Connecticut

Meet the 74-year-old environmentalist vegan taking New Yorkers on a culinary journey foraging through public parks in search of nature’s free bounty. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino reports.

Both Democrats and Republicans in Connecticut are backing a proposal to move up the date of Connecticut’s presidential primary in hopes of giving the small state a bigger say in choosing presidential candidates. The bill, which unanimously cleared a key committee on Friday, would move the date of the primary from the last Tuesday in April of each p...

As he was being sentenced to a decade in prison for two bank robberies, Bomani Africa was asked about the motive behind a murder he pleaded guilty to in 2022 of a New Jersey state senator’s son — but he did not provide any more insight

Employers across the U.S. are now facing a post-pandemic challenge: bringing employees back into the workforce. But it doesn’t appear those problems are nearly as severe in the tri-state

A federal appeals court has reinstated a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, two months after a three-judge panel upheld the rules. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City said the full court will rehear the appeal of four cisgender runners who said they we...

Only 9 dispensaries are allowed to start selling on January 10th, and there are limits on what people can buy, Lynda Baquero reports.

The former chairperson of a local Democratic Party in Connecticut must serve two years’ probation and pay a $35,000 fine for fraudulently submitting absentee applications and ballots for dozens of people without their knowledge during a local election. John Mallozzi, 72, the former chair of the Stamford Democrats, was found guilty in September of 1...

Connecticut voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure that gives Connecticut’s General Assembly the go-ahead to consider legislation that would create an in-person early voting system. Connecticut was one of only four states in the U.S. without any form of early voting, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Currently, the co...

Wildlife officials in Connecticut are warning residents to be especially vigilant about feeding bears this fall, whether intentionally or unintentionally. According to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, a widespread acorn crop failure has reduced the amount of a food bears normally depend on as they try to put on as much w...

Infowars host Alex Jones faces the possibility of having more steep penalties heaped onto the vast amount he already owes for spreading conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, as the punitive damages phase began Friday in a lawsuit filed by the victims’ families. A Connecticut jury last month ordered Jones and his compa...

Living with COVID for the Long Haul is a digital-first, episodic series on the mystery behind the lingering post-COVID conditions. Fatigue, shortness of breathe, muscle aches and heart palpitations are just a few symptoms affecting patients long after recovering from the inital COVID-19 infection. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino talks to medical...

Climate change is defined as the long-term shifts in weather patterns and temperature. Look at how a rise in sea levels could change popular sites in New York and New Jersey.

Chasing Our Climate is a digital-first four-part series diving into climate change on a hyperlocal tri-state level. New York and New Jersey residents are taking action to reverse the negative human impacts placed on the environment. NBC 4’s Linda Gaudino reports.