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• Police: 2 Boaters Discover Body In Long Island Sound

  24-06-2017 22:57
  
  CLINTON, Conn. (AP) — Police and firefighters in Connecticut have recovered a body in the Long Island Sound.
  Police say the man’s body was discovered around 11:30 a.m. Saturday near Clinton by two boaters who contacted authorities. The body appears to have been in the water for a few days.
  Authorities haven’t identified the body, and are asking anyone with information to contact the Clinton Police Department. 
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• Mexican man who lived in the US since 3, says getting deported was ‘best thing that’s happened’ to him

  24-06-2017 22:41
  
  FORT WORTH, TX — If you ask Oscar Lopez, getting deported was the best thing that ever happened to him. His parents had brought him to the United States when he was just three years old, hoping to offer him a better life. But by the time he was a teenager, Lopez’s future was looking bleak. Lopez recalls that he was a good student at his Fort Worth, Texas high school. But he says he was also a wannabe gangster […]
  
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• Woman finds frog in restaurant salad, says she still feels sick a week later

  24-06-2017 21:58
  
  SAN DIMAS, Calif. – A California woman says she still feels sick after finding a frog in her salad while eating at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse in West Covina earlier this month. Shawna Cepeda was dining with her family and was about four bites into a salad when she noticed the food tasted a little bitter and started to stir it around, according to her June 13 review on Yelp. “I see something kind of rolled up. I was like, […]
  
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• Ex-Postal Carrier Gets Probation For Sexual Assault

  24-06-2017 21:56
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut mail carrier has received probation for sexually assaulting a woman he used to work with.
  The Connecticut Post reports that Dennis Hwang was sentenced Friday in Bridgeport to a suspended two-year term followed by two years’ probation.
  Hwang pleaded guilty to fourth-degree sexual assault and second-degree unlawful restraint. As part of the plea deal, he agreed to serve 30 days behind bars while awaiting the sentencing hearing.
  The former
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: The latest on Bill Cosby

  24-06-2017 21:48
  
  HARTFORD — A judge in the Bill Cosby trial declared a mistrial last week after the jury failed to reach a verdict in the case. The jurors — five women and seven men — were unable to come to a unanimous decision in a courtroom battle closely watched by the public as well as dozens of women who have accused Cosby of similar misconduct in the past. Cosby faced three charges of aggravated indecent assault. Now, a spokesman for Bill Cosby […]
  
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• 1 person injured following motorcycle, pedestrian accident in Goshen; LifeStar requested

  24-06-2017 21:37
  
  GOSHEN —  Police said one person is injured following a motorcycle, pedestrian accident Saturday afternoon. State police said the accident occurred around 3 p.m., and LifeStar was called. At this time, the extent of the injuries are unknown. #CTtraffic: Ives Rd near Beach St Goshen expect Rd or lane delay/closure for motorcycle vs ped crash. Life Star enroute for unknown injuries — CT State Police (@CT_STATE_POLICE) June 24, 2017 FOX61 will provide updates as soon as they come i
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: Catching up at the State Capitol

  24-06-2017 21:27
  
  HARTFORD —  It’s been a hectic year for the state legislature and a final budget likely won’t be finalized until July. Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives said Thursday their rank-and-file members prefer voting June 29 on a new two-year-budget rather than allowing Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to use his executive authority to temporarily run state government. If no budget agreement is ready in time, House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz says lawmakers may instea
  
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• Man’s body found in Long Island Sound near Clinton

  24-06-2017 20:37
  
  CLINTON — Police recovered a body from the Long Island Sound near Clinton Saturday morning. Police say around 10:57 a.m., they received calls telling them of a body floating in the water. Officers responded and found the body of one deceased male a mile from the Clinton break wall. Police say they have turned over the body to the State Chief Medical Examiner to find cause of death and to identify the man. Stay with FOX61 NEWS as the story […]
  
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• State Distributes $15.1 Million In Grants To Help Nonprofits

  24-06-2017 20:13
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state of Connecticut is doling out $15.1 million in grants to help 50 nonprofit agencies across the state pay for one-time infrastructure improvements.
  Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy created the Nonprofit Grant Program in 2013, which has helped hundreds of groups. This marks the fifth round of grants.
  The capital purchases being funded by the grant program are varied. They range from vehicles for the ARC of Litchfield County Inc. in Torrington to a case manage
  
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• Mastiff named Martha wins world’s ugliest dog

  24-06-2017 20:05
  
  PETALUMA, Calif.  — A 125-pound gentle giant named Martha has been crowned the winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest. The gassy Neapolitan Mastiff was a favorite of the Northern California crowd from the start at the Friday night contest, often plopping down on her side on stage. She was rescued when she was nearly blind, but after several surgeries can see again, according to her handler Shirley Zindler. She waddles away with $1,500, a flashy trophy and a trip to [&hel
  
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• Man Gets Prison In Murder-For-Hire Attack, Drug Operation

  24-06-2017 19:55
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal authorities say a New London man is headed to prison for his role in a fatal stabbing linked to a drug operation.
  The U.S. Attorney’s office says Oscar Valentin was sentenced Thursday to 16 years behind bars.
  Authorities say former members of the “Green Garages” operation had tried to kill Valentin in a murder-for-hire plot in 2011.
  Authorities say Valentin then orchestrated the killing of the brother-in-law— Javier Reyes —of a
  
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• Man claiming to be ‘Mad Max’ arrested for ‘numerous illegal weapons’

  24-06-2017 18:15
  
  BARSTOW, Calif. – An armed man who claimed to be “Mad Max” was arrested while driving an all-terrain vehicle in Barstow, California shortly before midnight, authorities announced Friday. Jack Lee Ernest, 49, told the arresting deputy that he “fashioned himself as ‘Mad Max,’ a reference to a violent movie involving deadly assaults from vehicles,” stated a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Ernest was driving a quad on
  
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• Waterbury police investigate after double fatal accident

  24-06-2017 16:54
  
  WATERBURY — Waterbury Police say an accident that happened Friday morning left two people dead, and one injured. Around 8 a.m., police say a car driven by Katherine Wadman, 73, of Waterbury, was driving southbound on Route 73, approaching the intersection with East Aurora Street. As Wadman made a left hand turn, a pick-up truck driven by Zachary Lessard, 32, was traveling north on the route 8 exit 35 ramp, approaching the same intersection of East Aurora. Lessard then crashed […]
  
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• Police Identify Women Killed in Waterbury Crash

  24-06-2017 16:23
  
  Police have identified the two people killed in a crash near the Exit 35 ramp off Route 8 and East Aurora Street in Waterbury on Friday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut,com
  
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• IDs On Those Killed In Waterbury Crash

  24-06-2017 16:12
  
  WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) – Two people are dead after police say a pickup truck hit another vehicle at a four-way intersection in Connecticut.
  Police say 73-year-old Katherine Wadman, of Waterbury, and 25-year-old Samantha Mallette, of Watertown, died Friday in Waterbury.
  The Republican-American reports that a vehicle was turning left onto a street when a pickup truck heading in the opposite direction hit the passenger side of the car.
  Police say both the driver and passenger in the car were k
  
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• North Haven Police Mourn Death of K-9

  24-06-2017 16:03
  
  The North Haven Police Department is mourning the death of its first K-9.Photo Credit: North Haven Police
  
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• Stuffed cow saves 2-year-old after he tumbles out window

  24-06-2017 15:53
  
  BOSTON – A 2-year-old boy dodged serious injury with the help of a fuzzy friend, the stuffed cow that broke his fall after he tumbled through a second-story window around 4:40 p.m. Wednesday. Luis Eduardo Gomez was jumping on a bed inside the Chelsea, Massachusetts home when an unfortunate bounce sent him flying out the window, according to The Boston Globe. He fell roughly 16 feet, landing on a concrete slab in the family’s yard. The boy’s great-uncle, Luis Estrada, […]
  
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• Woman learns she has cancer while planning husband’s funeral: ‘I’m not ready to give in’

  24-06-2017 14:33
  
  MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota mother says she’s not about to give up, despite losing her husband and then learning that she has cancer while she planned his funeral. Tessie Sylvester’s husband, John, 44, died a week ago following a battle with ALS. “I was literally on the phone with the funeral director, and the other line beeped and it was my doctor, and so I clicked over and answered it. That’s when she said, ‘It’s cancer and it do
  
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• Two Area Crews Battle House Fire in East Hartford

  24-06-2017 12:40
  
  Crews from two area fire departments spent Saturday morning battling a house fire in East Hartford.
  
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• Texas mom arrested after 2 children die in hot car during ‘lesson’

  24-06-2017 12:13
  
  WEATHERFORD, Texas – Police have arrested a Texas mother after she allegedly left her two young children in a hot car as a form of punishment in late May. Cynthia Marie Randolph, 25, faces charges of first-degree felony counts of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury, according to the Park County Sheriff’s Office. The two young children — a 2-year-old girl and a 16-month-old boy — were found dead in Parker County, Texas on May 26. The Tarrant County [&helli
  
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• Warm, turning less humid with sun this afternoon; mostly sunny dry & pleasant Sunday

  24-06-2017 11:59
  
  This morning’s rain has given way to a beautiful afternoon with sunshine and lower humidity.  Temperatures are still be quite warm with highs in the mid-upper 80s this afternoon.   Cooler air moves in tonight making a more tolerable night for sleeping. Sunday we’re back to the good stuff, with dry, comfortable conditions under mostly sunny skies; temperatures will average in the low 80s. A cold front will drive in some cooler air Sunday night and into the start of […
  
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• Early showers Saturday, chance of sun in afternoon; Sunday mostly sunny

  24-06-2017 11:59
  
  Saturday’s not looking as nice as it previously appeared on computer models. Rain might linger into late morning or afternoon Saturday with scattered showers. We’re hoping for some sun to come out in the afternoon, with highs in the 80s. Sunday we’re back to the good stuff, with dry and comfortable conditions and mostly sunny skies. A bit of a cooldown may be upon us for the start of next week. Highs may top out in the 70s with the […]
  
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• Cespedes, Duda Power Mets Over Giants 11-4

  24-06-2017 09:11
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Once they took the field, a little bit of controversy didn’t seem the bother the New York Mets.
  On a day when unhappy veteran shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera asked to be traded, the slumping Mets broke out their bats.
  Yoenis Cespedes had three hits including a two-run homer and Lucas Duda had three hits including a solo blast as the New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants 11-4 on Friday night.
  Cabrera earlier voiced his disappointment with being moved to seco
  
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• Torreyes’ Single In 10th Lifts Yankees Over Rangers 2-1

  24-06-2017 06:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald Torreyes hit a game-winning single with two outs in the 10th inning after midnight, and the New York Yankees edged the Texas Rangers 2-1 on a rainy Friday night for just their second win in 10 games.
  Brett Gardner lined a tying home run with one out in the New York ninth off closer Matt Bush. After Chasen Shreve (2-1) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the 10th, Torreyes kept the Yankees atop the AL East.
  Yu Darvish and Masahiro Tanaka kept it scoreless into t
  
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• Former NBA player Marcus Camby sued over nephew’s drowning

  24-06-2017 05:36
  
  HOUSTON — Former NBA player Marcus Camby has been named defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit over the drowning of his 9-year-old autistic nephew in a pond on Camby’s Houston-area property last Thanksgiving. The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday by the boy’s father, Marcus Kendall McGhee, alleges that Camby was aware of the limitations of his nephew, Marcus Carter McGhee, but failed to supervise the child and used no protective measures to keep him away from the pond. The boy was
  
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• Bristol man injured on the job spends time building doll houses for kids in need

  24-06-2017 05:25
  
  PLANTSVILLE – A horrific accident on the job took a Bristol man away from doing the work he loves, but he found a way to continue to build homes and give back to children in need. Bill Flaherty has been living at The Summit at Plantsville, a health care and rehabilitation center, for three years. Flaherty was a carpenter and built homes in Connecticut for about 20 years until he fell on the job and broke his back. “I was […]
  
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• Man Charged After Charity Wrestling Donations Disappear

  24-06-2017 05:24
  
  The promoter of a highly publicized wrestling event to benefit autism is under arrest.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 13-year-old plans suicide after ‘absolutely heartbreaking’ yearbook bullying

  24-06-2017 05:17
  
  BUCKLEY, Wash. – A Washington state mother said she was heartbroken after her 13-year-old son told her he wanted to kill himself after relentless bullying at school. His mom also told KCPQ that the boy’s classmates wrote hateful messages in his school yearbook, telling him he should commit suicide. The 7th-grader said he would usually try to arrive late to class to avoid his bullies – but last week’s incident was too much for him to handle, and he planned to tak
  
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• Security camera appears to show cat being killed with bow and arrow

  24-06-2017 05:15
  
  BROOKLYN, Ohio — Bob Kocon treats his cats like part of the family. But his family was devastated back on May 8th when Bob let his 7-year-old cat, Spooky, out at night. Spooky never returned. “We were crying and paranoid for weeks. Depressed,” Kocon told Fox 8. Bob and his wife went door to door searching for Spooky, but were not prepared for what they say a neighbor’s security camera captured. “You can see Spooky went outside at night. Then somebody […]
  
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• Local Veteran arming Southington with self defense following carjackings

  24-06-2017 05:13
  
  SOUTHINGTON – Just days after a grandmother and two children were abducted in a carjacking in Southington, a local Veteran is arming his community with self-defense. Head instructor and owner of Alpha Krav Maga in Southington, Robert Rand, is helping residents be ready for “worst case scenario.” At a carjacking defense training class, Friday, Rand showed students how to spot a would-be attacker, how to mentally deal with a person approaching a vehicle and how to react if an att
  
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• 2 Hikers in Penwood State Park Found After Search

  24-06-2017 05:01
  
  A search was underway at Penwood State Park in Bloomfield for a pair of hikers, but officials say the pair has been found.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• New London PD: woman overdosed, passed out at wheel with children in car

  24-06-2017 04:46
  
  NEW LONDON — A Norwich 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 […]
  
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• Red Sox Home Stand Off To A Good Start

  24-06-2017 04:34
  
  By KYLE HIGHTOWER  AP Sports Writer
   
   
   
  BOSTON (AP) _ Hanley Ramirez and Sandy Leon hit two-run homers and the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-4 on Friday to cap a night in which David Ortiz’s number became the latest retired at Fenway Park.
  It was the 250th career home run for Ramirez, a good friend of Ortiz who was also born in the Dominican Republic. Leon finished with three hits and four RBIs.
  The homers helped provide a nice cushion for Rick Porcello
  
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• Drug company responds to local parents’ plea to keep seizure medication on market

  24-06-2017 04:30
  
  NEW HARTFORD —   A family in New Hartford are pleading with the pharmaceutical company Glaxo-Smith-Kline to keep the seizure medication Potiga on the market. Erica and Edward Mumm said their one-year-old son Christian, needs the medication to control his severe seizure condition that was caused by a spontaneous gene mutation. The company announced recently they will discontinue making the drug because of a lack of demand for it. The family has reached out to the company asking th
  
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• Bristol Man Exposes Himself to 4 Children Through Window: PD

  24-06-2017 04:11
  
  A Bristol man is accused of exposing himself to children in Bristol on Thursday.Photo Credit: Bristol Police Department
  
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• Saturday’s Travelers Championship tee times adjusted due to impending weather

  24-06-2017 03:33
  
  CROMWELL —  Travelers announced Friday that day three of the championship will be delayed due to expected inclement weather. Travelers said in a statement “due to inclement weather expected for tonight and tomorrow morning, we will have a delay tomorrow and players will tee off in threesomes off of two tees between roughly 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. We should have a normal finish of 6 p.m.” Gates, Will Call, Aetna Greenside Club will all  open at 9 a.m. All […]
  
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• Jordan Spieth maintains lead in Travelers Championship

  24-06-2017 03:23
  
  CROMWELL — Jordan Spieth shot a 1-under 69 on Friday to maintain a one-stroke lead in the Travelers Championship. A windy afternoon kept anyone from catching him at TPC River Highlands. It also kept fourth-ranked Jason Day from making the cut for a second straight week. He bogeyed the 18th for a 70 to finish at 2 over. No. 3 Rory McIlroy had a 73, also closing with a bogey, but managed to just sneak into the weekend at even […]
  
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• Thousands of people volunteering at the Travelers Championship

  24-06-2017 03:16
  
  CROMWELL— Thousands of people are dedicating their time this week to help make the Travelers Championship run nice and smooth. TPC River Highlands, the home to this year’s Travelers Championship, may have dozens of high profiled athletes, but its the volunteers we’re talking about this time. This year there is an estimate of over 4,000 people who have signed up to help out. Tournament Director, Nathan Grube, said without these devoted volunteers, there would be no golfing spect
  
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• Red Sox Retire Big Papi’s Number 34

  24-06-2017 03:11
  
  By JIMMY GOLEN  AP Sports Writer
   
  BOSTON (AP) _ David Ortiz stepped up to the microphone, wiped the tears from his eyes and waited for the sold-out Fenway crowd to shout “Papi!” a few more times.
  The Red Sox waited at the top of their dugout. The Los Angeles Angels tipped their caps. Friends and family and dignitaries from two countries lined the infield. Three World Series trophies glistened in the twilight sun.
  Hall of Famers Carl Yastrzemski, Pedro Martinez, Wade Boggs
  
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• Child Loses Hand From Lawnmower Accident in Berlin

  24-06-2017 02:03
  
  Connecticut parents and grandparents learned the hard way to never have a child on a lawnmower.Photo Credit: Mongillo Family
  
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• Marcus Camby Named In Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  24-06-2017 01:23
  
  HOUSTON (AP) _ Former NBA player Marcus Camby has been named defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit over the drowning of his 9-year-old autistic nephew in a pond on Camby’s Houston-area property last Thanksgiving.
  The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday by the boy’s father, Marcus Kendall McGhee, alleges that Camby was aware of the limitations of his nephew, Marcus Carter McGhee, but failed to supervise the child and used no protective measures to keep him away from the pond.
  The boy was
  
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• Travelers Championship Reaches Halfway Mark

  24-06-2017 01:10
  
  By PAT EATON-ROBB  AP Sports Writer
   
   
  CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) _ Jordan Spieth played well enough in the second round of the Travelers Championship to stay in the lead. Rory McIlroy played just well enough to stay in the tournament.
  Spieth shot a 1-under 69 on Friday morning, then watched as a windy afternoon kept anyone from overtaking him.
  The conditions also kept fourth-ranked Jason Day from making the cut for a second straight week. He bogeyed the 18th for a 70 to finish at 2 ov
  
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• Bad Check Results In Arrest

  24-06-2017 00:57
  
  (EAST HAVEN,Conn./CBS Connecticut) – East Haven Police have arrested a 35 year old man for his role in an April wrestling event to benefit Autism awareness.According to police James Raymond presented a check to Paradise Alley Professional Wrestling LLC that was returned for insufficient funds.During the following months investigators attempted to contact Raymond,in part because his phone was disconnected after all of the harassing calls and texts he was receiving.Once investigators determi
  
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• Connecticut Gas Prices Drop to New Low

  24-06-2017 00:09
  
  Connecticut gas prices are the lowest they've been in more than a decade.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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