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• Connecticut Leaders React to Deadly Church Shooting in Texas

  05-11-2017 23:48
  
  Connecticut leaders are reacting to news of the deadly church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas that left as many as 25 people dead Sunday morning.Photo Credit: Darren Abate/APThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Macy's Warehouse in Cheshire Evacuated Over Bomb Threat

  05-11-2017 23:29
  
  A Macy’s fulfillment center in Cheshire was evacuated Sunday after a bomb threat was found written in a bathroom in the building.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Democrats want ethics probe of Wilbur Ross financial disclosures

  05-11-2017 23:23
  A group of Democrat lawmakers is pressing the government’s chief ethics agency for answers on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s financial disclosures. The request to the Office of Government Ethics was prompted by a story in Forbes last week that raised the possibility that Ross should have disclosed assets worth $2 billion before his confirmation earlier this year. “It is imperative that Congress and the Office of Government Ethics know the full extent of Mr. Ross’s holdi
  
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• Rams Overwhelm Giants 51 – 17

  05-11-2017 22:42
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) _ Jared Goff set career highs with four touchdown throws and 311 yards passing, Todd Gurley ran for two more scores and the surprising Los Angeles Rams made one big play after another in beating the defenseless New York Giants 51-17 on Sunday.
  The win was the fifth in six games for the Rams, whose 6-2 start is the franchise’s best since 2001, when the club went 14-2 in the regular season and eventually lost to the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.
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• Family Remembers Man Killed in Portland Crash

  05-11-2017 22:34
  
  Sunday night, Portland police were still searching for the driver of a car that hit and killed a Middletown man on motor scooter late Saturday. The crash shut down the Arrigoni Bridge for six hours.
  
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• Public Hearing Planned On Alleged Abuse At Whiting Forensic

  05-11-2017 22:07
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Republican state senator is holding a public hearing to discuss operations at Connecticut’s only maximum-security psychiatric hospital, where nearly a dozen employees have been charged with alleged abuse.
  Heather Somers of Groton, a Senate co-chairman of the General Assembly’s Public Health Committee, says she has invited the state’s Departments of Public Health and Mental Health and Addiction Services to testify on Nov. 13 at the Legislative Office Bui
  
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• UConn Women Defeat Ashland 119 – 56

  05-11-2017 21:44
  Storrs, Ct. (CBS Connecticut)  Huskies close out exhibition schedule with 119-56 win in shiny, new
  Gampel!  Next up, Stanford on Sun., Nov. 12. at 1:30 in Columbus!
  
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• Local Media Say Multiple Deaths In Texas Church Shooting

  05-11-2017 20:30
   SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) _ A man opened fire inside of a church in a small South Texas community on Sunday, killing more than 20 people and wounding at least 10 others before being killed or killing himself, authorities said.
  The exact number of victims in the attack at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs wasn’t immediately known. But a law enforcement official who was briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press that more than 20 people were killed and bet
  
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• Man Charged In Bank Robbery Expected To Plead Guilty

  05-11-2017 18:55
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Florida man charged with making off with $1,500 during a bank robbery in Connecticut is expected to change his plea to guilty.
  Robert Abel, of St. Augustine, Florida, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Hartford on Monday for a change of plea hearing. Details of the expected plea bargain have not been released.
  Abel pleaded not guilty to one count of bank robbery in May. Similar charges remain pending in state Superior Court.
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• Charity To Provide Winter Clothes For Veterans In Need

  05-11-2017 18:47
  ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) _ The Connecticut National Guard is teaming up with a local discount store chain to provide winter clothing for Connecticut veterans.
  The Hope for the Holidays campaign kicks of Tuesday at the Ocean State Job Lot store in Enfield.
  Volunteers from the National Guard, Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation, the Red Cross and Fox 61 television will be assembling gift bags for needy vets.
  The bags will include insulated socks, gloves, hats, scarves, hand warmers and informati
  
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• Right To Criticize? Protest Sign Case Heads To High Court

  05-11-2017 18:43
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether a homeowner had the right to put up signs on her property criticizing a home contractor.
  Justices have scheduled a hearing for Tuesday in the case of Milford resident Eileen Arisian, who in the fall of 2010 erected signs saying that she didn’t recommend the contractor and that the contractor was facing lawsuits.
  The city’s zoning enforcement officer said the signs violated local regulations and o
  
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• 1 Dead, 2 Others Injured in Rollover on Route 15S in Stratford

  05-11-2017 18:16
  
  One person was killed and two others injured in a crash on Route 15 south in Stratford early Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Motorcyclist Killed in Berlin Crash

  05-11-2017 15:54
  
  A motorcyclist is dead after a crash on Southington Road in Berlin Saturday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Three Injured In Stratford Rollover

  05-11-2017 15:41
  (STRATFORD,Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Three people were ejected from a vehicle which rolled over on the Merritt Parkway southbound at exit 53 in Stratford  around 1:30 Sunday morning.
  According to State Police, one suffered a life-threatening injury, another was seriously injured and the third sustained a non-life threatening injury.
  The highway had been closed for hours, but has since reopened.
  
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• Help is Coming for Some with Crumbling Foundations

  05-11-2017 15:41
  
  The state recently passed a budget with tens of millions in grants for those affected.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Man Dies In Arrigoni Bridge Crash

  05-11-2017 13:53
  (PORTLAND,Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A man was killed late Saturday night when his motor scooter was struck from behind on the Arrigoni Bridge in Portland.22 year old Daquan Moore of Middletown  was pronounced dead at Middlesex Hospital after being thrown from his motor scooter around 11 pm.
  Portland Police believe two vehicles were racing  each other over the bridge. One remained at the scene.The search for the second vehicle continues. It is believed to be a white or beige late m
  
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• Deadly hit & run accident closes Arrigoni Bridge overnight

  05-11-2017 12:54
  PORTLAND – Police are looking for a car and driver that hit and dragged  a moped Saturday night, killing the driver. Portland officials tell FOX61 that a witness saw two vehicles racing on the Arrigoni Bridge from Middletown into Portland about 11pm.  According to a witness, one car struck a moped on the bridge, and dragged it about 200 feet before the moped’s driver was ejected from the vehicle, killing him.  That vehicle, described as a light-colored Audi with a [&he
  
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• FIRST ON FOX61: Former UHart Professor Shares Concerning Message to Parents and Students

  05-11-2017 05:15
  WEST HARTFORD – People around the country have been reacting to a story that was first on FOX 61. A University of Hartford freshman was charged with a hate crime, accused of poisoning her roommate. A former, longtime UHart professor also came forward to share a concerning message, especially to parents. Travis Tucker was a philosophy professor and he left the university in May of this year. He said the university failed to respond to messages of hate. It was […]
  
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• Vigil held in Hartford for teen stabbing victim

  05-11-2017 04:38
  HARTFORD —  A vigil was held late Saturday afternoon to remember Connor Jordyn, who was stabbed to death last Monday. People gathered on Zion Street to remember the young man. Jordyn, 19 from Madison, was found near Zion Street after a concerned citizen called police. Jordyn was taken to Hartford Hospital where he was pronounced dead just after 4 a.m. A blood trail was found that led to the rear porch of 607 Zion Street. A crime scene was established on the […]
  
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• Hartford man arrested for allegedly firing gun out of sun roof on I-91

  05-11-2017 04:15
  HARTFORD — A Hartford man is in police custody after he allegedly fired his gun out of a sun roof on I-91. On October 24 at 5:56 p.m., police responded to reports of a motorist firing handguns out a car. The caller told police that the car was a Ford Taurus and the driver was firing his gun out of a sun roof. During their investigation, police located the car and it was seized.  After obtaining a search warrant, officers […]
  
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• Police investigate deadly motorcycle crash in Berlin

  05-11-2017 03:55
  BERLIN– One man is dead following a motorcycle accident Saturday evening. Around 6:27 p.m. police shut down Southington Road to investigate a motorcycle crash. Police said the driver seemed to have lost control of his bike and crashed. The cause of death has not yet been determined and the man’s identity has not been released. Souhtington Road re-opened at 9:56 p.m.
  
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• Silver Alert: New Britain Police looking for missing 11 year-old boy

  05-11-2017 01:31
  NEW BRITAIN — Police have issued a Silver Alert for an eleven year old boy who went missing Saturday. Tyrod Jackson was last seen wearing a brown shirt with a lion design, black shorts, grey sneakers, and a black baseball cap. He is African America, with black hair and brown eyes. Police are asking anyone with information to please call 860-826-3000.
  
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• Flowers 516 yards lead South Florida to 37-20 win at UConn

  05-11-2017 00:26
  EAST HARTFORD— Quinton Flowers had a career day, throwing for 385 yards and three touchdowns and running for 131 yards as South Florida bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 37-20 win over UConn. Flowers’ 516 total yards are program record for the Bulls (8-1, 5-1 American Athletic Conference). Marquez Valdes-Scantling caught six passes for 152 yards, including a 95-yard touchdown in the third quarter that saw him catch the ball at the Bull’s 15-yard line [&helli
  
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