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The family of a 5-year-old Connecticut boy who died during recess is suing the school on the one-year anniversary of their son’s death. As reported by the Hartford Courant, the parents of Romeo Pierre-Louis, who fatally collapsed during morning recess at the Charter Oak International Academy in April 2022, have filed a lawsuit against the school […]
61-year-old hunter Michael Konschak has been charged after he admitted to killing and skinning two German shepherds he believed were coyotes, NBC News reports. In an appearance in Danbury Superior Court on Wednesday, Konschak expressed remorse for killing the Connecticut family’s dogs, Cimo and Lieben. “Please know that it was never my intent that morning to […]
Connecticut state representative Quentin “Q” Williams has died in a wrong-way highway crash after he attended his own swearing-in ceremony for a third term, NBC News reports. The Democrat lawmaker was killed in the crash on Thursday evening after leaving the swearing-in ceremony at the governor’s inaugural ball. Police said that he and the driver […]
Alex Jones wants a redo. According to the Associated Press, the far-right media figure has asked the court to scrap the nearly $1 billion verdict in his Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit. The suit—brought forth by eight families of Sandy Hook victims—alleges Jones had used his platform to propagate baseless conspiracy theories about the 2012 school shooting, […]
Randy Cox was left paralyzed following his arrest last month, and video of the incident shows the 36-year-old Black man’s head getting slammed against a police van. As CBS News reports, Cox’s family is now calling for answers and accountability in his arrest by police in New Haven, Connecticut. Video footage of Cox’s arrest, which happened after […]
A commercial bus driver was arrested this week after he allegedly passed out behind the wheel while consuming a bag of THC gummies. According to CT Post, Jinhuan Chen was taken into custody Monday at his Boston home, exactly three months after police responded to a call about a stranded bus on the side of I-95 in Stratford, […]
A 6-year-old Connecticut boy was hospitalized with severe burns after he was allegedly attacked by a bully. According NBC 4 New York, the horrific incident occurred Sunday in the backyard of a Bridgeport home, where Dominick Krankall had been playing with other children. Dominick’s older sister, Kayla Deegan, claimed that an 8-year-old neighbor went inside a shed […]
During a stop on his 7220 Tour over the weekend in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Lil Durk paused the show to call out a male audience member for apparently getting into an altercation with a woman in the crowd. “I just seen the most craziest shit in the crowd man,” the Chicago rapper told the audience. “I just seen a n***a tryna fight […]
A physical therapist from Connecticut was convicted on Thursday of killing his wife, their three children, and family dog because an “apocalypse was coming.” NBC News reports Anthony John Todt, 46, has been found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder for the killings of his wife Megan, 42, as well as their kids Zoe, 4, Tyler, […]
As the family of Lauren Smith-Fields prepares to sue the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, her loved ones—and others—are stressing the importance of social media in getting her story out there. In a new report from the New York Times, some of Lauren’s friends opened up about how social media and TikTok specifically helped spread her […]
