Connecticut

Conn. Gov. Ned Lamont is trolling his neighbors to the south with a social media post proposing renaming the Long Island Sound to the “Connecticut Sound.” Lamont posted on X, “While the maps are changing, here’s an idea…” and tagged New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Lamont’s comments are seemingly in reference to a number of mapping companies changing the...

There is an online petition calling for Long Island Sound to be renamed. “America has long ignored the greatness of CONNECTICUT! Such as being the pizza capital of the WORLD!!!,” the change.org petition begins. The author of the petition wants the body of water to be renamed the “Gulf of Connecticut.” The author even took a shot at the place...

Sunday is National Pizza Day and Connecticut is starting the celebration a little early with plans to have lots of pizza-focused celebrations. The plan includes the launch of The Pizza Capital Trail as well as a pizza party so large that it could make it into the Guinness World Records, according to the governor’s office.   There is also an...

One Connecticut lawmaker is waging war on ads and movie trailers in a bill that would require movie theaters to tell customers exactly what time the show starts. NBC New York’s Brittany Miller reports. 

Over a million people in Connecticut had their personal information compromised in a healthcare data breach. The Community Health Center said exactly 1,008,519 people in Connecticut were impacted by a nationwide data breach, which affects a total of 1,060,936 people. Attorney General William Tong said about 575,000 patients had all of their personal health information compromised, an additional 571,000 people...

Part of the Beardsley Zoo is closed after a goose tested positive for bird flu. The zoo in Bridgeport is taking extra precautions to protect visitors and animals. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport said it has detected a possible case of bird flu in a goose at the facility. Preliminary results of tests run on a deceased Cotton Patch goose Tuesday came back positive for avian flu, according to the zoo. The zoo said it had to euthanize the remaining birds in the same pond community that may have…

‘Sleetwood Mac’ is telling the snowflakes to go their own way, and ‘Melton John’ is all set to push snow beyond the yellow brick road. Those are two of the 12 names chosen by Connecticut’s Department of Transportation as the winners of the naming contest announced earlier this season. Here’s the full list of the chosen names, which were shared...

Three newborn puppies were found dead and frozen in bags in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Wednesday and an investigation is underway.

According to police, the 12-year-old, along with an 11-year-old, were playing with snow and throwing snowballs at cars.

The third winter storm in roughly a week is set to hit the tri-state area Friday — all before ushering in the coldest air the region has seen in nearly a year. As extreme winter weather and low temperatures threaten much of the country in the upcoming days, it is important to make sure family, friends and neighbors are safe….

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The Internal Revenue Service announced that the tax season will kick off Jan. 27, 2025 — not only that, but this tax season will also feature more tools to help taxpayers. The IRS expects more than 140 million individual tax returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the April 15 federal deadline. This season, taxpayers in 13…

Firefighters rescued a deer that had gotten stuck in the ice of the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut.

Lynda Baquero with the details. 

Three men from Connecticut have been arrested for allegedly stealing from several storage units in Delaware. Delaware State Police said men from Waterbury, West Haven and Stratford were taken into custody in connection to several burglaries that happened in New Castle, Delaware, this November. Troopers started investigating multiple similar burglaries that occurred at two Public Storage locations on Nov. 12....

State police said they are aware of “suspicious drone activity” in Connecticut and they are investigating. They said they are aware of suspicious drone activity in various areas of the state and the Emergency Services Unit has sent a drone detection system to assist with these investigations, which are set up in the Groton/New London area. State police said they...

The single-engine plane went down right around 7 p.m. Thursday I-684, on the border between New York’s Westchester County and Greenwich, Connecticut. One person died and another suffered critical injuries, according to police sources and officials. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield said it no longer plans to enact a proposed policy change that could have put time limits on coverage of anesthesia for some extended surgical or other procedures. The insurer had proposed limiting payment for anesthesia care of surgeries or procedures that were extended beyond a designated time limit, according to the American Society…

Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell will lie in state at the state Capitol on Tuesday morning and her funeral will be held in Hartford in the afternoon, according to the governor’s office. M. Jodi Rell died on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at a Florida hospital after a brief illness, her family said. She was 78 years old.  Gov. Ned Lamont shared...