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• LIST: Elle King And Miranda Lambert Among The Collaborations For The 56th ACM Awards

  13-04-2021 18:30 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  (CBS) – CBS, The Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions announced today the exciting collaborations and must-see moments that will take center stage at the 56th Academy Of Country Music Awards. Hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton, the 56th ACM Awards will air live on Sunday, April 18th from 8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT on CBS and streaming live and on-demand with Paramount+.
  The 56th ACM Awards will feature an unprecedented number of world television premiere per
  
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• Fmr. President Obama On Daunte Wright Shooting: ‘A Reminder Of Just How Badly We Need To Reimagine Policing’

  13-04-2021 18:13 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Former President Barack Obama is calling the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center “yet another senseless tragedy.”
  On Tuesday, Obama released a statement on Twitter, saying that Michelle Obama and he “grieve alongside the Wright family for their loss.”Our hearts are heavy over yet another shooting of a Black man, Daunte Wright, at the hands of police. It’s important to conduct a full and transparent investigation, but
  
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• Daunte Wright Shooting: How Does An Officer Confuse Their Taser For A Gun?

  13-04-2021 17:14 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The body camera video of the Daunte Wright shooting shows the officer firing her gun after yelling Taser three times. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon says he believes she intended to use her Taser. But are the two weapons so similar that such a mistake could happen?
  Dr. Shawn Williams, a criminal justice professor at St. Cloud State who trained officers in use of force for 16 years, says watching the footage raised several questions in his mind. &ldqu
  
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• Pennsylvania Officials Recapture Nearly $800 Million In Unemployment Benefits From Fraudsters

  13-04-2021 16:00 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pennsylvania Treasurer’s Office and the Department of Labor and Industry recaptured nearly $800 million of unemployment benefits that fraudsters were trying to steal.
  Treasurer Stacy Garrity and Acting Secretary of Labor & Industry Jennifer Berrier made the announcement Monday. The two agencies first discovered the fraudulent activity last May. Since then, the agencies have increased efforts to detect and prevent fraud.
  Most of the fraud was connected to t
  
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• New York Woman Tests Positive For COVID After Vaccination, Experts Say Shot Minimizes Severity Of Illness

  13-04-2021 15:00 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Getting vaccinated didn’t prevent a Brooklyn woman from contracting COVID-19.
  While there are concerns and confusion around the COVID vaccine, experts say there are a number of reasons why someone can become infected even after getting a shot.
  Ashley Allen, like millions of others, now holds a vaccine card. She got the Johnson & Johnson shot on March 10.
  “That’s just the vaccine I wanted to do. Seemed easy. One shot and done,” Allen, 31,
  
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• Report: Will Smith Movie ‘Emancipation’ Will No Longer Film In Georgia Due To New Voting Rights Bill

  13-04-2021 14:00 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBS Los Angeles) — On Monday, actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua announced their movie “Emancipation,” will no longer be filmed in Georgia due to the new voting law that was passed in late March by Governor Brian Kemp.
  “At this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice,” said Smith and Fuqua in a joint statement Monday.
  “We
  
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• Report: ‘Sopranos’ & ‘Jersey Boys’ Actor Joseph Siravo Dies From Colon Cancer

  13-04-2021 13:00 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Actor Joseph Siravo, who played Angelo DeCarlo in more than 2,000 performances of “Jersey Boys” and Johnny Soprano on HBO’s “The Sopranos” has passed away at the from colon cancer at the age of 66.View this post on InstagramA post shared by @realmichaelimperioliSiravo had a long career on stage and in Hollywood and his first movie was “Carlito’s Way” in 1993 with Al Pacino and Sean Penn. He also recently played Fr
  
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• Stimulus Check Update: Is A Fourth Relief Payment Coming?

  13-04-2021 02:42 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  (CBS DFW) — The country is speculating about a possible fourth stimulus check, even as the third round of economic relief is still reaching eligible Americans. Around 156 million payments of up to $1,400 per person have been issued in over the last few weeks. That’s most of the $422 billion allotted in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. Paper checks and EIP cards continue to arrive by mail.
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• Baseball Report: J.D. Martinez, Red Sox On Fire

  13-04-2021 01:41 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  (CBS Boston) — It’s been an exciting week of baseball, even though the calendar still says mid-April. Two weeks in is far too early to draw any real conclusions from the standings or the play that led to those wins and losses. But it’s the perfect time to look at some of the action making headlines.
  MLB already has its first three-home run game this season, courtesy of Boston Red Sox’s J.D. Martinez. It also has its first no-hitter so far, thanks to San Diego Padres&rsquo
  
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• 7 P.M. Curfews Go Into Effect For Twin Cities Metro Area After Daunte Wright Shooting Death

  12-04-2021 23:55 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Twin Cities will be under a 7 p.m. curfew Monday evening following Sunday’s fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
  The curfew will run until 6 a.m. Tuesday. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III say that the cities are under a state of emergency.
  Gov. Tim Walz said that he also is calling a curfew for the entire counties of Hennepin, Ramsey and Anoka. More than two million people live in those three c
  
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• Matt Del Negro On Showtime’s ‘City On A Hill’: ‘Aldis Hodge Carries Himself With Such Gravitas’

  12-04-2021 21:16 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  (CBS Local)– Season two of “City on a Hill” is off and running on Showtime and actor Matthew Del Negro has been bumped up to a series regular. Del Negro plays Detective Chris Caysen, who is the Sargent of the Youth Strike Force in Boston. The series starring Kevin Bacon & Aldis Hodge follows a corrupt FBI agent named Jackie Rohr (played by Bacon) who looks to exploit Boston’s criminal justice system while Assistant District Attorney DeCourcy Ward (played by Hodge) loo
  
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• ‘Holy S**t, I Just Shot Him’: Chief Believes Officer Meant To Use Taser In Fatal Shooting Of Daunte Wright

  12-04-2021 20:23 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — During a press conference Monday afternoon, officials in Brooklyn Center released body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
  The body camera shows police approaching Wright’s vehicle and asking him to step out of the car. They attempt to handcuff him before he pulls away and gets back into his driver’s seat.
  (credit; CBS)
  The officer whose body camera footage was shown pulls out a gun while shouting “Taser.”
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• Stimulus Check Update: Is A Fourth Relief Payment Coming Your Way?

  12-04-2021 19:24 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  (CBS DFW) — The country is speculating about a possible fourth stimulus check, even as the third round of economic relief is still reaching eligible Americans. Around 156 million payments of up to $1,400 per person have been issued in over the last few weeks. That’s most of the $422 billion allotted in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. Paper checks and EIP cards continue to arrive by mail.
  These relief payments are part of a broad effort to cushion COVID
  
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• Hours at Hartford HealthCare Convention Center COVID Vaccine Site Extended

  12-04-2021 19:15 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Hartford HealthCare is extending the at its Connecticut Convention Center COVID-19 vaccine mega site on some days over the next two weeks and said it is to be more accessible to working families. Wednesday, April 14, open from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15, open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, open from 6 a.m....
  
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• Report: Sylvester Stallone Joins Mar-A-Lago

  12-04-2021 19:14 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Rocky is now a member of Mar-a-Lago.
  According to reports, Sylvester Stallone is now a member of President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach. The 74-year-old actor had previously been a guest at the club and also recently purchased a $35 million home near the club in Palm Beach. The star of “Rocky” was reportedly seen recently posing for photos with guests, all holding up fists in a boxing pose.
  Stallone has also been in the news this month beca
  
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• New Britain Rose Garden Is Seeking Volunteers

  12-04-2021 18:57 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Volunteers in New Britain want you to start thinking about your weekend plans this spring. In a matter of months, the Walnut Hill Rose Garden is going to be filled with bright buds and the Friends of the Rose Garden organization wants to make sure the park is beautiful for everyone to enjoy. “I’m very impressed with this park,” said...
  
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• $49 Million in State Funds Expected to Go Toward Affordable Housing in CT

  12-04-2021 18:18 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The governor has announced that more than $49 million in state funding will go toward developing hundreds of units of affordable housing in several Connecticut communities and his office said the State Bond Commission is expected to approve the plan. “Helping all Connecticut residents afford high-quality housing in the community of their choice supports families, kickstarts the economy, and makes...
  
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• Maryland Woman Wears Wedding Dress To Get Vaccinated

  12-04-2021 18:00 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland woman wore a wedding dress to get vaccinated over the weekend.
  The University of Maryland Medical System shared photos on Twitter of Sarah Studley, all decked out in white, getting her covid-19 vaccination at M&T Bank Stadium.
  Her wedding reception was cancelled due to the pandemic, so Studley decided to not let the dress go to waste.Here comes the bride…to get her vaccination at M&T Bank Stadium Mass Vaccination Site! Rather than let the beautif
  
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• Hartford PD Investigating Shooting Death of 3-Year-Old Call Upon Public for Tips to Solve Case

  12-04-2021 16:57 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed in Hartford on Saturday afternoon and police are asking anyone with information to come forward with any information that could help solve the case. Hartford Police said 3-year-old Rondell Jones, of Hartford, was in a car with his mom; two siblings, 4 and 5 years old; and a male passenger, who they believe...
  
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• 2021 NFL Draft: Justin Hilliard Working To Prove He Can Play Any Linebacker Spot, ‘Want To Be As Versatile As Possible’

  12-04-2021 16:52 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  (CBS Local)- We’re just under three weeks away from the start of the 2021 NFL Draft in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, April 29. The three day event will see over 200 prospects have their dream of hearing their named called from the draft stage come true. For Ohio native Justin Hilliard, it would mark the beginning of a new journey in his home state where he first fell in love with the game.
  Hilliard was born in Cleveland and raised in Cincinnati and was always following in his older brother
  
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• Former Bridgeport Police Chief Sentenced to Prison

  12-04-2021 16:37 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Former Bridgeport police chief Armando “A.J.” Perez was sentenced in federal court in New York City Monday to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in a scheme to ensure he would be hired as the city’s top cop. A judge also sentenced him to two years of supervised release, 100 hours of community service, and fines....
  
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• Vernon COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Open to All Eligible in CT

  12-04-2021 15:02 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Town of Vernon is holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics and they are open to all people who live or work in Connecticut. Doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine will be administered at three clinics this week at the Vernon Senior Center and those who receive a vaccination will automatically get an appointment for their second dose. Clinics are at the...
  
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• Yard House to Open First Connecticut Location in Norwalk

  12-04-2021 14:21 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut is getting its first Yard House bar and restaurant location. Yard House, which is part of the Darden Restaurants company, has 82 other locations but now will be opening a new restaurant in Norwalk at the SoNo Collection on Water Street. The restaurant will be 12,000 square feet with indoor and outdoor seating. Yard House is known, in part,...
  
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• Waterford Police Officers Now Wearing Body Cameras

  12-04-2021 14:04 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Waterford police are now wearing body cameras. Waterford police said the department’s body-worn camera program has gone live and officers will be recording when they interact with members of the public. Several Connecticut police departments have equipped officers with body cameras and some are testing programs.
  
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• Silver Alert for 86-Year-Old Branford Man Canceled

  12-04-2021 12:19 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut State Police have canceled the Silver Alert for an 86-year-old man who was reported missing from Branford on Monday. State police issued a Silver Alert for Joseph Parise and have since canceled it.
  
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• SILVER ALERT: 86-Year-Old Man Reported Missing From Branford

  12-04-2021 12:19 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut State Police have issued a Silver Alert for an 86-year-old man who is missing from Branford on Monday. State police said Joseph Parise has been missing since Monday and may be driving a white 2019 Chevy Silverado with a Connecticut license plate of C185591. Parise is 5-foot 8-inches tall, weighs 125 pounds and has grey hair and brown eyes....
  
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• FEMA Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Administering Shots in New Britain Today

  12-04-2021 09:29 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) COVID-19 mobile vaccination clinic is continuing to move across Connecticut and today, people will be lining up for shots in New Britain. This is the FEMA trailer’s second stop in New Britain. Over the weekend, it was at Veterans Stadium. It has the capacity to administer 250 Johnson and Johnson vaccines a day, but...
  
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• Crash Closes Route 82 in East Haddam

  12-04-2021 09:02 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A crash has closed part of Route 82 in East Haddam on Monday. State police said they are investigating after a car crashed into a pole at the intersection of Route 82 and Bone Mill Road. It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the crash. Troopers said they anticipate the road will reopen shortly.
  
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• Cooler, Cloudy Start to New Work Week

  12-04-2021 08:50 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The new work week will feature cooler temperatures and lots of clouds. Some scattered morning showers are possible. Today’s high temperatures will be in the lower 50s. Tomorrow will have some sun with highs in the 60s. Wednesday also looks mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s. We have a chance for rain on Thursday and Friday. You can...
  
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• Police Investigate Quadruple Shooting in Waterbury

  12-04-2021 03:02 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police are investigating a quadruple shooting in Waterbury that happened early Saturday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 12:15 a.m. in the area of Gasparri Lane. Officials said they saw blood trails and evidence of shots fired when they arrived at the scene. They then found two individuals with gunshot wounds, one of which was shot in the upper thigh...
  
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• Memorial Grows for 3-Year-Old Boy Shot & Killed in Hartford

  12-04-2021 02:29 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A makeshift memorial is growing of balloons, stuffed animals and candles to remember a 3-year-old boy who was shot and killed in Hartford. “This is hurting everybody, everybody,” said Amanda Guzman of Manchester. “It breaks my heart that my, my own friend had to sit here and lose his child to gun violence.” Hartford Police said Rondell Jones was in...
  
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• Hartford HealthCare Makes COVID-19 Vaccine Available to Eligible ER Patients

  12-04-2021 00:03 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Hartford HealthCare is providing some of its hospitals with the vaccine to administer to eligible individuals who wish to be vaccinated. Individuals who go to one of Hartford HealthCare’s hospitals seeking care will now be offered the coronavirus vaccine, officials said. If patients wish to get vaccinated and their condition allows, they can get the vaccine before being discharged. The...
  
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• Crews Put Out 2-Alarm Blaze in Hartford

  11-04-2021 23:10 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Fire crews worked to put out a 2-alarm fire in Hartford Sunday evening. Crews responded to the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Shultas Place. When firefighters got to the scene, a second alarm was requested at approximately 5:04 p.m. The blaze was put out less than 10 minutes later, but crews are still at the scene. No injuries were reported...
  
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• One Dead After Head-On Crash in West Haven

  11-04-2021 21:17 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  One person is dead after a head-on crash in West Haven late Saturday night. Police said the accident happened at approximately 11:25 p.m. in the area of Derby Avenue and Central Avenue. Officials said they initially responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident with an unconscious occupant. When officers responded, they saw two vehicles had hit each other...
  
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• New Haven Students 16 and Up Can Get Vaccinated at COVID-19 Clinic Starting Today

  11-04-2021 21:07 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Students in the New Haven school district who are 16 and up will have their chance to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday. The school district is hosting a vaccination clinic at Career High School. The clinic will run from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday, April 16. Vaccinations will be administered by appointment only. Anyone under 18 has...
  
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• New Haven Students 16 and Up Can Get Vaccinated at COVID-19 Clinic Starting Monday

  11-04-2021 21:07 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Students in the New Haven school district who are 16 and up will have their chance to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday. The school district is hosting a vaccination clinic at Career High School. The clinic will run from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday, April 16. Vaccinations will be administered by appointment only. Anyone under 18 has...
  
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• Fire Destroys Home in East Haddam

  11-04-2021 20:26 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  An early-morning fire has destroyed a home in East Haddam. Officials said the blaze happened at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Daniel Peck Road. When crews arrived, they saw a fully-involved fire. It is unknown if there are any injuries. The fire is under investigation by the state Fire Marshal’s Office.
  
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• Armed Carjacking Under Investigation in New London

  11-04-2021 19:44 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  An armed carjacking is under investigation in New London on Sunday. Police said a woman reported that she was driving her vehicle, described as a silver 2018 Infinity Q60 with a CT license plate of 4AFSE4, on Bank Street shortly before 1 a.m. when she was hit from behind by another vehicle at the intersection of Bank and Summer streets....
  
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• Police ID Man Killed After Being Struck by Tow Truck in New Haven

  11-04-2021 18:37 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police have identified a man who died after he was hit by a tow truck in New Haven on Friday morning. Officers were called to the Lamberton Street intersection just after 1 a.m. According to investigators, a tow truck was traveling on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard when 67-year-old Curtis Woods, of New Haven, was struck. An ambulance transported Woods to...
  
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• 2 Arrested After Allegedly Leaving Child Unsupervised in North Stonington Parking Lot

  11-04-2021 17:15 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut State Police have arrested two people who are accused of leaving a child unsupervised in a vehicle in a parking lot while they shopped at an adult store in North Stonington on Saturday night. Troopers said they received a call around 8 p.m. about a 4-year-old child who had been left alone in a vehicle that was parked at...
  
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• Lawrence Livermore Researchers Testing Out Nuclear Blast Defense Against Earth-Threatening Asteroids

  11-04-2021 15:00 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  LIVERMORE (CBS SF) — It sounds like a scene from a Hollywood sci-fi thriller, but researchers from Lawrence Livermore National lab have joined with an Air Force team of technologists to test if a nuclear blast could be used to deflect an earth-threatening asteroid.
  Whether it be Bruce Willis and his crew of oil drillers taking on an asteroid as it approaches earth in ‘Armageddon’ or Tia Leoni and her father awaiting a massive tidal wave from an asteroid strike in ‘Deep Im
  
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• State Issues COVID-19 Guidelines for Proms, Graduation Events

  11-04-2021 14:35 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  High school proms and graduation ceremonies can take place this spring but should have precautions to reduce the possibility of spreading COVID-19, Connecticut’s Department of Public Health said. Attendees should wear masks and practice social distancing regardless of their vaccination status, the department said Friday as it issued a series of guidelines. Events also should be held outdoors with a...
  
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• ‘Absolutely Shocked’: California Teen Accepted To 5 Ivy League Schools And Stanford

  11-04-2021 14:00 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  SYLMAR (CBSLA) — At first, it was Stanford.
  Itzel Luna, a Sylmar senior, has been accepted to five Ivy League schools and Stanford. (Photo by Itzel Luna)
  Then, on Tuesday, Itzel Luna found out she had been accepted to not one, not two, but five Ivy League Universities — Harvard, Brown, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia.
  “I was just absolutely shocked,” Luna, a senior at Daniel Pearlman Magnet High School, said. “All I could do was just keep chec
  
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• 15 Months After Buying Dream Home, California Couple Finally Kick Squatters Out

  11-04-2021 13:00 via connecticut.cbslocal.com
  
  RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) – A Riverside couple who were unable to move into their new home for 15 months — because the previous owner refused to leave — were finally able to get into their house last week.
  A couple remove the previous homeowner from a Riverside, Calif., home they purchased back in January 2020, but were unable to move into for 15 months. April 2021. (CBS2 News This Morning)
  Tracie and Myles Albert closed on the $650,000 home back in January of 2020, but when they arriv
  
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• Tracking a Few Showers to End the Weekend

  11-04-2021 12:39 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  An area of low pressure to our west tries to bring us showers later today, but dry air to our east will keep most of the day dry. A backdoor cold front (a cold front backing in from the east) will bring more dry air and hold off most of the rain for most of today. The best chance for...
  
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• Showers Move Through the State Tonight

  11-04-2021 12:39 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  An area of low pressure to our west tries to bring us showers tonight. Dry air to our east kept most of the day dry. The best chance for showers is for western and southwestern Connecticut. We need the rain. We are 2 to 2.5 inches below average for year to date rainfall. We expect under .25 for most from...
  
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• Showers Continue Overnight

  11-04-2021 12:39 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A stationary front will continue to bring scattered rain showers and areas of drizzle to the state overnight and into Monday morning. The heaviest rain shower activity will likely occur between midnight and 6 a.m. with heavy downpours expected in parts of the state. Monday will feature primarily cloudy skies with a few isolated showers possible, especially during the late...
  
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• Fauci to Speak at Yale Commencement Ceremony

  11-04-2021 02:59 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Yale School of Public Health announced that Dr. Anthony Fauci will be the commencement speaker this year. Fauci, who is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will speak during the hybrid ceremony on May 24. More details are to come. Click here for more information.
  
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• Man Dead After Shooting Incident in Meriden

  11-04-2021 02:05 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police are investigating after a man died because of a gunshot wound to the body in Meriden. Officials said 38-year-old Dante Smith was dropped off at Midstate Medical Hospital, where he later died of his injuries. It is unknown what led up to the shooting at this time. No other injuries were reported. Officials are investigating. Anyone with information is...
  
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• Stop Asian Hate Rally Held in Hartford

  11-04-2021 00:46 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  There was a strong show of support for the local Asian American community at Bushnell Park in Hartford on Saturday. Following recent incidents of anti-Asian hate and discrimination across the country, dozens of people rallied together with signs, calling for an end to racially-motivated violence. They believe one way to do that is by amplifying Asian voices. “I wish this...
  
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