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• Todd Feinburg: The Comey Hearing

  09-06-2017 23:40
  
  Ex-FBI Director James Comey testifies in front of Congress, and Todd shares his reactions.
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• Ray Dunaway: Bill Curry On The Comey Hearing

  09-06-2017 23:12
  
  Bill Curry, writer with salon.com, shares his thoughts on the James Comey hearing yesterday.
  
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• Man killed after pleading with teen gunman, ‘I’m with my kids’

  09-06-2017 23:12
  
  CHICAGO — “I’m with my kids.” Those were a man’s last words before being shot in the head by two teens Thursday afternoon in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reports that the 25 year-old man was talking to his girlfriend and kids through a van window when two teens strolled up beside the vehicle. Police and multiple witnesses said the teens asked the man what he was “about” or what gang he belonged t
  
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• Sound Off CT: The Comey Hearing, Before and After

  09-06-2017 23:00
  
  Jim offers a preview and recap of the James Comey hearing.
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• Ray Dunaway: What DC Is Saying About the Comey Hearing?

  09-06-2017 22:50
  
  David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers Capitol correspondent, covers the latest talks in DC regarding the Comey hearing.
  
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• Keidel: Why Colin Kaepernick Hasn’t Been Signed

  09-06-2017 22:48
  By Jason Keidel
  In the matter of Colin Kaepernick vs. the NFL, there’s one defining question, one that dwarfs his deeds on the gridiron.
  Is it collusion or coincidence?
  Have owners and general managers each decided autonomously not to sign the former 49ers quarterback? Or are they conspiring to keep Kaepernick from joining an NFL roster?
  While legal minds can better parse the particulars, there’s clearly an effort by NFL teams to avoid Kaepernick, or at least the public relations bag
  
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• DOT: 2 car accident closes left lane on I-84 east in Plainville

  09-06-2017 22:47
  
  HARTFORD —  The left lane on Interstate 84 is closed following a two car accident Friday afternoon. According to DOT, the incident occurred around 4:10 p.m., on I-84 Eastbound is congested between exits 32 and 35 due to a a car accident. The left lane at this moment is closed. No word on any injuries. FOX61 will keep you updated as soon as more information is released.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Restaurant of the Week – The Simple Greek

  09-06-2017 22:35
  WTIC’s Restaurant of the Week is THE SIMPLE GREEK in West Hartford. While supplies last, you can try to great new restaurant for HALF PRICE!
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• Ray Dunaway: Masonicare Family Festival Day Preview

  09-06-2017 22:21
  
  Carl Anderson, VP of Mission Effectiveness at Masonicare, discusses senior legislative affairs at the Capitol this session.
  Saturday is Family Festival Day at Masonicare in Wallingford, a free carnival/festival held for Wallingford residents each year that is expected to attract hundreds of people.
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• Ray Dunaway: The Latest On The London Terror Attacks

  09-06-2017 22:05
  
  Kenneth Gray, former special agent of the FBI who worked counterterrorism, is now a lecturer at the University of New Haven.
  He joined Ray to discuss the London terror attacks.  Hear more.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Will The Trump Budget Hurt Airport Security?

  09-06-2017 21:55
  Kevin Dillon, Executive Director and CEO Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA), expresses concern with proposals in Trump’s budget for 2018, announced last month, that would cut grants that pay for local police in airports.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Does Dodd-Frank Hurt America’s Bottom Line?

  09-06-2017 21:37
  
  Hester Peirce, Director of Financial Markets Working Group and Senior Research Fellow with the Mercatus Center and co-author of “Reframing Financial Regulation: Enhancing Stability and Protecting Consumers,” testified recently before the House Committee on Financial Services on how the Dodd-Frank Act hurts America’s bottom line and American consumers.
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• Police: Man crashes car, strips off clothes, and climbs on top of car

  09-06-2017 21:17
  
  HARTFORD — Hartford police say they are investigating after a man on and with PCP and marijuana crashed his car. On June 9 around 1 p.m., the man reportedly crashed his car on the corner of Park Street and Prospect at a 7-Eleven. He then stripped out of his clothes and climbed on top of his car. The man was eventually subdued. He is facing narcotic and motor vehicle accident charges. Stay with FOX61 for any developments on this story.
  
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• Pets perish in fire at Southington firefighter’s house

  09-06-2017 20:58
  
  SOUTHINGTON — A fire that tore through home this morning in Southington sadly took the lives of pets living inside. Officials said the fire happened at 11 Todd Road in Southington. The driver of the first engine truck to arrive on the scene, firefighter Anthony Esteves, lived at the home with his parents. When they arrived, according to Battalion Chief Glenn Dube, there was fire showing in both floors of the home. Meriden firefighters also assisted on the scene, and […]
  
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• Trump answers questions in wake of Comey testimony

  09-06-2017 20:51
  
  WASHINGTON D.C.  — President Donald Trump on Friday will officially take questions from reporters for the first time in three weeks, standing next to Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. The brief news conference — where each President will take two questions from the press — comes the day after James Comey’s bombshell Capitol Hill testimony in which the fired FBI director accused the White House of “lies.” Trump was publicly silent while Comey testified on
  
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• State Troopers won’t face charges in fatal 2015 shooting of bank robbery suspect

  09-06-2017 20:49
  
  OLD SAYBROOK — No charges will be made against two State Police Troopers who fatally shot a bank robbery suspect in 2015, according to the State’s Attorney’s office. Richard P. Love, 31, of Groton was shot and killed by police at an Old Saybrook motel on October 10, 2015. Trooper First Class Daniel McCarthy, a 23-year veteran of the Connecticut State Police and Trooper First Class Carson Konow, an 8-year veteran of the Connecticut State Police, were both involved in […]
  
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• I-84 East in Hartford closed for school bus fire

  09-06-2017 20:31
  
  HARTFORD — Police reported a small school bus on fire on I-84 near exit 46 in Hartford, shutting down all eastbound traffic. No students were on the bus, only the driver was on board, and there have been no injuries reported. Stay with FOX61 as this story develops.
  
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• School Bus Catches Fire on I-84 East in Hartford

  09-06-2017 20:25
  
  A school bus caught fire on Interstate 84 East in Hartford and three lanes are closed after the ramp for exit 46.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Enter to win a Barret Jackson VIP experience

  09-06-2017 20:24
  
     
  
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• Wesleyan President Testifies At Trial Over Closed Fraternity

  09-06-2017 20:18
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) – The president of Wesleyan University is testifying in a trial over the school’s revocation of a fraternity’s housing status.
  Wesleyan President Michael Roth said Thursday that he shut down Delta Kappa Epsilon because he did not believe the local chapter was serious about a university requirement for fraternities to admit women.
  The Hartford Courant (http://cour.at/2sLrehl ) reports Roth was expected to continue his testimony Friday.
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• Birth control recall: Packaging error could cause unintended pregnancy

  09-06-2017 20:16
  
  BALTIMORE, M.D. – A pharmaceutical company is recalling birth control pills that were distributed to wholesalers, clinics and retail pharmacies across the country. The birth control tablets are sold under the name Mibelas 24 Fe. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the first four days of the blister packet have four nonhormonal placebo tablets as opposed to the active tablets. “Oral contraceptive tablets that are taken out of sequence may place the user at risk fo
  
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• 3 Conditions Proposed For Medical Marijuana Use

  09-06-2017 20:13
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The Department of Consumer Protection commissioner has agreed to make three more conditions eligible for medical marijuana treatment in Connecticut.
  Michelle Seagull notified the Board of Physicians Friday that she will follow the panel’s recommendation to add Hydrocephalus with intractable headache, intractable migraines and Trigeminal Neuralgia to the list. The decision applies only to adult patients.
  The Board of Physicians did not recommend making anxiety
  
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• Massachusetts Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Union

  09-06-2017 20:09
  
  A 27-year-old Brookfield, Massachusetts man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Union on Thursday evening.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Yard Goats go to bat for employees by offering discounted college tuition

  09-06-2017 20:02
  
  HARTFORD — The Hartford Yard Goats are now offering all of their full-time, part-time, and seasonal employees discounted college tuition. The team is partnering with Albertus Magnus College in New Haven. The college will allow employees to save 10 percent on accelerated undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as a waiver on application fees. These courses will allow employees to complete their degrees at a quicker pace while ensuring time needed to earn a living. Yard Goats Assistant G
  
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• Former President Bush Congratulates Yale Baseball Team

  09-06-2017 19:56
  
  The Yale baseball team is getting some high-profile praise from former President George H.W. Bush.Photo Credit: AP, FileThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Heat Wave Starts This Weekend

  09-06-2017 18:41
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are forecasting high temperatures to rise over the next several days.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Second Suspects Charged in Hartford ‘Offer Up’ Robbery and Carjacking

  09-06-2017 18:24
  
  Hartford police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who is accused of robbing someone who answered an ad on the website “Offer Up” to buy an iPhone.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Man Found Dead in Burning SUV in Bridgeport Was Shot: Police

  09-06-2017 18:13
  
  A man found dead inside a burning stolen SUV in Bridgeport on Wednesday night was shot and police are treating the case as a homicide.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Yard Goats Offering Employees Discounts on College Tuition

  09-06-2017 18:08
  
  The Hartford Yard Goats are offering employees a 10 percent discount for programs at Albertus Magnus College.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Driver Dead After Truck Plunges Down Embankment on I-91

  09-06-2017 17:51
  
  The driver of a dump truck that plunged down an embankment on Interstate 91 North in Wethersfield is dead, according to state police.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Police on the lookout for suspect after man shot through ceiling in New Haven

  09-06-2017 17:36
  
  NEW HAVEN — Police were alerted of a shooting at 395 Sherman Parkway in New Haven happened just after 3 a.m. on Friday. Police said when they got there, they found a man suffering from a bullet wound to the left thigh. Tyler Smith, 28, was hit while sitting in his apartment. Authorities say the shot was fired through the ceiling from the apartment below Smith. Police said they checked the third-floor apartment below, but no one was found there. Police said […]
  
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• Deadly Force Was Reasonable in Fatal Shooting at Old Saybrook Motel: Official

  09-06-2017 17:36
  
  The state's attorney for the Judicial District of Tolland has determined that officers who shot and killed a man during a standoff at a motel in Old Saybrook in October 2015 had reasonable belief that deadly...
  
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• Trumbull man scammed out of $8,500 in what police call ‘grandparent scam’

  09-06-2017 16:34
  
  TRUMBULL — Money scams seem to be everywhere now. Fake IRS calls, computer viruses, car skimmers, and now, the “Grandparent Scam”. On June 1st, Trumbull was able to foil a plot to defraud a Trumbull man of over $8,000. The elderly Trumbull resident had received a phone call from a man who identified himself as a police officer from the Boston Police Department. He said that the resident’s grandson was in Jail after receiving a D.U.I.. The caller told the […]
  
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• Simsbury to Open Cooling Centers

  09-06-2017 16:29
  
  Because of heat, the town of Simsbury will open cooling centers Sunday through Tuesday.Photo Credit: Getty Images/EyeEm
  
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• Non-Stop Service Between Bradley and San Francisco Begins

  09-06-2017 16:26
  
  You can now travel non-stop from Bradley Airport to San Francisco. United Airlines has added seasonal non-stop flights from Bradley International Airport to San Francisco International Airport until Sept 5.
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• Organ recipient accepts diploma on behalf of 13-year-old donor

  09-06-2017 16:16
  
  GALT, Calif.  — Eric Blackwell, 35, walked up on stage to accept the last diploma at the McCaffrey Middle School eighth-grade promotion ceremony. It wasn’t for him — it was for the boy who saved his life. “How amazing this opportunity was. And how rare it was,” Blackwell said. On March 11, 13-year-old Michael Balsley-Rodriguez died after accidentally shooting himself. He never got to live out his dreams of becoming a football coach. After the tra
  
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• West Hartford police ID Bloomfield crash victim

  09-06-2017 16:01
  
  WEST HARTFORD — West Hartford Police identified the man they say died after crashing into a tree Thursday night. Hakeem Massiah, 22, of Bloomfield, was driving a car northbound on Bloomfield Avenue at a high rate of speed around 8 p.m. Thursday night.  The car left the roadway, and struck a tree, killing Massiah. He was the only occupant in the car. Police say that the car left a skid mark and a gouge trail over 400 feet long until […]
  
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• Crash Leaves Bloomfield Man Dead

  09-06-2017 16:01
  (West Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A man is dead and West Hartford police are investigating following a crash last night in town.
  Around 7:45 p.m., police say they, along with EMS and fire personnel, responded to a one-vehicle crash at 333 Bloomfield Avenue.
  The car driven by 22-year-old Hakeem Massiah of Bloomfield left the roadway and struck a tree.
  Massiah was killed. He was the only one in the vehicle at the time.
  According to police, the car, a 1993 BMW, had been seen traveling
  
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• Burglars Smash Window, Steal $11,000 Worth of Sunglasses

  09-06-2017 15:52
  
  Burglars smashed the front window of EbLens in New Haven early Friday morning and made off with $11,000 worth of sunglasses, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police ID Man Killed in Crash in Front of West Hartford JCC

  09-06-2017 15:37
  
  A 22-year-old Bloomfield man is dead after a crash in front of the Jewish Community Center in West Hartford.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Trump’s lawyer to file complaint against James Comey over memos

  09-06-2017 15:33
  
  WASHINGTON D.C. —  President Donald Trump’s outside attorney plans to file a complaint against former FBI Director James Comey with the Justice Department Inspector General and the Senate judiciary committee, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN. The complaint will focus on Comey’s testimony that he gave a friend the content of memos about his conversations with Trump and asked the friend to then give that information to a reporter. Comey said Friday t
  
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• Video shows cops kicking innocent bystander on fire after crash

  09-06-2017 15:16
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Several New Jersey police officers were caught on camera kicking a man who was on fire after being struck by a car as it crashed. The amateur cell phone video starts in dramatic fashion, showing a vehicle engulfed in flames on Route 1 on Sunday night. Leo Pinkston, 48, crashed his car in front of the EconoLodge after being chased by police for six miles. Officers had fired shots as they chased him. What happens next has Jersey […]
  
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• Man Shot as Bullet Comes Through Ceiling of New Haven Home

  09-06-2017 15:12
  
  A 28-year-old New Haven man was shot while sitting in his apartment early Friday morning when a gunshot came through the ceiling from an apartment above, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• UK Elections: Theresa May loses parliamentary majority, but continues on with Brexit plans

  09-06-2017 14:58
  
  LONDON — Theresa May has confirmed she plans to stay on as Britain’s prime minister to provide certainty to the country, with support from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party. After a brief meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, May said Friday the new government will guide Britain’s exit talks from the European Union, which are set to begin in just 10 days. Standing in front of 10 Downing Street, May said her Conservatives and the DUP will wo
  
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• Construction at Entrance of Bradley Could Lead to Delays

  09-06-2017 14:55
  
  Construction begins today at the entrance of Bradley Airport and drivers should be prepared for delays.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Wrongful death lawsuit filed against flight academy after fatal East Hartford plane crash

  09-06-2017 14:37
  
  HARTFORD — An attorney for the student pilot who died in a plane crash in Hartford has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the flight school involved. In the lawsuit, an attorney for Feras Freitekh accuses the American Flight Academy of carelessness and negligence. Attorney Michael Peck said he is claiming there were also maintenance issues with the plane. Freitekh was killed and his instructor Arian Prevalla was badly burned in the 2016 crash in Hartford. The National Transportation Sa
  
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• Power Line Fire Cuts Power To 3K In Vernon

  09-06-2017 14:14
  
  VERNON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Police say a power line fire left more than 3,000 people without power in Vernon.
  The fire started Thursday evening, where it spread to the lawn of a vacant home on Morrison Street. The Vernon Fire Department extinguished the blaze, and they report no property damage.
  The outage caused traffic delays, as lights were out on Route 30 and Route 31.
  Eversource Energy says power was completely restored to residents shortly before 8 p.m.
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• 7-foot alligator crawls up to woman’s front door

  09-06-2017 14:08
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A Myrtle Beach woman received the surprise of her life Tuesday night when she and her 14-year-old son were preparing for bed and noticed a 7-foot, 100-pound alligator sitting outside their front door, WMBF reports. They were getting ready for bed when the family dog began barking. That’s when Mandy Johnson-Plucinski turned on the porch light and saw the alligator peering at them through the closed door. Shocked, she called the Department of Natural Resources
  
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• Photo shows father seconds before he disappeared into Mississippi River trying to save son

  09-06-2017 13:45
  
  MOLINE, Ill. – A photo of a father who is believed to have died while trying to save his 6-year-old son from drowning shows the two sitting on an Illinois dock just before the boy fell into the Mississippi River. The image shows Malik Williams at Ben Butterworth Park in Moline, sitting on a green bucket at sunset with his fishing pole in the water, his young son to his left looking at the camera. Beyond the frame of the photo was […]
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway June 9, 2017

  09-06-2017 12:29
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:00- Bill Curry, writer with salon.com, shares his thoughts on the James Comey hearing yesterday.
  8:20- David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers Capitol correspondent, covers the latest talks in DC regarding the Comey hearing.
  8:50- WTIC’s Restaurant of the Week is THE SIMPLE GREEK in West Hartford. While supplies last, you can try to great new restaurant for HALF PRICE!  Get $50 worth of food and drink for only $25&helli
  
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