Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was hospitalized after suffering a stroke on Saturday, according to his chief of staff. Murphy began experiencing numbness in his arm while attending his sons' hockey game and was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring. His office said he is awake, alert and responding well to treatment, with doctors encouraged by his progress and optimistic about a full recovery.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was hospitalized after suffering a stroke on Saturday, according to his chief of staff. Murphy began experiencing numbness in his arm while attending his sons' hockey game and was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring. His office said he is awake, alert and responding well to treatment, with doctors encouraged by his progress and optimistic about a full recovery.