New Haven News

Erika Morrison's sons Gabe, Seth, and Jude will reluctantly give up some nifty forts they have built over the years at secret locations in the narrow strip of woods between Q Avenue and the Q River.

After 20 years running City Hall, John DeStefano plans to move into an office a mile west on Whalley Avenue - to help run a community development bank he brought into existence.

After an 83-year-old architecture professor was attacked at the Lilac Street building site of a Yale-designed house, the university plans to pull out the newly installed foundation - and has decided it's just too dangerous to build a home in Newhallville.

It cannot be a burger that is ordinary. It cannot be a burger that is boring. It cannot be a burger that came frozen, and it certainly cannot be a burger that, after 14 years in a jacket pocket, still looks as edible as the day it was purchased.

Police tell News 8 there have been a string of car break-ins across Hamden. Now authorities believe they might have their guy.

Brooklyn singer-songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling just released his debut album Songs of Praise and Scorn last year, but with the wealth of critical acclaim that followed Stelling has accumulated a fan base comparable to musicians with much longer recording careers.

Robert Braddock Jr. walks outside federal court in New Haven, Conn., Monday May 13, 2013.

Amtrak service between New Haven, Conn., and New York had been suspended after a commuter train crash Friday evening near Bridgeport.

Pregnant women with specific alterations in two genes may be at increased risk of suffering depression after giving birth, a small new study suggests.

SOUTHBOUND is jammed from near the MD/PA line past Middletown Rd and from Padonia Rd to I-695. York Rd is not a good alternate route from Parkton to Hereford.

Commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.

Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Scientific Sessions 2013.

The $165,000 fine against Yale University for underreporting the frequency of sexual assaults might be a catalyst needed to remind colleges of their obligation to protect students from such crimes, according to a victims' advocacy group.

A firefighter was killed Monday during a six-alarm blaze at a Dallas condominium complex, the city's fire department said.

WTIC anchor Alison Morris accidentally pulled doubled duty while anchoring the 11:00 p.m. news for the FOX affiliate in Hartford-New Haven,CT. Morris popped up in the monitor behind rival ABC affiliate WTNH anchors Darren Kramer and Sonia Baghdady while the pair were tossing to break.

Sundiata Keitazulu took the city bus Sunday to a mayoral candidates' debate - and discovered many of his opponents had not done so in years, in part, they said, because of a "broken" transit system.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a suggestion for commuters who manage to make it to work in New York City from southwest Connecticut: You might want to stay put in the Big Apple - all week.

A little drizzle didn't stop "Action Jackson," Spiderman, the Mob Squad, and far-flung drill teams from rolling, stomping and roaring down Dixwell Avenue Sunday for the annual Freddie Fixer parade.

A bill aimed at prohibiting those under the age of 18 from using commercial tanning beds was amended on the state Senate floor last week, sparking complaints from health advocates who say there is clear evidence of the dangers of youngsters contracting skin cancer from using the facilities.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation and Metro-North Railroad today released the following information regarding service on the New Haven commuter rail line, in the wake of the May 17 derailment in Bridgeport.