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• Norwalk mother who sought refuge in church to avoid deportation, has been granted emergency stay

  26-07-2017 23:45
  NEW HAVEN —  Norwalk mother who sought refuge in a church, filed two motions where an emergency stay was granted. NURY CHAVARRIA filed two motions. An emergency motion to stay WAS GRANTED #Fox61 — Ike Ejiochi (@IkeEjiochi) July 26, 2017 Nury Chavarria has been staying inside the Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal Church in New Haven, where she has received sanctuary since last Thursday. That was the day she was supposed to depart the United States on a fli
  
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• State Releases Report on Energy Use

  26-07-2017 23:30
  
  The State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection released a study Wednesday looking into how Connecticut consumes energy, and ways to drive that cost down despite having among the highest electric...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Foxconn says Wisconsin first investment of many

  26-07-2017 23:20
  WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Foxconn says its plans to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin to build a display panel manufacturing plant is just the beginning of a series of investments in the United States in coming years. Wisconsin beat out several other states for the plant scheduled to open in 2020 and employ 3,000 initially, with the potential to grow to 13,000. President Donald Trump joined with Foxconn CEO Terry Gou, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, House Speaker Paul Ryan and others […]
  
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• State budget crisis having impact on disabled residents

  26-07-2017 23:11
  HARTFORD —  Non-profit day programs for the disabled were forced to close for the day Wednesday because of a furlough enforced by the state. This will be one of six furlough days spaced throughout the year. Program providers, caregivers, parents and people with disabilities gathered on the steps of the capitol Wednesday morning to demand a fair budget from lawmakers. 300 people attended day programs at Harc in Hartford. Harc CEO Andrea Barton Reaves said 60 of those participants live
  
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• Sevy, Bomber Bats Lead Sweep Of Reds

  26-07-2017 22:52
  NEW YORK (AP) – Luis Severino dominated over seven innings, Didi Gregorius and Todd Frazier homered, and the New York Yankees beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-5 on Wednesday to sweep the two-game series.
  The Yankees have won six of eight, inching closer to first-place Boston in the AL East.
  Severino (7-4) did not allow a runner past second base until the seventh. He struck out nine, eight swinging, many on a devastating slider that looked untouchable at times.
  The 23-year-old fireballer has emer
  
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• 28-Year-Old Man Shot and Killed in Hartford

  26-07-2017 22:47
  
  A 28-year-old man was shot and killed in broad daylight in downtown Hartford on Wednesday afternoon. Police are investigating it as a homicide and said they found narcotics.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Connecticut Guard’s Flying Mission Settles In With C-130s

  26-07-2017 22:46
  By SUSAN HAIGHAssociated Press
  EAST GRANBY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The Connecticut National Guard has moved closer toward securing a flying mission centered on C-130 cargo planes for years into the future.
  State and Guard officials held a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the opening of a new, federally funded, $16 maintenance facility for the aircraft stationed at the Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby.
  It comes three weeks after the Guard welcomed home 130 airmen and fo
  
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• Senate rejects proposal for ‘Obamacare’ repeal

  26-07-2017 22:30
  WASHINGTON —  The Republican-run Senate has rejected a GOP proposal to scuttle President Barack Obama’s health care law and give Congress two years to devise a replacement. Seven Republicans joined all Democrats Wednesday in a 45-55 vote defeating the plan. It was the second self-inflicted setback the GOP has suffered this week in trying to roll back Obama’s 2010 statute. Conservatives have embraced the effort to repeal the law without an immediate replacement. GOP moderat
  
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• Southwest Airlines Selling Seats With Great Views Of Total Solar Eclipse

  26-07-2017 22:19
  CBS Local — Typically the selling points for airlines are prices, routes and comfort. But Southwest Airlines is trying to seize on an opportunity provided by the universe, as it’s selling seats based on what should be an excellent view of the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21.
  The total solar eclipse will create a few minutes of complete darkness as the moon will block the sun entirely across a specific line of the country, running from Portland, Oregon to Atlanta, Georgia. Southwe
  
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• Man sentenced to 120 days in prison after fish cut in half

  26-07-2017 22:03
  BRISTOL — A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 120 days in prison after police say he cut a pet fish in half during a domestic dispute. The Bristol Press reports 33-year-old Juan Vega pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of breach of peace. As part of his plea deal with the state prosecutor, one count of cruelty to animals was dropped. Police responded to a domestic disturbance at a Bristol home April 27. Police say Vega damaged property at […]
  
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• Danbury Driver Distracted With GPS Hits Trooper Cruiser: PD

  26-07-2017 21:32
  
  A Danbury driver, who was distracted by his GPS, was arrested on Wednesday for hitting a police cruiser and sending the trooper to the hospital in January, Connecticut State police said.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Up Sham Marriages for Immigration Status: Feds

  26-07-2017 21:19
  
  A citizen of the Republic of Georgia who was accused of running a sham marriage immigration fraud scheme pleaded guilty Wednesday in court in Hartford, according to federal authorities.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Man Sentenced to 60 Years for 2014 Murder of Cab Driver in Stamford

  26-07-2017 20:54
  
  The man charged with the murder of a cab driver in Stamford in 2014 has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.
  
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• Ian Baker-Finch On RBC Canadian Open: ‘Have To Drive Ball And Get It In Play’

  26-07-2017 20:46
  By Dan Reardon
  The RBC Canadian Open is one of golf’s oldest championships, tracing its origins back to 1919, when Bobby Jones tied for second in the inaugural event. Canada’s national championship has been a mainstay on the PGA TOUR. Glen Abbey Golf Club outside Toronto plays host to the event for the 29th time, with current champion Jhonattan Vegas in the field. Even with RBC’s solid lineup of players on Tour, the field is surprisingly strong coming on the heels of golf&rsquo
  
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• Silver Alert Cancel After 9-Day-Old Baby and Her Mother Are Found

  26-07-2017 20:42
  
  A Silver Alert has been canceled for a 9-day-old baby and her mother.Photo Credit: Meriden Police Department
  
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• Restaurant Owner Accused of Using ‘Zapper’ to Avoid Taxes

  26-07-2017 20:37
  
  A Milford restaurant owner accused of using “zapper” software to avoid paying more than $80,000 in state sales tax and has been arrested, officials from the state Department of Revenue Services said.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Revenue Services
  
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• Hartford Police investigate homicide on Sumner Street

  26-07-2017 20:12
  HARTFORD — Hartford police are investigating a homicide that happened at 79 Sumner Street. Police as well as Major Crimes are on the scene. Anyone with information is asked to call 860-757-4000. This is a developing story, stay with FOX61 as details emerge.
  
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• Crews Respond for Injured Hiker at Sleeping Giant State Park

  26-07-2017 20:01
  
  Emergency crews have responded to Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden to rescue an injured hiker.Photo Credit: Hamden Fire Department
  
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• Hundreds of Families in Need Receive Food Donations

  26-07-2017 19:58
  
  More than 800 families in need received free food and household items on Wednesday in Hartford.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• PETA: Resident should be banned from owning any animals after two dogs die in his care

  26-07-2017 19:57
  MIDDLETOWN — PETA is calling on the Middlesex Judicial District state’s attorney to ban a resident from owning any other animals after two dogs die in his care. On July 18th, Middletown Animal Control officers said they responded to a report of a missing three-year-old Labradoodle named Jennie. “Further investigation revealed that Jennie was deceased. Jennie’s owner, David Beveridge intended to bring the dog to a doggie daycare around noon before heading to work, instead
  
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• Gov. Signs Order Reinforcing Nondiscrimination

  26-07-2017 19:50
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Governor Dannel Malloy, in wake of President Trump’s announcement on Twitter today that transgender citizens would now be barred from serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, has signed an executive order reinforcing Connecticut’s nondiscrimination policies.
  In his order, Malloy is directing the Connecticut National Guard, the Air National Guard and other armed forces of Connecticut to take no action that discriminates those in enlistment, promotion
  
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• Prominent Rabbi Charged With Sexual Assault of Student

  26-07-2017 19:11
  
  A prominent Connecticut rabbi who was accused of sexually assaulting a male high school student more than a decade ago has been charged with sexual assault in the second degree and risk of injury to a minor.
  Photo Credit: New Haven Police
  
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• Employee Crashes Through Wall at Milford Salon: PD

  26-07-2017 18:53
  
  No one was hurt when an employee crashed into a salon on Boston Post Road in Milford Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: Milford Police Department
  
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• Wounded Congressman Released From Hospital

  26-07-2017 18:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise _ who was critically wounded in a shooting at a baseball practice last month _ has been dischargedfrom a Washington hospital.
  MedStar Washington Hospital Center says the six-term Louisiana Republican was released from the hospital on Tuesday and is beginning “intensive inpatientrehabilitation.”
  It isn’t identifying the facility.
  The hospital says in a statement that Scalise was in good spirits and looking forward to retu
  
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• Attention zombies, ghouls, and ghosts, Six Flags is hiring for Fright Fest!

  26-07-2017 18:32
  AGAWAM — To all the zombies, ghosts, and ghouls out there waiting for their time to shine, Six Flags is hosting auditions for their 2017 Fright Fest! Six Flags said they are looking to hire over 200 performers and support staff to assist with New England’s largest haunting event. Applicants looking to be a Zombie, Ghost, or Ghoul, or perform as an actor, dancer or singer in one of the park’s many stage shows, are invited to attend this “Scare […]
  
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• Police charge New Haven Rabbi Daniel Greer with sexually assaulting former student

  26-07-2017 18:28
  NEW HAVEN — New Haven Police say they have charged former Rabbi Daniel Greer with sexual assault of a former student. The detective investigating the case submitted a warrant, charging Greer, 77,  with 2nd degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. The warrant was signed by a judge on Tuesday, and Greer turned himself into New Haven Police Wednesday morning. His bond was set at $100,000.  The victim told police he’d been the victim of sexual assaults […]
  
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• Temperatures Climb to 80 Today

  26-07-2017 18:25
  
  High temperatures to start the week didn't make it out of the 60s. Temperatures will be quite warmer today.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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• New Haven Rabbi Charged With Sexual Assault

  26-07-2017 18:24
  (New Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A New Haven rabbi and founder a yeshiva in the city is facing sexual assault charges.
  This morning, police arrested 77-year-old Daniel Greer.
  Greer is charged with sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor.
  Detectives say his arrest stems from alleged assaults on a victim from the early to middle 2000s.
  Greer was the dean and founder of Yeshiva of New Haven/the Gan School. The alleged victim was a high school student there.
  Police first launched thei
  
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• Sperm Count In Western Men Cut In Half Over Last 40 Years, Study Finds

  26-07-2017 17:51
  CBS Local – A new study shows that the sperm count in men has been cut in half over the last 40 years in western countries. More alarming than the steep drop, the scientists who published their findings don’t know the reason for the decline.
  The study followed 43,000 men from 1973 through 2011 from western societies in North America, Europe, and Australia. Researchers found that men’s sperm count fell by an average of 1.4 percent each year; a stunning decrease of 52 percent ove
  
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• USMNT Vs. Jamaica In Gold Cup Final: How To Watch, Things To Know

  26-07-2017 17:35
  Ryan Mayer
  The U.S. Men’s National Team is back in the Gold Cup final after finishing a disappointing fourth in the 2015 tournament. Their opponent? Jamaica, the team that knocked them out of the 2015 tournament in the semifinals. As the players get set to take the pitch tonight at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, here’s what you need to know.
  How They Got Here: USA
  The Americans have run off three consecutive shutouts against Nicaraugua (3-0), El Salvador (2-0), and
  
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• 5 Craziest James Harrison Workout Videos

  26-07-2017 17:15
  by Rob Joyce
  James Harrison isn’t like you and me. The 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the Year found his second wind the last few years with the Steelers, after it looked like his playing days might be over following a one-year stint in Cincinnati in 2013. Instead, the 39-year-old will head into his 14th professional season having totaled 15.5 sacks in the last three seasons. A reason for his marginal decline? A legendary workout regimen that puts even the strongest of linemen to shame. Spen
  
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• Car Crashes Through Wall at Milford Salon

  26-07-2017 17:03
  
  No one was hurt when a car crashed into a salon on Boston Post Road in Milford Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: Milford Police Department
  
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• Places to Celebrate National Chicken Wing Day in Connecticut

  26-07-2017 16:48
  
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• Apple supplier: We’re not ready to announce U.S. factory just yet

  26-07-2017 16:44
  HONG KONG  — Apple supplier Foxconn is still being coy about plans to open a production plant in the U.S. President Trump has no such qualms, telling the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that the Taiwanese manufacturing giant plans to build a big plant in the U.S. and is strongly considering putting it in Wisconsin. Foxconn told CNNMoney on Wednesday that “it is not currently possible to confirm the locations for those potential investments or estimate the number of jobs […
  
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• Why intense workouts are leading to a life-threatening condition

  26-07-2017 16:39
  HARTFORD — When Christopher Michael Everett went to his first SoulCycle class, he gave it his all. He sat in the front of the class, cranked the resistance on his bike and started pedaling. Within the first five to 10 minutes, his thighs began to hurt and feel abnormal. But he powered through the pain and stuck it out until the end of the class. “They say go big or go home. I probably should have went home,” said Everett, […]
  
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• Police department posts controversial photo about giving money to panhandlers

  26-07-2017 16:23
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A police department in Wyoming is asking people to stop giving money to panhandlers and instead give to local charities. The Cheyenne Police Department took to Facebook Sunday afternoon after they arrested an intoxicated panhandler they frequently deal with. The post read, in part, “We want to illustrate that there are better ways to help the transient population than to give them money for panhandling. This person collected $234.94 in just a few hours of asking for
  
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• Texas school district approves paddling as form of discipline

  26-07-2017 16:17
  THREE RIVERS, Texas — Officials at a Texas school district have approved a controversial new disciplinary practice on students: paddling. The Three Rivers Independent School board of trustees in South Texas approved the policy Tuesday, which would allow for paddles to be used as corporal punishment against misbehaving students, according to Fox News. Corporal punishment is defined by the Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA) as “deliberate infliction of physical pain
  
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• Despite Budget Uncertainty, ‘Sales Tax Free Week’ A Go

  26-07-2017 16:12
  (CBS Connecticut) – Despite the lack of a state budget, Connecticut’s annual “Sales Tax Free Week” is scheduled for the third week of August.
  Clothing and footwear priced at under $100 will be exempt from the sales tax from August 20 to 26. Connecticut’s sales tax is currently 6.35 percent, but some state lawmakers have proposed increasing it to 6.99 percent.
  The week, written into state law, is timed to coincide with back-to-school shopping.
  The exemption used to c
  
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• Man says he stabbed dog for siding with girlfriend in arguments

  26-07-2017 16:04
  LEE COUNTY, Florida — A boyfriend allegedly claimed his girlfriend’s dog would always take her side in an argument. Minutes later, he stabbed the dog, according to a Lee County arrest report. 26-year-old Mike Lado is facing one charge of animal cruelty, resulting in a death. According to his arrest report, Lado had been out drinking for several hours and returned home and began arguing with his girlfriend. Blue, a Boxer Lab mix, was sitting next to his owner, Lado’s […]
  
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• Milford Tried to Kill Parents Over Care of His 2-Year-Old: Police

  26-07-2017 15:59
  
  A Milford police was charged with attempted murder after he punched his mother and choked her until she nearly passed out and threatened his father with a knife after an argument about the care of his 2-year-old...Photo Credit: Milford Police
  
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• Trump Bars Transgender Individuals From U.S. Military

  26-07-2017 15:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is barring transgender people from serving in the military “in any capacity,” citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption.”
  Trump’s announcement Wednesday morning on Twitter did not say what would happen to transgender people already in the military.
  The president tweeted that after consulting with “Generals and military experts,” the government “will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to
  
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• Readers rank Mohegan Sun #1 casino in the U.S.

  26-07-2017 15:42
  UNCASVILLE — The Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville has been ranked as the top casino in the United States, according to this year’s USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.  Results of the readers’ poll were released on Friday. Readers voted Mohegan Sun ahead of Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in this year’s poll. Last year’s winner, Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California, was voted the third-best casino. &ldquo
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Senate judiciary panel digs into Russian election interference

  26-07-2017 15:27
  WASHINGTON — The Senate judiciary committee will dig into questions of Russian interference in the US election Wednesday in a hearing notable as much for the big-name witnesses skipping the meeting as those speaking up in public. Senate judiciary committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat, had originally invited Donald Trump Jr., former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Glenn Simpson, a former journalist whose research firm helped put together the
  
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• Senate judiciary panel digs into Russian election interference at hearing Wednesday

  26-07-2017 15:27
  WASHINGTON — The Senate judiciary committee will dig into questions of Russian interference in the US election Wednesday in a hearing notable as much for the big-name witnesses skipping the meeting as those speaking up in public. Senate judiciary committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat, had originally invited Donald Trump Jr., former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Glenn Simpson, a former journalist whose research firm helped put together the
  
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• Senate judiciary panel digs into Russian election interference

  26-07-2017 15:27
  WASHINGTON — The Senate judiciary committee will dig into questions of Russian interference in the US election Wednesday in a hearing notable as much for the big-name witnesses skipping the meeting as those speaking up in public. Senate judiciary committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat, had originally invited Donald Trump Jr., former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Glenn Simpson, a former journalist whose research firm helped put together the
  
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• President Trump: Transgender individuals not allowed to serve in U.S. Military

  26-07-2017 15:16
  WASHINGTON D.C. — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to ban transgender individuals from serving “in any capacity” in the US armed forces. The decision reversed a policy initially approved by the Defense Department under President Barack Obama, which was still under final review. Defense Secretary James Mattis announced last month that he was delaying enactment of the plan to begin allowing transgender individuals to join the US military. “After cons
  
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• President Donald Trump: Transgender individuals not allowed to serve in U.S. Military

  26-07-2017 15:16
  WASHINGTON D.C. — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to ban transgender individuals from serving “in any capacity” in the US armed forces. The decision reversed a policy initially approved by the Defense Department under President Barack Obama, which was still under final review. Defense Secretary James Mattis announced last month that he was delaying enactment of the plan to begin allowing transgender individuals to join the US military. “After cons
  
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