Michael Melia

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UConn opposes disclosure of advertisers’ contracts

Michael Melia · March 7, 2013 7:28 pm

CORRECTS AGES AND LAST NAMES OF THE BOYS - This photo released by the Connecticut State Police during an Amber Alert Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, shows Alton Perry, 2, left, and Ashton Perry, 6 months old, right, who were taken from their daycare by their grandmother Tuesday afternoon. State police said the bodies of Ashton and Alton Perry and their grandmother, Debra Denison, 47, were found Tuesday night in Preston, Conn. Connecticut state police are calling the shooting deaths a double murder-suicide and say she had permission to pick them up from their daycare. (AP Photo/Connecticut State Police)

Boys’ deaths add urgency to Conn. gun debate

Michael Melia · February 28, 2013 5:00 am

This photo [provided by the Connecticut State Police during an Amber Alert Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, shows Debra Denison, 47, who was being sought after taking grandsons Alton and Ashton Denison from their daycare Tuesday afternoon. State police said the bodies of all three were found Tuesday night in Preston, Conn. Connecticut state police are calling the shooting deaths a double murder-suicide and say Denison had permission to pick them up from their daycare. (AP Photo/Connecticut State Police)

A troubled grandmother, a birthday and 2 dead boys

Michael Melia, Pat EatonRobb · February 27, 2013 5:00 am

Expanded powers sought for Conn. tribal police

Michael Melia · February 23, 2013 5:09 pm

The remains of Hadiya Pendleton are taken to her final resting place at the Cedar Park Cemetery Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Calumet Park, Ill. Pendleton was killed on Jan. 29, when a gunman opened fire on her and some friends seeking shelter in a park from the rain about a mile from President Obama's Chicago home. First lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral with Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Gun victims’ relatives emerge as advocates

Andrew Miga, Michael Melia · February 11, 2013 5:00 am

Group: Biden offers to speak with Newtown families

Michael Melia · January 12, 2013 8:30 pm

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, salutes as he arrives to speak to the House and the Senate in his State of the State address at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Gun control, mental health care and school safety are expected to be major topics in the new session. Legislators also must grapple with a projected deficit of about $1.2 billion. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Connecticut moves cautiously on guns in Newtown’s wake

Michael Melia · January 9, 2013 5:00 am

Ex-Conn. casino tribe chairman charged with theft

Michael Melia · January 4, 2013 11:15 pm

FILE - This undated file photo circulated by law enforcement and provided by NBC News, shows Adam Lanza. Authorities say Lanza killed his mother at their home and then opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people. Connecticut Medical Examiner Wayne H. Carver II told the Hartford Courant that the remains of Adam Lanza were claimed several days ago by someone who wanted to remain anonymous. (AP Photo/NBC News, File)

Final resting place of Newtown gunman a mystery

Michael Melia · December 31, 2012 8:09 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 1981 file photo, Jean Harris, left, arrives at court in White Plains, New York Monday, Feb. 9, 1981. Harris, the patrician girls' school headmistress who spent 12 years in prison for the 1980 killing of her longtime lover, "Scarsdale Diet" doctor Herman Tarnower, in a case that rallied feminists and inspired television movies, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in New Haven, Conn. She was 89. (AP Photo/David Handschuh, File)

Jean Harris, ‘Scarsdale Diet’ doctor killer, dies

Michael Melia · December 28, 2012 9:05 pm

From left, Town of Ridgefield, Conn., Det. Durling, and Town of Greenwich, Conn., Officer Rivera stand near a memorial in Newtown, Conn. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. Regional police agencies arrived in Newtown to relieve the local police force for the Christmas holiday. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers

Michael Melia · December 26, 2012 8:15 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2012 file photo provided by the Newtown Bee, paramedics and others rush toward Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., shortly after Adam Lanza opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. While the people of Newtown do their best to cope with loss and preserve the memories of their loved ones, another class of residents is also finding it difficult to move on: the emergency responders who saw firsthand the terrible aftermath of last week's school shooting. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: NEWTOWN BEE, SHANNON HICKS

Newtown first responders carry heavy burdens

Michael Melia · December 21, 2012 1:46 am