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• Amid worry, gay conservatives see hope for LGBT rights In Trump

  22-01-2017 23:03
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Brian Powers and Dan Cunningham arrived to the March for Women’s Lives in Washington, D.C. on  Saturday like thousands of other people: Powers in a pink hat with the suggestion of cats’ ears and Cunningham in a rainbow-flag cape with a homemade sign that read “I can’t believe we are still protesting this shit!” The two had driven in from Kalamazoo, Michigan to join an estimated 500,000 people who came to the nation’s capital
  
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• Kids’ triathlon program by family of Newtown victim expands

  22-01-2017 22:35
  
  WATERBURY — A children’s triathlon program created by the Connecticut family of a Sandy Hook shooting victim is expanding. A ceremony is scheduled Thursday in Waterbury to sign a formal agreement that will allow for 20 Race4Chase Youth triathlon programs in Connecticut, Rhode Island and South Carolina next summer. The parents of 7-year-old Chase Kowalski founded the program. The boy had competed in his first youth triathlon — a 20-yard swim, half-mile bike ride and third-of-a-m
  
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• Nor'easter Could Drop Up to 6 Inches in Northwest Hills

  22-01-2017 22:30
  
  Powerful nor'easter expected to bring strong winds, heavy sleet, and coastal flooding.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Norwich Robbery Suspect Pointed Gun at Officers: Police

  22-01-2017 21:59
  
  Norwich police officers fired their weapons at a robbery suspect Saturday night when he pointed a gun at them and refused police orders to drop the weapon, according to Norwich police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Congresswoman Gwendolyn Moore sees unity, not division, at Women’s March

  22-01-2017 21:34
  
  Washington, D.C. — For Congresswoman Gwendolyn Moore, there’s one moment from Saturday’s rally portion of the Women’s March on Washington that will stand out to her: it was when she was staring at the massive crowd, just after she’d ceding the stage to the Reverend Jesse Jackson and activist and scholar Angela Davis. “Every time I’m discouraged, I’ll remember that moment on stage, that sea of humanity,” she said. Moore, a Wisconsin Democ
  
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• I-95 north opens after serious crash near Old Lyme

  22-01-2017 20:34
  
  OLD LYME — I-95 north was closed this Sunday afternoon between exits 70-71 after a serious crash, police say. Police believe it to be just one car involved. I-95 has now been opened and traffic is moving. Stay with Fox61 as the story develops.
  
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• I-95 north closed after serious crash near Old Lyme

  22-01-2017 20:34
  
  OLD LYME — I-95 north has been closed between exits 70-71 after a serious crash, police say. Police believe it to be just one car involved. It is undetermined on how long that part of I-95 north will be closed. Stay with Fox61 as the story develops.
  
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• I-95 North Closed in Old Lyme

  22-01-2017 20:28
  
  Interstate 95 north is closed in Old Lyme due to a serious crash, according to state police.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Owl causes car accident in Thomaston

  22-01-2017 20:09
  
  THOMASTON — Around midnight on Sunday, Thomaston police received an unusual call. An owl had flown into the path of the a car and hit it’s windshield. The driver stopped the car and called the police. When police arrived, they saw an owl standing in the road way with obvious injuries. Police say it was clearly disoriented and in pain. Nearby neighbors assisted officers by providing a create and materials to help the injured owl. Officers were able to secure […]
  
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• Owl Crashes into Car's Windshield in Thomaston

  22-01-2017 18:40
  
  A driver in Thomaston had a run-in with an owl Saturday.Photo Credit: Thomaston Police DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Rhode Island governor looks to pioneer free tuition for all

  22-01-2017 18:27
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A college-for-all idea that sparked enthusiasm during the presidential race could now face one of its biggest tests in Rhode Island. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo has proposed giving in-state residents two years of free tuition at the state’s public colleges. Her administration spent months studying tuition-free college programs in states such as Georgia and Tennessee. Rhode Island’s would be more expansive. By providing free tuition for students in their jun
  
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• Conway: Trump White House offered ‘alternative facts’ on crowd size

  22-01-2017 18:16
  
  WASHINGTON  — White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s false claims about the size of the crowd at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were “alternative facts,” a top Trump aide said Sunday. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Chuck Todd pressed Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway about why the White House on Saturday had sent Spicer to the briefing podium for the first time to claim that “this was the largest audience t
  
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• Firefighter Unhurt After Falling Through Floor During Call

  22-01-2017 18:10
  
  It was a close call for a Stamford firefighter who fell through a floor while fighting a large house fire Saturday night.Photo Credit: NBC 7 San Diego
  
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• Lisbon Man Has Been Missing Since Wednesday: Police

  22-01-2017 17:55
  
  A Lisbon man has been missing since Wednesday and Connecticut State police are asking the public to keep a lookout.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• 11 dead in severe Georgia storms

  22-01-2017 17:48
  
  BROOKS COUNTY, Georgia — Eleven people were killed in severe weather that struck southern Georgia in the overnight hours Saturday into Sunday. At least two of the deaths were in Brooks County. The deaths were confirmed by Georgia Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Catherine Howden. Howden said the agency was working to assess the damage. The National Weather Service said most of south Georgia remains under a tornado watch; some under a severe thunderstorm warning; and, in the extreme
  
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• Prank against Steelers suspected in early hotel fire alarm

  22-01-2017 17:18
  
  BOSTON  — A man has been arrested and charged with setting off an early-morning fire alarm at a Boston hotel that roused the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of their playoff with the New England Patriots. Massachusetts State Police spokesman Dave Procopio says Pittsburgh’s team was staying at the Logan Airport Hilton hotel when a fire alarm went off at about 3:40 a.m. Sunday. Procopio says evidence suggests the pulled alarm was meant as a prank against the Steelers. 3AM Someo
  
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• Washington marijuana advocates handed out thousands of joints for inauguration

  22-01-2017 17:13
  
  Throughout the day of President Trump’s inauguration on Friday, activists hit the streets of Washington, D.C, marching and demonstrating—some breaking the law—for a variety of causes, including LGBT rights, drawing attention to climate change, and immigration law reform. Among them were a group of marijuana advocates who, in broad daylight in Dupont Circle—the tony neighborhood northwest of the White House—handed out 8,000 free joints to the public. The mass distrib
  
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• Newtown Liquor Store Robbed, Vandalized, Set on Fire: Police

  22-01-2017 16:39
  
  Authorities are searching for two suspects who robbed a Newtown liquor store, set it on fire, and may have painted a racial slur on the back door, according to Newtown police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Former Hartford Mayor Due Back In Court This Week

  22-01-2017 15:43
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A judge may soon rule on whether to dismiss corruption charges against former Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez.Perez is set to return to Hartford Superior Court on Tuesday, when Judge Juliett Crawford may decide on Perez’s motions to dismiss.Lawyers for the Democratic former mayor argue that retrials on the charges would violate the Fifth Amendment’s double jeopardy clause against being prosecuted for the same crimes more than once. Prosecutors disagree.
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• Lots of clouds and mild Sunday; tracking a nor’easter Monday into Tuesday

  22-01-2017 13:49
  
  There is some messy weather coming our way. We are starting out this morning with fog in many areas of the state so take it nice and slow! Temperatures are feeling nice and mild, even hitting 50 degrees in some spots. Then Monday into Tuesday we have a Nor’easter.. a high wind watch is in effect for the CT coast from 1 AM Monday into 1AM Tuesday.. expect gusts up to 40-60 mph along the water. These winds could be […]
  
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• The Latest: Madonna curses President Trump at Women’s March

  22-01-2017 11:34
  
  WASHINGTON  — The Latest on the Women’s March on Washington and associated protests around the world Madonna says it took “this horrific moment” of Donald Trump’s inauguration as president to wake up the United States. The pop singer used several obscenities during a speech at the Women’s March on Washington to emphasize her opposition to Trump. Her comments were carried live on cable television. She says Saturday’s march means “that we are fa
  
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• Johnson & Wales culinary arts museum to close to the public

  22-01-2017 11:31
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Johnson & Wales University is permanently closing its culinary arts museum to the public. The university announced Thursday that the closure will take effect Feb. 27. It is continuing to digitize the museum’s holdings for research and viewing online. The museum opened in 1989 and is home to more than 200,000 pieces. A university spokesman says students, faculty and staff need more space to work as teams. They’ll use the museum at the Harborside campu
  
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• Journalist George Krimsky, who covered Manson arrest, dies

  22-01-2017 11:22
  
  WASHINGTON, CT —  A journalist and author who covered Charles Manson’s arrest, the Lebanese civil war and dissident activities in the Soviet Union and who later wrote about media issues has died in Connecticut. George Krimsky was 75. His family says he died Friday after a battle with lung cancer. Krimsky grew up in New York, California and Connecticut. After three years of military service he became a newspaper reporter in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1969 he began working for The
  
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• Lawmakers To Question Plan To End Child Welfare Oversight

  22-01-2017 09:16
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Lawmakers say they have many questions about a revised agreement that could finally end federal oversight of Connecticut’s child welfare agency.The new exit plan, ordered by a federal judge in September, replaces a previous one filed in 2004.The plan mandates the minimum amount the state must spend on the Department of Children and Families – something the General Assembly cannot change. This comes as Connecticut faces a projected $1.5 billion budget defi
  
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• Newtown Liquor Store Robbed

  22-01-2017 07:54
  
  Newtown, Ct. – (CBS Connecticut)   At approximately 8:28 pm on 1/21/2017 officers responded to 113 South Main, the Red Roster Liquor store on a report of a robbery that just occurred.Upon arrival officers observed that a fire was burning in the rear of the building, they entered and assisted the FD in extinguishing the fire with fire extinguishers. A proprietor of the store stated that two males entered, one requesting help in locating a product, at that time one brandishing a firearm
  
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• 3 Injured In Crash During Chase By West Haven Police

  22-01-2017 07:52
  
  WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Authorities say three people were injured when their car crashed during
  a chase by West Haven police. Police say officers tried to pull the car over at about 2 a.m. Saturday
  because the driver was speeding and ignoring traffic signals. Officials say the driver sped off and later
  crashed the car.  Authorities say three of the four people in the car were treated for minor injuries at a
  hospital.  Officers searched the car after the crash and say they found
  
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• State Police Seek Information On Missing Person

  22-01-2017 07:10
  
  Lisbon, Ct. – (CBS Connecticut) The Connecticut State Police are seeking the publics help as they
  investigate a report of a missing person. Police are searching for Patrick Murphy, a white male from
  Lisbon, described as a white male, 5’5” tall, with brown hair and a brown beard. He was last seen on
  Wednesday, around 5:30 p.m., walking north on Route 12 into Jewett City wearing a b;ack Underarmour
  hoodie and Jordan back pack. McCarthy’s destination was unknown by the repor
  
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• Norwich Police – Shots Fired Occum Section

  22-01-2017 06:46
  
  Norwich, Ct. (CBS Connecticut) – Norwich police responded to reports of shots fired around 9:15
  p.m. Saturday night in the area of Harry’s Market in the Occum section of the city. The Norwich Bulletin
  is reporting a police supervisor said city and state police were searching the area.  No other information
  was available.
   
  
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• George Krimsky, 1970’s AP Correspondent In Soviet Union, Dies

  22-01-2017 06:13
  
  WASHINGTON, Conn. (AP) _ Journalist and author George Krimsky, who coveredCharles Manson’s arrest, the Lebanese civil war and dissident activity in theSoviet Union and co-founded a center for international journalists, has died atage 75.
  Krimsky, who lived in Washington, died Friday after a yearlong battle with lungcancer, his family said Saturday. He had a career that spanned nearly fivedecades, much of that spent abroad or working in international affairs.
  Krimsky grew up in New York, C
  
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• Norwich police looking for suspect who fired gun at officers

  22-01-2017 05:35
  
  NORWICH — Police officers saw a suspect with a gun while at Harry’s Occum Deli for an unrelated call Saturday night. The suspect ran away when approached by police. Police chased the suspect and were fired upon during the chase. It is not known how many shots were fired. Norwich and State police are still searching for the suspect. Stay with Fox61 as the story develops.
  
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• Maggie Roche of The Roches sister vocal trio dies at 65

  22-01-2017 04:51
  
  NEW YORK — Maggie Roche, the folk-rock singer-songwriter who since the mid-1970s had performed and recorded as a trio and in pairs with her two sisters, has died. Roche died of cancer, according to a statement posted online Saturday by her sister and bandmate Suzzy Roche. She was 65. Growing up in Park Ridge, New Jersey, eldest sister Maggie formed a duo with her middle sister Terre, and while touring, they caught the attention of Paul Simon, who brought them in as backup [&
  
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• Women’s March on Connecticut in Hartford

  22-01-2017 04:25
  
  HARTFORD– People old and young gathered in Hartford for the Women’s March on Connecticut. Thousands of people showed up, many wearing pink, to voice their concerns over Trump’s presidency. “I am sick of people name calling, I’m sick of the hate, and I think that we need to just embrace one another embrace our differences what makes us great that’s why we are still great,” said Nicole Arel, who attended the march. People from all over Connecticut att
  
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• Trucker loses trailer of 38,000 pounds of marbles on I-465

  22-01-2017 00:46
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, IN — A trucker has lost his marbles in the Indianapolis area. State police tell TV station WXIN that a truck carrying 38,000 pounds of marbles lost its trailer Saturday on southbound Interstate 465, near Pendleton Pike. The marbles were on the shoulder and in the median. There were no injuries, but a lane of traffic in that area was affected by the cleanup during much of the day.
  
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