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Bruce Carlson is stepping down as president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council, a position he held for five years, the statewide association announced Thursday. Carlson, who will leave the post at the end of the year, does not have specific plans for the future. CTC has established a...

Scientists at Jackson Laboratory will spend the next five years researching the link between genetics and substance abuse, a $4 million effort funded by the federal government. The National Institute on Drug Abuse hopes to understand how addiction relates to the gut microbiome — also known as gut...

The Supreme Court spent more than an hour Thursday puzzling over whether the false testimony of reknowned forensic scientist Henry Lee should lead to the possible dismissal of murder charges against two men convicted of killing a New Milford man 43 years ago. “This is a classic hallmark for a wrongful...

A New York judge threw the song book at a once prominent Yale researcher, ordering him to play piano for the elderly for three years as punishment for stealing government research funds. U.S. District Court Judge Analisa Torres in New York handed down the unusual sentence Wednesday, drawing on...

Vaping is on the rise for high school students as health professionals warn of the dangers of the latest trend in nicotine consumption. The state Department of Public Health reported the number of high schoolers using electronic nicotine delivery systems, known to many as vapes, has doubled since...

Dozens of abandoned, vacant properties across Hartford are undergoing major renovations as the city ramps up it’s anti-blight efforts. Since last June, 137 blighted properties have been fixed up by their owners, using their own money or with help from community nonprofits, according to Hartford’s...

Democratic Ned Lamont poured $8.2 million of his own money into his gubernatorial campaign in September, putting his personal investment in the race at more than $12 million and dwarfing the war chest of Republican rival Bob Stefanowski with a month to go before the election. Even after spending...

Paul Manafort Sr. Drive won’t be renamed, the city council decided Wednesday night, but controversy about the title widened the partisan rift in city government. Democrats on the common council took another shot at changing the name, but the Republican caucus blocked them. Along the way, both sides...

The Society of Professional Journalists Foundation honored Courant opinion editor Carolyn Lumsden Wednesday for her work in investigating crumbling foundations in thousands of homes across Connecticut. Lumsden, a 26-year Courant employee, will receive the 2018 Pulliam Memorial Fellowship. She plans...

Jodi Zils Gagne, who served on Bristol’s city council until last November, admitted in federal court Wednesday that she defrauded clients through her law practice. As her husband and mother watched, Zils Gagne pleaded guilty to mail fraud, a felony that could put her in prison for more than three...