The Daily Easton

NORWALK, Conn. – Updated, 11:12 a.m., Jan. 27. Bill Okwuosa left work to head home Thursday, his heart hardened and prepared to do the worst – or so he thought.

The director of Norwalk's Open Door Shelter had decided to turn people away because of overcrowding. But he couldn't do it.

"I just got in the car to leave and come home, and I'm noticing there's quite a few people outside the shelter that can't get in because we are beyond our capacity. And I told you I was going to stop letting them come in," Okwuosa said in a voicemail. "I can't do it. I ...

WESTPORT, Conn. – A Barcelona-based newspaper reports that Andrew Robert Levene, the suspect in the Dec. 8 murder of Westport jeweler Yekutiel Zeevi, hanged himself in his prison cell with clothing.

The Associated Press reports a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Madrid said American officials were notified of Levene's death Thursday but did not say how he died. The statement said Spanish authorities were investigating his death.

La Vanguardia, a Spanish-language newspaper headquartered in Barcelona, reports that Levene, 41, was found dead in his cell at Barcelona's ...

STAMFORD, Conn. — Madonna Badger, whose three children and parents died in the Christmas Day Fire in Stamford, attempted suicide, the New York Daily News quoted a relative as saying. The full article can be found here.

The initial investigation showed that the deadly blaze started because embers from the fireplace were put into a bag and left in the rear of the house. Stamford police are still investigating to answer several questions that were left unanswered in the fire marshals' search, including whether working smoke detectors were in the house.

Badger and boyfriend ...