CANTON, Mass. (AP) — So long strawberry banana smoothie. Goodbye steak and egg breakfast sandwich. Dunkin’ Donuts is cutting back on its food and drink offerings. The Boston Herald reports the new, simplified menu is expected to roll out in…

ENFIELD (AP) — Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a correctional facility in Enfield. Carl Robinson Correctional Institution officials say Jerry Mercado was unaccounted for around 3:15 p.m. Sunday during a routine facility count. The building was…

HARTFORD (AP) — A state senator says Connecticut should help the Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton meet the expected demand for more submarines. Democratic Sen. Cathy Osten of Sprague has filed proposed legislation that calls for dedicating $100 million over…

HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut’s two U.S. senators are pressing their colleagues to do more to help the residents of Puerto Rico, who are still recovering from a hurricane that hit the island more than 100 days ago. “Puerto Rico is…

NORWALK (AP) — Connecticut police say a woman was severely injured when she was run over by a car and pinned underneath. Norwalk fire officials say the woman was run over Sunday afternoon and first responders found her trapped underneath…

WATERBURY — Police apprehended the occupants of a grey sedan they say was stolen out of New York before it was driven over two parked cars and crashed into a building at 630 Baldwin St., Sunday night. Police say the…

HARTFORD – A state panel of policymakers and doctors has released a draft of a report calling for more transparency in how the cost of prescription drugs is negotiated for Connecticut consumers. The state Healthcare Cabinet, which has 21 members…

HARTFORD – Many working people who have state income taxes deducted from their paychecks may not realize that Jan. 15 is the second biggest filing deadline after April 15. Jan. 15 is the date that taxpayers who pay estimated income…

HELSINKI (AP) — A man in Stockholm picked up an unknown object from the ground that detonated in his hand Sunday, accidently killing himself and injuring his female companion near a subway station, Swedish police said. The blast took place…

NEW YORK (AP) — The bitter cold that followed a massive East Coast snowstorm should begin to lessen as temperatures inch up and climb past freezing next week, weather forecasters said. Patrick Burke, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s…

MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) — It’s been a billion-dollar lottery weekend after a lone Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire matched all six numbers and will claim a $570 million jackpot, one day after another single ticket sold in Florida nabbed…

APALACHICOLA, Fla. (AP) — Reminders of the oyster’s pre-eminence in this slice of northwestern Florida are everywhere, from the shells that line the edges of downtown buildings to the paintings of oysters that dot the walls of Apalachicola’s art and…

BEIJING (AP) — An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China’s east coast, leaving the tanker’s entire crew of 32 missing and causing it to spill oil into the sea, authorities said Sunday. Chinese…

WATERTOWN – Members of local sports groups rallied to raise money to help VFW Post 5157 recoup after a rash of break-ins. Frank Trosky, quartermaster of at the Watertown VFW Post, said there are break-ins at the Thomaston Road building…

TORRINGTON The Torrington Area Health District inspected the establishments listed below between Dec. 18 and Dec. 29. A minimum score of 80 is required to pass. “Pre” means the operation was inspected at its opening, after a change of ownership…

TORRINGTON – The frigid temperatures of late have brought back memories of the early days in Christopher Smedick’s police career. Like all Torrington police rookies more than three decades ago, he was given a walking beat. Smedick recalls the sub-zero…

WOODBURY – The Region 14 Board of Education Community Relations Committee is hosting another Community Conversation on Jan. 11, where attendees will ponder the question: “Are the facilities and resources in Region 14 appropriate for the current and future learning…

TORRINGTON – Police allege a city man kicked an officer after he was escorted out of a grocery store on Friday. Frank Stephens, 56, of 192 Elm St., was making a scene inside the Price Rite at 695 Main St.,…

TORRINGTON/GOSHEN – At least two meetings are planned to discuss the proposed sewer line from the Woodridge Lake Sewer District in Goshen to Torrington after it submitted its application last week to the Water Pollution Control Authority. An information session…

HARTFORD – What to do with a new $71 million minor league baseball stadium during the winter? If you’re the Hartford Yard Goats, the Double-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, you turn to real goats. Time for goat yoga class….