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A New Haven police officer who is facing charges in connection to a crash in Las Vegas that killed another officer last week has posted bail as the community mourns the loss of a member of the law enforcement community. New Haven police officer Robert Ferraro, 34, posted bail and is expected to be released soon, jail records state. Ferraro…

Police in New Haven are mourning the loss of one of their officers after he was killed in a car crash in Las Vegas Friday, Sept. 17, and a second officer who was driving the car appeared in court on Saturday to face charges related to the crash. According to Las Vegas investigators, witnesses in the area saw a 2020…

Businesses in New Haven that do not follow the mask mandate can now face a fine, Mayor Justin Elicker announced on Wednesday.

Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration unveiled an $8 billion to $10 billion plan Monday that aims to reduce commuter rail times from Connecticut to New York City by as much as 25 minutes by 2035, while pledging in the meantime to make the trip from New Haven to the Big Apple 10 minutes faster as early as 2022. The announcement…

Court documents reveal new details of the case against Qinxuan Pan, a Massachusetts man suspected of killing a Yale graduate student.

A Massachusetts man suspected of killing a Yale graduate student in February has been arrested in Alabama, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. They said the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the U.S. Marshals Middle District of Alabama and the Montgomery Police Department arrested Qinxuan Pan. He was taken into custody without incident in Montgomery Friday...

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Connecticut Friday as part of the Biden administration’s “Help is Here Tour” to promote the recently-passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. She arrived at Tweed New Haven Airport around 2:30 p.m., where she was greeted by Gov. Ned Lamont, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as well as U.S. Reps. Jahana Hayes and Rosa...

A 28-year-old woman was shot and killed in New Haven Monday morning and her boyfriend has been charged with murder, risk of injury of a child and criminal possession of a firearm, according to police. Police said the shooting happened around 9:15 a.m. in the area of Clifton Street and Lenox Street and they found Alessia Mesquita, of New Haven,…

Police have secured an arrest warrant for murder for a man who was previously wanted for questioning in connection to the death of a Yale graduate student earlier this month and he remains at large. New Haven police said they have obtained an arrest warrant charging Qinxuan Pan with murder in the fatal shooting of Kevin Jiang. Earlier this month,…

The Massachusetts man wanted for questioning in connection to the death of a Yale graduate student was seen in Georgia on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

A 6-month-old boy is back home with his parents after a terrifying ordeal that involved him being found in a stolen car, police said. Yale Police Officers Maurice Staggers and Otilio Green heard the call regarding a stolen vehicle come in Monday night, they said. More importantly, the stolen Mercedes near New Haven, Connecticut, had the young child still in…

Police in New Haven, Connecticut, saved a baby boy from a stolen car. Marc Santia reports.

New Haven police are conducting an internal affairs investigation surrounding an arrest of a man on Friday. Officers responded to 152 Church Street to investigate the 52-year-old man’s harassment complaint. New Haven police released video from the body cameras worn by the officers during the incident. Police Chief Otoniel Reyes released the video in response to video posted on social…

An investigation is underway after a man and a woman were found dead inside of a home in New Haven on Sunday. Emergency crews were called to a home on Winthrop Avenue shortly before 11:30 a.m. after a 911 caller reported finding two severely injured people inside of the home, according to police. When crews arrived, the man and the…

Floyd Little, the Hall of Fame running back who starred at Syracuse and for the Denver Broncos, has died. He was 78. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said he died Friday night. No cause was given. Little was a three-time All-American at Syracuse, where he wore No. 44 like Jim Brown and Ernie Davis before him. From 1964-66, he…

Connecticut police arrested two men and seized an estimated $15 million in marijuana after discovering a storage facility was being used illegally as a hub for pot distribution in the Northeast

A 24-year-old Hamden woman who is accused of leaving an 8-month old baby who she was believed to be babysitting in a dumpster in New Haven and assaulting the baby’s mother was in court today, where she broke down in tears and bond was set at $500,000. Officers arrested 24-year-old Andiana Velez, who they said it is believed to be…

Amtrak canceled all service between New York City and New Haven, Connecticut, Tuesday evening after an earlier freight train derailment, the railroad service announced

A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday.

Disputes over what to do with statues of Christopher Columbus in Connecticut have resulted in both civil and criminal complaints. Sculptures of the explorer were erected in the 19th and 20th centuries across the state, which has a large Italian-American population, but many were taken down this summer following widespread racial injustice protests that began following the killing of George…