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A woman charged with murder for gunning down a rival crack dealer pleaded guilty Tuesday in Superior Court in Hartford and faces 40 years in prison at her sentencing Aug. 28. Ashley Howard, 27, pleaded guilty to murder and admitted to violating the terms of her probation from a previous offense.

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Authorities say 19-year-old city resident Keith Callabrass was shot multiple times Sunday night on Cleveland Avenue in the North End.

A water main has broken in downtown Hartford and Capitol Avenue between Main Street and Hudson Street will be closed until about noon.

Urging Mayor Pedro Segarra and the board of education not to "cast a cloud of uncertainty" over the city schools' reform plans, Kishimoto has asked the board to approve a two-year extension Tuesday that would keep her employed as Hartford's schools chief through June 30, 2016.

The name of Louis Comfort Tiffany is synonymous with jewelry and luminescent glasswork: lamps, windows and small vessels that catch the light and glow.

The current fixed interest rate on Stafford federal subsidized student loans, held by nearly 8 million undergraduates, is 3.4 percent, but that rate will double to 6.8 percent on July 1, 2013 unless Congress takes action.

Hook up with Danny around 1pm. He's going too. Get there early because you'll probably only be able to get him going in or out.

Connecticut police and the state Department of Transportation have announced a major crackdown on distracted driving violations, according to a DOT press release.

The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival continues on Wednesday, June 26, on the grounds of the Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington.

Spotlight Theaters, 39 Front St. in Hartford, has a restaurant in the lobby, and on Monday, June 24, it will host a dinner of six small courses with wine pairings and will screen a comic drama about vintners.

Officers responded to 272 Cleveland Ave. for a reported shooting about 11 p.m. When officers arrived they found a 19-year-old Hartford man suffering from gunshot wounds.

In this fine talk, GLEN FORD shows that much of American foreign policy--including military interventions in the Third World--is all about containing China.

Along busy Flatbush Avenue in West Hartford or at the East and Allen Street intersection in New Britain , the message couldn't be much more dramatic: Towering new bridges announce that the busway is arriving swiftly.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry will tour gun manufacturing plants in Connecticut on Monday and extend an open invitation to manufactures to set up shop in Texas.

A majestic horse dubbed "Big Red," made from scrap steel and inspired by an old red wheelbarrow, is just one of 24 works from Connecticut sculptors that's on display at the Governor's Residence in Hartford.

Mohegan Sun will host its Third Annual Over the Edge event to benefit Special Olympics Connecticut on Thursday, July 18. Participants will enjoy an awesome view from 34 floors up and the thrill of rappelling down the side of Mohegan Sun to benefit local Special Olympics athletes.

A man received a non-life threatening stab wound early Sunday morning in the area of Albany Avenue and Adams Street, police said.

It took a lot more than 15 shaky steps across the Classical Magnet School gym for senior Jacquelyn Santiago to receive her high school diploma.

A little-noticed bill, given final approval by legislators on June 4, could reinstate the disputed pension of controversial East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. - who made national news in 2102 by saying he might have some tacos on the day four of his town's policemen were charged with terrorizing local Latinos.