New London

Merle Smith, 1st Black graduate of Coast Guard Academy, dies

Jun. 23, 2021 12:50 PM EDT

Connecticut casinos sue insurer over COVID-19 losses

Jun. 19, 2021 10:08 AM EDT
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The Native American tribe that owns Connecticut's Mohegan Sun casino is suing its insurance carrier over what it says was the denial...

Cadets stand during the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden celebrates Coast Guard, stresses role on world stage

By Alexandra Jaffe And Jonathan Lemire May. 19, 2021 01:49 PM EDT

Judicial Branch prepares to begin reopening some courthouses

Apr. 16, 2021 05:10 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Judicial Branch is conducting safety inspections and making modifications at five courthouses, where operations have...

Panel agrees on some recommendations for next vaccine phase

By Susan Haigh And Pat Eaton-Robb Jan. 05, 2021 10:30 AM EST
A panel advising Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on who should next receive COVID-19 vaccinations agreed on Tuesday that staff and residents of congregate settings...

Connecticut has 19 communities with 'red alert' virus levels

By Susan Haigh Oct. 22, 2020 12:11 PM EDT
Eight more communities, many in southeastern Connecticut, were identified Thursday by state public health authorities as “red alert towns” after their daily...

'Unenforceable' out-of-state quarantine rule to be adjusted

By Susan Haigh And Pat Eaton Robb Oct. 19, 2020 12:49 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is planning to revamp its benchmarks for when people entering the state from locations with large COVID-19 rates will need...

Eleven communities, including 9 in southeast on "high alert"

By Susan Haigh And Dave Collins Oct. 15, 2020 05:30 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Nearly a dozen of Connecticut's 169 cities and towns were listed Thursday as “high alert” communities for COVID-19 infections. All but...

Southeastern Conn. residents urged to get tested, be careful

Oct. 12, 2020 03:59 PM EDT
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — State and local officials on Monday urged southeastern Connecticut residents to get tested for COVID-19 and be careful around friends,...

Birx warns about a 'very different' coronavirus spread

By Susan Haigh And Pat Eaton-Robb Oct. 08, 2020 03:20 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House coronavirus task force said Thursday she's concerned about the uptick in COVID-19 cases in the...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Sep. 25, 2020 11:56 AM EDT
Recent editorials of regional and national interest from New England’s newspapers: CONNECTICUT Lamont must attend to...

In this Monday Sept. 14, 2020 photo, From back left, Coast Guard Academy Cadets Henry Smith, Branyelle Carillo, Mia Haskovec, Jordan Park, and Tyler Huynh, pose for a photograph at the Seamanship Sailing Center at the United State Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. A group of Coast Guard cadets spent part of their summer filling in on a critical national security mission after a case of COVID-19 sidelined crew members on a cutter being sent to patrol the US-Russia border. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Pandemic spells opportunity for marooned Coast Guard cadets

By Pat Eaton-Robb Sep. 16, 2020 09:50 AM EDT

Katrina McKelvin of New London, Conn. on Aug. 6, 2020 deposits her absentee ballot for the Aug. 11 primary in a special box that has been set up outside the New London City Hall. The state of Connecticut used federal coronavirus relief funds to purchase the boxes for each city and town so voters can drop off their ballots instead of having to go personally to the polls. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Connecticut primary seen as Election Day rehearsal

By Susan Haigh Aug. 09, 2020 03:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 6, 2016 file photo, people on a wharf watch as the Mayflower II arrives in Plymouth Harbor in Plymouth, Mass. After undergoing more than three years of major renovations at Connecticut's Mystic Seaport and months of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the replica of the Mayflower is is set to leave Mystic Seaport on Monday, July 20, 202 for a sea trials in New London, before sailing up the coast and arriving at Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts on during the second week of August. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Its $11M makeover complete, the Mayflower II is sailing home

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jul. 18, 2020 10:06 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 1, 2019, file photo, Whisky 2 company Cadre Jacob Denns, right, shouts instructions to swab Nicolas Fisher, left, of Pelham, N.H., on the first day of a seven-week indoctrination to military academy life for the Class of 2023 at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The school, like other service academies and military training centers, has made major changes because of the coronavirus pandemic. That means the eight weeks of boot camp for new cadets, known as "Swab Summer," will be much different. There will be no haircuts, no drilling, no running as a group from place to place, no lining up against the wall in the hall of the barracks for pushups. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP, File)

Coast Guard alters training for incoming class due to virus

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jul. 06, 2020 01:04 AM EDT

Connecticut teams up with Indeed on back-to-work initiative

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jun. 11, 2020 01:26 PM EDT
HARTFORD Conn. (AP) — Connecticut has teamed with employment search engine Indeed to create a state-specific online portal to link those who have lost jobs...

Health care workers protest lack of protective gear

By Dave Collins May. 30, 2020 04:52 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Health care workers rallied Saturday in New London to protest what they called a shortage of personal protective equipment and pay...

Store owner arrested for selling invalid COVID-19 test kits

Apr. 23, 2020 12:35 PM EDT
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The owner of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Connecticut has been arrested for selling invalid COVID-19 test kits, police said. ...