Mom fights off raccoon attacking young daughter waiting for school bus
The whole thing was captured on her home surveillance video — including when she grabbed the raccoon by the scruff and flung it across the yard.
Can of Red Bull left in casino leads to suspected serial bank robber's arrest
A man suspected of robbing more than a dozen banks in four states has been arrested thanks to a can of Red Bull he drank at a Massachusetts casino.
Watch: Heroic mom saves young daughter from rabid raccoon attack
Video shows the little girl repeatedly trying to kick the raccoon off her leg before her mom steps in.
Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families
That's on top of a $1 billion jury verdict issued last month.
Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families.
Bear mauls 10-year-old boy in grandparents’ backyard in Connecticut
“I heard him yell ‘bear’ and when I looked up, I saw his leg in the bear’s mouth and the bear trying to drag him across the lawn,” the boy’s grandfather told a local news outlet.
Bristol Police Shooting: 3 police officers shot, 2 dead
3 police officers were shot in Bristol, Connecticut late on Wednesday in what authorities suspect was an ambush. Two of the officers died, according to officials.
Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook hoax claims
A Connecticut jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965 million to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ relatives and an FBI agent.
Alex Jones testimony to continue next week
In his first day of testimony Thursday, Alex Jones got into a heated exchange with the plaintiffs’ attorney, accusing him of “ambulance chasing” and saying he was done apologizing for claiming the shooting was staged.
Alex Jones takes the stand in trial over his Sandy Hook hoax lies
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is trying to limit damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
Alex Jones' 2nd Sandy Hook defamation trial set to begin in Connecticut
After losing one nearly $50 million verdict in Texas, Alex Jones is going on trial again in Connecticut for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax.
Alex Jones’ lawyer faces disciplinary hearing in Connecticut
Alex Jones' attorney Norman Pattis allegedly gave other attorneys for Jones highly sensitive documents, including confidential medical records of some of the Sandy Hook victims’ relatives, in violation of a document disclosure order.
Watch: Thieves steal car from Connecticut gas station in 7 seconds
Police in Watertown, Connecticut, said there has been a “drastic increase” in stolen cars recently and warned drivers to never leave keys in the vehicle.
Infowars bankruptcy tossed in deal with Sandy Hook parents
Relatives of eight of the 20 first graders and six educators killed in the massacre and an FBI agent who responded to the school in Newtown, Connecticut, are suing Jones and Free Speech Systems.
Boy Scouts to sell off camps amid strain from sexual abuse suits
A $2.6 billion proposed bankruptcy settlement designed to pay thousands of victims of child sexual abuse has added pressure to the organization beset by years of declining enrollment.
Powassan virus death in Connecticut
A Connecticut woman has died of Powassan virus, a tick borne illness.
Nearly 6 years later, man indicted for mother’s death at sea
A 28-year-old man is accused of killing his mother almost six years ago. Authorities found him alone in a life raft eight days after he and his mom left for a fishing trip.
Connecticut lacrosse player James McGrath stabbing: 16-year-old arrested, charged with murder
A Connecticut 16-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the deadly stabbing of 17-year-old high school lacrosse player James McGrath during a fight outside a house party.
Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones on track to resume
Lawyers in the bankruptcy case said Friday the families will be removed as creditors, and Infowars and Prison Planet TV will be removed as defendants in the Texas and Connecticut defamation cases.
Connecticut boy burned in bully attack, family says
A 6-year-old Connecticut boy is hospitalized with serious burn wounds after he was allegedly targeted by a bully.