An Israeli soldier from Connecticut is killed in southern Lebanon weeks after completing training

A young man who moved from Connecticut to Israel last year to join the military was killed Saturday during a combat operation in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military identified the soldier ...

UCLA storms back from a rare halftime deficit behind Betts to beat Duke and reach women's Final Four

Lauren Betts had 23 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks to help UCLA rally from a rare halftime deficit and beat Duke 70-58, advancing to the women’s Final Four for the second straight season.

Bill Murray sits with former UConn star Cam Spencer at Elite Eight game vs. Duke

Popular American actor Bill Murray has been a consistent presence on UConn men's basketball's NCAA Tournament run, attending his fourth-consecutive game Sunday as the Huskies face Duke in the Elite ...

What Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey said about UConn women's basketball team after Elite Eight

Head coach Geno Auriemma of UConn Huskies talks to head coach Niele Ivey of Notre Dame Fighting Irish before the game in the Elite Eight round game o ...

Scenes from UConn's celebration: Geno Auriemma in cowboy hat, line dancing, confetti and more

Kk Arnold #2 of the UConn Huskies putts a cowboy hat on head coach Geno Auriemma of the UConn Huskies after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 7 ...

Chesney the kangaroo scales tall fence and flees petting zoo for three days on the lam

Chesney the kangaroo jumped an eight-foot fence to escape his petting zoo in Wisconsin, spending three days on the lam. The young marsupial was spooked by stray dogs and went on the run last ...
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Midnight train from Georgia: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle in the shutdown

Long security lines at airports are driving people crazy as Congress and President Donald Trump try to work out a budget stalemate. Some travelers are seeking out alternative ways of getting ...

Police say suspect in Bridgeport firefighter death convicted in earlier crime

"None of us were going home," said Stratford police Capt. Jerry Pinto about the investigation and arrest in the killing of a Bridgeport firefighter.

Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy appointed as new Arab League chief

Arab foreign ministers have picked veteran Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy to lead the Arab League for the next five years. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said ministers backed him unanimously during ...

'Project Hail Mary' flies to $54.5 million second weekend, horror reaches a saturation point

Project Hail Mary” stayed aloft in its second weekend, holding strongly with $54.5 million, adding to the long-term prospects of the year’s biggest hit thus far. The Phil Lord and Chris ...

Forest fire danger level is high in all of CT today

The forest fire danger level was high for the entire state on Sunday, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Some familiar names to the Supreme Court in a death row case over racial bias in jury makeup

Some names will be familiar to the Supreme Court in the latest case involving a Black death row inmate from Mississippi. One is Doug Evans, a now-retired prosecutor with a history of dismissing ...