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• Single engine plane lands without gear at Ellington Airport

  19-02-2017 23:59
  
  ELLINGTON — A single engine plane was damaged when it landed without landing gear Sunday. State police said no one was injured in the incident. They said the pilot, who was not identified, was practicing landings and take offs at Ellington Airport around 11 a.m. when the Mooney single engine aircraft slid on its belly 183 yards. It came to rest at the edge of the paved runway. The aircraft was removed and had minor damage to its undercarriage and […]
  
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• 2,700 UConn students dance the night away to raise funds for CCMC

  19-02-2017 23:23
  
  STORRS — UConn students pulled an all-nighter early in the semester for a good cause. Around 2,700 students danced for 18 hours to raise money for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center as part of the HuskyTHON Dance Marathon Organizers said the event is New England’s largest student run philanthropy and it was recently named the 11th top collegiate fundraiser in the nation by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Last year the event raised $716,394. The amount r
  
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• What a day! Share your photos of the spring like weather!

  19-02-2017 22:12
  
  HARTFORD — What a great weekend! Hopefully you were able to get out and enjoy it. Share your pictures of this sunny, springlike day with us!   Brent Hardin shared this video: Check out the latest forecast here. If you want your photos included in our gallery or if you want us to use them on air – email [email protected],  submit them using the button below (desktop only), or upload them from our FOX 61 News app. You can also connect […]
  
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• Suffield police capture roaming cattle

  19-02-2017 21:50
  
  SUFFIELD — Free range cattle took on a new meaning Sunday morning, when police intercepted two males wandering around town. Suffield Police posted a photo and caption on their Facebook page.  “Early this morning officers responded to a complaint of 2 suspicious males going door to door trying to sell dairy products. Officers determined that the 2 individuals did not have a solicitors permit and were apprehended after a short foot pursuit. We would like to remind everyone to
  
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• Woman dies in Norwalk house fire, hoarding conditions reported

  19-02-2017 20:55
  
  NORWALK — A Norwalk woman has died in a house fire Sunday morning. Firefighters say, every room of her house was filled with junk. Firefighters say that the fire started around 7 a.m. Sunday at 25 Bettswood Road in Norwalk. Heavy fire was coming out of the second floor bedroom window, firefighters say. Firefighters say they had great difficulty entering the home due to extreme hoarding conditions. On average the firefighters were waist deep in garbage, firefighters say. In some […]
  
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• DA: Investigators at 'Messy' Scene Where 2 Found Slain

  19-02-2017 20:46
  
  Multiple victims have been found dead at a home in Peabody, Massachusetts, according to the Essex County District Attorney's Office.
  
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• Thousands Dance it Out for UConn's HuskyTHON Fundraiser

  19-02-2017 19:12
  
  UConn students pulled an all-nighter, as they hit the dance floor and rack up serious cash.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 8th Annual Celebrity Half-Time Basketball Game held for awareness against domestic abuse

  19-02-2017 18:38
  
  NEW BRITAIN — State officials, Connecticut business leaders, and some of our very own from Fox 61 faced off in a basketball game Saturday at Central Connecticut State University to support a non-profit and spread awareness in the cause against domestic violence. The Men Make a Difference, Men Against Domestic Violence Celebrity Half-Time basketball game took place during halftime of CCSU’s game against Robert Morris University. The game was attended by Fox 61’s Joe Furey, Rich
  
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• East Windsor Police Seek Suspected Car Thief

  19-02-2017 18:03
  
  East Windsor police are searching for a man accused of stealing a car from the Mercury Fuel on South Main Street Friday.Photo Credit: East Windsor Police Department
  
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• Woman Dies in Norwalk House Fire

  19-02-2017 17:58
  
  A woman is dead after a house fire in Norwalk Sunday morning and hoarding conditions in the home made it difficult for firefighters to reach her, according to fire officials.Photo Credit: NBC 7 San Diego
  
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• Aircraft Incident Reported at Ellington Airport

  19-02-2017 17:21
  
  Emergency crews are responding to Ellington Airport after a reported hard landing, according to Tolland County Dispatch.
  
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• Suffield Police Corral Runaway Cows

  19-02-2017 16:48
  
  Suffield police know how to see the humor in a situation.Photo Credit: Suffield Police Department
  
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• Rep. John Larson holds public forum in Berlin on Healthcare

  19-02-2017 16:30
  
  BERLIN — Representative John Larson (CT-01) hosted a public forum with healthcare professional at the Berlin Senior Center on Saturday. The aim was to talk about healthcare and the Affordable Care Act. “As we stand poised to defend the Affordable Care Act from roll-backs and cuts by the Republican Congress, it is important to hear from my constituents,” said Larson. “House Democrats are hosting healthcare related events across the country this weekend in order to make sur
  
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• Man Arrested After Striking State Police Cruiser on I-95: PD

  19-02-2017 15:57
  
  The Connecticut State Police have made an arrest after a vehicle struck a cruiser on I-95 North in Guilford Saturday night.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Thousands Dance it Out for UConn's HuskyTHON Marathon

  19-02-2017 15:54
  
  UConn students pulled an all-nighter, as they hit the dance floor and rack up serious cash.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• SpaceX launches rocket from NASA’s historic moon pad

  19-02-2017 15:52
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s historic moonshot pad is back in business. A SpaceX Falcon rocket blasted off Sunday morning from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. It’s carrying a load of supplies for the International Space Station. Astronauts flew to the moon from this very spot nearly a half-century ago. The pad was last used for NASA’s final shuttle mission nearly six years ago. This is SpaceX’s first launch from Florida since a rocket explosion las
  
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• Man practicing Parkour falls 40 feet down chimney in Denver

  19-02-2017 15:16
  
  DENVER, Colorado — A 26-year-old man says he was making an action video with friends when he fell 40 feet down the chimney of a downtown Denver apartment building. Dustin Hinkle tells KCNC-TV that he and a couple of friends were making a Parkour video on the roof of the Denver City Lofts on Thursday when he fell through a chimney cover. Parkour involves moving from point to point using obstacles along the way. Hinkle plummeted down the old incineration […]
  
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• Swedes scratch heads at Trump’s suggestion of major incident

  19-02-2017 15:04
  
  STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Swedes have been scratching their heads and ridiculing President Donald Trump‘s remark that suggested a major incident had happened in Sweden. During a rally in Florida on Saturday, Trump said “look what’s happening last night in Sweden” as he alluded to past terror attacks in Europe. The comment has prompted a barrage of social media reaction on Sunday with the hastag #lastnightinsweden trending. Former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt tweete
  
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• John McCain: Dictators ‘get started by suppressing free press’

  19-02-2017 14:11
  
  WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain slammed President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media this week by noting dictators “get started by suppressing free press.” It was a startling observation from a sitting member of Congress against the President of the United States, especially considering McCain is a member of Trump’s party. “I hate the press,” the Arizona Republican sarcastically told NBC News’ Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press.” “
  
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• Bill Gates warns the world to prep for bio-terrorism

  19-02-2017 13:49
  
  NEW YORK  — Bill Gates says it’s time to redirect some of the money the world spends on weapons to prepare for a looming threat: terrorists with pathogens. He’s warning that the threat of bio-terrorism is “right up there with nuclear war and climate change.” Gates spoke at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday, and an abridged transcript of his speech was published by Business Insider. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist h
  
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• State Police Cruiser Struck In Guilford

  19-02-2017 13:48
  
  (GUILFORD,Conn./CBS Connecticut)  –   State Police have arrested a Hamden man after they say his  car slammed into a   cruiser  on Interstate 95  northbound in Guilford Saturday night.The cruiser was  stopped in the left  lane with its emergency lights activated, while assisting  passengers from a  disabled bus  transfer to another bus.
  State Police say a vehicle driven by  48 year   old Genaro Javier Claussels
  
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• US carrier starts ‘routine’ patrols in South China Sea

  19-02-2017 13:42
  
  WASHIGNTON — The United States deployed the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the disputed waters of the South China Sea on Saturday as part of maritime “routine operations.” Sailing with the 97,000-ton Vinson is the guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer, the Navy said in a statement. The Vinson carries a flight group of more than 60 aircraft, including F/A-18 jet fighters. The operation comes amid growing tensions between the United States and China over territory
  
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• More rain in store after 5 killed in California storms

  19-02-2017 13:34
  
  OROVILLE, Calif. — A drenched Northern California will get another round of heavy rainfall until Tuesday, sparking flooding concerns in the region. The new onslaught of rain comes as Southern California dries out following downpours that left five people dead. In Northern California, storms started overnight Saturday, with 2 to 4 inches of widespread rain expected, CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar said. Some areas may get up to 10 inches and the driving rain could drastically reduce
  
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• Man Arrested After Striking State Police Crusier on I-95 North

  19-02-2017 13:32
  
  The Connecticut State Police have made an arrest after a vehicle struck a cruiser on I-95 North in Guilford Saturday night.
  
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• Hamden man arrested after striking State Police cruiser on I-95

  19-02-2017 13:19
  
  GUILFORD — Connecticut State Police are one again reminding people to “slow down and/or move over” when approaching emergency vehicles on the highway after a man struck a cruiser on I-95 in Guilford. Around 9:18 p.m. Saturday, State Troopers from Troop F were assisting with a disabled tour bus that had broken down in the median of I-95 in Guilford. The trooper shut down the left lane of traffic, and moved their cruisers in the left lane with their emergency lights [&hellip
  
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• Juvenile confesses to throwing object at Trump’s motorcade

  19-02-2017 11:26
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — A local middle school student has confessed to throwing an object at President Donald Trump’s motorcade in Florida, authorities said. The object was thrown at the motorcade in West Palm Beach on Friday afternoon. The juvenile confessed ” to throwing a 2X4″ and implicated four other students, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office. Charges will be filed with Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office, the sheriff’s office s
  
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• Mother of 3-year-old child locked in day care demands answers

  19-02-2017 04:14
  
  WALLINGFORD — Bernadette Sorbo said she feels like she’s playing Russian roulette with her daughter. On Saturday she met with Wallingford YMCA administrators to discuss solutions for an incident involving Aubrie, her three-year-old child. On Tuesday, around 6:30 p.m., the Wallingford Police Department responded to a call about a three-year-old girl locked inside a YMCA daycare located on the Choate-Rosemary Hall’s Campus. Sorbo’s ex-husband, Timothy McWade, was there to p
  
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• Elderly woman found molded to chair; rescuers forced to wear hazmat suits

  19-02-2017 03:55
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio — Residents in a Springfield Township neighborhood had no idea one of their neighbors was living in squalor until emergency vehicles lit up their typically quiet street, the Toledo Blade reported. The smell of human excrement reached the sidewalk as emergency responders worked to remove a 550-pound elderly woman from her living room chair Thursday evening. Barbara Foster, 75, had been sitting in the same place since July 2016 — long enough for her body to weaken and [&he
  
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• No. 1 UConn escapes Tulane with 101st straight win

  19-02-2017 03:25
  
  NEW ORLEANS  — Napheesa Collier had 26 points and 12 rebounds and top-ranked Connecticut held off Tulane 63-60 on Saturday night to push its record winning streak to 101 games. Katie Lou Samuelson scored 15 consecutive UConn points in a second-half spurt and finished with 17. Gabby Williams added 14 rebounds for the Huskies (26-0, 13-0 American Athletic). Kolby Morgan led Tulane (16-11, 7-7) with 19 points. Leslie Vorpahl had 16, and Tene Thompson 14. The Green Wave pulled within [&he
  
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• Albertus Magnus defeats Mount Ida; earns top seed in GNAC Championship

  19-02-2017 02:49
  
  NEW HAVEN — The Albertus Magnus Falcons finished up their regular season Saturday with a 110-89 victory over the Mount Ida Mustangs on Senior Night. Albertus Magnus would go up by as much as 30 points early in the second half, before the Mustangs would go on a run of their own, trimming the deficit to 10. Falcons’ senior guard Grant Ellis, helped his team close out the game with a win, scoring a game-high 37 points. The Falcons finished […]
  
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• Granby PD: Announcement sign at school altered to spell out racial message

  19-02-2017 00:57
  
  GRANBY —  Police are investigating an incident regarding a racial message written on a sign outside of a school. On February 18, Granby Police said they were notified by a passing motorist of a racial message to an event announcement sign outside of the Granby Memorial School campus off Route 10. Police said letters on the sign were altered to spell out a racial slur. Officers said they are working close with Granby Public Schools to investigate this incident. Police as
  
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• Omar Abdel-Rahman, 1993 World Trade Center bombing plotter, dies

  19-02-2017 00:38
  
  NEW YORK —  Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian-born cleric serving a life sentence for plotting the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center and other terror attacks in New York, has died, a prison spokesman said Saturday. Abdel-Rahman died Saturday morning from natural causes at age 78, said Greg Norton, spokesman with the federal correctional complex in Butner, North Carolina. He had battled diabetes and coronary heart disease, Norton said. Abdel-Rahman was convicted in 1995 of seditious
  
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• More rain in store after 3 killed in California storms

  19-02-2017 00:29
  
  CALIFORNIA —  Northern California is bracing for an onslaught of rain beginning late Saturday as the southern part of the state dries out and assesses damage from downpours that left at least three people dead. Storms are due to start overnight Saturday and linger through Monday, with 2 to 4 inches of widespread rain expected, CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar said. Some areas may get up to 10 inches. Driving rain could dramatically reduce visibility, Chinchar warned. Meanwhile, powe
  
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• NBA All-Star Game Fast Facts

  19-02-2017 00:17
  
  NEW ORLEANS — Here’s a look at the NBA All-Star Game. The All-Star game caps off All-Star Weekend. All-Star Weekend includes the Slam Dunk contest, the Three Point Shootout and the Rookie Challenge. February 19, 2017 – The 66th NBA All-Star Game is scheduled to take place in New Orleans. The 2016 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on February 14. The Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference 196-173. This is the highest scoring game [
  
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• Racial Slur Found on Granby Memorial Schools Sign

  19-02-2017 00:04
  
  Granby police are investigating after someone rearranged the letters on a Granby school sign into a racist message.Photo Credit: Anna Rog
  
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