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• Virginia man who did not disclose HIV status to sex partners found dead

  25-09-2017 23:54
  BALTIMORE – A Virginia man previously convicted of reckless endangerment for not disclosing his positive HIV status to his sexual partners, has died, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, Maryland. Daniel Cleaves was found dead at about 2 p.m. on September 18 after officers were called to the 2400 block of West Lexington Street, according to a Baltimore Police spokesperson. “Once at the location, officers located an adult male laying unresponsive. The ma
  
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• At Least 2 Homes Involved in 4-Alarm Fire in Stamford

  25-09-2017 23:53
  
  Firefighters said at least two homes are involved in a four-alarm fire in Stamford on Monday.Photo Credit: NBC New York
  
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• Rhode Island has the highest murder rate in New England; CT declines

  25-09-2017 23:47
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island has the highest murder rate in New England. That’s according to new FBI crime statistics that found there were 29 murders in Rhode Island in 2016. Despite a slight decline from 2015, the state still had a murder rate of 2.7 per 100,000. That gave Rhode Island the highest murder rate in the region. Massachusetts had the most murders in New England last year with 134 killings, but a rate of 2 per 100,000. The […]
  
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• Help for Puerto Rico comes from Main St. New Britain

  25-09-2017 23:47
  NEW BRITAIN — Hurricane Maria has left Puerto Rico paralyzed but there is help at home — right on Main Street in New Britain. On Monday, the entrance to City Hall was full of supplies bound for Puerto Rico. Mayor Erin Stewart, the Puerto Rican Society of New Britain, and community members all gathered the goods to help relief efforts for the island hit so hard by the category 4 storm.  “We have a large Puerto Rican population here and […]
  
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• 2nd Suspect in Southington Carjacking Arrested

  25-09-2017 23:46
  
  A second suspect was arrested on Monday for carjacking a Jeep in Southinton with a grandmother and two children in the vehicle last June, police said.Photo Credit: Southington Police
  
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• ‘World’s heaviest woman’ dies months after starting weight-loss quest

  25-09-2017 23:36
  MUMBAI, India – A woman thought to be the world’s heaviest died Monday, reports the AP, roughly eight months after being removed from her home in Egypt and taken to Mumbai via cargo plane. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 37, was said to originally weigh some 1,100 pounds before undergoing bariatric surgery in India, reports the BBC, which cites local media reports that claimed she had dropped 660 pounds as a result (her family disputed this in the midst of […]
  
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• Teen who allegedly killed mom’s ex-boyfriend to stop beating won’t be indicted

  25-09-2017 23:36
  NEW YORK — A grand jury declined to indict a New York City teen accused in the choking death of his mother’s abusive ex-boyfriend, court officials said Monday. Luis Moux, 18, was charged with manslaughter in August after he allegedly choked his mother’s ex-boyfriend to death, police said, after the teen spotted Stanley Washington beating his mother inside their Bronx apartment. The 43-year-old ex-boyfriend showed up at the University Avenue apartment around 4:30 a.m. to ta
  
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• 2 state troopers fired in connection with kidnapping and assault case

  25-09-2017 23:20
  WETHERSFIELD — Two Connecticut State Troopers  who were charged with kidnapping and assault with a firearm  earlier this year, have been fired. Rupert Laird, 30, of Manchester,  and Xavier Cruz, 30, of Wethersfield, were fired according to State Police spokesperson Tpr. Kelly Grant. Cruz was terminated on September 11, and was effective today, Laird was terminated September 12, and it will be effective September 26. They had pretrial hearings on Monday. Both starte
  
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• Yankees Rout Royals In Makeup Matinee

  25-09-2017 23:12
  By RONALD BLUM  AP Baseball Writer
   
   
  NEW YORK (AP) _ Aaron Judge broke Mark McGwire’s major league record for home runs by a rookie, hitting a pair for the second straight day to raise his total to 50 and lead the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 11-3 Monday.
  The 6-foot-7, 25-year-old slugger tied the mark with a two-run drive to right-center off Jakob Junis (8-3) in the third inning that put New York ahead 3-0. His solo shot over the visitors’ bullpen in
  
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• New Haven Collecting Donations for Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico

  25-09-2017 22:55
  
  The Puerto Rican population in New Haven, with the support of city leaders, is rallying to provide relief for the hurricane-ravaged island.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick releases statement on NFL protests

  25-09-2017 22:36
  BOSTON — New England Patriots head coach Bill Belicheck issued a statement on players protesting during the playing of the National Anthem over the weekend. Statement from #Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick: pic.twitter.com/WguC8xakkz — New England Patriots (@Patriots) September 25, 2017 Earlier in the day, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said he was at odds with President Donald Trump on the issue of player protests of the national anthem, calling Trump’s comments
  
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• What to Know About New Car Seat Laws Taking Effect Oct. 1

  25-09-2017 22:33
  
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• Death toll in Puerto Rico rises to 16

  25-09-2017 22:33
  PUERTO RICO —  The government of Puerto Rico says the death toll from Hurricane Maria on the island is now 16, and that brings the overall toll across the Caribbean to 49 lives lost. Authorities say the deaths have occurred across Puerto Rico from the effects of the Category 4 storm that devastated the island. The figure of 16 deaths was reported by Gov. Ricardo Rossello on Monday amid local media reports of additional deaths. Rossello told reporters Monday that […]
  
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• Gas Prices Slip in Area Following Jump After Harvey

  25-09-2017 22:30
  
  Gasoline prices in the Hartford area have fallen 4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.76 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 418 gas outlets in the city.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Power Company Exec Gets Over 2 Years In Prison In Bribery Scam

  25-09-2017 22:28
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A former executive of French power and transportation company Alstom has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for bribing Indonesian government officials to secure a $118 million contract to provide power there.
  Frederic Pierucci also was fined $20,000 Monday during a federal court hearing in New Haven, Connecticut.
  The 49-year-old French citizen was vice president of global sales for an Alstom subsidiary in Windsor, Connecticut. Several other
  
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• Keidel: Refs Cost Lions A Win Over Falcons

  25-09-2017 22:27
  By Jason Keidel
  The normal NFL preamble is rife with point spreads, fantasy calculations and team-color preparations.
  Except this weekend, when football took a more poignant place in the national dialogue, with a social media squabble started by the White House, of all places. President Trump, a football fan and failed football owner — if your memory reaches back to the USFL — called out NFL players who knelt during our national anthem.
  This spawned all manner of retorts, none of the
  
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• Judge breaks McGwire’s HR rookie record, Yankees top Royals

  25-09-2017 22:23
  NEW YORK  — Aaron Judge broke Mark McGwire’s major league record for home runs by a rookie, hitting a pair for the second straight day to raise his total to 50 and lead the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 11-3 Monday. Judge tied the mark with a two-run drive to right-center off Jakob Junis (8-3) in the third inning that put New York ahead 3-0. His solo shot over the visitors’ bullpen in left against Trevor Cahill […]
  
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• Lack Of Sleep ‘Catastrophic’ For Your Health, Scientist Says

  25-09-2017 22:22
  CBS Local — If you’re not getting a full night’s sleep, you won’t just be tired the next day, you may also be doing tremendous harm to your body.
  The warning comes from leading sleep scientist Matthew Walker. The director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley said during an interview that the sleep-loss epidemic is literally making people sicker.
  From Walker’s interview with the Guardian:
  “No aspect of our biology
  
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• Kevin James And Leah Remini Reunite For Season 2 Of ‘Kevin Can Wait’

  25-09-2017 21:43
  Emmy Award winning actor Kevin James is back for season two of his latest project Kevin Can Wait tonight at 9 PM EST, only on CBS. Kevin Can Wait stars James as a retired Nassau County police officer on Long Island, New York. This season promises to deliver new characters and major changes for several of the show’s returning cast members.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke to James about Kevin Can Wait‘s sophomore season, his return to stand-up and the best place to get a hambur
  
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• The Connection: Addictive Disorders

  25-09-2017 21:37
  On this program, host Lisa DeMatteis-Lepore is joined by Beth Connor to speak with Dr. Marc Bono, Addiction Psychologist & Co-Owner of the Center for Compassionate Recovery in Madison, CT. They discuss the complicated issue of addiction and The Connection Inc.’s upcoming conference on addictive disorders.
  
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• Governor Says Budget Lawmakers Passed Would Set UConn Back

  25-09-2017 21:37
  
  Massive budget cuts loom over the University of Connecticut as the state marks its 87th day without a budget.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Mystery Of How The Pyramids Were Built Has Been Solved, Archaeologists Say

  25-09-2017 21:31
  CBS Local — Archaeologists say they’ve solved one of the great mysteries that has remained unanswered for nearly 5,000 years. The question of how the ancient Egyptians carried massive stone blocks over 500 miles to the site of the Great Pyramid of Giza couldn’t be figured out. An expert on the pyramids now says there’s evidence of a lost waterway that ferried the slabs over the impossible distance.
  American archaeologist Mark Lehner claims to have uncovered the
  
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• Gas Prices in Hartford Area Slip Following Jump After Hurricane Harvey

  25-09-2017 21:00
  
  Gasoline prices in the Hartford area have fallen 4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.76 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 418 gas outlets in the city.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Another Day of Record-Breaking Heat in September

  25-09-2017 20:40
  
  The day after record-breaking heat in the Hartford area Sunday, we broke another record for heat today as well.
  
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• Money Wisdom: Busting Social Security Myths

  25-09-2017 20:27
  Joel Johnson has talked about Social Security myths before, but we’ve found even more myths that need to be busted. Today he sets the record straight on five more myths that could cost you thousands.
  
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• Another Day of Record Heat in September

  25-09-2017 19:56
  
  The day after record-breaking heat in the Hartford area Sunday, we hit a record for heat today as well.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Doomsday Rescheduled: ‘Researcher’ Moves End Of The World To October

  25-09-2017 19:19
  CBS Local — After Sept. 23 came and went without a rogue planet crashing into the Earth, some might think Christian numerologist David Meade would be out of the doomsday prediction business. But, lo and behold, the self-proclaimed “researcher” now says the end of the world is still on, it’s just been moved to October.
  Meade predicted that a rogue planet named Nibiru would slam into the Earth on Sept. 23 and bring about a global apocalypse. NASA had publicly debunked
  
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• Hamden Police Seek Suspects in Street Robbery

  25-09-2017 19:15
  
  Hamden police are searching for two suspects accused of robbing two 17-year-old victims at gunpoint on Saturday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Governor Speaks on Proposed Cuts to UConn Budget

  25-09-2017 19:09
  
  Massive budget cuts loom over the University of Connecticut as the state marks its 87th day without a budget.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• ‘Curious Sinking:’ Lawyers Blast Man Whose Mom Lost At Sea

  25-09-2017 19:04
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Insurance company lawyers are blasting a man whose mother was lost at sea, saying he made suspicious alterations to his boat before it sank in 2016.
  Lawyers for Nathan Carman’s insurance company said Monday in federal court documents that the Vermont man is refusing to cooperate as they investigate his claim for what they call the “curious” sinking of his boat.
  Carman’s mother, Linda, is presumed dead after his boat sank d
  
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• Murders And Manslaughters Drop 33 Percent In Connecticut

  25-09-2017 19:00
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Murders and non-negligent manslaughters decreased 33 percent in Connecticut from 2015 to 2016, but the state saw a slight uptick in overall violent crime.
  The FBI released new data from its Uniform Crime Reporting Program on Monday.
  There were 78 murders and non-negligent manslaughters in Connecticut in 2016, down from 116 the year before. Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the 33 percent decrease was the largest in the country, which saw an 8.
  
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• Connecticut is 4th Best State for Teachers: Report

  25-09-2017 18:21
  
  A new survey finds Connecticut is the fourth best state for teachers in the United States.Photo Credit: Shutterstock / maroke
  
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• Patriots Team Grades: Brady Does It Again With Last Second Heroics In Win Over Texans

  25-09-2017 18:10
  By Danny Cox
  The New England Patriots didn’t jump out to a big lead and they didn’t figure out how to pull away from the Houston Texans on Sunday afternoon, but they did manage to pick up the win. Rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson led a Texans’ offense that provided a lot more trouble than anyone could have expected, and with less than two minutes to go, Houston was in place to leave Week 3 with a huge victory.
  Unfortunately for them, they left more than enough time on the cloc
  
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• Crime in Connecticut at Lowest Point Since 1967

  25-09-2017 17:48
  
  Crime in Connecticut is down to its lowest point since 1967, and the state has the largest reduction in violent crime in any state over the last four years, according to new statistics from the FBI.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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• At Least 30 Arrested at Deportation Protest in Hartford: PD

  25-09-2017 17:43
  
  Police estimate at least 30 people were arrested when they refused to move away from the doors at the Ribicoff Federal Building on Main Street in Hartford as part of a protest against the deportation order...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Hebron Elementary Deals With Unusually Hot Fall Day

  25-09-2017 17:25
  
  It's the end of September, but it still feels like summer and Hebron Elementary School is dealing with the heat.
  
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• Missing Windsor Woman Found Alive Near Suffield Park

  25-09-2017 17:23
  
  A missing Windsor woman has been found alive near Sunrise Park in Suffield after an extensive search by local and state authorities.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police/Windsor Police Department
  
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• Protests, Arrests In Hartford As Meriden Couple Faces Deportation

  25-09-2017 17:15
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Around three dozen demonstrators blocked the doors to the federal courthouse on Main Street in Hartford Monday morning, in a show of support for Franklin and Giocanda Ramos, who face deportation to their native Ecuador Friday.
  The couple lives in Meriden and has two US-born children. They’ve been living in the country since 1993 when they crossed the border illegally. They appeared on the government’s radar in 2012 when Franklin Ramos was det
  
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• Lawmaker Refusing Pay in Absence of a State Budget

  25-09-2017 16:54
  
  State Rep. Michael DiMassa, a Democrat representing West Haven and New Haven, says he will not accept his General Assembly salary while the state remains without a budget.Photo Credit: Connecticut House Democrats
  
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• Missing Woman Found In Suffield

  25-09-2017 16:53
  (Suffield, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Suffield Police say a missing Windsor woman has been found.
  Fifty-seven-year-old Karan Leonard was first reported missing Sunday night. Her car was found in Sunrise Park near Metacomet Trail.
  Suffield authorities say Leonard was found alive in the area of the park.
  There was concern because the area is heavily wooded and has rough terrain.
  Leonard was transported via EMS to an area hospital for emergency care.
   
  
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• Police: Woman Stole Stole Tools, Used Couple’s Car Without Permission

  25-09-2017 16:08
  MONROE, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut woman has been charged with stealing tools from a home and using the homeowners’ car without permission while they were on a nine-day vacation.
  The Connecticut Post (http://bit.ly/2yBF5tt ) reports that the couple left their Monroe home and dog in the care of a 26-year-old woman they met through alocal animal hospital.
  Police say that woman allowed 37-year-old Jennifer Spezzano, of Waterbury, to stay in the home and use the couple’s car.
  Polic
  
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• Former CT Resident Rides Out Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

  25-09-2017 16:05
  
  NBC Connecticut spoke with Janette Hernandez via Facetime while inside her home in Puerto Rico.Photo Credit: Contributed Photo
  
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• Hartford Quadruple Shooting Was Drug Related: Police

  25-09-2017 15:53
  
  One person is dead and another critically injured after a quadruple shooting on Albany Avenue in Hartford Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Foxwoods to Add Indoor Kart Racing

  25-09-2017 15:52
  
  Foxwoods Casino is adding indoor European-style kart racing and said the track will include dramatic elevation changes and hairpin turns.Photo Credit: Foxwoods Resort Casino
  
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• 3 Injured After Botched Armed Robbery Attempt in Hartford

  25-09-2017 15:40
  
  Hartford police have arrested a man accused of pulling a gun and attempting to rob two other men on Standish Street Sunday evening.Photo Credit: Hartford Police Department
  
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• Record Heat Possible Today

  25-09-2017 15:24
  
  The day after record-breaking heat in the Hartford area Sunday, we are going to have another hot day.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Stole from Residents After Super Storm Sandy: Police

  25-09-2017 15:20
  
  Westport police have arrested an Oregon man accused of taking money from Fairfield County residents in the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy and not delivering on the emergency generators he’s alleged to have...Photo Credit: Westport Police
  
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• 2 Officers Released From Hospital After Being Shot

  25-09-2017 15:08
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut police officials say two officers are home recovering after being shot by a man who is suspected of first shooting hiswife.
  New Haven police said Sunday that Officers Eric Pessino and Scott Shumway have been released from the hospital.
  They were wounded Saturday while responding to a report of a woman being shot multiple times during a dispute with a man believed to be her husband.
  The 51-year-old woman was hospitalized and was last listed in critical co
  
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• With One Week Left, Diligent Fantasy Baseball Owners Are About To Be Rewarded

  25-09-2017 14:16
  By Sam McPherson
  This is it, fantasy baseball owners: The last week of the Major League Baseball season has arrived, which means it’s no time to give up if your league championship is on the line. Hopefully, you followed advice given here all season, and you’re about to be rewarded for your due diligence. After all, that’s what it takes to win a six-month fantasy sports season. Believe it or not, because MLB plays 162 games over six months, this really is the “easiest&rdq
  
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• New Car Seat Laws Take Effect Oct. 1

  25-09-2017 13:21
  
  On Oct. 1 Connecticut’s new car seat law will go into effect, keeping children in certain car seats for a year or two longer than the previous law.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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