Connecticut

Forty people worked together to rescue two horses that had been trapped in the mud for hours in Lebanon on Saturday. Firefighters received a call around 2 p.m. about two horses stuck in the mud behind a farm. Crews determined the horses were stuck about 3/4 of a mile into the woods in a swampy area. Resources from the Durham…

Two people have serious injuries after being ejected from a vehicle during a rollover crash in West Haven on Friday night. Police said a vehicle was speeding and hit a guardrail on Ocean Avenue after 9 p.m. After the collision, investigators said the driver lost control and rolled the vehicle several times. The vehicle then landed in the backyard o...

The strongest solar storm in more than 20 years has reached earth, and the Northern Lights are visible all across Connecticut. The National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued its first “severe geomagnetic storm watch” in nearly 20 years and part of the impact is that you just may be able to see the Northern Lights in Connectic...

Four people have died after a wrong-way head-on crash and fire that closed part of the Merritt Parkway in Stratford for nearly seven hours on Thursday morning. State troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash around 1:43 a.m. after a driver in a Honda CRV who was going north in the southbound lane collided with a Chrysler Town & Country minivan&...

Four Guatemalan nationals are accused of participating in a large-scale scheme to steal and resell high-value products from home improvement stores and other retailers in several states, federal prosecutors said Monday. Marvin Estuardo Morales De Paz, 33, Abraham Dayger-Enrique, 24, Sebastian Lajuj-Soloman, 30, and Jonathan Josue Amperez-Perez, 31,...

There was madness everywhere around TD Garden Saturday evening as the Connecticut Huskies prepared to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini for a chance to reach the Final Four in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. “The vibes are high, the vibes are immaculate and we are ready for a UConn win,” said Huskies fan Teddy Rosol. &#82...

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First lady Jill Biden will be in New England this week for a fundraiser and an event about research on women’s health, the White House said Sunday. Biden will travel to to Connecticut, then Massachusetts, on Tuesday, and leave Wednesday afternoon, according to a news release from her office. Biden will arrive at Tweed New Haven Regional Airpo...

More than a dozen cows were dead when a cattle truck rolled over on a ramp on Interstate 84 in Newtown, Connecticut, early Thursday morning, authorities said. State troopers responded to the exit 10 off-ramp on I-84 West around 3:26 a.m. after the tractor-trailer rolled over. It was carrying 44 cows. A state veterinarian was called and a decision w...

A dog from Massachusetts died in the care of a Connecticut dog trainer, who misled the animal’s owner and officers investigating what happened, police said Tuesday. Saying the trainer was conducting a dog training scam, police in North Reading, Massachusetts, are seeking to charge the woman with felony counts of larceny and misleading a polic...

Three people have been arrested on sex trafficking charges for allegedly coercing five women into prostitution throughout New England and in New York and New Jersey, federal officials said Friday. The trio were arrested Wednesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts, over allegations dating back to 2012-2016. Jermall And...

A woman who crash-landed her 79-year-old husband’s plane on Martha’s Vineyard last month reported that he became incapacitated behind the controls, a month after his Federal Aviation Administration medical certificate had been updated, investigators said Wednesday. Randolph Bonnist, of Norwalk, Connecticut, previously had to provide extensive...