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• Wintry Mix May Cause Slick Spots During Monday's AM Commute

  17-12-2017 23:55
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists are tracking the potential for a wintry mix that could cause isolated icy patches during the Monday morning commute.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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• New London Police Investigate Fatal Stabbing on Grand Street

  17-12-2017 23:48
  
  New London police are investigating a deadly stabbing on Grand Street.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Eagles Beat Giants 34 – 29

  17-12-2017 23:23
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) _ Nick Foles threw four touchdown passes in his first start replacing the injured Carson Wentz, and the Philadelphia Eagles secured a first-round playoff bye, rallying from an early 14-point deficit to defeat the surprising New York Giants 34-29 on Sunday.
  Foles hit 24 of 38 passes for 237 yards and no interceptions. The Eagles (12-2) made a late stand on first-and-goal in the final minute in edging the Giants (2-12) for the second time this season, spoiling a three-to
  
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• Search for Missing Snowmobile Rider in Griswold Suspended

  17-12-2017 23:22
  
  A search for a missing snowmobile rider in Griswold has been deemed a recovery mission.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Sen. McCain returning to Arizona, will miss tax bill vote

  17-12-2017 23:12
  Sen. John McCain is heading home to Arizona to continue recovering from the side effects of chemotherapy for a brain tumor and will not be in Washington for the tax vote this week, two sources close to McCain confirmed to CNN.
  McCain is unlikely to return to Washington this year, one of the sources said. But his ability to get on a plane to Arizona was a “good sign,” a source said.
  McCain left Walter Reed Medical Center “exhausted, but ok,” a Republican close to him said.
  
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• State Suspends Search For Snowmobile Driver In Griswold

  17-12-2017 22:23
  GRISWOLD, Conn. (AP) _ The state has suspended its search for a missing snowmobile driver in Griswold.
  WFSB-TV reports that the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Environmental Police suspended its efforts on Sunday afternoon due to “unfavorable weather conditions.”
  A snowmobile was located on Pachaug Pond around 6 p.m. on Saturday.
  DEEP, Connecticut State Police and local fire departments started searching for the missing driver.
  Several dive teams were in the water f
  
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• 2 CSP Cruisers Involved in Crash on Route 15N in Hamden

  17-12-2017 22:22
  
  Route 15 north in North Haven is closed after a crash involving two Connecticut State Police cruisers.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Hartsfield airport in Atlanta closed due to power outage; Bradley flights delayed

  17-12-2017 21:20
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  ATLANTA — A power outage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has left thousands of passengers at the world’s busiest airport stranded in the dark and sitting in planes on the tarmac as incoming and outgoing flights were halted indefinitely.
  The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for flights to Atlanta at 11:30 a.m. ET Sunday, meaning that planes are being held at their departure airports, the airport said on its verifie
  
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• Hartsfield airport in Atlanta closed due to power outage

  17-12-2017 21:20
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  ATLANTA — A power outage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world’s busiest airport, is leaving thousands of passengers stranded and planes grounded indefinitely.
  The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for flights to Atlanta at 11:30 a.m. ET Sunday, meaning that planes are being held at their departure airports, according to a tweet on the airport’s verified Twitter account. Departures from the airport are delayed beca
  
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• Rt. 15 closed in North Haven after crash involving 2 state police cruisers

  17-12-2017 21:09
  NORTH HAVEN — Two State Police cruisers were struck in a multi vehicle crash on Sunday.
  State police tweeted that the accident happened on Rt. 15, the Wilbur Cross Parkway near exit 62 on the northbound side of the highway.
  Police said there were minor injuries. The road was closed temporarily.
  
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• Crash involving 2 state police cruisers on Rt. 15

  17-12-2017 21:09
  NORTH HAVEN — Two State Police cruisers were struck in a multi vehicle crash on Sunday.
  State police tweeted that the accident happened on Rt. 15, the Wilbur Cross Parkway near exit 62 on the northbound side of the highway.
  Police said there were minor injuries. The road was closed temporarily.
  
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• Hartford Police Investigate Homicide on Van Block Avenue

  17-12-2017 21:06
  
  Hartford police are investigating a deadly shooting Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Rally Planned For Immigrant Facing Deportation

  17-12-2017 21:03
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Supporters of an immigrant facing deportation to Colombia are planning a rally outside of the Hartford federal courthouse to call on authorities to let him stay in the U.S. while he tries to get his asylum case reopened.
  The gathering to support Francisco Acosta is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday. He has been ordered to report to federal immigration authorities on Monday with a one-way ticket to Colombia dated for next month.
  Acosta says he fled Colombia in 2001 because of
  
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• Woodbridge Police Seek Bank Robbery Suspect

  17-12-2017 20:53
  
  Woodbridge police are searching for the suspect in a bank robbery Sunday.Photo Credit: Woodbridge Police Department
  
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• 2 Taken to Hospital After Head-On Crash in Hamden

  17-12-2017 20:49
  
  Two drivers were taken to the hospital after a head-on crash in Hamden Sunday.Photo Credit: Hamden Fire Department
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Southington boy gets new “Make America Great Again” hat with President’s autograph

  17-12-2017 19:12
  SOUTHINGTON – Back in October, FOX 61 told the story of Billy Perry, 14, of Southington who got his “Make America Great Again” hat stolen at the Apple Harvest Festival.
  Perry believed it was the message on the hat the thieves did not like.
  “I definitely got a lot of dirty looks,” said Perry.
  Months later, the hat ended up slightly damaged at the Lost and Found at the Southington Police Department. However, he received an unexpected surprise Saturday night at Renald
  
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• Stamford Firefighters Put Out Garage Fire

  17-12-2017 18:53
  Stamford, Ct. – (WTIC News)  At 8:58 pm, Saturday night, Stamford firefighters responded to multiple calls reporting a fire at 33 Grenhart
  Rd. Fire units from the city’s Westside fire station, first to arrive, reported heavy smoke coming
  from a garage behind 33 Grenhart Rd. A working fire was declared shortly afterwards.
  Efforts to advance hoselines were hampered by the presence of several large pressurized
  cylinders, several of which were leaking, due to the high heat condition
  
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• Hartford Police Investigating City Shooting

  17-12-2017 18:43
  Hartford, Ct. –  (WTIC News)  Reports of a shooting this afternoon near Van Block.  Deputy Chief Brian Foley responding along with Hartford Police officers.
  
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• Ex-Student Charged In Body Fluids Case Is Due Back In Court

  17-12-2017 18:34
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A former college student accused of smearing body fluids on her roommate’s belongings is set to return to court, where a judge awaits pleas and civil rights advocates wait to see if hate crime charges are filed.
  Brianna Brochu is scheduled to appear Monday in Hartford Superior Court.
  Police say the former University of Hartford student, who is white, wrote on Instagram about rubbing used tampons on her black roommate’s backpack and putting her roommate&rs
  
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• Hartford Police investigate fatal shooting

  17-12-2017 18:33
  HARTFORD — Hartford Police are investigating a shooting that happened near 97 Van Block Avenue.
  Police say a 55-year-old man was shot and pronounced dead at the scene.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Recovery efforts for man in Griswold after snowmobile falls through ice suspended

  17-12-2017 17:18
  GRISWOLD — A man whose snowmobile fell through the ice in Griswold may have been found, but rescuers had to call off the recovery due to unfavorable weather.
  9-1-1 dispatchers received emergency calls reporting a snowmobiler had gone missing in the Patchaug Pond area of Griswold just after 6 p.m.
  D.E.E.P. EnCon Police immediately responded to the boat launch off Route 138 and launched a search operation with assistance from Connecticut State Police Troop E, the Taftville Fire Department an
  
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• Real Story: Comptroller Kevin Lembo calls for pharmaceutical company investigation

  17-12-2017 16:32
  HARTFORD -- State Comptroller Kevin Lembo explains his call for the attorney general's office to investigate a pharmaceutical company based in Ireland (a company previously based in the US).
  Lembo, who oversees the health plan that covers state employees, retirees and their families, is questioning the very high prices the company is charging for medications that are essentially combinations of over-the-counter drugs.
  He says it's suspicious that most of the prescriptions seem to
  
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• Real Story: More reaction on the potential impact of Gov. Malloy’s deficit plan

  17-12-2017 16:31
  HARTFORD -- Connecticut's Revenue Services Commissioner Kevin Sullivan offers his comments on the tax-hike part of the Governor's plan.He will also talk as the potential impact, on our state, of the federal tax reforms that may soon win final approval by Congress.
  
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• Real Story: Reaction to Governor Malloy’s $300 million budget deficit plan

  17-12-2017 16:30
  HARTFORD -- Senator Kevin Kelly of Stratford joins Real Story, talking reaction to the Governor's plan for the budget deficit. 
  The plan calls for $300 million in tax hikes and spending cuts.
  Gov. Malloy says it would erase the current budget deficit and build a surplus for the future.
   
  
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• Parranda de Esperanza Event Celebrates Puerto Rican Culture

  17-12-2017 16:15
  
  People forced to flee hard-hit Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria were invited to a special celebration in Hartford Saturday.
  
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• Winchester, NH Boy Killed While Sledding

  17-12-2017 16:11
  
  A 10-year-old boy was killed while sledding behind his home in Winchester, New Hampshire.
  
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• Trump administration gives CDC list of banned words, including ‘science-based,’ ‘fetus,’ ‘transgender’

  17-12-2017 15:54
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  Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the very agency tasked with saving and protecting the lives of the most vulnerable, are now under order by the Trump administration to stop using words including “vulnerable” in 2018 budget documents, according to The Washington Post.
  In a 90-minute briefing on Thursday, policy analysts at the nation’s leading public health institute were presented with the menu of seven banned words, an analyst told
  
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• State Police Identify Victim Of Police-Involved Shooting

  17-12-2017 15:47
  (NEW BRITAIN,Conn./WTIC News)– State Police have released the name of the man killed when New Britain police officers opened fire on a car they were attempting to stop on Chapman Street Thursday night.20 year old Zoe Dowdell of Bloomfield died and two others in the car survived.Police were investigating a string of violent carjackings and robberies in the region.Investigators say the officers opened fire when the vehicle was driven at them. No New Britain police officers were injured.
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• New Haven Gun Buyback Collects Record Number of Firearms

  17-12-2017 15:45
  
  By turning guns into garden tools, there’s a new and unusual twist for a program meant to get weapons off the streets of New Haven.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Search For Missing Snowmobile Rider in Griswold

  17-12-2017 15:42
  
  A search for a missing snowmobile rider in Griswold has been deemed a recovery mission.
  
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• 2 Charged in Fatal Police-Involved Shooting in New Britain

  17-12-2017 15:35
  
  State police have arrested an 18-year-old Bloomfield man and charged a 15-year-old boy in connection with an altercation that ended in a fatal officer-involved shooting on Chapman Street in New Britain Thursday...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com and Connecticut State Police
  
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• ‘Kitty Bitty’ the stowaway cat from Georgia found in California 5 months later

  17-12-2017 15:32
  LOS ANGELES – A feline stowaway discovered riding aboard a big rig in California's Riverside County turned out to belong to a Georgia family who has been missing him since the Fourth of July, officials said Friday.
  A cat who had been missing from Georgia for six months was discovered riding along with a long-haul trucker in Riverside County. He is seen here in a Jurupa Valley animal shelter on Dec. 15, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
  The tabby, named Kitty Bitty, was apparently along for the long ha
  
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• 4 Displaced After New Haven House Fire

  17-12-2017 15:28
  
  A firefighter was hospitalized and four people displaced when fire broke out at a home in New Haven early Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Money Wisdom: How Are Your Mutual Funds?

  17-12-2017 15:23
  “Past performance is no guarantee of future results!”
  Learn why you should beware when you hear that statement… and why your mutual funds could be under-performing dogs!
   
  
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• Successful Gun Buybacks In Two Cities

  17-12-2017 14:37
  (WTIC News)– Saturday gun buybacks in Hartford and New Haven brought in dozens of firearms. In Hartford, guns were exchanged for supermarket gift cards.25 pistols,20 revolvers,16 rifles or shotguns, three Derringer pistols , three assault rifles and a machine gun were collected.
  In New Haven a record 138 working firearms were taken in.74 handguns, four Derringer style single/double-shot handguns,and sixty long guns , including rifles and shotguns , including two assault weapons were turned
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Doug Brown of Glastonbury Rotary

  17-12-2017 09:15
  Doug Brown, President of the Glastonbury Rotary, live from Homewood Suites by Hilton in Glastonbury for WTIC’s Holiday Store.
   
  
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• Police reveal identity of suspect killed in officer-involved shooting

  17-12-2017 04:57
  NEW BRITAIN -- Police have identified the suspect killed in an officer-involved shooting Thursday night.
  Police officials attempted to stop a teal Toyota Paseo suspected in a string of violent carjackings and armed robberies that occurred throughout New Britain and the surrounding areas. When they failed to stop, officers exited their cruisers with their weapons drawn and ordered the driver and passengers out of the vehicle.
  The suspects allegedly refused
  
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• Search Ongoing For Missing Snowmobile Driver In Griswold

  17-12-2017 04:55
  GRISWOLD, CT (CBS Connecticut) – Emergency crews are searching the Pachaug Pond in Griswold for a missing snow mobile driver.
  Officials from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Environmental Police, State Police, the Norwich Dive Team, and local fire departments are searching for a 56-year-old resident who reportedly went missing at 6 p.m. on Saturday evening.
  Pachaug Pond is near the Route 138 Pachaug Pond Boat Launch.
   
   
   
   
  
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• Rescue underway for snowmobile operator who fell through ice in Griswold

  17-12-2017 02:03
  GRISWOLD — Rescue teams are searching for a snowmobile operator who went missing Saturday evening.
  9-1-1 dispatchers received emergency calls reporting a snowmobiler had gone missing in the Patchaug Pond area of Griswold just after 6 p.m.
  D.E.E.P. EnCon Police immediately responded to the boat launch off Route 138 and launched a search operation with assistance from Connecticut State Police Troop E, the Taftville Fire Department and local area dive teams.
  Officials believe the snowmob
  
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• Computer Talk: Net Neutrality, Regulations & Impact

  17-12-2017 02:00
  Erik and Bob discuss the recent repeal of “Net Neutrality” regulations and its impact, and answer your technology questions. A listener gets advice on how to clean inkjet cartridges, plus advice on how to configure OpenDNS if you can’t do so in your router to surf the web safely. A listener wonders how Netflix streaming would be affected by Net neutrality, and about the current state of fiber optic Internet service availability.
  A listener asks for advice for a caller on how to
  
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• Suspect hits police cruiser with stolen vehicle after burglarizing auto shop

  17-12-2017 00:29
  SOUTHBURY — A New York man caught burglarizing an auto body shop struck a responding police cruiser while trying to escape.
  Southbury police were dispatched to Parsell’s Auto Service, located at 616 Main Street, after receiving reports of an alarm around 8 p.m. The responding officers noticed footsteps in the snow leading up to a large garage door that was slightly opened.
  Upon reaching the door, one officer noticed a work utility van in the garage had started up with its revers
  
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