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Someone broke into the home of two Yale students in New Haven on Tuesday night and sprayed them with pepper spray after a struggle. Yale police said the attempted burglary happened on Lake Place just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The stranger got into the residence and the two Yale students told him to leave after a brief struggle. After using…

A student was assaulted at Yale University early Wednesday morning, according to Yale police. They said the student was walking in the area of Benjamin Franklin College on Prospect Street in New Haven around 12:10 a.m. when a man grabbed the student’s neck. The student was not hurt. The assailant appeared to be in his 30s or 40s and...

An investigation is underway after a Yale graduate student was robbed and restrained, according to Yale police. They said two masked males restrained the student at 1000 Chapel St. around 11:16 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 and took his wallet. The robbers showed no weapons and they ran down Chapel Street toward High Street. The student was not hurt and…

Someone tossed three canisters in the area around city hall in New Haven on Friday morning, which led to evacuations and shutting down city streets, officials said, and one person has been taken into custody. Officials said a city employee reported suspicious activity around 7:15 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. in the area of 200 Orange St., outside City Hall. According…

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana is now open in Stamford. A new restaurant opened on Monday at 64 High Ridge Road in Stamford. The grand opening events started at 10:30 a.m. and pizzas will be served starting at 11 a.m. Pepe’s has been a Connecticut institution since 1925 and the Stamford pizzeria is the eighth in Connecticut. It all started after…

More than 100 Connecticut pizza makers joined community leaders and elected officials in Washington, D.C. this week to make a special proclamation. “We are here to declare that New Haven is the Pizza Capital of the United States,” said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-3rd District), a New Haven native. Rep. DeLauro entered the statement into the congressional record on...

Out of the many things that are argued on Capitol Hill, there is one thing that is not up for debate. New Haven is the Pizza Capital of the United States, according to Representative Rosa DeLauro. Whether it’s at Sally’s, Modern or Frank Pepe, we all know where to get the best pizza and now Rep. DeLauro is making...

A charter bus driver was reportedly avoiding a large animal before crashing off of Interstate 91 South in New Haven on Tuesday morning. Firefighters said the charter bus was traveling from Boston to New York City when it went off of the highway and into the marsh. UrbanXpress Charter, whose bus was involved in the incident, said the driver was…

Tweed New Haven Airport was evacuated after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers found a grenade in a woman’s luggage on Wednesday morning.

A man is injured after being shot in a park in New Haven on Friday night. Officers responded to Trowbridge Square Park around 10:30 p.m. for a report of someone shot. There was also a ShotSpotter activation in the area. According to police, a 35-year-old New Haven resident had been shot. He was taken to the hospital to be treated…

A Hamden family ended 2023 and started 2024 by welcoming twins at Yale New Haven Hospital and the newborns have different birthdays — one in 2023 and the other in 2024. Mykel and Aliyah Kiyomi Morris of Hamden, welcomed a baby boy, Seven Morris, at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2023. Then baby sister, Souli Morris, was born at 12:02 a.m….

A New Jersey man has died after he was hit by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in New Haven on Tuesday morning. State police identified the man as 55-year-old Alexis Vincente, of Union City, New Jersey, They said the truck he was driving was stopped in the triangular area of I-95 South, near the exit 46 off-ramp, and he was…

A common Connecticut pest is finding its way back into homes across the state. The brown marmorated stink bug is back. “As soon as the phones turned on, they started ringing, got some emails from current customers,” said Mike Diurno with Aplha Wildlife and Pest Management. He said first thing Tuesday, they received six phone calls asking about pests that…

A woman that was critically injured during a domestic dispute in New Haven this weekend has died, according to a city official. A man died as a result of the incident that happened early Sunday morning. Officers were called to a domestic dispute at a home in the 200 block of Shelton Avenue around 11:25 p.m. Saturday. Investigators spoke to…

Police are asking for information from the public after they said a man was shot while leaving an “after-hours spot” in New Haven early Saturday morning. Officers responded to River Street near Ferry Street around 3:30 a.m. after getting a report of a person shot. No ShotSpotter alert was generated for the incident. When police arrived, they said they found…

A 4-month-old that had been reported missing out of New Haven has been found. Connecticut State Police canceled a Silver Alert for the missing boy a day after he was reported missing. Anyone with information is asked to contact New Haven police at 203-946-6316.

Police are investigating after a 13-year-old was shot in New Haven early Sunday morning. It happened shortly before 3 when two cars were chasing after each other and someone from one of the cars fired shots at the other in the area of Davenport Avenue, hitting a 13-year-old passenger. New Haven Police say the teen was dropped at the Yale…

A man is in critical condition and two suspects are on the loose after a shooting broke out on the platform at Union Station in New Haven Wednesday night, city officials said. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said they were notified of shots fired at about 8:35 p.m. A possible dispute broke out on a train and it allegedly spilled…

A West Haven man has died after hitting a vehicle head-on while driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 South in New Haven early Wednesday morning, according to state police. Troopers were called to I-95 south on the Q Bridge around 2:15 a.m. after getting a report of a crash. State police said 41-year-old Jimmie Lee Wilson, of West Haven,…

A 16-year-old was shot and killed on Shelton Avenue in New Haven Monday night. Police have identified him as 16-year-old Marc Mulongo, of New Haven. He was a student at Hillhouse High School. The police department said the teen was shot around 6:30 p.m. and was rushed to the hospital where he later died. His identity has not been released….