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The State Senate passed the education reform package in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday. Now, it's in the hands of the House, which has until tomorrow at midnight to pass it.
From 2002 to 2007, there were about eight teen drivers were killed each year in crashes. In 2011, there was just one.
Consumer Reports surveyed 20,000 drivers under 21-years old and 29 percent admitted to driving and texting, but they said they're less likely to do it if someone else is in the car.
Fourteen people have gotten sick after coming in contact with dogs that ate the food. The company is now recalling several varieties of dry dog food that may be contaminated with salmonella.
Metro-North Railroad lines are running again after signal problems caused suspensions to and from Grand Central Terminal on the Hudson Line, New Haven Line and Harlem Line.
Retired Deputy Fire Chief Jim Riches, who lost his son on 9/11, is spending the day watching the proceedings via closed circuit at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn along with about three-dozen other families.
The measure passed the state's Senate, 21-to-13, after nearly 10 hours of debate. It now goes to Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who said in a statement that he plans to sign the bill into law.
A Fairfield County man was charged Friday with the beating death of his own father in the family's home. His mother discovered the grisly scene and alerted police in a chilling 9-1-1 call.
Okay, all you astronomers, Saturday night is for you, as the moon will be super - literally. Plus, you might see some shooting stars.
The million-dollar bust began with an investigation by FBI agents in Newark, but the big prescription drug bust stretches up and down the East Coast.
A Connecticut lawmaker said that discarded mattresses are a big problem in his state and he is moving to require that they be recycled, WCBS 880 Bureau Chief Fran Schneidau reported.
The bill comes after recent incidents in Middletown, where special education students at Farm Hill Elementary School were reportedly isolated in "scream rooms'' during outbursts.
Connecticut is one step closer to becoming the 49th state to allow retail alcohol sales on Sundays and some holidays, following the state Senate's passage of a bill that would overhaul some of the state's liquor laws.
The little girl was shot in the buttocks just before 5:30 p.m. Monday. Police said she was caught in the crossfire as rival gangs shot their way out of a corner grocery store.
Connecticut's suicide rate continues to rise and it hit a 20-year high in 2011, WCBS 880 Bureau Chief Fran Schneidau reported. There were 371 suicides in the state last year.
