Connecticut Coverage

Connecticut lawmakers pass bill to protect abortion seekers and providers from out-of-state lawsuits

Connecticut lawmakers on Friday passed a bill designed to protect people who provide an abortion or receive support to obtain the procedure in Connecticut and are then sued in another state.

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Lit cigarette sparks raging car fire, man recognized for helping save life

A lit cigarette sparks a raging fire inside of a car and it was all caught on camera. A driver just so happened to be passing by and pulled over to help the man inside.

A Wall Divides a Connecticut Town

Since its appearance last fall, a gray mass on one of the primary routes to the compact downtown of New Canaan, Connecticut, has generated a flurry of angry online comments, emails to town officials, and even a petition on the site change.org.

Lisa Prevost, New York Times

Woman mistakes stick of dynamite for candle

A Connecticut woman was seriously injured after she mistakenly lit a stick of dynamite, thinking it was a candle.

RAW: Bear catches up on current events, reads newspaper

A camera rolls in northern Connecticut as a bear rolls around with a newspaper.

RAW: Bear catches up on current events, reads newspaper

A camera rolls in northern Connecticut as a bear rolls around with a newspaper.