HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal and local authorities have arrested a man they say was a major drug supplier for Connecticut and New York after finding more than 12,000 fentanyl doses and 2 pounds...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Here is the text of South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's State of the State address as prepared Wednesday:

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel investigating the origins of the FBI's probe into the 2016 election now has the authority to use classified information indefinitely in his investigation, a...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and federal prosecutors said Thursday that they have reached an agreement with Meriden, Connecticut, to resolve allegations the city illegally...

A Connecticut man was sentenced Friday to two years of probation for continuing to collect his father's Social Security benefits, even though the older man had moved overseas and subsequently...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing $240,000 from the nonprofit he worked for as well as some of the organization's developmentally disabled clients,...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A member of what authorities call a violent Connecticut street gang has pleaded guilty to his role in several public shootings that resulted in death or injury to innocent...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A third person involved in the 2009 kidnapping, robbery and killing of a suspected drug dealer in Connecticut was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, federal...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for drug trafficking.

Prosecutors say Jeremy Rodriguez, 22, was part of a drug trafficking...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The former operator of Connecticut nursing homes pleaded guilty to embezzlement and tax offenses in federal court.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who threatened to kill President Donald Trump, sent letters containing a white powder to several people and organizations, and threatened to set off a...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who allegedly expressed interest in fighting for the Islamic State group in Syria was arrested as he prepared to leave the U.S. by boat, federal...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A fourth person has been sentenced for his role in a kidnapping and extortion scheme that targeted Central American immigrants as they exited buses New York, federal...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded more than $3 million from his Illinois-based employer.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. attorney for Connecticut says an Ohio woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to using skimming equipment on ATMs to read customers' card numbers.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Bridgeport man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for heroin distribution and firearm possession offenses.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut pair is facing charges related to fentanyl distribution that resulted in the death of a man.

Bridgeport residents John Matthews and Deandra Bloschichak...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Cheshire man has been sentenced to prison for distributing narcotics to a woman in Southington who died from an overdose.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman who authorities say was part of a drug trafficking ring that brought large amounts of cocaine into Connecticut from Puerto Rico has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham says Alba Filomeno-Gomez, of New London, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Hartford.

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Authorities in Connecticut say a 72-year-old businessman has admitted to multiple offenses stemming from an investment fraud scheme.

U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham says Barton Stuck, of Westport, will be sentenced on Jan. 22 after pleading guilty Thursday to wire fraud and engaging in illegal monetary transactions.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Canadian man accused of abducting his toddler son 31 years ago during a court-ordered visitation was arrested Friday in Connecticut, where authorities said he and his son had lived under aliases in a quiet suburb.

U.S. federal agents said they found Allan Mann Jr. in Vernon after having received a tip from a relative that he may be living in Connecticut under another name.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been found guilty to defrauding more than 50 people out of more than $2 million, including several women he met on a dating site.

A federal jury in Bridgeport on Tuesday found 66-year-old Thomas Connerton guilty of more than two dozen counts of fraud.

U.S. Attorney John Durham says the Stamford man tricked his victims into providing him funding for his Connecticut-based company, Safety Technologies, LLC.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A New Haven man who has sent threatening letters in the past is in custody after suspicious packages were found at four downtown Hartford buildings, including a government office and a courthouse.

U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham said Wednesday that 51-year-old Gary Joseph Gravelle was charged with violating the terms of his release from federal prison in 2015.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A food service worker at the federal prison in Danbury has been indicted on charges that he tried to smuggle phones into the prison.

Thirty-seven-year-old Eric Williams of Bridgeport pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of providing contraband in prison and making false statements.

Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham says the phones and an electric beard trimmer were found inside Williams' hat at the employee entrance to the prison on July 9.

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — The owner a UPS Store in Connecticut has agreed to pay a customer $1,000 to settle a federal complaint after the store ordered that woman to take her service dog outside.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says Tuesday the incident happened earlier this year at the Riverside UPS Store in Greenwich. According to the settlement agreement, the store's manager told investigators he did not believe the animal was a service dog and the customer did not have papers to prove that it was.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Seven men in Connecticut and Puerto Rico have been indicted for trafficking cocaine through the mail.

U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham said the men — five of whom were from Connecticut — used Priority Mail parcels to ship cocaine from Puerto Rico to addresses in New Britain, Hartford, Newington, East Hartford and Bridgeport, as well as Springfield, Massachusetts.

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A real estate developer from Florida has been sentenced to over 7 years in prison at a federal court hearing in Connecticut.

Seventy-five-year-old John DiMenna of Vero Beach, Florida operated an extensive real estate investment scheme that defrauded investors and lenders out of millions of dollars between 2010 and 2016.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Hartford man has pleaded guilty to supplying fentanyl-laced heroin to a 20-year-old woman who died of an overdose last September.

The U.S. Attorney's office for Connecticut says 23-year-old Felix "Pablo" Lopez waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to charges of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin, crack cocaine and fentanyl.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for taking part in two fraud schemes.

U.S. Attorney John Durham said Tuesday that 40-year-old Rachael Alexander, of Stratford, will serve 41 months in prison.

A federal judge in New Haven also ordered her to pay about $444,000 in restitution. She was arrested in 2016 along with her husband Marc Alexander and Bernard Harris.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed John Durham as the chief federal prosecutor in Connecticut.

The Senate voted Thursday to approve Durham as U.S. attorney for Connecticut. President Donald Trump had nominated him to replace former U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly, who left office in October as part of a purge of federal prosecutors who had been nominated by former President Barack Obama.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 24-year-old Hartford man is charged with forcing a teenager into prostitution by using a threat to make her disappear.

Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham says Christopher "Cadillac Black" Hamlett was arrested Thursday on a federal charge of sex trafficking a minor. He is being held pending a Feb. 15 hearing.

Durham's office says the victim told them Hamlett originally gave her a percentage of the money she earned, but later took it all.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated longtime federal prosecutor John Durham to serve as U.S. attorney for Connecticut.

The White House announced the nomination Wednesday and sent it to the Senate for approval, saying Durham and nominees for other U.S. attorney jobs share Trump's vision for "making America safe again."