New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)

Conn. commuters cope with tough week after train crash

2013-05-20 09:26:00

Commuters on Monday grappled with the inconvenience of their morning ritual after a deadly train collision in Connecticut last week, but the traffic nightmare that some had predicted did not materialize. Special shuttle buses and telecommuting took some...

Fractured rail possible cause of Connecticut train crash

2013-05-18 16:47:00

Ruling out foul play, federal investigators were looking at a fractured rail as the possible cause of the Connecticut train crash that left dozens of commuters injured and is expected to disrupt travel in and out of New York City for weeks to come. Earl...

Investigators probe Connecticut train crash

2013-05-18 11:21:00

Federal investigators gathered Saturday at the site of the Connecticut train crash that left dozens of commuters injured Friday evening. Eight people remained hospitalized, three in critical condition, officials said. As many as 70 people were injured...

Two commuter trains collide, derail in Connecticut

2013-05-17 17:00:00

NEW YORK -- Two commuter trains collided in Connecticut during rush hour Friday after a Manhattan-bound train derailed and hit the second train, officials said. Some cars of the second train also derailed in the incident near Fairfield, about 50 miles...

More than 20 injured as commuter trains collide outside N.Y.

2013-05-17 17:51:00

NEW YORK --� A train derailment and collision during evening rush hour injured 20 to 25 people, but none of the injuries are life-threatening, police in Fairfield, Conn., said Friday as emergency workers began scouring the mangled wreckage blocking the...

Angelina Jolie mastectomy: A closer look at DNA, breast cancer risk

2013-05-14 19:42:00

By opting for surgery to remove her breasts while they were still healthy, Angelina Jolie joined a growing number of women who have used genetic testing to take control of their health. Here are answers to some common questions about how DNA...

Peter Sagal's 'Constitution USA' hits the road with humor

2013-05-07 07:00:00

NEW YORK — If someone told you of a barnstorming TV host who interviewed people around the country about a given subject, you'd say it sounds like a lot of the road-trip reality series that have proliferated on cable TV. But what if that host...

Gifford Phillips dies at 94; contemporary art advocate

2013-04-18 19:33:00

Gifford Phillips, a gentlemanly patron of cultural institutions and passionate advocate of contemporary art who played a leading role at museums on both coasts of the United States, has died. He was 94. Phillips died Wednesday of natural causes at a...

L.A. Philharmonic's young composers program fine-tunes talent

2013-04-07 09:00:00

It wasn't B.J. Thomas, exactly, but musical raindrops seemed to be falling in a white-walled rehearsal room next to Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of Milo Talwani, one of the L.A. composers least likely to write melody, let alone ear candy, into a...

Major blizzard moving into Northeast; record snowfall predicted

2013-02-08 09:19:00

BOSTON -- Snow began falling throughout much of the Northeast on Friday morning, the first flurries of what forecasters are predicting will strengthen into a major blizzard, possibly bringing record accumulations of up to 3 feet of snow. The storm,...

Pregnant ex-teacher gets jail for sex with former student

2013-02-06 18:53:48

Jean Harris dies at 89; killer of 'Scarsdale Diet' doctor

2012-12-28 21:14:00

Jean Harris, the onetime headmistress of an elite girls' school whose trial in the fatal 1980 shooting of the celebrity diet doctor who jilted her generated front-page headlines and national debates about whether she was a feminist martyr or vengeful...

Jack Nicholson stars in this 1980 horror classic about a writer going insane in a snowbound hotel. Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, at 11:30 p.m. at Criterion Cinemas in New Haven. R. $5.

2013-05-22 05:45:00

New Haven Advocate Best Of Party

2013-05-22 05:20:00

Those wishing to conquer the 757-foot South Mountain in Meriden must circumnavigate the peak along two trails. The first, an unmarked but easy-to-follow path, can be found just to the west of Elmere Reservoir past a series of concrete barriers.

2013-05-20 13:30:00