Helena Greenleaf of Thompson, Connecticut, won a $1 million-dollar prize from a "$2,500,000 Merry & Bright" lottery ticket purchased in Auburn, Massachusetts.

A woman from Connecticut who won $1 million playing the lottery in Massachusetts will use her prize for a rich meal. Helena Greenleaf, of Thompson, Conn. won $1 million from the “ $2,500,000 Merry & Bright ” scratch ticket game by the Massachusetts State Lottery. The game costs $10 per ticket to play.

In fact, Connecticut became a state on Jan. 9, 1788 - 237 years ago today. However, the state's history extends back much before that. To celebrate the state's official birthday, here's a look back at Connecticut's history, from its very first settlements up until its statehood.

SouthCoast Wind is moving forward on other fronts. On Dec. 20, the Biden administration announced that the proposal had received approval from the federal government, making it the 11 th offshore wind project to get the green light from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

A former New Britain man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Wednesday for trafficking cocaine into Connecticut and Massachusetts from Puerto Rico. Ramon Soto, 57, of the Bronx, New York faced sentencing in federal court in Bridgeport where a judge ordered that his prison term be followed by four years of supervised release,

A former Boston doctor, who is accused in a class action lawsuit of sexually assaulting more than 200 patients, has now been indicted on two counts of rape.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut had one of the highest work-from-home rates among neighboring states and ranked 22nd among all states.

A person’s death on board an Air France plane to Boston from Paris was under investigation on Tuesday evening, Massachusetts State Police said. There were few details available about the person’s death;

Massachusetts was followed by Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska and New Hampshire to round out the Top 5 best states for families. New Mexico was at the bottom, joined by Mississippi, West Virginia, Nevada and Oklahoma.

The bulk of New England states, including Connecticut, have significant zero carbon energy goals to be achieved in the next 15 to 25 years. Massachusetts and Rhode Island made progress toward those goals last year,

North Carolina-based brand Blue Ridge Beef issued a recall on its Kitten Mix pet food due to salmonella contamination. The frozen pet food is primarily sold in retail stores located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, according to the recall announcement.

A police chase that started in Massachusetts led to a crash on Interstate 95 near the Providence-Cranston line on Friday afternoon, officials said.