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• Construction Worker Severely Injured on a Tolland Bridge

  21-08-2017 23:58
  
  A construction worker was severely injured at a job site on a bridge in Tolland on Monday.
  
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• Judge shot outside Ohio courthouse returns fire; suspect killed

  21-08-2017 23:42
  STEUBENVILLE, Oh. — A man who shot a judge in an “ambush-style” attack outside an Ohio courthouse was killed when the judge and a probation officer returned fire, authorities said Monday. Common Pleas Judge Joseph J. Bruzzese Jr. was shot about 8 a.m. outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Steubenville, about 40 miles west of Pittsburgh, Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said. The judge was hospitalized but his condition not released. After reviewing video of the shooti
  
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• Crews Investigate Hazmat Situation in New Haven

  21-08-2017 23:38
  
  Crews are investigating a hazmat situation in New Haven.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• New Haven police, fire, bomb squad deployed at scene, road closed

  21-08-2017 23:00
  NEW HAVEN — A welfare check lead to a neighborhood being blocked off for over an hour Monday. The  New Haven Police were called to Rosette Street after a relative requested a welfare check for a living there who was reportedly experiencing some personal issues. In the process, police looking through the home, They went on to conduct a sweep of the home found a number of ‘concerning’ materials often associated with the production of illicit/dangerous substances. They found
  
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• First on Fox: New Haven police, fire, bomb squad deployed at scene, road closed

  21-08-2017 23:00
  NEW HAVEN — The  New Haven Police  are investigating an incident Monday afternoon. Officers, fire department personnel were in the area of Button and Rosette Street. It appears there was a chemical situation as personnel were putting on protective clothing and cleaning stations were set up. Authorities are waiting for a warrant before entering the house. Some roads were closed in the area. Personnel were seen putting on hazmat suits. Check back for further details as they de
  
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• Beacon Falls woman killed in Scarsdale NY crash

  21-08-2017 22:29
  SCARSDALE NY — A Beacon Falls woman was killed and two other people from Connecticut people were injured in a crash Sunday. Police said they were involved in a multi-vehicle accident early Sunday morning  along the Hutchinson Parkway. One woman from Beacon Falls was killed, her passenger from West Haven critically injured, and a Waterbury woman seriously injured. A passenger in a third vehicle denied medical treatment.  
  
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• Emotions high in court as suspect in Waterbury double Homicide is arraigned

  21-08-2017 22:01
  WATERBURY — A Waterbury woman who was found slain along with her 9-year-old daughter last week had become an anti-domestic violence activist after her sister was killed four years ago. Authorities say both women were killed by their boyfriends. Monday, her boyfriend, the accused killer, was arraigned.  Anthony Rutherford, 28, had lived with Nequea Brodie and her two daughters for several months. “This is truly a horrific crime involving allegations that he murdered not only the
  
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• Judge Refuses To Delay Trial For Would-Be Solar Eclipse Watcher

  21-08-2017 21:51
  CBS Local — A federal judge in Florida has refused to delay a case because a member of the prosecution wanted to view the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. According to reports, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, planned to travel to another state to view the total solar eclipse.
  Agent Chad Horst was reportedly scheduled to testify against an individual facing federal firearms charges. Judge Steven Merryday issued a three-page ruling on the prosecution&r
  
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• Slain Woman Became Anti-Violence Activist After Sister Died

  21-08-2017 21:25
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman who was found slain along with her young daughter last week had become an anti-domestic violence activist after her sister was killed four years ago, and authorities allege both women were killed by their boyfriends.
  Chaquinequea Brodie and her 9-year-old daughter were found dead Friday in their Waterbury apartment. Brodie’s 2-year-old daughter was found physically uninjured at the scene.
  Brodie’s boyfriend, Anthony Rutherford, was arraigned on m
  
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• Business Student Helps Homeless, 1 Pair of Socks at a Time

  21-08-2017 21:22
  
  A college athlete from Indiana who is traveling the country and helping the homeless stopped by Hartford on Monday to make a difference.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Sound Off CT: Another Terrorist Attack?

  21-08-2017 21:17
  Has France been the target of another attack? It looks like no.
   
  
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• Photos from Solar Eclipse 2017 in CT

  21-08-2017 20:53
  
  Photo Credit: Alicia Petruck
  
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• Car Crashes Into Building in Norwalk

  21-08-2017 20:27
  
  A car crashed into a building in Norwalk and two people have been taken to the hospital, according to police.Photo Credit: Norwalk PoliceThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Secret Service unable to pay agents who hit overtime caps protecting Trump and his family, report says

  21-08-2017 20:24
  WASHINGTON – The Secret Service cannot pay hundreds of agents to protect President Donald Trump and his large family, according to a report published Monday morning. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles told USA Today more than 1,000 agents have already hit the federally mandated caps for salary and overtime allowances — which were meant to last the entire year. “The president has a large family, and our responsibility is required in law,” Alles told U
  
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• Holocaust survivor: This is not the America I came to

  21-08-2017 20:22
  Holocaust survivor Sonia K. survived four concentration camps. She recently spoke with CNN about her view of the events in Charlottesville. When I came to the United States in 1949 after the Second World War, the world had just witnessed the horrific culmination of centuries of anti-Semitism: the indefensible murder of 6 million Jews. In the 1930s, we all believed that nothing like the Holocaust could ever happen, and for the past seven decades, we’ve said that nothing like it […]
  
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• Salmonella outbreak sickens 9 in Connecticut, 961 nationwide

  21-08-2017 20:06
  WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a multi-state outbreak of salmonella connected to backyard poultry. Nine cases have been reported in Connecticut and 961 people in 48 states and the District of Columbia have been sickened  according to the CDC. Of that number, 215 sickened people have been hospitalized and one death has been reported. The most recent illness began on July 31. People become infected with Salmonella germs when they p
  
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• Risk Of Death Doubled By Alternative Cancer Treatments, Study Says

  21-08-2017 19:29
  CBS Local — New medical research is claiming that cancer patients who opt for unconventional treatments are at much greater risk of dying from the disease. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine say that the chance of dying from cancer within five years more than doubled for patients using alternative treatments instead of standard medication.
  The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, looked at the treatment of over 800 cancer patients. Nearly 300 of the pa
  
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• Hamden Woman Suspected of Attempted Murder in Springfield

  21-08-2017 19:27
  
  A Hamden woman wanted on an attempted murder charge in Springfield, Massachusetts was arrested at her home Friday, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fan Essentials: What’s Most Exciting About The Mayweather-McGregor Fight?

  21-08-2017 19:01
  Ryan Mayer
  Fight week is here. Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor meet on Saturday, August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The fight, that has been two years in the making, has experienced plenty of buildup. There’s been plenty of excitement during the lead up to the big event, from trash talking to sparring videos and everything in between. But, as exciting as the buildup has been, there’s still plenty to be excited about come Saturday night when the two fighters actua
  
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• Spanish Police kill suspected driver in Barcelona attack

  21-08-2017 18:40
  BARCELONA, SPAIN — Spanish authorities on Monday shot and killed Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver of the van that plowed into crowds last week in Barcelona, according to a tweet from the Catalan police. Abouyaaqoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan national, was killed during an operation in Subirats, west of Barcelona. Spanish police say they have shot a suspect apparently wearing an explosives belt as they hunt the man suspected of driving the van used in the Barcelona attack. Catalan poli
  
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• Man Beaten, Robbed In Hamden

  21-08-2017 18:21
  (Hamden, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Hamden Police are investigating after they say a man was attacked, beaten and robbed over the weekend.
  Police say they responded to Second Street around 8:30 p.m. Friday.
  Upon arrival, they found a 56-year-old Wallingford man. Police say the victim was scheduled to meet a prostitute and when he arrived, two men demanded his belongings and threatened to stab him.
  The victim was then punched in the head and lost consciousness. He was later rushed to Yale-New
  
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• Keidel: Will Eight Ounce Gloves Really Matter In Mayweather-McGregor?

  21-08-2017 18:08
  By Jason Keidel
  In what cynics see as the final piece of pre-fight propaganda, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Conor McGregor have been approved to use eight-ounce gloves for their megafight on August 26, in Las Vegas.It’s all part of a narrative, some say, a cleverly-crafted plan, by both camps, to nudge the PR needle toward McGregor, who will be in his first prizefight while adhering to boxing’s rules, not those of UFC, the sport that made him a superstar.Will two ounces be the difference
  
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• Sleep Experts Advise Students To Start School Bedtime Routine

  21-08-2017 18:05
  (Storrs, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – With kids headed back to school over the next couple of weeks, one challenge they may face is getting out of summer sleep mode.
  The days of staying up until the wee hours and sleeping until noon are nearly over.
  Dr. Dan McNally, medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center at UConn Health, says start changing the mindset now by moving bedtime back by a half hour per night.
  But McNally says some students,no matter what,still have difficulty.
  He says high
  
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• Police ID Man Killed in Ansonia Forklift Accident

  21-08-2017 18:05
  
  A Bridgeport man has died of injuries he sustained in a forklift accident in Ansonia Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• WATCH LIVE: The solar eclipse is finally here!

  21-08-2017 17:58
  It’s not fake news; it’s good news. It’s a story that could eclipse all other stories. There is no way you can stop today’s total solar eclipse from happening. It is celestial, and we have no control over it. The only way to stop it would be to extinguish the sun or knock the moon or Earth out of orbit. Over the past few millennia, people who knew nothing about eclipses couldn’t explain the natural phenomena. Many cultures thought it […]
  
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• The total solar eclipse has come and gone

  21-08-2017 17:58
  Totality has ended. The first glimpses of the first total solar eclipse to cross the United States from coast to coast in 99 years began in Oregon, with totality just after 1 p.m. ET. What started as a tiny crescent of the moon’s shadow turned into a perfectly beautiful eclipse in city after city. It ended in South Carolina about 3 p.m. ET. A partial solar eclipse was visible until just after 4 p.m. in the Southeast. The next solar […]
  
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• Backyard Poultry Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 9 in CT

  21-08-2017 17:43
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a multi-state outbreak of salmonella connected to backyard poultry and there have been nine reported cases in Connecticut.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Here are the Confederate memorials that will soon be removed

  21-08-2017 17:42
  More than 150 years after the Civil War ended, the Confederacy is memorialized with statues, monuments and historical markers across the United States. Some say they mark history and honor heritage. Others argue they are racist symbols of America’s dark legacy of slavery. A nationwide debate surrounding this issue has been underway since Dylann Roof killed nine African-Americans in a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015 in an effort to “start a race war.” And it flared up
  
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• Contenders And Pretenders In AL Wild Card Race

  21-08-2017 17:38
  By Rich Arleo
  Before the inception of the second Wild Card spot in 2012, most teams knew whether they were in or out of the postseason race by the end of July. Since the addition of that second spot and the Wild Card Game, however, more and more teams have found themselves within a few games of a postseason berth longer than they normally would have.
  While this change has expanded the postseason picture in past years, never have fans seen a crowd quite like the current crop of NINE teams in the
  
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• Prosecutors: Professor killed boyfriend as part of sexual fantasy

  21-08-2017 17:18
  CHICAGO — A former Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee accused of killing a man as part of what prosecutors called a sexual fantasy have another court date scheduled this week in Chicago. Ex-microbiology professor Wyndham Lathem and Andrew Warren have a hearing set for Tuesday, when a judge will be assigned to oversee the case. Both men are charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Lathem’s boyfriend, 26-year-old Trenton James Cornell-D
  
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• The Best Times to View the Solar Eclipse in Connecticut

  21-08-2017 17:15
  
  The solar eclipse will be partially visible in Connecticut on Monday afternoon.Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Man Attacked While Meeting Prostitute in Hamden: Police

  21-08-2017 16:52
  
  A Wallingford man was attacked in Hamden Friday night while arriving to meet who he thought was a prostitute, according to police, and they said he sustained serious injuries.
  
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• Best CT Towns to View the Solar Eclipse

  21-08-2017 16:51
  
  Eclipse viewers in the western and southern parts of Connecticut will have the best chance to Monday's solar eclipse.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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• Arraignment For Man Charged With Killing Activist, Daughter

  21-08-2017 16:28
  WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut man accused of killing an anti-domestic violence activist and her 9-year-old daughter faces murder and other charges.
  Anthony Rutherford is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday in Waterbury Superior Court.
  Police say 29-year-old Chaquinequea Brodie and her daughter were found dead Friday in their Waterbury apartment. Brodie’s 2-year-old daughter was found screaming outside, but was physically uninjured.
  The motive for the killi
  
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• Creating safer passwords is becoming simpler

  21-08-2017 16:23
  HARTFORD — The Connecticut Better Business Bureau has some great news for consumers who are overwhelmed by creating safe passwords. Existing recommendations for strong passwords were ill-conceived and not necessary, according to the man who developed password standards commonly used today by businesses, government agencies and consumers. That man is Bill Burr, who wrote a white paper in 2003 for the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST). The recommendations were based upon
  
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• College students open up pop-up sushi restaurant in NYC

  21-08-2017 16:10
  Ramen and Easy Mac have nothing on this kind of college diet. Two college students from New York City started up their own sushi restaurant inside their dorm room, that would eventually lead them to open up a pop-up restaurant in their home city. Ethan Cole and Jarrett Deutsch were freshmen students and roommates at Boston University when they opened up a sushi restaurant inside their college dormitory. Their restaurant became widely popular on campus, with guests sitting on beds […]
  
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• Boyfriend Suspected in Murder of Mother, 9-Year-Old Daughter in Waterbury

  21-08-2017 15:53
  
  Police say a 29-year-old mother and her 9-year-old daughter were killed in a Waterbury apartment on Friday morning.Photo Credit: Waterford Police
  
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• There Is Still Time To Win Your Fantasy Baseball League

  21-08-2017 15:52
  By Sam McPherson
  It happens to every fantasy baseball owner eventually: At the end of the season, you miss out on a league prize by one measly home run or one stolen base. With a few extra stats here or there, you’re celebrating instead of complaining about injuries, luck and whatnot. However, there’s an easy way to avoid that kind of October misery: Don’t ever give up.
  Those near-winning finishes almost always are the result of negligence. A smart fantasy baseball team owner w
  
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• 1 Dead, 2 Taken to the Hospital After Enfield Rollover Crash

  21-08-2017 15:42
  
  One person is dead and two others were taken to the hospital after a rollover crash on Powder Hill Road in Enfield Monday morning, according to local police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Coffee shop chain recalls solar eclipse glasses over safety fears

  21-08-2017 15:31
  Safety concerns have prompted a recall of solar eclipse glasses given away at Dutch Bros Coffee stands. “If you received a pair of these glasses, do not use them to view the eclipse,” the company said in a statement announcing the voluntary recall. The moon’s shadow will block the sun from view in a total solar eclipse over the United States Monday. Optometrists warn that looking directly at the sun with the naked eye during the eclipse could cause blindness. […]
  
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• How to Make a Pinhole Projector to Watch Solar Eclipse

  21-08-2017 15:28
  
  If you have not found solar eclipse glasses at this point, you are probably out of luck because there was a scramble to get them. However, you can make your own projector to safely view the eclipse this...
  
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• Police: Woman Drives Vehicle Into Package Store, Charged With DUI

  21-08-2017 15:24
  NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A Rhode Island woman faces a DUI charge after state police say she drove her Dodge Charger into a liquor store in North Stington Saturday afternoon.
  Police say Katrina Oliver, 48, of West Kingston, RI, struck the Cork and Barrel liquor store on Clarks Falls Road around 3:50 p.m. No one was hurt in the crash.
  Oliver failed a field sobriety test and was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, said police.
  Oliver is due in New London Sup
  
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• RI Woman Charged with DUI After Crashing into Liquor Store

  21-08-2017 15:22
  
  A Rhode Island woman was arrested on a DUI charge after crashing her car into a liquor store in North Stonington, according to Connecticut State Police.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Boater Cut by Boat Propeller in Accident off Fairfield Coast

  21-08-2017 14:31
  
  Emergency crews came to the aid of a boater who was injured when his steering cable snapped and he was thrown from his boat near the Penfield Lighthouse in Fairfield Sunday.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Police: 3-Year-Old Expected To Survive After Shooting Self

  21-08-2017 14:24
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Officials say a 3-year-old Hartford boy is expected to survive after he shot himself in the shoulder with his father’s gun.
  Hartford police say the boy was seriously injured in the shooting Saturday and was driven to the hospital by his parents.
  Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley told the Hartford Courant the boy’s father owns the gun legally and had set it down as he was changing his clothes. Foley said the child grabbed the gun on the b
  
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• Yet another group pulls event out of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

  21-08-2017 13:40
  Another group has ditched plans to host an event at President Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort. The Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society on Sunday joined a list of what is now at least nine nonprofits, charities and other organizations that have said they won’t give business to the posh club in Palm Beach, Florida. “After thoughtful consideration by zoo leadership, we have decided it is important that we not allow distractions to deter us from our mission and culture,” said t
  
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• CT Tax-Free Holiday Underway

  21-08-2017 13:38
  
  Whether you need to do back-to-school shopping or you’re looking to update your wardrobe, this week is the best time to do it.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Revenue Services
  
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• Can you really go blind staring at an eclipse? Tips for safe viewing

  21-08-2017 13:24
  On Monday, the moon’s shadow will block the sun from view in a total solar eclipse. Wherever you are in the United States, you’re going to want to look up, and that’s OK. Every astronomer in the country will tell you to enjoy this rare opportunity. No matter what superstitions you’ve heard, there is no risk to your health due to simply being outside during a total solar eclipse. There’s one thing you shouldn’t do, and that’s look at the […]
  
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• Look back 18 years as Naugatuck quadruplets leave for Quinnipiac

  21-08-2017 13:06
  NAUGATUCK — FOX61’s Sarah Cody was the first reporter to introduce the Naugatuck quadruplets to the world in 1998.  In this week’s Mommy Minute, she catches up with the Ciacciarella family as the quads are packing-up and moving-out to Quinnipiac University. Most moms send one child off to college at a time but Anne Ciacciarella is experiencing this milestone with all four of her kids! “We’re very excited, very happy,” she said.  “My husband and
  
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• 1 dead in early-morning rollover crash in Enfield

  21-08-2017 12:45
  ENFIELD — Powder Hill Road is closed near the intersection with Abbe Road in Enfield due to a fatal rollover crash Monday morning.I One person died in the crash and police said two others were taken to the hospital with injuries. The extent of those injuries is not known at this time. The road is expected to remain closed for at least another couple of hours. The Metro-Traffic Accident Reconstruction team responded to the crash, which happened at around 4 […]
  
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