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WASHINGTON (AP/WTNH) — Every state is now on high alert after the FBI sent out a warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington in the days leading up to President-election Joe Biden’s inauguration.

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke is planning to meet with Connecticut gun control advocates at the site of a 2012 school shooting. O’Rourke is participating in Newtown on Wednesday in a “conversation on gun violence prevention” with members of Newtown Action Alliance, the Junior Newtown Action Alliance and some Newtown community residents.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — Witnesses will testify in a Bridgeport courtroom on Tuesday about alleged irregularities in the mayoral primary. Some voters say they were pressured by supporters of Mayor Joe Ganim. On Monday, Judge Barry Stevens ruled this lawsuit does have enough merit to go forward, which means the next step involves statements from witnesses. Those same witnesses say they were pressured to vote absentee, and pressured to vote for Mayor Joe Ganim. The general election is just five weeks away, but what we’re talking about happened in advance of the primary election 3 weeks ago. At the polls,...

It was widely reported earlier this year that the new state budget imposes an additional one percent tax on restaurant meals bringing that total ‘meals tax’ to 7.35%. What you may have missed is that the 7.35% tax will also be imposed on many ready to eat prepared foods at the supermarket that have never been taxed before. “It is simply a money grab, that’s all it is,” said Senate Minority Leader Sen. Len Fasano (R-North Haven). Republicans say it was sold to the public as a simple one percent tax hike on restaurant meals. But the list from the...

(WTNH) — After this weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, gun control is back on the national agenda. There is a vigil scheduled in Newtown Thursday night. On Wednesday, the brother of a Sandy Hook victim was part of a CNN Town Hall. The young man we’re talking about is JT Lewis. His brother was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary, but JT is now running for state senate as a pro-second amendment Republican. JT was alongside shooting survivors and other families who have been touched by gun violence. Plenty of people there were calling for more gun control...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) – This weekend’s mass shootings were further reminders that gun violence can happen anywhere, anytime. That is why the Connecticut State Police want you to keep 3 words in mind all the time: Run, Hide, Fight. “Run, hide, fight works whether you’re at school, at work, at the grocery store, at a church or at the movies,” said Trooper Christine Jeltema. All of those are places we have seen a mass shooting in recent years. If you hear gunfire like folks did in downtown Dayton, Ohio, do what they did and run. Leave your belongings, and run...

KILLINGLY, Conn. (WTNH) The future of Killingly High School‘s nickname is still unclear as of Thursday morning. During a meeting on Wednesday, the school board decided to table the vote on whether to change it. For more than 80 years, students there have been called the “Redmen.” Their mascot is a chief wearing feathers, but now that could come to an end as some are calling it racist. “It’s more of a pride and honor thing. We respect what we wear. I wouldn’t wear something I don’t respect!” Killingly is not the first local town to take this up. Manchester...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal is taking action after President Donald Trump's recent comments about welcoming campaign dirt on opponents from a foreign government. During an exclusive interview with ABC's George Stephanopolous, the president insisted that doing so was not an act of interference in our election but information. "I think I'd take it. If I thought there was something wrong, I'd go maybe to the FBI. When you go and talk, honestly, to congressman, they all do it, they always have, and that's the way it is. It's called oppo research," said Trump. Members of both...

NORWICH, Conn. (WTNH) - Police responded to a Norwich McDonald's on Friday night after learning on an incident between a woman and the restaurant's manager. According to officials, around 8:20 p.m. at the McDonald's located at 78 Town Street, a 21-year-old woman became upset with staff due to displeasure with her chicken sandwich. Authorities stated that the woman forced her way behind the counter so she could make her own sandwich. She allegedly assaulted the restaurant's pregnant manager during the incident. There has been no word on any specific charges at this time.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A bill that would require instruction on climate change at Connecticut schools has cleared the House of Representatives.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) - In her first local TV news interview, Yale grad student Lolade Siyonbola is finally speaking out. "I was livid, I was livid," she said of the encounter last May. It started when her white dorm-mate called campus police to report Siyonbola napping in their dorm's common area. "As disappointed as I was, as irritated as I was, I wasn't shocked," she said. "I was just, like, the nerve." The police interaction lasted about 15 minutes. It ended with Yale officers demanding to see Siyonbola's student ID before they let her go about her business. "It...

<p>Police arrested Ezekiel Hicks, 25, on murder charges early Sunday in the death of 41-year-old Craig Brewer, who was shot and killed at a Waffle House, in Gainesville, Florida, just a few miles west of the University of Florida.</p> <p>Officials with the Alachua County Sheriff's Office said the restaurant's surveillance camera captured an altercation between the two on video. Witnesses said the victim was arguing with a female acquaintance of the suspect, who was reportedly upset because Brewer's generosity didn't include her.</p>

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Advocates for gun rights and gun control are expected to pack a Connecticut legislative hearing on several firearms bills, including measures that would tighten safe storage laws and require people openly carrying guns to produce their permits if police ask.

WASHINGTON (AP) - North isn't quite where it used to be. Earth's north magnetic pole has been drifting so fast in the last few decades that scientists say that past estimates are no longer accurate enough for precise navigation. On Monday, they released an update of where magnetic north really was, nearly a year ahead of schedule.

DETROIT (AP) - General Motors is starting to lay off about 4,300 white-collar workers worldwide this week. In November, the company said it wanted to cut 8,000 salaried and contract workers so it can raise profit margins and invest more in autonomous and electric vehicles.

WTNH) - Senator Chris Murphy is urging the U.S. Department of Education to stop allowing school districts to use federal funds to arm teachers. He asked the education panel for research on arming teachers. "Are any of you aware of any data that suggest arming teachers makes our schools safer? Neither am I," he said. Related Content: Connecticut senators speak out against arming teachers In September, Murphy introduced an amendment to a bill that would block federal funds to buy guns. Senate Republicans did not allow for a vote on the amendment.

HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) - A New Haven woman was arrested Monday for allegedly assaulting a Hamden deli owner over the amount of meat in her sandwich. Police say that at around 3 p.m., officers responded to the Krauszer's Food Store at 36 Fairview Avenue on the report of an assault. An investigation revealed that 32-year-old Regina Solomon was upset at the price of a sandwich so she went behind the deli counter and began yelling at the clerk about the amount of meat in the sandwich. Solomon and another man, who has not been identified, then tried to leave the...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) - Connecticut's two U.S. senators are speaking out strongly against a controversial idea that is reportedly now being floated by Secretary of Education Betsy Devos. "Army teachers is one of the most dangerous ideas that anyone could ever come up with for our school children," said Sen. Chris Murphy, (D) Connecticut. Senator Murphy and Senator Richard Blumenthal are both weighing-in on a plan that would allow states to use federal dollars to buy guns for teachers. Blumenbthal calls the idea 'despicable.' "It is school yard robbery, it takes money from the underserved student of Hartford, Bridgeport and...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - Gun control advocates, including one of the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting and the parents of one of the victims, are marching 50 miles (80 kilometers) across Massachusetts this week to the headquarters of gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson as part of a youth-led push for stricter gun laws.

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) - For years, the young man from Mexico presented himself as a legal U.S. resident and reliable worker at a family dairy farm in small town Iowa, his employer said.