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NTSB investigators on the scene of a Metro-North train derailment and crash in Connecticut. (credit: NTSB/Flickr)

NTSB: Maintenance Work Done Last Month On Track Near Conn. Train Derailment

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Two Metro-North trains collided in Bridgeport, Conn., on May 17, 2013. (credit: CBS 2)

Wrecked Metro-North Trains Removed From Connecticut Tracks

Drawing Held, But No Winning Tickets Sold; Powerball Jackpot Soars To $475 Mil

One Tank Trips: Visit The Aquarium In Mystic, Conn.

Limited-Edition Nail Polish Shows Support For Newtown School Shooting Victims

Two mothers whose children survived the attack came up with the idea after each had their nails painted green at a local salon as a way to cope with their grief.

2013/05/14

Newtown School Shooter Adam Lanza (credit: CBS 2)

Report: Adam Lanza Had No Drugs, Alcohol In His System During Newtown Massacre

The toxicology tests were conducted as part of Adam Lanza’s autopsy by Connecticut’s chief medical examiner.

2013/05/13

Severe Storms, Flash Flood Warnings For NYC, Surrounding Areas

A flash flood warning continued Saturday afternoon for all of New York City and several surrounding counties, as severe thunderstorms whipped through the area.

2013/05/11

Bridgeport, Conn., Police Still Searching For Girl Who Vanished In 2001

Those involved in a search for a little girl who vanished over 10 years ago continued this weekend to hold out hope that she will one day be found and returned home.

2013/05/11

Sign outside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. - Dec. 14, 2012 (credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Newtown Panel Votes Unanimously To Tear Down Sandy Hook Elementary School

The panel had narrowed a list of choices to renovating or rebuilding on the school site or building a new school on property down the street. Each would cost between about $48 million and $60 million.

2013/05/11

Whole Foods In Montclair, N.J. (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Whole Foods Mixes Up Chicken, Vegan Salads

The mislabeled salads — a curried chicken salad and a vegan curried “chick’n” salad — were sold in 15 stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, Whole Foods said.

2013/05/10

Absentee Ballot Application (file/credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Conn. Weighing Broader Early Voting Rules

There is a push under way to have Connecticut become the next state to eliminate restrictions on early voting and to make it easier for voters to access and use absentee ballots.

2013/05/09

A pair of angel wings and balloons stand after being offered at a makeshift shrine to the victims of a elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, December 16, 2012. (Photo credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Monetary Distributions To Newtown Victims, Families On Hold

The Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation, which is overseeing more than $11 million, postponed public hearings with the victims’ families planned for Tuesday and Wednesday.

2013/05/07

Mary Sherlach, Lauren Rousseau, Vicki Soto, Mary Anne Murphy, Rachel D'Avino, Dawn Hochsprung (clockwise) all posthumously honored with Citizens Honors Medal from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. (credit: Facebook)

6 Educators Killed In Newtown Massacre Awarded Medals Of Honor

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society said it chose the slain educators to receive its Citizen Honors Medal, the highest award it gives to a civilian, after receiving dozens of nominations for their actions during the shooting.

2013/05/06

Former Waterbury, Conn. Mayor Philip Giordano is working to get his sexual assault conviction overturned. (Handout photo from the Connecticut Convict Database)

Ex-Waterbury Mayor Seeking To Get Child Sex Abuse Conviction Overturned

Philip Giordano was convicted in 2003 for sexually abusing two young girls while he served as mayor.

2013/05/06

Conn. Lawmakers Want Your Insurance Co. To Know When You Drive Distracted

Frustrated by drivers who ignore Connecticut’s ban on talking and texting on hand-held cellphones, some state legislators want insurance companies to know when their customers break the law.

2013/05/06

Meeting Ends With No Decision On Future Of Sandy Hook School

The Newtown, Conn., school that became a slaughterhouse in December has been closed ever since the shooting that killed 20 6- and 7-year-olds and six adults.

2013/05/04

Task Force To Discuss Plans For Sandy Hook Elementary School

Newtown officials are meeting to debate what to do with the Sandy Hook Elementary School building where 20 first-graders and six educators were gunned down in a December massacre.

2013/05/03

Alyssiah Wiley (credit: Conn. State Police)

Family Of Missing Conn. Student: ‘Help Us Bring Our Loved One Home’

Alyssiah Wiley’s parents, state police and a state prosecutor spoke at a news conference at the Willimantic school Thursday.

2013/05/02

President Barack Obama tells jokes poking fun at himself and others during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. The dinner is an annual event attended by journalists, politicians and celebrities. (Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images)

Gov. Malloy Writes Personal Check To Cover Trip To WH Correspondents’ Association Dinner

Malloy spokesman Andrew Doba said Thursday the Democratic governor wrote a personal check to reimburse the magazine “to remove a needless distraction when there are far more important public policy issues to deal with.”

2013/05/02