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![Connecticut's largest city looks to ban sale of flavored tobacco products Connecticut's largest city looks to ban sale of flavored tobacco products](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/29/CFNVFM7BOLDY4ABNFQE6F4VQGQ.jpg?w=135)
Connecticut’s largest city looks to ban sale of flavored tobacco products
Joining a growing trend, leaders in Bridgeport, Connecticut's largest city, are considering a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco, including e-cigarettes and vape products that have swelled in popularity...
![After reports of $40 toilet paper and $25 hand sanitizer, officials announce new effort to go after price gougers during pandemic After reports of $40 toilet paper and $25 hand sanitizer, officials announce new effort to go after price gougers during pandemic](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/27/K2CSBCJHNVAULEQGJTOSNTCUPM.jpg?w=135)
After reports of $40 toilet paper and $25 hand sanitizer, officials announce new effort to go after price gougers during pandemic
In the face of hundreds of complaints, state Attorney General Tong joined two lawmakers Wednesday in announcing a legislative effort to better tackle price gouging up the supply chain during...
![Reports: New London fire that killed former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh sparked hours before he planned to leave for Maui; cause undetermined Reports: New London fire that killed former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh sparked hours before he planned to leave for Maui; cause undetermined](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/26/ZPYXDXTUCJGKDBAT7OKSBXJJK4.jpg?w=135)
Reports: New London fire that killed former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh sparked hours before he planned to leave for Maui; cause undetermined
Former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh was taking refuge in a storage shed attached to a friend's New London home with nitrous oxide canisters, a marijuana pipe, a bottle of liquor,...
![New London officials to release report Tuesday into fire that killed former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh New London officials to release report Tuesday into fire that killed former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/25/Z3Y7LTT665HOTJVLS36YZRRIJM.jpg?w=135)
New London officials to release report Tuesday into fire that killed former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
More than two months after former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh died from injuries suffered during a fire in a New London home, city fire officials announced they will release their...
![Attorney asks Connecticut Supreme Court to consider parents' lawsuit challenging school mask requirements Attorney asks Connecticut Supreme Court to consider parents' lawsuit challenging school mask requirements](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/22/NGLH6MYAMBGDVOGTLF7SMNKAKQ.jpg?w=135)
Attorney asks Connecticut Supreme Court to consider parents’ lawsuit challenging school mask requirements
An attorney representing families and the CT Freedom Alliance in their challenge of regulations that require students wear masks in school to limit the spread of COVID-19 has asked the...
![Attorney for Michelle Troconis asks judge to dismiss some charges connected to disappearance of Jennifer Farber Dulos Attorney for Michelle Troconis asks judge to dismiss some charges connected to disappearance of Jennifer Farber Dulos](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/21/APRQE4MFQZQEET6SSGZWBXOO3M.jpg?w=135)
Attorney for Michelle Troconis asks judge to dismiss some charges connected to disappearance of Jennifer Farber Dulos
Continuing a monthslong effort to clear his client's name, an attorney for Michelle Troconis, a former girlfriend of Fotis Dulos, has asked a Stamford judge to toss out evidence tampering...
![Quiet day at Connecticut Capitol as President Joe Biden gets inaugurated Quiet day at Connecticut Capitol as President Joe Biden gets inaugurated](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/20/2FO4RGFPCFDUVCHJKMFDXJPSMM.jpg?w=135)
Quiet day at Connecticut Capitol as President Joe Biden gets inaugurated
As President Joe Biden was inaugurated Wednesday, the Connecticut Capitol was largely quiet amid increased security following the breach of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. Officials said Wednesday there...
![Police return with excavator to Farmington property as they 'follow up on old leads' in Jennifer Farber Dulos' disappearance Police return with excavator to Farmington property as they 'follow up on old leads' in Jennifer Farber Dulos' disappearance](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/20/GMEIYQIFQ5FAPOORDDETIJB3RI.jpg?w=135)
Police return with excavator to Farmington property as they ‘follow up on old leads’ in Jennifer Farber Dulos’ disappearance
State police, who have spent more than a year and a half searching for Jennifer Farber Dulos, returned with an excavator Wednesday to a Farmington home once owned by the...
![State police search sprawling Farmington home once owned by Fotis Dulos' development company State police search sprawling Farmington home once owned by Fotis Dulos' development company](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/19/MDRIIK7IGFGH7AU4ZAU2ITTL4E.jpg?w=135)
State police search sprawling Farmington home once owned by Fotis Dulos’ development company
State police investigators Tuesday searched a home in Farmington once owned by Fotis Dulos' homebuilding company, nearly a year after he died while facing charges that he killed his estranged...
![FBI says no specific threat at Connecticut Capitol or government buildings, but officials urging people to stay away ahead of Jan. 20 inauguration FBI says no specific threat at Connecticut Capitol or government buildings, but officials urging people to stay away ahead of Jan. 20 inauguration](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/01/16/WB26LKIZNRGYJEO4AVD7S55AVE.jpg?w=135)
FBI says no specific threat at Connecticut Capitol or government buildings, but officials urging people to stay away ahead of Jan. 20 inauguration
Amid concerns nationwide about armed right-wing protests in the lead-up to the presidential inauguration, the FBI's New Haven Field Division said Friday that it has not received specific threats against...