(WTNH) -- Emergency crews are on the scene of an explosion and fire at a power plant in Middletown. There are reports of mass casualties, but there are no confirmed details.

AP - A Connecticut man was condemned to death for a night of terror inside a suburban home in which a woman was strangled and her two daughters tied to their beds, doused in gasoline and left to die in a fire.

Air Force One missed an approach landing Wednesday in Connecticut with President Barack Obama aboard due to low visibility, but the plane landed safely on a second attempt, according to press reports released by the White House.