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• Ray Dunaway: The Only Two SUVs With ‘Good’ Headlights

  16-06-2017 23:41
  
  James MacPherson, WTIC Car Doctor emeritus joined Ray to talk SUVs.
  Only 2 of 37 mid-size SUVs offer ‘good’ headlights, according to IIHS. Find out why.
  
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• 2017 NBA Draft: Storylines To Follow

  16-06-2017 23:39
  
  By Rahul Lal
  The upcoming 2017 NBA Draft is one of the most intriguing in years. After a college basketball season filled with exciting moments, incredible stat lines and an amazing conclusion, many of the players who made it great look to take the next step in their careers. This year’s draft class, hyped as one of the best ever, is full of potential stars. Some prospects will explode on the scene, some will flame out and some will go on to enjoy respectable NBA careers.
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• Bridgeport cops to be added to public housing complexes

  16-06-2017 23:26
  
  BRIDGEPORT —  With 13 homicides on the books in Bridgeport this year, including many in or near public housing, the city is rolling out a new plan that they hope will discourage untoward activity. Roughly $1 million is being invested in Bridgeport’s three major public housing complexes. “The goal that has been talked about, which was previously discussed, and I approved, is for $600,000 for additional officers and $400,000 for public improvements,” said Mayor Joseph
  
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• Two Connecticut Cities Among 'Worst in America': Report

  16-06-2017 23:05
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Inside the Farmington High School Building Vote

  16-06-2017 23:00
  Justin Bernier, a member of the Farmington High School building committee, voted no on the proposal to build a new school.
  He explains his decision…
  
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• Old Saybrook Fire Marshal resigns following investigation

  16-06-2017 22:47
  
  OLD SAYBROOK —  Town’s First Selectman’s office confirmed long-term Fire Marshal Donn Dobson has resigned from his position Friday. Old Saybrook’s First Selectmen, Carl Fortuna said the resignation came after an exhaustive internal and subsequent criminal investigation. Dobson, who has been the town’s fire marshal since ’98, has been under investigation for several months. There has been very limited details provided on the specifics of the investiga
  
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• Ray Dunaway: The DC and California Shootings

  16-06-2017 22:41
  
  Kenneth Gray, former special agent of the FBI who worked counterterrorism, is now a lecturer at the University of New Haven.
  Gray discusses the shooting in DC, and also the shooting at a UPS facility in California.
  
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• Mostly cloudy, warm, humid weekend ahead

  16-06-2017 22:14
  
  After a couple of stellar June days, clouds are moving back in again and you’ll need your umbrella at times the next couple of days. Saturday will be turn humid with a lot of clouds in the morning and the chance for a shower or two. Then by afternoon, clouds will break for some sun and temperatures will warm up into the 70s to near 80 degrees. Father’s Day looks pretty nice with partly cloudy skies, warm and humid conditions. […]
  
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• New Haven magnet school strikes agreement with China

  16-06-2017 22:06
  
  NEW HAVEN — An arts magnet school in New Haven has struck an agreement for an exchange program described as the first formal partnership between an American public school and Chinese education officials. A delegation affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education signed the agreement this week with the Educational Center for the Arts Officials with the school, which is operated by the Area Cooperative Educational Services agency, say the agreement will bring top arts students from China
  
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• Hartford councilwoman’s residency in question after lawsuit filed by former Senator Coleman

  16-06-2017 22:01
  
  HARTFORD — A former Connecticut state senator is accusing a Hartford city councilwoman of lying about where she lives, saying she may ineligible for office. A lawsuit filed by Eric Coleman says Cynthia Jennings lives in Windsor, despite serving on the Hartford City Council. The Hartford Courant reports that Jennings has owned a home in Windsor since 2000. Her voter registration form says she lives in a Hartford home owned by her brother. Jennings, when contacted, said she will not [&hellip
  
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• Two Norwich men plead guilty in auto insurance scam

  16-06-2017 21:58
  
  NEW HAVEN — Two Norwich men have been convicted of staging car crashes to defraud insurance companies. Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Mackenzy Noze, and 33-year-old Jonas Joseph, both of Norwich, were convicted by a jury Thursday of multiple fraud and conspiracy offenses. Authorities say between April 2011 and February 2014 the two men and others staged about 50 crashes. Many were single-vehicle accidents on remote roads where there were no witnesses other than the occupants of the ve
  
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• Teen Injured in Fall at Enders State Park in Granby

  16-06-2017 21:39
  
  A 17-year-old boy slipped and fell at Enders State Park in Granby Friday afternoon and suffered minor injuries.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Doctors provide medical update on Representative Steve Scalise who was shot at a baseball field

  16-06-2017 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON D.C. — Doctors are to provide an update on Representative Steve Scalise. Scalise was critically injured following a shooting at a congressional baseball practice on Wednesday.  At least six people including Scalise, the third ranking member of House Republican leadership as the majority whip, were hospitalized. Scalise was in critical condition after suffering damage to internal organs, and his injuries will require additional operations, according to a MedStar Washington H
  
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• Old Saybrook Fire Marshal Resigns, Investigation Suspended

  16-06-2017 20:52
  
  The criminal investigation of Old Saybrook fire marshal Donn Dobson has been suspended and he has resigned from his duties in Saybrook and Westbrook, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Crews Responding to Fall With Injury at Enders State Park

  16-06-2017 20:37
  
  Emergency crews are responding to Enders State Park in Granby after receiving a report that a person was injured in a fall.
  
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• DEEP: EnCon police responding to person injured at Enders State Park

  16-06-2017 20:33
  
  GRANBY — DEEP says that EnCon Police responded to another person who was injured in a fall at Enders State Park. There is no word on injuries at this time. In May, there was a University of Hartford student who was injured in a fall at Enders State Park. Louise Gagne of Vernon has been fighting to improve safety at the forest because her daughter was the victim of a different accident. On June 1, 2013, Amanda Monington was walking […]
  
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• Keidel: Everyone Will Watch Mayweather-McGregor, And That’s The Point

  16-06-2017 20:00
  By Jason Keidel
  Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor… the fight no one wants, but everyone will watch.
  For all the lamentations from the media, masses and Oscar De La Hoya, we have a staggering cultural contradiction. The indignant pundits are bashing the Mayweather-McGregor bout, now signed and set for August 26, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and questioning the intelligence of those who express even oblique interest in it. We’re hearing regurgitated quotes from history&rs
  
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• Hartford man sentenced to 3 years after stabbing adult son

  16-06-2017 20:00
  
  HARTFORD — A Hartford man who stabbed his adult son in the chest during a drunken brawl has been sentenced to three years in prison. The Hartford Courant reports that 42-year-old Vincent Poteat was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to first-degree assault and a charge of third-degree burglary unrelated to the stabbing. Police responded to a city home at about 1 a.m. May 31 where they found that Poteat had stabbed his 24-year-old son. Prosecutors say both men had been drinking.
  
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• Agreement Between Fire Marshal, State’s Attorney

  16-06-2017 19:49
  (Old Saybrook, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Old Saybrook police have announced a suspension into an investigation into the town’s fire marshal.
  This, following an agreement between Donn Dobson and the Middlesex County state’s attorney which includes Dobson’s resignation from employment from Old Saybrook as well as Westbrook.
  Dobson first became the sole subject of a criminal probe regarding issues of time sheets submitted to various municipalities.
  The agreement also includes
  
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• Torrington man arrrested after arranging to meet minor for sexual encounter

  16-06-2017 19:35
  
  TORRINGTON – Police say they have arrested a Torrington man, a former school photographer, after he had arranged to meet a teenage boy for some type of sexual encounter. Police investigated a report that Cole Sutton, 33, of Torrington, communicated with a person he had thought was a 15-year-old boy he met on a social media site. FOX61 has covered Sutton already. The two of them had been in contact through text message and planned to meet up for sex, police […]
  
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• Trump unveils new restrictions on travel, business with Cuba

  16-06-2017 19:30
  
  MIAMI — President Donald Trump slammed former President Barack Obama’s dealings with the communist regime in Cuba on Friday in Miami, charting his own course of more confrontational relations with the Castro-led government. The speech, which came as the President signed a directive outlining his posture toward Cuba, is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to chip away at Obama’s legacy. Obama spent the last two years of his presidency looking to warm relations with Cu
  
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• Anti-Semitic, Racist Graffiti Found in Ridgefield

  16-06-2017 19:22
  
  Police are investigating after finding anti-Semitic and racist graffiti in Ballard Park in Ridgefield.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Twitter Reacts As Amazon Buys Whole Foods For $13.7 Billion

  16-06-2017 19:10
  
  CBS Local– Huge news broke today that Amazon will be purchasing Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, and Twitter reacted accordingly.AMAZON, 1998: hello we sell books but online
  AMAZON, 2023: please return to your Primehouse for your nightly Primemeal, valued Primecitizen
  — KRANG T. NELSON (@KrangTNelson) June 16, 2017Jeff Bezos: "Alexa, buy me something from Whole Foods."
  Alexa: "Sure, Jeff. Buying Whole Foods now."
  Jeff Bezos: "WHA- ahh go ahead." pic.twitter.com/GuJ2jlAiuU
  — JESA
  
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• Ansonia Drivers Frustrated by Condition of Wakelee Avenue

  16-06-2017 18:51
  
  Drivers in Ansonia are frustrated by the poor conditions of Wakelee Avenue.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• London fire: Furious residents enter town hall chanting ‘we want justice’

  16-06-2017 18:32
  
  LONDON (CNN) — Residents furious over the handling of the Grenfell Tower fire descended upon the local town hall Friday afternoon in west London, pushing their way into the building while shouting, “we want justice.” Dozens of protesters mounted the front steps and entered Kensington town hall. Some attempted to force their way past security personnel to the upper floors where local officials have their offices. Some held fliers or wore t-shirts with images of fire victims and
  
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• Man Charged With Attempting To Entice Minor

  16-06-2017 18:28
  
  (Torrington, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Torrington police have arrested a man and charged him with trying to entice a minor into sexual activity.
  Thirty-three-year-old Cole Sutton, who listed addresses in Torrington and Farmington, is being held on $100,000 bond.
  Detectives were looking into a report that Sutton had communicated on a social media site with someone he thought was 15 years of age.
  It turns out, police say, that Sutton was actually in contact with an adult from the web site Pop
  
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• Torrington Man Thought He Was Meeting Teen for Sex: Police

  16-06-2017 18:22
  
  A Torrington man accused of arranging for a sexual encounter with a teenage boy has been arrested after the website group, POP Squad, caught him on video, according to Torrington police.Photo Credit: Torrington Police
  
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• Clinton Home Uninhabitable After Fire

  16-06-2017 18:13
  
  A home on Old Orchard Road in Clinton is uninhabitable after fire broke out Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.come
  
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• Newtown man arrested after police and FBI find pipe bombs

  16-06-2017 18:11
  
  NEWTOWN — Newtown Police and the FBI arrested a man they say had pipe bombs. Larry Baily, 67, was arrested at his Newtown home Friday morning on an arrest warrant that stemmed from an incident on March 24th. Baily had called the Newtown Police Department to report vandalism to his car. When police did an initial investigation, he identified two objects that appeared to be pipe bombs. Police evacuated the immediate area and contacted the Connecticut State Police Bomb Squad […]
  
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• New Haven Magnet School Cuts Deal With China

  16-06-2017 18:10
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – An arts magnet school in New Haven has struck an agreement for an exchange program described as the first formal partnership between an American public school and Chinese education officials.
  A delegation affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education signed the agreement this week with the Educational Center for the Arts
  Officials with the school, which is operated by the Area Cooperative Educational Services agency, say the agreement will bring top arts student
  
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• Lawsuit Questions Hartford Councilwoman’s Residency

  16-06-2017 17:14
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A former Connecticut state senator is accusing a Hartford city councilwoman of lying about where she lives, saying she may ineligible for office.
  A lawsuit filed by Eric Coleman says Cynthia Jennings lives in Windsor, despite serving on the Hartford City Council.
  The Hartford Courant reports that Jennings has owned a home in Windsor since 2000. Her voter registration form says she lives in a Hartford home owned by her brother.
  Jennings, when conta
  
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• Newtown Man Faces Bomb Making Charges

  16-06-2017 17:11
  
  (Newtown, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – An arrest has been made in a case in which Newtown police and other officers discovered a pair of pipe bombs during a vandalism investigation in March.
  Initially, police were called by 67-year-old Larry Bailey on a report of vandalism to his vehicle.
  It was during that March 24 investigation that agents noticed what they determined to be improvised explosive devices or pipe bombs.
  The area was evacuated and FBI and State Police Bomb Squad officers safely
  
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• Sindarius Thornwell: My Life As An NBA Draft Prospect

  16-06-2017 16:30
  
  The 2017 NBA Draft is set for Thursday, June 22nd. As the stars of the college game get ready to find out where they will begin their NBA journey, CBS Local Sports’ “My Life As” series will give them an opportunity to talk about how they got to this point and what they expect from the future in their own words.
  Today, we hear from South Carolina senior Sindarius Thornwell, who helped lead his team to a magical Final Four run this season, the first in school history. O
  
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• Newtown Man Accused of Manufacturing Explosives

  16-06-2017 16:22
  
  An investigation into explosive devices found at a trailer park on South Main Street in Newtown in March has led to the arrest of a resident accused of manufacturing explosives.Photo Credit: Newtown Police
  
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• 2 More Plead Guilty In Auto Insurance Scam

  16-06-2017 16:10
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Two Norwich men have been convicted of staging car crashes to defraud insurance companies.
  Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Mackenzy Noze, and 33-year-old Jonas Joseph, were convicted by a jury Thursday of multiple fraud and conspiracy offenses.
  Authorities say between April 2011 and February 2014 the two men and others staged about 50 crashes. Many were single-vehicle accidents on remote roads where there were no witnesses other than the occu
  
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• Trump confirms he is being investigated over Comey firing

  16-06-2017 16:05
  
  WASHINGTON D.C. — President Donald Trump, in a furious Friday morning message, confirmed that he is being investigated for his role in firing former FBI Director James Comey and seemed to accuse the deputy attorney general of overseeing a “witch hunt” against him. “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director!” Trump said on Twitter, calling the probe into him a “Witch Hunt.” It wasn’t immediat
  
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• Mayweather-McGregor bets all on the underdog, but that will change, bookies say

  16-06-2017 16:04
  
  LAS VEGAS – In recent months, there’s was enough buzz about a possible Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor bout to prompt sportsbooks in Las Vegas and offshore to post odds on the fight. That buzz got a little louder leading up to the announcement of an August 26 fight in Las Vegas. So, has all that buzz translated to action and line movement? To a degree, yes, primarily due to the bulk of the action coming on big underdog McGregor. But oddsmakers remain quite […]
  
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• Access Health Facing Uncertainty

  16-06-2017 15:52
  
  Connecticut’s marketplace for health insurance customers is facing the most uncertainty since it came into existence in 2010.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Michelle Carter found guilty in Massachusetts texting suicide case

  16-06-2017 15:24
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. — The case was built largely on Michelle Carter’s own words, in the form of hundreds of texts messages exchanged with a vulnerable young man who killed himself in July 2014 by inhaling carbon monoxide in his pickup truck. A Massachusetts judge is due to deliver a decision Friday on whether those words were enough to convict Carter, 20, of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, who was 18 when he took his life. […]
  
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• Judge set to announce verdict in texting suicide case

  16-06-2017 15:24
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. — The case was built largely on Michelle Carter’s own words, in the form of hundreds of texts messages exchanged with a vulnerable young man who killed himself in July 2014 by inhaling carbon monoxide in his pickup truck. A Massachusetts judge is due to deliver a decision Friday on whether those words were enough to convict Carter, 20, of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, who was 18 when he took his life. […]
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway June 16, 2017

  16-06-2017 15:20
  
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20- Keith Phaneuf of CT Mirror.org, says without a state budget by July 1st, the options are all bad for Connecticut. Let’s look at them.
  7:50- Rhona Free, Ph.D., president of USJ, talks the school’s recent decision to go co-ed.  Following months of research and analysis, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Board of Trustees unanimously agreed that the University’s admission process for full-time undergr
  
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• Amazon to buy Whole Foods in a $13.7 billion deal

  16-06-2017 15:14
  
  HARTFORD — The online retail giant announced Friday that is buying organic grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in cash. Amazon.com Inc. will pay $42 per share of Whole Foods Market Inc. The deal is targeted to close in the second half of the year. The Associated Press contributed to this story
  
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• Vandals Damage Air Conditioners at Hartford Soup Kitchen

  16-06-2017 15:11
  
  Three of the five air conditioning units at the House of Bread soup kitchen in Hartford were gutted for parts and the nonprofit organization is searching for donations to help replace the units, which together...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Couple accused of starving boy had installed surveillance cams, door alarm: cops

  16-06-2017 15:06
  
  TIPTON, Ind. – Officers arrested an Indiana couple Thursday after police say they starved a 5-year-old boy as punishment, according to WXIN. AshLeigh N. Peach, 30, and Johnathan M. Parsley, 28, are both being charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury, a level 3 felony. Tipton police and the Department of Child Services received anonymous calls reporting suspected child abuse on June 5. The next day, DCS and police took possession of the child in question. [&hel
  
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• Maine jogger drowns rabid raccoon in puddle with her bare hands

  16-06-2017 14:57
  
  HOPE, Maine – A Maine woman remembered thinking about how beautiful the day was as she jogged through the woods, never imagining she would have to fend off a rabid raccoon with her bare hands, according to the Bangor Daily News. Rachel Borch was running recently along a familiar trail near her home in Hope, a small town south of Bangor, when she saw the animal in the middle of the path, baring its teeth, she told the paper Wednesday. […]
  
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• Police Seize Nearly 4,000 Bags of Heroin During Hartford Bust

  16-06-2017 14:55
  
  Hartford police seized almost 4,000 bags of heroin during a raid Thursday night.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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