Connecticut

Former Zappos chief executive Tony Hsieh locked himself inside a backyard shed – surrounded by bottles of liquor, a marijuana pipe, nitrous oxide cartridges and a whipped cream dispenser – in the minutes before he was found unconscious from smoke inhalation, according to a fire department report released Tuesday.

A Connecticut man has been arrested in connection with the assault of a Washington, D.C., police officer during the siege on the United States Capitol two weeks ago.

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., implored his Republican colleagues to consider their own legacy in deciding whether to cast a vote to impeach President Donald Trump, saying, “Where he goes in history, you go in history.”

Two 12-year-old brothers from Connecticut have created a solution to a common Christmas problem – falling ornaments. Ayaan and Mika’il Naqvi joined LX News to talk about their invention of the “ornament anchor” and how their small business is helping homeless pets.

Nearly 10,000 customers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut were without power as of Thursday morning after a winter storm moved through the region overnight.

Lost loved ones, isolation, unemployment: We asked you to share what’s been on your mind since the coronavirus pandemic swept the U.S. this spring and you answered. Courtesy of our friends at NBC CT, this is a timeline of Covid-19 in America, through your eyes and in your own words.

A Connecticut physical therapist charged with killing his wife and three children at their Florida home told his sister in a phone call from jail that he couldn’t have stopped his family from being slain — because he wasn’t around.

Dr. Ashish Jha warns that the U.S. could “see another 100,000 deaths by Inauguration Day.” Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont explains what he’s doing to control Covid.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has perpetuated racial segregation in Connecticut’s capital by failing to help poor Black and Hispanic families living in dilapidated, federally subsidized housing move to better neighborhoods in the city and suburbs, residents allege in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The complaint was filed in federal court by 10 former residents of three...

Charges have been dropped against a conservative commentator who grabbed a woman after she took a copy of his speech at the University of Connecticut titled “It’s OK To Be White.” The woman who took the papers has now been charged instead.

A conservative commentator giving a speech at the University of Connecticut was arrested Tuesday after a fight broke out at a speech titled, “It’s OK To Be White.”

The 20-year-old junior who was majoring in social work, and whose father was a Port Authority police officer killed on 9/11, died after choking during the charity event in 2017

New Jersey unveiled a slate of new indoor COVID restrictions Monday, while New York established three new micro-cluster zones upstate as the governors of both states seek to beat back the biggest viral increases they’ve seen in months. Starting Thursday, bar seating will be banned completely in New Jersey, while bars and restaurants must halt indoor service from 10...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday he’d increase National Guard presence at New York airports to enforce new COVID entry test requirements ahead of the holiday season, as he tries to fight back the state’s biggest viral increases in months. Acknowledging the aggressiveness of the measure, Cuomo said, “You should not land if you do not have proof of a...

More than 21 million voters across the U.S. have already cast ballots in person amid record-breaking early turnout

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 40 U.S. hotspots are on the New York quarantine list, apparently unmoved by Connecticut’s pitch to loosen criteria as it, along with New Jersey and Pennsylvania, now meet the threshold for inclusion. New York will not move to add either of those three states to its quarantine order; Cuomo has repeatedly said that...

The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 returned to the coastal town after undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation in Connecticut over the last three years.

The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut said Wednesday they will implement a mandatory quarantine on visitors to their states from viral hotspots, part of a coordinated effort to sustain low local infection rates as coronavirus cases surge to two-month highs across nearly half of the country. The order, which went into effect at 11:59 p.m. ET Wednesday,…

New Jersey, New York and Connecticut are enforcing a travel advisory and quarantine for anyone entering from nine states that have seen a spike in COVID-19 cases. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia explains.

The governors of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut announced a travel advisory effective at midnight that will force a mandatory quarantine to stop the further spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States. NBC10’s Cydney Long has the details.