Connecticut

Stop & Shop has announced it will be closing 32 underperforming stores, including more than a dozen in New England, by the end of the year. The company said the closures will “position the company for growth” and noted that they will still have about 350 stores across five states. “As we announced in May, Stop & Shop has evaluat...

The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Harwinton, Connecticut, on Friday. The NWS said Saturday that they had completed their damage survey and determined the tornado touched down along Spring Hill Road at 4:54 p.m. Friday with an estimated maximum wind speed of 85 mph with an estimated p...

Focused and calm under pressure, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is unflinching at the net and when she’s called to score. This year, the 10-year national team veteran and two-time Women’s World Cup winner reached over 100 appearances and became the first goalkeeper in National Women’s Soccer League history to have played over 15,000 min...

The 2024 James Beard Awards ceremony took place Monday night in Chicago, and some New England restaurants and chefs left the Windy City winners. Portland, Maine, won two James Beard awards, with ZU Bakery earning the Outstanding Bakery award and Atsuko Fujimoto from Norimoto Bakery winning Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker. Over in Connecticut, Davi...

A Massachusetts resident was arraigned Tuesday on multiple charges in a stabbing at a McDonald’s in Plymouth over the weekend, one of two alleged attacks that injured six people, including four girls at a movie theater, over the weekend, officials said. Jared Ravizza, a 26-year-old from the Martha’s Vineyard town of Chilmark, was held f...

A man wanted for murder after a deadly shooting in Fall River, Massachusetts, was arrested in Connecticut on Thursday, authorities said. Lee George-Maldonado, 28, of Puerto Rico, is accused in the death of 44-year-old Juan Castro, who was shot dead outside his home on Bank Street in Fall River on December 23, 2023, U.S. Marshals said Wednesday. Geo...

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...

Fourteen cows are dead after a cattle trailer that was transporting cows from Maine to Ohio rolled over on an Interstate 84 ramp in Newtown, Connecticut.