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A Connecticut synagogue filed a federal lawsuit this week, alleging the Town of Greenwich violated its civil rights and made a discriminatory decision by denying its plan to build a house of worship.
Some growers have reported struggles in establishing their businesses.
Mary Margaret Farren told her story for the first time publicly as she testified at the attempted-murder trial of Michael Farren.
That playground was dedicated Sunday to honor Maddie, one of 26 people gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.
Six people were shot, two fatally, in three overnight shootings in Bridgeport, police said.
Before she was killed in the Newtown school massacre, 6-year-old Catherine Violet Hubbard raised money from returnable bottles and cans to buy bones for dogs at the pound.
Drivers in the Tri-State area are paying the highest Fourth of July gas prices since 2008.
It was a rough ride Thursday night from some Metro-North New Haven Line passengers, when a northbound train slammed into a tree that had fallen onto the tracks.
Severe weather brought lightning and drenching rains to the Tri-State area early Wednesday evening, while Tropical Storm Arthur threatened parts of the East Coast.
Mayor David Martin said the move was made because there the weather forecast is calling for a 70 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms Thursday night.
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday he is introducing federal legislation that would require the nation's passenger and freight rail systems, including Metro-North, to adopt what he calls "life-saving technology.''
Graco Children's Products is recalling 1.9 million infant car seats, agreeing to government demands in what is now the largest seat recall in American history.
The 5-4 ruling in the so-called "Hobby Lobby" case upheld the right of the Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby craft stores -- 600 nationwide -- to opt out of a provision of Obamacare that mandates free birth control.
The bill aims to give incentives to states that seek out alternatives to incarceration, such as counseling and other mental health services.
Relatives, friends, and co-workers rallied in support of a pet shelter worker who has been accused of secretly putting dangerous dogs up for adoption.
