Why wildfires started by humans, cars and power lines can be more destructive and harder to contain
As the factors that can drive wildfires converge, the potential for increasingly severe wildfires looms ever larger. Severe fires also release large amounts of carbon from trees, vegetation and soils ...
Wildland firefighters face a big pay cut if Congress doesn’t act − that’s taking a toll on a workforce already under stress
Surveys of wildland firefighters’ spouses and partners found high levels of family conflict and poor work-life balance. Most wildland firefighters said that they were unable to attend important family ...
A bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany leaves 2 dead
BERLIN (AP) — A bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany on Saturday left two people dead and another four seriously injured, police said. The accident happened on an exit that leads to a ...
Chef, social media star Joshua Weissman visits Sally's Apizza: 'This is the best day ever'
Chef Joshua Weissman visited Sally's Apizza in New Haven on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post from the pizzeria. "In Joshua Weissman's words, this is the BEST day ever," Sally's Apizza said in ...
Here's how much snow fell in Connecticut on Saturday
A winter storm dropped 1.3 inches of snow in New Preston and an inch in New Milford by 9:15 a.m., according to the National ...
How a week of weather extremes upended the lives of millions of Americans
It was a week of fire and ice. It began with millions of people across the U.S. shivering amid blizzard conditions and frigid ...
Connecticut lawmakers propose ban on sale, manufacture of lethal injection drugs
Three lawmakers have proposed a bill that would make it illegal to manufacture or sell any drug or medical device meant to ...
Hundreds of CT power outages reported after Saturday snow
As of 9:35 a.m., there are at least 471 outages in Stamford, 36 in East Hartford, 33 in Norwalk and 23 in Madison.
Beardsley Zoo's red panda Berry dies at 14 years old: 'A true ambassador for her species'
The red panda, who served as the Bridgeport zoo's honorary mayor, passed away after a veterinary procedure, according to ...
Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final 4 minutes, officials say
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about ...
Jueza que bloqueó informe sobre Trump estaba “claramente equivocada”, dice fiscal
WASHINGTON (AP) — El Departamento de Justicia ha solicitado a un tribunal de apelaciones federal que actúe rápidamente para ...
New Orleans attack raises familiar debate: Can Bourbon Street be made safe?
A law firm signed up survivors of what it called a “predictable and preventable” tragedy. Politicians parried blame for the ...