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Connecticut state police are investigating after Ridgefield police officers responding to an emergency report of a possible domestic dispute fatally shot a man armed with a handgun in the yard of a private home.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has five new deacons. Bishop Timothy McDonnell ordained the deacons during a ceremony on Saturday at St.

A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers, authorities said.

One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers.

Counterterrorism police are questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two men suspected of the savage killing of a British soldier.

The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and the search for the missing pilot is ongoing, authorities said.

A Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Jennifer Lawrence after authorities say he repeatedly insisted that the man put him in touch with the Oscar-winning actress so he could protect her, according to court documents.

After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.

CBS3s' Eric Kobos, left, and Gary Brodeur, right, two of the volunteers gathered at the corner of Main and Boland Way for the special Red Cross collection Thursday for victims of the Oklahoma tornado.

Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who allegedly threatened to destroy the plane.

The third annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride week in Springfield, MA begins on May 30, 2013.

The chief medical examiner's office says a former New Milford officer convicted of an on-duty killing committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

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The bridge runs over the Skagit River on Interstate 5 in Mount Vernon and reportedly collapsed around 7 p.m. PST.

SPRINGFIELD &#8211 City Council President James J. Ferrera III said this week he is hoping for a council vote in favor of two digital billboards on Tuesday, proposed along Interstate 91, but added that he is bringing the matter back for a vote either at the brink, or just past a 90-day deadline for a vote.

Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names: The National Hurricane Center started using women's names for Atlantic storms in 1953; men's names were added in 1979.

Aundre M.E. Niles was stabbed four times in the early morning hours of July 25, 2010, and died outside the apartment building where he lived.

Britain's military says the soldier brutally murdered in a suspected terrorist attack was a popular drummer and machine gunner, a father, and a passionate fan of Manchester United.

A new musical featuring the songs of Bob Marley, the world premiere of William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" by the innovative Fiasco Theater company and an Australian take on "Peter Pan" are among next season's offerings at The New Victory Theater.

The Backstreet Boys singer will release a memoir, "Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It," on Sept.