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• Mother Faces Upgraded Charges In Death Of Autistic Son

  15-05-2017 15:13
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) –  After the death of an autistic teenage boy from Hartford was ruled a homicide, Hartford police have filed upgraded charges against the boy’s mother.
  Thirty-three-year-old Katiria Tirado is now charged with first-degree manslaughter in the death of her 17-year-old son, Matthew. Previously, she was charged with intentional cruelty to persons in connection with her son’s death in February.
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• Fire destroys historic synagogue in Manhattan

  15-05-2017 05:20
  
  MANHATTAN, NY — Fire destroyed an historic synagogue in Manhattan Sunday evening. Firefighters responded to 60 Norfolk Street on the Lower East Side in New York around 7 p.m. The fire quickly grew to a 3-alarm fire inside the abandoned building. Fire officials say no one was hurt in the fire. The synagogue, Beth Hamedrash Hagodol, was founded in 1850 and at one point, was one of the oldest Russian Jewish Orthodox congregations in the country. In 2007, the synagogue was […]
  
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• Emmy winner Powers Boothe dead at 68

  15-05-2017 05:12
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powers Boothe, the character actor known for his villain roles in TV’s “Deadwood,” and in the movies “Tombstone,” ”Sin City” and “The Avengers,” has died. He was 68. Boothe’s publicist says he died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles Sunday. Beau Bridges tweeted the news and called him “a dear friend, great actor, devoted father and husband.” The veteran actor won an Emmy award in 1980 for p
  
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• SHARE61: Celebrating Mother’s Day

  15-05-2017 04:54
  
  HARTFORD — It was a day to celebrate mothers, grandmothers and those who provide a motherly influence in our lives. You can share yours by emailing us at [email protected], tag us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, send them through the FOX61 app, or use the “submit” button below (desktop only).    
  
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• Shockingly lifelike dinosaur fossil makes public debut

  15-05-2017 04:37
  
  ALBERTA, Canada — It was 18 feet long and built like a tank. Now its mummified remains have emerged from an oil sands mine in Canada. No, it’s not the plotline of a summer blockbuster. It’s science: breathtaking, take-you-back-in-time science. Meet nodosaur, the crown jewel of a newly opened dinosaur exhibit at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta, Canada. What makes the nodosaur staggeringly unique isn’t its size (we get it; dinosaurs were big), but its a
  
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• Miss District of Columbia wins 2017 Miss USA

  15-05-2017 04:28
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Latest on the 2017 edition of the Miss USA pageant taking place in Las Vegas (all times local): 7 p.m. The District of Columbia has won back-to-back Miss USA titles. Kára McCullough, a chemist working for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was crowned Sunday during the event that took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on the Las Vegas Strip. She will go on to compete on the Miss Universe contest. The runner-up was Miss […]
  
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• Moms, children take part in Vernon tradition

  15-05-2017 04:22
  
  VERNON — For the past 38 years, the Mother’s Day Dash in Vernon has been a springtime tradition. Running, jogging and walking moms along with their children got active for the special day. Sunday’s race was met with rainy skies but families didn’t let it dampen their spirits. “It was very hard but I felt accomplished because it was with the person who turned me into a mom so I just walk, run push to the finish line,” said Shaneil […]
  
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• A special Mother’s Day for Quinnipiac medical school graduate and new mom

  15-05-2017 04:11
  
  HAMDEN — It was a Mother’s Day to remember as a new mom collected her diploma from medical school along with her 9-month-old son. Abigail Gurall of Branford celebrated her first Mother’s Day with her son Jack, and the first class of students that received their medical degrees from the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. Gurall, 33, gave birth to her first child last August. She starts her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at St. Franc
  
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• Salem goes to the dogs with annual dog show

  15-05-2017 03:12
  
  SALEM — Hundreds of dogs, breeders, handlers and enthusiasts gathered at the Salem Community Park this weekend for the 55th Nutmeg Cluster Dog Show. The show serves as a kick-off the outdoor dog show season The show is sanctioned by the American Kennel Club. Purebred dogs compete for best-on-breed, best-in-group and best in show Among other activities, there’s a puppy show for dogs 4 to 6 months old. All members of the club volunteer differently, some maintain the grounds, while [&he
  
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• Worldwide cyberattack could spark more trouble Monday

  15-05-2017 02:42
  
  NEW YORK — Companies worldwide are bracing for even more fallout from the biggest cyberattack ever as their workers head back to the office Monday. The massive ransomware attacks that started late Friday have locked people out of their computers and demanded hundreds of dollars from the users before they could regain control. The attacks exploit a vulnerability in outdated versions of Microsoft Windows that is particularly problematic for corporations that don’t automatically update
  
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• Emmanuel Macron sworn in as French president

  15-05-2017 02:29
  
  PARIS — Emmanuel Macron was sworn in as French president on Sunday and gave a moving first speech to begin healing his fractured country. Macron has shaken up French politics with his meteoric rise to the presidency, winning his campaign as an independent, with the backing of a fledgling political party he founded less than a year ago. At 39, he becomes the youngest president in France’s history, and the youngest leader since Napoleon. The new President vowed to bring […]
  
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