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01/25/2025

An up-close look at a deportation flight gives a picture of the process for people currently being deported.

01/25/2025

The Trump administration is stepping up its timeline for terminating federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles, NBC News has learned.

01/25/2025

A road in Torrington remains closed on Saturday after a crash brought down wires.

01/25/2025

Higher airfare is in store this year as strong demand, even during the dead of winter, and limited capacity growth prompt airlines to flex their pricing power.

01/25/2025

Hamas militants released four captive female Israeli soldiers on Saturday after parading them in front of a crowd.

01/25/2025

Store closures in the U.S. spiked in 2024 and are expected to rise to about 15,000 this year.

Store closures in the U.S. spiked in 2024 and are expected to rise to about 15,000 this year, according to Coresight Research, a retail advisory group.

01/25/2025

Several major companies like Target, Walmart and McDonald's have begun to roll back DEI programs in the wake of a Republican-driven effort to disband the push for workplace and school equality.

Several major companies like Target, Walmart and McDonald’s have begun to roll back DEI programs in the wake of a Republican-driven effort to disband the push for workplace and school equality.

01/25/2025

Monroe’s only unsolved murder - the death of 8-year-old Renee Freer – is getting fresh eyes after an author from town shares an overview of what’s known, and what questions remain.

It’s Monroe’s only unsolved murder – the death of 8-year-old Renee Freer – 47 years ago. Now, the case is getting fresh eyes after an author from town shares an overview of what’s known, and what questions remain. Some close to Renee, at the time of her death, are hopeful the recent attent...

01/25/2025

Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump's secretary of defense with close margin vote.

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women. Rarely has a Cabinet nominee faced such wide-rang...

01/25/2025

Lawmakers want to provide relief by bringing down the costs of healthcare and health insurance. State senators from both sides of the aisle are open to exploring options.

Senate Democrats have unveiled two bills aimed at bringing down the cost of both healthcare and health insurance in Connecticut. Lawmakers from both parties admitted past efforts haven’t provided the relief voters want, but promised the issue is a priority this session. “What we heard in the ele...

01/25/2025

The CDC released some new flu data to the public, despite the Trump administration’s halt of nearly all scientific communication coming from federal health agencies.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released some new flu data to the public on Friday, despite the Trump administration’s halt of nearly all scientific communication coming from federal health agencies.

01/25/2025

Federal student loan borrowers who've defaulted on their loans may see their wages garnished starting in October of this year.

Here’s what student loan borrowers struggling to pay their bills need to know about the restart of collections.

01/25/2025

Keudy Martinez, from Waterbury, was sworn in at Connecticut’s 11th kid governor. He joins a list of fifth grade boys and girls who look to serve their communities and the state.

On Friday, Keudy Martinez from Waterbury was sworn in at Connecticut’s 11th kid governor. Martinez joins a list of outstanding fifth grade boys and girls who look to serve their communities and the state. “For me to be a leader, it means everything,” Martinez said. “To be supportive and help...

01/24/2025

CVS is closing two of its pharmacies in Hartford in the next month-and-a-half.

CVS is closing two of its pharmacies in Hartford in the next month-and-a-half. The company will close the CVS pharmacy at 690 Wethersfield Avenue on February 21, according to a company spokesperson. The CVS pharmacy at 777 Main Street will close on March 11. The spokesperson said all prescriptions a...

01/24/2025

President Trump's first trip of his second term will be to Southern California, where the two largest January wildfires destroyed 16,100 structures and forced widespread evacuations.

President Trump is expected to visit Los Angeles Friday for a tour areas damaged by two of the deadliest and destructive wildfires on record in California.

01/24/2025

It was Jan. 24, 1925, when Connecticut saw its last total solar eclipse.

The moon shaded all of Connecticut – 100 years ago Friday. It was Jan. 24, 1925, when Connecticut saw its last total solar eclipse. The path of the eclipse crossed the Great Lakes, New York and all of Connecticut, happening around 9:30 a.m. Crowds gathered to watch this phenomenon, on Hosmer Mount...

01/24/2025

A backyard flock in New Haven County has contracted bird flu, marking the second case of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Connecticut.

A backyard flock in New Haven County has contracted bird flu, marking the second case of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Connecticut, according to the CT Department of Agriculture. Bird flu, also known as H5N1, was first reported in New London County after a backyard flock came into contact...

01/24/2025

Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old.

A Holocaust survivor who lived through four concentration camps as a young boy will return to Auschwitz to mark 80 years since the liberation of one of the Nazi's most notorious concentration camps.