for legislators how requests for routine diagnostic tests were denied, and four inmate families spoke in graphic detail...

Two Hartford residents who faced drug-dealing charges after police found 5,000 bags of heroin and $27,000 in cash in their South Street apartment pleaded no contest Monday to possession of narcotics with intent to sell. Richard Rolon, 29, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, suspended after he...