Modern uteri evolved from aliens, study finds
If not for genetic parasites, mammals — and thus humans — would never have existed, a new Yale study shows.
One year later, Operation Nightlife a success
Both the NHPD and bar and club owners report a complete success for Operation Nightlife.
Missing girl around campus?
Flyers for a “Missing Chinese Girl” were posted throughout Yale’s campus and downtown New Haven late Sunday evening, but authorities are not sure if the supposed victim is for real.
Dwight considers curfew
After an increase in violent crime, the Dwight Central Management Team began discussions on a curfew.
Father of Le GRD ’13 speaks out against suit
The father of Annie Le GRD ’13 said he does not support the wrongful death lawsuit between his daughter’s estate and Yale.
FIELD HOCKEY | Elis to meet defending champs
After commanding wins against Sacred Heart and rival Harvard, the field hockey team is gearing up for what may be its toughest challenge yet: a six-time defending champion Princeton team.
FBI: New Haven Conn.'s most violent
Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. called the violent crime numbers for New Haven “painfully high.”
Grad students see less off-campus crime
Off-campus students occasionally experience overflow from some of New Haven’s high crime areas.
Le relatives do not support suit
Although Annie Le’s GRD ’13 father and the couple who raised the former pharmacology student do not support her estate’s wrongful death lawsuit against Yale, there may be no way for these relatives to put a stop to the litigation.
Armed burglary attempt at SigEp
An attempted armed burglary occurred at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house on High Street late Tuesday evening, Yale Police said.
Uncle of Le GRD '13 does not support suit
James Bui, uncle of former pharmacology student Annie Le GRD ’13, told the News in an email early Monday morning that he does not support the wrongful death lawsuit between Le's estate and Yale, and that the suit is only supported by one member of Le's family.
NHPD unrolls new media plan
David Hartman, a life-long New Haven resident and son of Sterling Professor Emeritus & Senior Research Scholar of English and Comparative Literature Geoffrey Hartman GRD ’53, replaced Officer Joseph Avery as the New Haven Police Department’s new Public Information Officer.
Origins of Le lawsuit murky
Only some members of Annie Le's GRD '13 family publicly support her estate's wrongful death lawsuit against Yale.
Searching for Raymond Clark III
When the admitted murderer of Annie Le GRD '13 cried and apologized for his actions, he shattered popular opinion of himself as a stone-cold killer.
One reporter goes in search of some meaning in Clark’s tears.
Mother of Le GRD '13 appears on Today show to talk suit
Le's mother appears on Today. The mother of Annie Le GRD ’13 took to the Today show Friday morning to explain her support for the wrongful death suit against Yale, and hint at more evidence not included in the 10-page complaint.
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001...
This week, University faculty and administrators looked back on September 11th in interviews with the News. Here, in their own words, are their stories from that day.
Is it chicken tenders day question answered in new website
Yale's single greatest accomplishment has now been honored with a new website.
Yale workers return home to city's violence
New Haven’s murder rate this year is the highest since 1994, but most of the homicides have plagued areas that most Yalies have never heard of, let alone visited.
Le suit alleges Yale at fault in death
The suit argues that Yale is liable for Le’s death in 11 different ways, including “fostering an atmosphere of tolerance of sexual harassment and sexual assaults.”
Total homicides this year surpass 2010
With the murder of a 25-year-old New Haven man, 2011 has become the deadliest year in a decade for the Elm City.
Machine shops may be monitored
Though Yale is attempting to standardize safety procedures, one proposed aspect of the new protocol may not appear in every facility.
Bomb scare finds clothes, "personal items"
A bomb scare near the WTNH Channel 8 headquarters forced police to close a block on Elm Street Thursday evening.
Homicide marks city's 24th
The death of an East Haven woman discovered on a main downtown street has been ruled a homicide. If determined to have occurred within city lines, this killing would mark New Haven’s 24th murder of the year — as many as any year in the past decade.
Toad's evacuated due to pipe break
A Yale student broke a sprinkler pipe at Toad’s Place club early Tuesday morning, flooding the club with water and prompting an evacuation that started a fight as a horde of Yale students spilled out onto York Street.
Labs receive new safety standards
Yale’s administration released a new set of safety regulations for campus machine shops in response to the death of Michele Dufault ’11.
Sprinkler pipe bursts at Toad's; fight breaks out on York
A sprinkler pipe burst at Toad’s Place club early Tuesday morning, evacuating the club, and prompting a fight as a horde of Yale students spilled out onto York Street.
Irene storms to Yale
City and University administrators are prepping for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, which is projected to drop three inches of rain and batter the city with winds upwards of 74 miles per hour this weekend.
City crime ranking sparks debate
New Haven is getting safer, according to University and city data. Yet as the 2011-’12 class year begins, a controversial ranking as the “fourth most dangerous city” has angered New Haven residents, and warranted retaliatory statements from Yale and New Haven officials.
Yale disputes OSHA probe of Dufault’s ’11 death
Since Michele Dufault’s ’11 death in a Sterling Chemistry Lab machine shop this April, the University has taken steps to bolster student safety. Yale disputes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s claims that the University failed to provide adequate safeguards in Dufault’s lab.
Federal investigators fault Yale in Dufault '11 accident
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UPDATED: Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators say Yale failed to make the machine shop in which Michele Dufault '11 died in April a safe place to work, according to a letter the agency sent to Yale Monday. The University disputed OSHA's findings.
New Haven sees 21st homicide; set for deadliest year in a decade
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New Haven is on course for its deadliest year in a decade after a street brawl led to the city’s twenty-first homicide Thursday.
City to pay over $2 million to firefighters in Ricci suit
After seven years of litigation, Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s administration finalized a settlement agreement to pay over $2 million to the 20 firefighters behind the bias suit that brought New Haven to the forefront of a national discussion on racial discrimination. Twenty firefighters, 19 of whom are Caucasian and one is Hispanic, filed a lawsuit alleging reverse racial discrimination when passing grades in a New Haven Fire Department test for promotion were thrown out. Although both the U.S. District Court and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld New Haven’s decision to throwout the test results, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the firefighters in 2009.
Man sentenced to death in New Haven court
A Bridgeport man was sentenced to death in a New Haven court on Wednesday.
Clark, Le family members to address court at sentencing
Raymond Clark III, who pleaded guilty to the murder of Annie Le GRD '13 in March, will speak publicly about his crimes for the first time Friday.
DOE cites Yale for underreporting crime, sex assault
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The Department of Education has found that the University violated several federal regulations — which include a mandate to report all sex offenses to the government — at the end of a nearly seven year-long investigation into the Yale Police Department last week.
New Haven fourth most dangerous city in U.S., according to preliminary FBI data
Preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation crime statistics released this week show that New Haven is the fourth most dangerous city in the United States.
NHPD seizes record number of firearms in 2011
New Haven Police Department Chief Frank Limon announced Tuesday that his department had seized a record number of firearms so far this year.
Traffic stop leads to drug and weapons bust
A routine traffic stop led the New Haven Police Department to a major drug and weapons bust Thursday evening.
Rudy's reopens
Rudy’s is open for business. After ending its 76 year long stay on Elm Street last summer, the popular tavern opened its newly built establishment on the corner of Chapel and Howe Wednesday night.
Fewer arrests at Spring Fling
The Yale Police Department only deployed about 12 officers to Old Campus during Spring Fling, but the department’s head of patrol, Lt. Joseph Vitale, said that only one student was arrested, and seven were transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital for alcohol detoxification. Several more students were ticketed for misdemeanors, and at least three Old Campus suites were raided for parties, according to witness reports. Overall, student detoxifications and police raids were not as bad as last year’s Spring Fling, YPD Lt. Michael Patten said.
No suspect for High Street shooting
The New Haven Police Department announced an investigative success in an April25 shooting on Tuesday, but admitted an investigative road block for this past weekend’s frat row shooting. Yale Police Department Chief Ronnell Higgins said in a April23 campuswide email two hours after the incident that the YPD arrested an individual with a gun near the High Street site of the shooting. NHPD spokesman Joseph Avery said on Monday, however, that there was no clear connection between this person and the incident.
Briefly: Shooting near Stop & Shop
A security guard at the new Stop & Shop on Whalley Avenuecalled the New Haven Police Department around 8:35 p.m. reporting that he heard gunfire nearby. According to NHPD spokesman Joseph Avery, responding officers found shell casings one block away, but no victims or witnesses could be located. A spokesman for Stop & Shop told the News that she was not aware of the shooting, but a security guard said he knew about the incident.
Briefly: Two New Haven cops rehired
The New Haven Police Department announced Tuesday that it is rehiring two of the cops it laid off in February.
Shooting on High St.
A city resident was shot on High Street near fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Phi Epsilon at approximately 12:48 a.m. Saturday. Yale Police Department Lt. Joseph Vitale said that the victim was not a Yale student and that his injuries were not life-threatening.
BREAKING: Shots fired on High Street
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UPDATED Saturday 6:32 p.m. A New Haven resident was shot early Saturday morning on High Street near Yale fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Security union begins negotiations
In October, Yale Security narrowly voted 66 to 62 in favor of unionization, but the National Labor Relations Board did not certify the results until Nov. 9 because some votes were contested. Since then, the International Union of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America and University administrators have met twice, on March22 and April14, to iron out a new contract, and both parties scheduled another meeting for next week. According to representatives from both groups, the two meetings have been reasonably amicable, but no agreement is expected immediately.
BRIEFLY: Witnesses testify at hearing of alleged killer of Yale doctor
Three witnesses testified in New Haven Superior Court Wednesday against Lishan Wang, the accused killer of Yale doctor Vajinder Toor.
UP CLOSE | A tough year for NHPD chief
It has been a tough year for New Haven’s police chief, ever since he arrived on April 5, 2010. Budgetary issues, union struggles, and a rise in violent crime have all marred the public and internal cohesion of the city’s police force — and no one in the department has been as maligned as Limon.
Two slain Wednesday
Two men were shot just after midnight in apparently unrelated incidents, New Haven Police Department Spokesman Joseph Avery said in a press release. Officers found Kevin Lee, 34, with three apparent gunshot wounds on the front porch of 505 Valley Street in Westville at 12:27 a.m.. 20 minutes later, patrol officers responded to 1 Cinque Green across from Union Station and located a Isaiah Gant, 23, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Both men were found dead on the scene, marking New Haven’s twelfth and thirteenth murder victims of the year, matching 2009’s total, and on pace to exceed 2010’s 24 homicides.
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