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The total cases of coronavirus cases in the United States topped 4.5 million early Friday morning, according to a tally by NBC News.
While deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. are mounting rapidly, public health experts are seeing a flicker of good news: The second surge of confirmed cases appears to be leveling off. But scientists aren’t celebrating as the outbreak’s center of...

Crews battled a three-alarm fire that left four people displaced in Torrington Thursday night.
The fire occurred at 2 Pulaski St. at approximately 9:57 p.m.
Crews said they saw smoke coming from some windows on the first floor of a two-and-a-half story home. The fire was contained to the first floor by firefighters....

Cars packed Hamden Middle School Thursday afternoon with teachers who say the state needs to cover the costs for a safe return to school.
“The way we have to make the accommodations and even justchanging the classrooms, things that we never had to consider before. It takesfunding,” said Melissa Rowe, a speech pathologist at Hamden Middle School....

As we move into August, parents are wondering what the school year will bring. On Thursday, the Wallingford Board of Education heard what distance learning will look like for those who choose it. A lot of the instruction will be live and synchronized...