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• 1 In 5 High Schoolers Using Synthetic Marijuana Smoke It Daily, Study Says

  03-10-2017 23:10
  CBS Local — A disturbing and dangerous trend is emerging among high school students hooked on synthetic marijuana. According to researchers at New York University Langone Medical Center, one in every five students who are using the “fake” drug are smoking it on a nearly daily basis.
  The NYU study found that 20 percent of kids using the dangerous substance were smoking 20 to 30 times a month. Half of users reportedly taking the drug, known as “K2” or “spic
  
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• Republicans Decline to Ask for Budget Veto Override

  03-10-2017 22:23
  
  The Connecticut House of Representatives met Tuesday and was expected to attempt to overturn the veto Gov. Dannel Malloy issued last week for the veto, but that did not happen.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Jetliner-Sized Asteroid Set To ‘Nearly Miss’ Earth On October 12

  03-10-2017 22:04
  CBS Local — As if the biblical predictions of doomsday in September and October weren’t enough, an asteroid is scheduled to make an uncomfortably close pass by the planet on October 12.
  The large space rock, named asteroid 2012 TC4, is 30 to 100 feet in length and will be about 27,000 miles away from the planet when it streaks by. That’s about one-eighth of the distance between Earth and the moon. NASA has been tracking the object since they discovered it five years ago and ori
  
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• Mayor to Announce Hartford Police Chief Nominee

  03-10-2017 21:53
  
  Mayor Luke Bronin is expected to nominate Connecticut State Police's lieutenant colonel to be the Hartford Police Department's next chief of police.Photo Credit: State of Connecticut
  
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• CSP Veteran Nominated For HPD Chief

  03-10-2017 21:34
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin is nominating a high ranking state trooper to be the city’s next police chief.
  Hartford native Lt. Colonel David Rosado has been chosen to succeed the retiring chief James Rovella.
  Bronin says as they’ve been preparing for Rovella’s retirement, Rosado’s name kept coming up as a candidate.
  Rosado grew up in Charter Oak Terrace and is a graduate of Bulkeley High School and UConn Law School.
  He currently co
  
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• Millennials Love Going Green But Don’t Actually Recycle, Study Says

  03-10-2017 21:30
  CBS Local — Many millennials may present themselves as being a part of a progressive generation that is outspoken about preventing climate change, but a new study says their actions don’t back up their words.
  According to a survey by marketing firm The Shelton Group, millennials are less likely to recycle compared to any other generation. While the complicated age group doesn’t like to take a personal role in cleaning up the planet, they were found to be the most likely ge
  
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• House Won’t Try To Override Malloy’s Veto Of GOP Budget

  03-10-2017 21:12
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The Connecticut House of Representatives has decided not to try and override Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s veto of a state budget plan.
  Lawmakers convened Tuesday, but no one moved for a vote to reconsider the budget bill.
  The Democratic governor had rejected the Republican-backed budget, citing what he says were unworkable changes to the state pension system and cuts to higher education. Connecticut is the last state in the nation without a budge
  
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• 5 Biggest NBA Storylines For 2017-18

  03-10-2017 21:00
  by Rob Joyce
  It was one of the wildest NBA off seasons in recent memory. Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Jimmy Butler and Paul George were all traded, Kyrie Irving was, too, after shockingly wanting out of Cleveland. Kevin Durant is out there trolling people on Twitter from fake accounts. And there’s a rookie in Los Angeles who isn’t saying much, but his dad sure is.
  Now it’s time to see how all of the moving and shaking actually plays out on the court. With the start of the regul
  
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• 'Get Hired Hartford' Goodwill Career Expo 2017

  03-10-2017 20:56
  
  A career expo with 75 employers looking to fill 3,500 open positions will take place Thurs., Oct. 5 in Hartford.
  
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• Hartford HealthCare, Aetna Reach Agreement for New 3-Year Contact

  03-10-2017 20:25
  
  Hartford HealthCare says it has reached a deal with Aetna today and they have a new three-year agreement effective Jan. 1, 2018, when the current contract expires.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Gun Stocks Rise Anew, and More People Own Them Than Know It

  03-10-2017 20:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — After a gunman killed more than 50 people in Las Vegas in the nation’s latest mass shooting, stocks in the gun industry followed a familiar pattern. They rose.
  Sturm, Ruger & Co. jumped 3.5 percent on Monday. American Outdoor Brands Corp., which owns Smith & Wesson, climbed 3.2 percent. The shares were rising again Tuesday.
  Gun sales surged across the country in the weeks after past mass shootings, such as in Orlando, Florida, San Bernardino, California, or N
  
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• New England Gets Over $1.2M in Grants For Fish, Wildlife

  03-10-2017 20:00
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New England is getting over $1.2 million in grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to restore forest and river habitat for native bird and freshwater fish populations.
  The projects supported by the 10 grants will open 117 miles of streams for eastern brook trout, river herring and Atlantic salmon by modifying and replacing 24 failing culverts, and other barriers. It also will improve nearly 1,000 acres of habitat for birds, engage at least 485 commun
  
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• Connecticut Man Charged With Importing Exotic Snakes To Vermont

  03-10-2017 19:55
  MAIDSTONE, Vt. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says a Connecticut man is facing wildlife violations after non-native hognose snakes were found at his property in Maidstone.
  The department says the harmless eastern hognose snakes are found in Connecticut, but not Vermont.
  Game wardens say 42-year-old David Buyak, of New Hartford, told them he captured an adult male and female in the wild in Connecticut and bred them. He says 12 snakes he had were the o
  
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• Substitute Teacher Who Refused to Leave School Arrested: Police

  03-10-2017 19:19
  
  A Wallingford substitute teacher was arrested after he refused to leave school, according to police.Photo Credit: Wallingford Police
  
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• New Britain Schools Accepting Students from Puerto Rico

  03-10-2017 19:08
  
  The Consolidated School District of New Britain is anticipating an influx of students from the Caribbean following Hurricane Maria.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Vets Sue Defense Department Over 1966 Spain H-Bomb Mishap

  03-10-2017 18:46
  By DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Veterans groups are suing the Defense Department in an effort to obtain disability benefits for airmen who say they were exposed to radiation while responding to a 1966 accident involving U.S. hydrogen bombs in Spain.
  The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Connecticut by Yale Law School students representing Vietnam Veterans of America, the group’s Connecticut chapter and Anthony Maloni, a 72-year-o
  
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• Thursday Night Football Breakdown: Pats Look To Move Past Loss On Road Vs. Bucs

  03-10-2017 18:25
  By Kevin McGuire
  The New England Patriots (2-2) suffered a rough loss at home on Sunday for the second time this season, but at least they get a short week to turn the page and move on to the next game. This week, the Patriots are back on the Thursday night schedule as they hit the road to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Get ready for Tom Brady vs. Jameis Winston. This one could be fun.
  What’s wrong with the Patriots defense?
  Excellent question. The Patriots have given up at least 30 points
  
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• Heroic Veteran Steals Truck, Takes Vegas Shooting Victims To Hospital

  03-10-2017 18:02
  CBS Local — In the wake of the worst mass shooting in American history, tales of incredible courage are emerging. A Marine veteran is being hailed as a hero after he raced into harm’s way to get dozens of shooting victims to safety.
  Taylor Winston was one of the thousands of people pinned down by gunfire from alleged shooter Stephen Paddock during a country music festival Sunday night in Las Vegas. According to reports, the 29-year-old veteran loaded over two dozen critically injured
  
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• Comcast Bridges Digital Divide in Hartford

  03-10-2017 17:57
  
  Comcast is making high-speed internet accessible to senior citizens and low-income residents across Hartford.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• The Connection: Gambling Addiction & New Casinos

  03-10-2017 17:35
  On this program, host Lisa DeMatteis-Lepore is joined by Teresa Ferraro, the Program Director of Residential & Community Behavioral Health Services at The Connection, as well as Stephen Matos, a Gambling Peer Counselor at The Connection.
  They discuss gambling addiction and the impact of new casinos in Connecticut.
  
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• Top Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 5

  03-10-2017 17:00
  By Rahul Lal
  Let’s be honest, by this point in the season, pickings are slim on the waiver wire. Most fantasy owners have to play the angle of staying up-to-date with injuries and making sure to grab a guy who could step up in weeks to come. This past weekend, we saw injuries to some starters like Derek Carr, Chris Carson, Ty Montgomery and Dalvin Cook. Each of these guys are typically starters and, while Montgomery could still wind up playing, it’s important to have a back-up plan i
  
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• 'Everyone Was Running for Cover": Witness to Vegas Shooting

  03-10-2017 16:56
  
  Passengers who landed at Bradley Airport from Las Vegas Monday night shared their stories about the horrific attack at a country music concert that took the lives of 59 people and injured more than 500 others.
  Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Patriots Opponent Profile: Impressive Bucs Could Prove Difficult Task On TNF

  03-10-2017 16:40
  By Danny Cox
  This is not your normal run-of-the-mill NFL regular season. That has been made blatantly obvious by the fact that the New England Patriots are sitting at 2-2 through four weeks and the NFC South is looking incredibly strong. Yes, the Pats defeated the New Orleans Saints, who have won two in a row since that loss, but the other teams in the division are looking ever-so-dangerous.
  That has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out to prove something to the rest of the league.
  Tampa Bay Buccaneers&
  
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• Money Wisdom: Five Toxic Investing Behaviors

  03-10-2017 16:00
  Joel Johnson discusses the five toxic investing behaviors that could sabotage your retirement.
  
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• Vote Set On Override Of Malloy’s Veto Of Republican Budget

  03-10-2017 15:21
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – The Connecticut House of Representatives is expected to vote on whether to override Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s veto of a state budget plan.
  The House session is set for noon Tuesday. Democratic House Speaker House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz expects the override effort to fail.
  The Democratic governor rejected the Republican-backed budget, citing changes to the state pension system and cuts to higher education. Connecticut is the last state in the
  
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• SEC Football Report: LSU Falls to Troy, Top Teams Dominate

  03-10-2017 15:20
  By Andrew Kahn
  This is the CBS Local SEC Football Report. Every Tuesday, this space will recap the results and top performances from the Southeastern Conference and look ahead to key match-ups the following week.
  LSU stunned at home
  Troy is not a bad team. The Trojans won 10 games last season. They nearly beat LSU in 2004 and 2008, when they blew a 28-point lead in the second half. Still, this was Troy, and this was LSU. The Tigers had the longest non-conference home win streak this millennium,
  
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• Charter Communications To Build New Headquarters In Stamford

  03-10-2017 15:18
  (CBS Connecticut) – Charter Communications plans to build a 500,000-square-foot headquarters building in Stamford, state officials announced Tuesday.
  Charter, the nation’s second-largest cable operator, which committed to create and retain 400 jobs under the state’s First Five program five years ago, has committed to create an additional 1,100 jobs, officials said.
  “Since relocating Charter’s headquarter operations to Stamford in 2012, the company has undergone a tr
  
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• Intruder Hit Co-Worker, Stabbed Her Boyfriend: Police

  03-10-2017 15:12
  
  A Bridgeport man is accused of breaking into a co-worker’s Stratford home, hitting the woman and stabbing her boyfriend.Photo Credit: Stratford Police
  
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• Healthy Rounds: Medical Aid To Puerto Rico

  03-10-2017 14:58
  Dr. Alessi chats with Dr. Marian Acevedo Alvarez about medical aid to Puerto Rico and Dr. Ann Ferris discusses childhood obesity in Hartford.
  
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• Hartford Marathon Organizers Say Experts Have a Security Plan

  03-10-2017 14:55
  
  More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the Hartford Marathon on Oct. 14, including 12,000 runners. In the wake of the mas shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas Sunday night, Hartford Marathon...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 17-Year-Old Hit by Jeep in Canaan

  03-10-2017 14:53
  
  A 17-year-old from Cornwall was seriously hurt when he was hit by a Jeep in Canaan Monday afternoon, according to Connecticut State Police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Governor Malloy Becomes A Grandfather

  03-10-2017 14:29
  STAMFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has a new job title: grandfather.
  The Democratic governor made the announcement during an appearance in his hometown at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center on Monday.
  Malloy says his granddaughter, Grace, was born at 3:30 a.m. Monday morning. The baby is the first grandchild for the governor and his wife, Cathy, and is the daughter of their oldest son, Dannel, and his wife.
  (© Copyright 2017 The Associated P
  
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• Sen. Murphy Tells Congress: 'Get Off Its Ass' After Shooting

  03-10-2017 13:27
  
  U.S. Senator Chris Murphy has some harsh words for his colleagues in Congress after the shooting in Las Vegas and says it's "time for Congress to get off its ass and do something."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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• CT Woman Rushes to Donate Blood After Las Vegas Shooting

  03-10-2017 13:07
  
  An Ellington woman who was in Las Vegas for a convention rushed to help after she learned the news of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival Sunday night.
  
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• Fire Breaks Out at Commercial Laundry Facility in Norwich

  03-10-2017 12:18
  
  Multiple departments responded to a fire at a commercial laundry facility in Norwich overnight, according to firefighters on scene.Photo Credit: Contributed Photo
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway October 3, 2017

  03-10-2017 12:09
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Fran Rabinowitz,  CAPSS Executive Director, talks about how this continued lack of a state budget is affecting schools.
  7:20- Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer, looks at stupidity, lies, and betrayal from Vietnam through today.
  7:50- Mac Zimmerman, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Senior Policy Advisor, discusses the Jones Act, a statute that regulates how “American goods are shipped betwee
  
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• QU Professor from Las Vegas Reflects on Concert Shooting

  03-10-2017 11:53
  
  Thousands of miles away from her hometown of Las Vegas, Quinnipiac University professor Dr. Cindy Kern says her heart is breaking for the place she grew up in the aftermath of the deadliest shooting in American...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Connecticut Couple Glad to Be Headed Home from Vegas

  03-10-2017 04:01
  
  As the tragedy in Las Vegas continues to unfold, one Connecticut couple is on their flight back home to the Nutmeg state from Nevada.
  
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• Las Vegas victims identified: Portraits of those killed in the shooting

  03-10-2017 02:56
  LAS VEGAS – One was a nurse who died protecting his wife. Another devoted her life to teaching children with special needs. They were people from different walks of life who had gathered to enjoy a country music festival in the glimmering heart of the Las Vegas Strip. A shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night left at least 59 people dead and more than 527 injured, making it the deadliest shooting in modern American […]
  
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• Connecticut Casinos Assure Security Paramount

  03-10-2017 02:51
  
  Security is top of mind at Connecticut’s two casinos after a gunman opened fire on the crowd of an outdoor music festival in Las Vegas, but the news is leaving some people in southeastern Connecticut on edge.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Connecticut travelers to Las Vegas return home following mass shooting

  03-10-2017 02:41
  WINDSOR LOCKS —  In the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, passengers began to trickle in to Bradley International Airport throughout the day Monday. Many of the travelers were visibly upset while others were feeling a sense of relief to be back home in Connecticut after witnessing the horrific events that unfolded on the famous Las Vegas Strip the night before. “It was scary it, it was. I’ve been around, I just never saw anything like that […
  
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• Judge upholds state law limiting length of Tweed runway

  03-10-2017 02:29
  NEW HAVEN — Tweed-New Haven Airport has lost a legal fight with the state over a Connecticut law that limits the length of the airport’s main runway. Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Richardson in Hartford upheld the 2009 law in a decision filed Saturday. Richardson wrote he wasn’t convinced of the state-run airport’s claims that the law limiting the runway to its current 5,600 feet is threatening existing service and preventing Tweed from attracting more commercial flight
  
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• City Terminates Developer From Downtown North Project

  03-10-2017 02:12
  (HARTFORD,Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The City of Hartford has terminated Centerplan, DoNo Hartford LLC and associated entities created to develop the land around Dunkin Donuts Park.In a statement, Mayor Luke Bronin said “Centerplan should never have been chosen to build the ballpark, and their lack of capacity and experience was compounded by a lack of honesty and transparency.”Bronin added “In failing to deliver the ballpark on time, failing to do the work well, and failin
  
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• Tuesday marks the 38th anniversary of the tornado that struck Windsor Locks

  03-10-2017 01:54
  WINDSOR LOCKS – Tuesday marks the  38th anniversary of the day a tornado struck north central Connecticut. On October 3, 1979, a tornado came through Windsor and Windsor Locks. It left three dead, dozens injured and millions of dollars of damage. It destroyed many historic planes at the outdoor exhibit area of the New England Air Museum, then called the Bradley Air Museum. It touched down in the early afternoon in the Poquonock section of Windsor and moved along Route […]
  
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• West Hartford SWAT experts add analysis of Las Vegas shootings

  03-10-2017 01:44
  WEST HARTFORD — The horror heard from the Las Vegas Strip has echoed to every corner of the country and, in West Hartford, police there are discussing the tragedy of the senseless massacre. Lt. Jeremy Clark who runs West Hartford’s S.W.A.T. unit and also the co-operator of the Connecticut S.W.A.T. Challenge. offered his feelings on the mass shooting that has already claimed 59 innocent lives and injuring 527. “Your heart bleeds and this is an awful event,” Clark said. &ld
  
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• Puerto Rico relief efforts both rewarding and frustrating

  03-10-2017 01:34
  WATERBURY —  There’s been both frustration and joy over relief efforts for residents of the devastated island nation of Puerto Rico. Several natives of Puerto Rico, who work for Waterbury Hospital, rather quickly put together a shipment of medical supplies and medications last week. However, after a commercial airline denied them cargo space, they were sent scrambling for transportation. That is, until a famous Hollywood actor stepped up. “Tyler Perry was kind enough to do
  
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• Couple admits to stealing $1.2M from Amazon with elaborate scam

  03-10-2017 01:12
  INDIANAPOLIS – An Indiana couple has admitted stealing more than $1.2 million in merchandise from Amazon in an elaborate scheme. Erin Joseph Finan, 38, and Leah Jeanette Finan, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court in Indianapolis to charges of mail fraud and money laundering in connection with the racket, the Star Press reports. The duo bought hundreds of electronics such as Go Pro cameras, Samsung smartwatches, and Xboxes, then told Amazon the products weren’t working and requested r
  
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• How Connecticut Hospitals Train for Mass Casualty Events

  03-10-2017 00:45
  
  A team of surgeons at Yale-New Haven Hospital is ready to mobilize in the event of a mass casualty incident.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Would Connecticut be prepared for a mass casualty incident?

  03-10-2017 00:27
  HARTFORD —  In the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, FOX61 set out to determine if Connecticut’s hospitals could handle a mass casualty event. We visited Hartford Hospital, one of Connecticut’s two level-one trauma centers. Dr. Thomas Abbruzzese is the Trauma Medical Director at Hartford Hospital. He explained that the hospital would have to prioritize patients and make sure they are evenly distributed among hospitals. “We would have to have a staging of the mo
  
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