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An 84-year-old Connecticut woman battling with her 87-year-old sister for a share of a $500,000 lottery jackpot testified Tuesday that the two signed a contract to split gambling winnings, but that her sister told her she tore the agreement up and wouldn't share the money.

In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind - not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs....

At least two people were killed today in an explosion at a Connecticut power plant, police say. Earlier, fire and police officials in Middletown said there were "mass casualties."

Christopher J. Dodd, the embattled Connecticut Democrat, has decided not to seek a sixth term, Democrats familiar with his plans said Wednesday.

Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader said Friday he is "absorbing" the reaction he's receiving about a possible ...

Connecticut cornerback Jasper Howard died Sunday after an on-campus stabbing, the Hartford Courant reports.

A Connecticut judge has set a probable cause hearing for a former Yale University lab technician charged with murdering a graduate ...

Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman has a message for actor Alec Baldwin, who is reportedly considering a move to Connecticut to challenge ...

Massachusetts’ top securities regulator has charged a Connecticut investment firm with fraudulently misrepresenting its lack of knowledge about Bernard Madoff’s operations.

A Connecticut woman pleaded for police to "please hurry" to save a friend from an attack by a pet chimpanzee, according to emotional 911 recordings released Tuesday by Stamford police.