The days are already getting a bit crisper and the first day of fall, September 22nd, is coming up fast. Millions of tourists flock to rustic New England in hopes of catching the best views of fall foliage. In 2023, 3.6 million people visited New Hampshire alone in the fall, according to the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic …
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Graduation season can be bittersweet for a lot of seniors, but many of the 2024 graduates of Newtown High School in Connecticut are carrying a heavier burden. The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shook the nation as one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history on Dec. 14, 2012, according to the Associated Press (AP). During the incident, …
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A Connecticut city on Sunday dedicated a new monument to immigrants to replace a statue of Christopher Columbus that was removed in 2020 amid nationwide criticism of the European explorer’s role in enslaving and killing Native Americans. The statue in New Haven’s heavily Italian neighborhood of Wooster Square depicts a young immigrant family as they arrive in America with just …
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A predominantly Black neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, hoping to fend off violent crime, has turned to an armed group of citizens to patrol their streets by land and by air. The so-called “Self-Defense Brigade” — made up of about 40 legally armed citizens — are voluntarily patrolling the streets of Hartford’s North End wearing body cameras mostly on nights and …
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking court permission to convert his personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation, which would lead to a sell-off of a large portion of his assets to help pay some of the $1.5 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems, both filed …
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A Democrat-led town council in Connecticut refused to fly the “thin blue line” flag to honor a state trooper who was killed in the line of duty, with one member calling it “antagonistic.” Members of the Wethersfield Town Council turned down the bid to fly the “thin blue line” in a 5 to 3 vote after a spirited debate on …
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A shadow crept behind a girl in a dimly lit movie theater before she felt a sudden “poke” in her back, she told police. Blood ran down her back. “I was in shock and didn’t realize what happened,” the young victim of an unprovoked Massachusetts AMC slashing spree told police, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital via a …
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Connecticut police were investigating the killing of a 450-pound, adult male black bear on Monday morning and claims by the shooter that it was done in self-defense. The bear was killed after “reportedly feeding at an unsecured dumpster” in Canton, a community of about 10,000 people and about 13 miles northwest of Hartford, said Paul Copleman, a spokesperson for the …
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Michelle Troconis was sentenced to 20 years with the sentence suspended after 14-and-a-half years on Friday in a Connecticut courtroom, having been found guilty of conspiring tomurder Jennifer Dulos, the estranged wife of Troconis’ then-boyfriend,Fotis Dulos. She will serve her final five years on probation. Family and friends of both Jennifer Dulos and Troconis delivered statements to the Connecticutcourt ahead …
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A student at an all-boys boarding school on the Connecticut coast is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly attacked another student with an ax on May 24 and then fled the scene. Oxford Academy Head of School Philip Cocchiola confirmed the attack in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying “one student was hospitalized but is now in stable …
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