Tick populations on the rise
Experts say we could be overrun by ticks this summer.
New Jersey tops list of 'best pizza states'
New Jersey, not New York, is the big cheese at the top of an influential food publication's list of the 10 best states for pizza.
India's COVID-19 crisis: How to help
COVID-19 is overwhelming India's health care system. Hospitals and clinics desperately need oxygen concentrators. Several nonprofits are on the ground to help. Here is how you can help them do their jobs.
Connecticut ends religious exemption to vaccination
Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a bill into law that ends Connecticut's long-standing religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools and day care facilities.
Steven Van Zandt helps Connecticut students re-engage
Connecticut's public schools will use a curriculum called TeachRock, the brainchild of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Steven Van Zandt and his nonprofit organization, the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation.
Racist slurs, images interrupt racial equity Zoom meeting
Cops in Connecticut are investigating a racist so-called Zoom bombing incident as a possible hate crime because someone interrupted a meeting of a racial equity task force with racist epithets and images of enslaved people.
Cops make second arrest in deadly shooting of CT toddler
A second person has been arrested in the deadly shooting of a 3-year-old Connecticut boy who was not the intended target, said police.
Powerful storms hit New York area
A powerful storm system is moving through the New York area on Wednesday, prompting several weather alerts.
Connecticut using federal COVID aid to provide free summer camp
Connecticut will be offering free summer camp for about 24,000 children with the help of $11 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Connecticut to lift most pandemic mandates on businesses, outdoors
Beginning May 1 in Connecticut, outdoor restrictions will be lifted on businesses, such as mask-wearing when social distancing can't be observed.
Yale University will require COVID-19 vaccinations
Yale University in Connecticut will require students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus in the fall, the university's president and provost announced.
Anyone 16 and older can now get vaccinated in NY, NJ and CT
New Jersey has expanded its eligibility to match New York and Connecticut.
Northern New York gets slammed by storm with heavy, wet snow
A storm brought rain, snow and the threat of power outages to northern New York on Friday just as it appeared spring weather was arriving.
Pfizer CEO says third dose of vaccine 'likely' needed within 1 year
The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said during a televised interview Thursday that people will "likely" need a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Johnson & Johnson vaccine supply set to temporarily drop
The supply of the Janssen vaccine will fall next week but New York officials don't expect any vaccination appointments to be canceled.
Gary Bimonte, owner of New Haven's Frank Pepe Pizzeria, has died
Bimonte, known for his gregarious personality as much as his steaming hot pizza pies in New Haven, has died. He was 61, according to reports.
Interpol searching for suspect in Yale graduate student's death
The U.S. Marshals have secured an international warrant for the man suspected of fatally shooting a Yale graduate student, who was also an Army veteran.
2 arrested in death of 75-year-old man in Connecticut
A man and woman have been arrested in the killing of a 75-year-old man who was found tied up inside his Connecticut home, police said.
Governors call on Biden to lift $10K cap on tax deductions
In a letter sent to President Biden, the governors of seven states argued that Democratic-run states and their taxpayers were disproportionately targeted under President Trump's massive 2017 tax law.
COVID vaccinations now open to anyone 16 and up in Connecticut
Anyone 16 and older can now sign up for a coronavirus vaccination in Connecticut, leading to a major rush for appointments.