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The killing of a visiting nurse in Connecticut is sparking renewed calls to better protect health care workers from what has been a rise in violence across the country. Joyce Grayson was slain Oct. 28 when she went to a halfway house for sex offenders for an appointment with a client with a violent past. Police say the patient, Michael Reese, is a suspect in the killing but no one has been charged with Grayson's death yet. Visiting nurses and Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney are calling for new state and federal laws to better protect health care workers. Nurse’s slaying renews calls...

CT approved Windham Hospital's plan to close its birthing unit following a three-year saga that pitted advocates against Hartford HealthCare.

Two other rural Conn. hospitals are seeking to end birthing services as well, and the state has yet to reach a final decision on their proposals.

Some towns received several inches of rain as storms drenched the state between Sunday and Monday. Here is a look at how much rain fell in some towns. To see...

The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas was Joyce Grayson’s favorite time of the year, an attorney representing her family said. Now, her beloved family...