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• How the Proposed Healthcare Bill Will Impact Connecticut

  23-06-2017 23:51
  
  The latest healthcare bill cuts deep into Medicaid funding, defunds Planned Parenthood, eliminates the mandate requiring people to buy health insurance and cuts taxes on the wealthy.Photo Credit: Getty Images/OJO Images RF
  
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• Weather to Delay Saturday Tee Times at Travelers

  23-06-2017 22:31
  
  The PGA Tour has decided to push back Saturday morning tee times at the Travelers Championship due to the threat of rain and storms overnight.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Keidel: Raiders Spend Big On Carr

  23-06-2017 21:40
  By Jason Keidel
  The Oakland Raiders have slowly flowered from the NFL ashes, from doormat to decent to the edge of dominant. It has taken awhile.
  Not too long ago, the Raiders were a sad caricature, led by their iconic and iconoclastic owner, Al Davis, the Brooklyn kid who shook the NFL down to its foundation. Through his ambition and innovation, and for being avant garde regarding race, Davis was well ahead of his time. Until suddenly he wasn’t. He became an old man in a jumpsuit, tooling
  
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• Woman Found Passed Out With 3 Young Children in Car: Police

  23-06-2017 21:26
  
  A Norwich woman was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a car in New London with three young children inside, according to police.Photo Credit: New London Police
  
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• Police: Woman Found Passed Out At The Wheel With Kids

  23-06-2017 20:42
  NEW LONDON (AP) – A Connecticut woman has been arrested after she was found passed out at the wheel of her car with three young children in the vehicle.
  New London police say 26-year-old Cassidy Moniz of Norwich was found late Thursday afternoon in the driver’s seat of her idling vehicle.
  Police say she was unresponsive and had to be revived by paramedics using the overdose reversal drug Narcan.
  Moniz and the three children _ ranging in age from one to six years old _ were transporte
  
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• 2017 NBA Draft: Team Grades

  23-06-2017 20:29
  
  By Mike Bachini, CBS Connecticut
   
  Connecticut (CBS) – One of the most anticipated days on the NBA calendar, the NBA Draft, has come and gone. So what next? Well, naturally it’s time to hand out draft grades based off of player potential, team fit and necessity based off of what we know, and what we think we know. Which in all honesty, until the players step foot on an NBA floor, is next to nothing. So here goes.
   
  Atlanta Hawks: B-
  Atlanta drafted PF John Collins from
  
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• Empty 18-Pack of Beer Found in Car Connected to Fatal Crash: Police

  23-06-2017 20:21
  
  A 59-year-old North Haven woman is dead after a crash in New Haven last night and police said they found 18 empty beer cans in the car that struck the motorcycle she was on.
  
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• Dead Dog Found Buried in Meriden Park

  23-06-2017 20:20
  
  A dead dog was found buried in a Meriden park Thursday night. Police are not sure how the dog died, but the animal control officer thought it might have been hit by a car.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Jogging 40 Minutes A Day Has “Fountain Of Youth” Effect On Cells, Study Finds

  23-06-2017 20:19
  
  CBS Local– A relative fountain of youth may be attainable, and it’s not a hot spring somewhere in the mountains of Iceland. It can be found by remaining highly active, which means 30 minutes of running a day for women or 40 minutes for men.
  The running can have a “fountain of youth” effect on cells, according to a study by Brigham Young University (BYU).
  The study found that people who jog regularly for that amount of time had longer telomeres. Telomeres are at
  
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• Crews Working to Fix Propane Leak in Stafford

  23-06-2017 20:16
  
  Route 32 in Stafford will be closed until this evening after a minor leak from a 30,000 gallon propane tank.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Kids Biased Against Overweight Peers, Study Finds

  23-06-2017 19:48
  
  CBS Local– Irrespective of whether children are being overtly mean to fellow kids that are overweight, they’re also subconsciously implicitly biased against them, according to a study posted in the journal Pediatrics.
  The study, which analysed the behaviors of 114 kids, was conducted using a method known as Affect Misattribution Procedure. Lead researcher of the study, Dr. Asheley Skinner, said this method has not been used prior to this study on this particular topic.
  
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• Garbage truck fire closes part of Route 9 northbound in Berlin

  23-06-2017 19:45
  
  HARTFORD – Police say a garbage truck caught fire on Route 9 around 12:46 P.M. Video sent to FOX 61 shows the truck burning and suddenly exploding. Route 9 northbound was closed between exits 23 and 24 until the truck was towed away. Route 9 is back open. Injuries are unknown as of this time.  
  
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• 1 Dead, 1 Arrested In Fatal Elm City Crash

  23-06-2017 19:44
  
  (New Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – In New Haven, a woman is dead, another man injured and the driver of the car who allegedly hit their motorcycle is in custody.
  Police say just after 11:00 last night at Chapel and East Streets, a motorcycle driven by 60-year-old Jack Benedetto and carrying passenger, 59-year-old Diane Benedetto, was struck by vehicle driven by 35-year-old Carlos Perez of New Haven.
  Investigators say Perez fled the scene of the crash but was located later.
  Within the car
  
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• 2 Dead, 1 Injured in Crash on Route 8 Ramp in Waterbury

  23-06-2017 19:10
  
  Two adults are dead and another is hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash off Route 8 North in Waterbury.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut,com
  
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• Good grades? Bring your report card and Lake Compounce wants you to get free admission!

  23-06-2017 19:00
  
  BRISTOL — Got a report card? Check. Got all your grades a B and above? Check! Alright then you’re good to go to Lake Compounce Friday and Saturday to get free regular admission! It’s only for Friday and Saturday though, so make sure you don’t forget your report card at home! Lake Compounce is opened from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
  
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• Texas mother chats on Facebook as baby drowns in tub

  23-06-2017 18:58
  
  PARKER COUNTY, TX – Every once in a while, we hear a story that has us wondering, “what was she thinking?” And this story, sadly, is one of those. A baby in Parker County, west of Fort Worth, drowned while her mother was on Facebook, according to KDAF. Cheyenne Summer Stuckey, 21, apparently left her 6-month-old baby in the tub with the water running while she chatted with friends on Facebook. Stuckey told the investigators she left little Zayla Hernandez in […]
  
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• Oppressive Humidity Followed by Showers & Thunderstorms

  23-06-2017 18:28
  
  The humidity is downright oppressive today and temperatures are well into the 80s throughout the entire state.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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• DA Files Appeal to Reinstate Hernandez's Murder Conviction

  23-06-2017 18:26
  
  Prosecutors have filed an appeal seeking to reinstate former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez's 2015 murder conviction after it was thrown out following his prison suicide.Hernandez was convicted...Photo Credit: Boston Globe via Getty Images
  
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• China’s road-straddling bus bites the dust

  23-06-2017 18:05
  
  HONG KONG – China’s futuristic elevated bus will soon be a thing of the past. Workers in the northern Chinese city of Qinhuangdao tore out the tracks for the road-straddling vehicle with jackhammers and shovels this week. They’re cleaning up the mess left behind by a project that caught global attention last summer when video emerged of the 26-foot-wide bus cruising over the top of cars during a test run. Billed as a potential answer to China’s crippling traffic problems,
  
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• Senators Blumenthal and Murphy speak out in New Haven on GOP healthcare bill

  23-06-2017 17:56
  
  NEW HAVEN — Senators Blumenthal and Murphy announced that they will be convening an emergency field hearing to get public testimony on the Senate’s healthcare overhaul. The event starts at 1:30 p.m. and will be held at the Aldermanic Chambers at New Haven City Hall. This is in response to actions by GOP leaders in the Senate, where they had been working on a healthcare bill with no public input or oversight. Blumenthal and Murphy hope to give members of […]
  
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• Lake Compounce Offering Free Admission for Good Grades

  23-06-2017 17:56
  
  If your children did well in school this year, you can treat them to a day at Lake Compounce, and your good student or students will get in for free.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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• Boeing factory where Trump delivered jobs speech to lay off 200 workers

  23-06-2017 17:50
  
  NEW YORK – The South Carolina Boeing plant where President Trump gave a speech promising to protect U.S. jobs says it’s laying off workers. Boeing confirmed to CNNMoney on Thursday that it’s cutting about 200 jobs at its plant in South Carolina. The plant had previously experienced sizable cutbacks in 2013 when Boeing significantly scaled back contract workers. Speaking at the plant in February, Trump promised a crowd of assembly workers, managers and executives that “job
  
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• Trinity College Professor Says 'I Am Sorry'

  23-06-2017 17:45
  
  A Trinity College professor who shared a controversial article on his personal social media pages, sparking a series of threats to the Hartford campus, says he is sorry and regrets that the hashtag he quoted...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 2 Dead In Waterbury Crash

  23-06-2017 17:45
  
  (Waterbury, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Two people were killed and a third person sustained less serious injuries in a crash this morning in Waterbury.
  It happened around 8:00 a.m. in the area of East Aurora Street and the Route 73 connector near Route 8.
  Deputy Police Chief Fred Spagnolo says the two vehicles collided.
  The victims who died were in one vehicle. The deputy chief says that area is typically busy at that time of the morning near the city’s industrial neighborhood.
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• Woman Arrested After Investigation Into Prostitution at Branford Massage Parlors

  23-06-2017 17:43
  
  Police have made an arrest after investigating prostitution at massage parlors in Branford.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Etihad Airways will let you pay for ‘neighbor-free seats’

  23-06-2017 17:35
  
  LONDON — It’s the ultimate travel perk: Walking onto a plane and discovering the other seats in your aisle are empty. Now, it’s a feature you can pay for. Etihad Airways has announced plans to sell “neighbor-free seats” in economy class, giving passengers the option to buy up to three seats situated next to their assigned space. The airline, based in the United Arab Emirates, said in a statement that customers would be able to “bid” for the seats at [&he
  
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• New details emerge in investigation of USS Fitzgerald collision that killed Oakville sailor

  23-06-2017 16:45
  
  WASHINGTON – Five of the seven Navy sailors who died aboard the USS Fitzgerald when it collided with a cargo ship off the east coast of Japan may have been almost instantly “incapacitated” and died quickly, according to a very preliminary Navy analysis, a defense official told CNN. That assessment is based on an examination of the point of impact and the berths in which the sailors were likely sleeping. One of the Navy sailors who died in the collision was Sonar [&hel
  
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• Connecticut gas prices drop to new low, right before holiday travel weekend

  23-06-2017 16:40
  
  HARTFORD — There is some good news for drivers taking a road trip for the July 4th holiday next weekend! According to AAA, gas prices across Connecticut have dropped to the lowest they’ve been on this date since 2005. It’s especially helpful for drivers planning to hit the road next weekend, which is expected to be a record-breaking holiday travel weekend. Gas prices have actually been dropping since the beginning of June, with today’s average at $2.45. But gas prices [&h
  
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• Police Captain Accused Of Department Violations

  23-06-2017 16:35
  MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) – An internal affairs investigation has accused a Connecticut police captain of committing 63 department policy violations.
  The Record-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2rJeM0M ) Meriden Police Capt. Patrick Gaynor is being accused of violations that include falsifying records,being untruthful and retaliatory conduct.
  Gaynor has been on paid administrative leave since December.
  City Manager Guy Scaife previously said a disciplinary decision will be made by the end of the
  
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• Coast Guard rescues three from capsized vessel in New Haven Harbor

  23-06-2017 16:31
  
  NEW HAVEN – The Coast Guard rescued three people from New Haven Harbor after their 22-foot fishing vessel capsized late Thursday night. At around midnight, police received a call from a person aboard the vessel who said that three people swam to the middle break wall after several waves had capsized their boat. The Coast Guard was notified and they sent a rescue boat to the area. The rescue crew arrived to the scene just after midnight and the three […]
  
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• New London man sentenced for drug trafficking, homicide

  23-06-2017 16:22
  
  NEW LONDON — A 43-year-old man from New London has been sentenced for his role in a fatal stabbing linked to a drug-dealing operation. According to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office, Oscar Valentin operated and managed a drug dealing organization. Court documents show he was the target of a murder-for-hire plot organized by former members of his organization. Valentin then hired Jose Rosado, Jr. and Andrew Aviles to attack Javier Reyes in September 2012. Video surveillance sho
  
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• Canadian sniper shatters longest confirmed kill record with two-mile shot

  23-06-2017 16:09
  
  WASHINGTON – A Canadian special operations sniper successfully hit an ISIS fighter from a record-breaking distance of more than two miles away while assisting Iraqi forces in the push to retake Mosul, according to Canadian Special Operations Command. The unnamed marksman was part of Canada’s elite Joint Task Force 2 special operations unit that is currently deployed in an “advise and assist” capacity to help Iraqi security forces battle ISIS from behind the front line in
  
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• President Trump signs VA accountability bill

  23-06-2017 15:59
  
  WASHINGTON — The White House said President Donald Trump will sign a bill Friday to make it easier to fire Department of Veterans Affairs employees. The measure has broad bipartisan support and is part of an effort encouraged by Trump to fix an agency that provides health care and other services to millions of veterans. The bill was prompted by a 2014 scandal at the Phoenix VA medical center, where some veterans died while waiting for care. Trump promised as […]
  
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• Report: Firefighter Had Drugs, Alcohol In His System

  23-06-2017 15:28
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A recently obtained state toxicology reports shows the Connecticut firefighter who died while battling a house fire in 2014 had alcoholand marijuana in his system.
  The medical examiner’s office had determined 48-year-old Kevin Bell died of asphyxia in October 2014 because his tank ran out of air.
  State safety investigators found the city had failed to properly maintain and test the air tanks Bell used.
  None of the investigations launched after Bell’s dea
  
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• Your Take Your Dog to Work Day Photos

  23-06-2017 15:07
  
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• Serious Injuries Reported in Crash on Route 8 in Waterbury

  23-06-2017 14:56
  
  Serious injuries are reported in a crash on a Route 8 North off-ramp in Waterbury.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police ID Man Shot, Killed in Hartford Apartment

  23-06-2017 14:48
  
  An extensive Hartford police investigation is underway at the Carriage Place West apartments at 390 Farmington Avenue after a 38-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Woman Seriously Injured in Meriden Assault

  23-06-2017 14:26
  
  A woman was seriously injured in an assault in Meriden Thursday night and police said the suspect is being held on a prior violation of a protective order.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police Investigating Shooting in New London

  23-06-2017 13:07
  
  Police are investigating a shooting in New London Thursday night.Photo Credit: United FM Radio
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway June 23, 2017

  23-06-2017 12:37
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Betsy McCaughey, Senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, compares the latest GOP Health Care proposal to the current Health Care plans.
  7:20- Nathan Grube, Travelers Championship tournament director, shares a preview of the big weekend ahead.  Going into Saturday, what can fans expect and look forward to?
  8:20- Stu Rosenberg, President of Trinity Health New England, discusses Trinity’s role as pre
  
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• Police: Bus Driver Sexually Assaulted Girl

  23-06-2017 11:31
  
  (CBS Connecticut)- A 39-year-old Bridgeport man has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl on a bus earlier this year. State Police say the girl reported that Luis Cruz inappropriately touched her while on a Connecticut Transportation Services bus.
  Cruz is charged with 4th degree sexual assault, risk of injury to a minor, and illegal sexual contact of a victim less than age 16. He was held on $20,000 bail.
   
  
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• Dodgers Hit 3 More HRs, Complete 4-game Sweep Of Mets

  23-06-2017 08:11
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joc Pederson hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh and the Los Angeles Dodgers used the long ball again to power past the New York Mets 6-3 on Thursday night and complete a four-game sweep.
  Justin Turner and Enrique Hernandez also hit home runs for the Dodgers, who had a club-record 15 in the series. It is also the most the Mets have allowed in a four-game series.
  After Pederson’s homer off Paul Sewald (0-2), Los Angeles scored twice more in the inning on bases-l
  
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• Simsbury residents speak out at public hearing on solar panels being built in town

  23-06-2017 06:48
  
  SIMSBURY – Another public meeting was held at Simsbury High School where residents weighed in on solar panels being built on old tobacco fields in town. The company, Deepwater Wind has been eyeing County and Hoskins Road as the spot to install them. Many people at the meeting were fired up about the topic because they said it would change the look of the town. Cars quickly filled the parking lot of the high school and residents were greeted with […]
  
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• Drugs, Alcohol Found in Hartford Firefighter's System: Report

  23-06-2017 06:05
  
  It’s been more than two years since Hartford Firefighter Kevin Bell was killed in the line of duty but a report said he had alcohol and marijuana in his system when he died fighting a house fire.Photo Credit: Hartford Fire Department
  
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• Assault investigation in Meriden

  23-06-2017 05:15
  
  MERIDEN — Police are investigating a serious assault that left one person injured Thursday  night. The shooting happened on Platt Avenue. Details are few, but officials confirmed one person was going to be taken by LifeStar medical helicopter for treatment. Check back for further details as they develop.  
  
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• Find beauty, activity and serenity during L.L. Bean’s ‘Full Moon Paddle’ in Glastonbury

  23-06-2017 05:11
  
  GLASTONBURY – When the weather is just right, adventurers gather at Riverfront Park to take-in info, put-on gear and set-out for a kayaking expedition on the Connecticut River. But this isn’t an ordinary paddle.  It’s a chance to be on the water as evening transforms into night, courtesy of L.L. Bean.  “We’ve been doing Outdoor Discovery School since the  1970s,” says Program Coordinator Austin Gregg.  “We started up in Maine. It&rsqu
  
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• Bristol student who credits Boys and Girls Club with saving her life, gets new bike

  23-06-2017 05:04
  
  BRISTOL — Daneirys Rivera’s day just got a little brighter. The high school junior from Bristol just won Student of the Year and was awarded with a new bike from the Boys and Girls Club in Bristol. “I’m happy. This is actually my first year doing this,” says Rivera. The bikes were donated by Benidorm bikes  in Canton. But the bike given to Rivera from the Boys and Girls Club wasn’t the only reason her days are better. In the […]
  
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• Man ‘proposes’ to little girl after popping the question to her mom

  23-06-2017 04:57
  
  FISHERS, Ind. — A 5-year-old girl is stealing the spotlight from her just-engaged mother, thanks to her stepfather-to-be’s sweet, thoughtful proposal. When Grant Tribbett, of Westfield, Indiana and Cassandra Reschar started dating, she was already a single mom. Once Grant decided that it was time to propose, he asked one of Cassandra’s girlfriends to book a nail appointment for the mother and daughter. The Saturday after they got their nails done, Grant took them to C
  
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• Ugly Inning Costly For Yankees

  23-06-2017 04:53
  
  By BEN WALKER  AP Baseball Writer
   
   
   
   
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Albert Pujols lined a go-ahead single during a messy, four-run rally in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Angels overcame Aaron Judge’s major league-leading 25th home run to beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Thursday night.
  The Angels took advantage of three errors and two wild pitches _ including a heater by Dellin Betances that sailed to the backstop _ during a late surge. Los Angeles sent the AL East
  
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