Connecticut school superintendent accused of cutting vaccine line

A Connecticut school superintendent accused of cutting the line at a coronavirus vaccination clinic along with others who should not have been eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine has been placed on administrative leave.

Connecticut partners with nonprofit on vaccine outreach to minorities

Connecticut is partnering with a Hartford-based nonprofit organization that advocates for health equity to reach out to more than 10,000 minority residents over the next three months and dispel myths about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Body armor donated to Connecticut police dog

A Connecticut State Police Department K9 has new body armor thanks to a donation.

2 men found dead in New Haven restaurant storage room

The bodies of two men who may have overdosed on drugs were found inside a storage room behind a New Haven restaurant, police said.

Person of interest in shooting death of Yale graduate student spotted in Georgia

Qinxuan Pan, a 29-year-old Massachusetts resident, who has been named as a person of interest in connection with the Feb. 6 shooting death of a graduate student at Yale University was spotted in metro Atlanta on Thursday and U.S. Marshals said he should be considered "armed and dangerous."

Rail plan would put 16-mile tunnel under Long Island Sound

President Joe Biden’s promise to improve the nation’s infrastructure has renewed interest in the decades-old idea of a high-speed railroad connecting New York and Boston, possibly through a 16-mile tunnel under Long Island Sound.

Tech glitches, limited supply affect pharmacy vaccine program

The federal government is supplying certain pharmacies around the country with COVID-19 vaccine doses. But that supply is limited — and appointments at many of these pharmacies were hard to come by.

Police: 11-year-old boy performs CPR after man chokes mother

An 11-year-old Bridgeport boy called 911 and then began performing CPR on his mother after she was choked into unconsciousness by a man who was already on probation for threatening and assault, police said.

Yale student gunned down on New Haven street

Police investigators are looking into whether a Yale graduate student shot to death over the weekend in Connecticut was a targeted victim in a road rage incident that possibly occurred after a car accident, New Haven police said Monday.

Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies at 91

Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.

New Yorkers ejected from vaccine site in Connecticut

About 10 people who had made appointments at a Connecticut CVS to get the coronavirus vaccine were ultimately not allowed to be vaccinated because they did not live or work in the state.

Make pizza Connecticut's state food? NY, NJ say 'no way'

Connecticut lawmakers have introduced a bill to make pizza the Constitution State's official food, but New York and New Jersey aren't having it.

Justice Department drops discrimination lawsuit against Yale University

The Justice Department has dropped its discrimination lawsuit against Yale University that alleged the Ivy League school was illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants.