In the latest twist of the saga between HBO host John Oliver and the city of Danbury, Mayor Mark Boughton has agreed to Oliver’s proposal to rename the city’s sewage plant after him if Oliver donates $55,000 to local charities -- as long as Oliver attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony in the city he has now famously pilloried.

A New Haven man was killed late Saturday night in a one-car crash on Route 15 in Meriden, Meriden police say.

Bloomfield police are searching for a gray Honda CRV after an armed carjacking Friday afternoon on Tariffville Road.

A Hartford man was arrested early Friday morning after a botched armed robbery downtown.

One person was stabbed and two others shot early Friday morning when some kind of fight erupted just across the street from Hartford Hospital.

Guns seized from a Meriden house Thursday may be connected to recent violence in the area, police say.

Jacob deGrom struck out 12 over seven innings, Aaron Nola was let down by lackluster defense and the New York Mets poured it on with a season-best 17 hits in a 14-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

Cavan Biggio's two-run double capped a six-run fifth inning, Rowdy Tellez and Caleb Joseph homered and the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Boston Red Sox 10-8 Sunday afternoon.

Dean Kremer allowed one hit over six innings in his major league debut, DJ Stewart homered off Masahiro Tanaka and the Baltimore Orioles beat the skidding New York Yankees 5-1 Sunday afternoon.

The Celtics struck first. Toronto came back with a strong rebuttal. So, with that, the lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series will be a reward to the winner Monday night. Boston and Toronto will play Game 5 at 6:30 p.m.