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• Puerto Rico Evacuees Prepare for Cold Temperatures

  27-12-2017 23:59 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  People who evacuated from Puerto Rico because of hurricanes months ago are grateful for shelters and warming centers during Connecticut's cold spell this week.
  
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• Residents receiving the ticket out of dilapidated New London apartments

  27-12-2017 23:33
  NEW LONDON --  The tenants of a large public housing complex in New London are finally happy.
  That’s because they’re about to put the 50-year-old Thames River Apartments in their rearview mirror.
  Thursday morning, at 10 a.m., roughly half of the residents will be given vouchers to move into any private sector affordable housing they wish to either in or out of state.
  “It’s just really bad, like I can’t take it anymore, said Zenobia Ramos, a 3-year resident of
  
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• Some Disneyland rides halt after power outage

  27-12-2017 23:24
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  ANAHEIM, Calif. — A power outage hit parts of Disneyland on Wednesday, leaving some tourists stranded on rides, according to park spokesperson Suzi Brown.
  The outage came during a busy holiday season at the Anaheim, California, attraction.
  A transformer issue cut power to all of Mickey’s Toontown and parts of Fantasyland, Brown said. About a dozen attractions are affected by the outage and guests are being escorted off the rides, Brown said.
  Disneyland said on its Tw
  
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• Price Of Cancer Drug Raised 1,400% By New Owners

  27-12-2017 23:08
  CBS Local — A Florida-based drug maker is facing charges of price-gouging after hiking the price of a potentially life-saving cancer treatment by 1,400 percent since 2013.
  The 40-year-old medication, known as lomustine, has been used by patients suffering from brain tumors and Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In 2013, the drug was reportedly sold to startup company NextSource. Prior to the sale, pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb sold the medicine for $50 per pill. Since NextSource ac
  
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• Woman accused of trying to snort cocaine in police station

  27-12-2017 23:04
  LEDYARD — A woman has been accused of trying to snort cocaine inside a Connecticut police station while waiting to be booked on unrelated charges.
  Police say Nicole Hunter was charged on Christmas Day with possession of narcotics, interfering with an officer and disorderly conduct.
  Police had arrested Hunter after a confrontation at her home in Ledyard while investigating a report of an erratic driver. They say the vehicle involved matched the one in Hunter’s driveway.
  Police say Hun
  
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• Malloy won’t be requiring early tax payments to be accepted

  27-12-2017 22:52
  HARTFORD — Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy does not plan to sign an executive order requiring pre-payments of local property taxes, a move that would let residents to deduct the payment from federal taxes.
  Ben Barnes, Malloy’s budget director, told municipal leaders Wednesday it’s impractical to mandate that municipalities accept pre-payments because communities have not yet set tax rates for the new fiscal year, which begins July 1. Also, he says property tax collection is a
  
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• Dangerously Cold Wind Chills for Thursday

  27-12-2017 22:46 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are tracking dangerously cold temperatures by Thursday morning.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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• Study Says Risky Behavior, Crime Down Among Teens

  27-12-2017 22:43
  CBS Local — While today’s teens may have many odd habits their parents don’t understand, a recent study has found that American adolescents are getting into much less trouble than previous generations.
  A 12-year survey from 2003 to 2014 found that teens are less likely to start doing drugs, having underage sex, or committing crimes. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis looked at data on over 210,000 children between the ages of 12 and 1
  
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• Husband and Wife Killed in Griswold Fire Identified

  27-12-2017 21:57 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The husband and wife killed in a Griswold house fire last week have been identified.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Husband, wife identified as victims in fatal Griswold fire

  27-12-2017 21:50
  GRISWOLD —  State police have released additional information Wednesday regarding a fire that killed two people last week.
  State police said the OCME has identified the victims as husband and wife Janet Lindquist, 61, and Kenneth Lindquist, 56,  as the two victims dead in the fire. Police said around 5:15 a.m., Wednesday they were called to 70 Kenwood Estates for a fully involved house fire.
  A neighbor, Jessica Bower, woke up to bright lights and crackling. She called 911 an
  
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• Police ID Couple Found Dead After Griswold Fire

  27-12-2017 21:38
  GRISWOLD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – State police have identified the two people found dead in a home in Griswold that went up in flames last week. The victims were Janet Lindquist, 61, and her husband Kenneth Lindquist, 56, who lived at the home at Kenwood Estates, police announced Wednesday.
  The circumstances of the couple’s deaths are pending further investigation, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Wednesday.
  Police previously said they had developed a “person of inte
  
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• Wind chill advisory: Bitter cold tonight, even colder tomorrow

  27-12-2017 21:28
  Bitter cold is on the way this week with the onset of a significant cold air outbreak that will likely last into 2018. Temps will plummet over the next 24 hours, and will likely be struggling to hit the 20s statewide with lows in the single digits for most, and possibly sub-zero for some in higher elevations. It is essential that you keep an eye on things that sensitive to prolonged sub-freezing weather, including exposed pipes and your pets – who should never be left outside in these con
  
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• More Adults Living With Roommates As Rents Rise, Study Finds

  27-12-2017 20:26
  CBS Local — While adulthood usually signals a certain amount of independence, a new study has found that more adults are living with roommates or parents than at any point in the last three decades.
  Online real estate database Zillow says that 30 percent of adults between ages 23 and 65 were living in “doubled-up households” in 2017. The government defines a “doubled-up” home as two or more adults (not counting spouses or partners) who live in the same house. Zillow
  
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• Hundreds Without Power in Norwalk

  27-12-2017 20:22 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Over 900 people are without power in Norwalk Wednesday after an outage in the area of Wall Street and West Avenue, according to Norwalk police.Photo Credit: Norwalk Police Department
  
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• Holiday DUI Arrests, Speeding Tickets Down In Connecticut

  27-12-2017 19:31
  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Connecticut State Police say winter weather conditions may have played a role in decreasing the number of drunken driving arrests and speeding tickets handed out over the Christmas holiday compared with last year.
  Authorities on Wednesday released final statistics for the traffic enforcement effort that ran Friday to Tuesday.
  Troopers arrested 28 people for driving under the influence, compared with 47 during the same five-day period last year _ a 40 perce
  
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• Connecticut Man Charged In Auto Accident That Killed 1

  27-12-2017 19:03
  READINGTON, N.J. (WTIC and AP) – A Willimantic man has been charged with vehicular homicide and driving under the influence after a crash killed a New Jersey man.
  The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon on Route 202 northbound in Readington Township.
  Prosecutors and police in Hunterdon County say a Chevy pickup truck driven by Joe Holmes crashed into the back of a Volkswagen GTI driven by 57-year-old Wilson Subana of South Bound Brook.
  Subana was pronounced dead at Hunterdon Medical Center
  
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• Verdict Pending In Lawsuit Over 2011 Guyana Plane Crash

  27-12-2017 19:00
  By DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether an airline company should pay damages to a Connecticut woman injured in a plane crash in Guyana, South America, in 2011.
  Judge Michael Shea in Hartford presided over a non-jury trial this month in a lawsuit by Waterbury resident Indrawatie Shiwbodh against Caribbean Airlines. The judge is expected to rule after Feb. 9, when final briefs are due.
  Shiwbodh was among 157 passengers and six crew membe
  
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• Fitness Center at JCC of Greater New Haven Reopen After Fire

  27-12-2017 18:53 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Greater New Haven is reopening its fitness center a year after flames broke out in the building’s lower level.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Man Shot on Route 8 in Bridgeport

  27-12-2017 18:52 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A man was shot on Route 8 in Bridgeport Wednesday, according to Connecticut State Police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Frigid Weather Could Do A Number On Vehicles

  27-12-2017 18:44
  (West Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – If you haven’t already, you might want to make sure your vehicle is winter ready as we are entering into an extended period of frigid weather.
  Daytime highs may barely reach 20 degrees and nighttime lows could plunge to around zero over the next week or so.
  That means a lot of dead batteries and flat tires, says greater Hartford AAA spokeswoman Amy Parmenter.
  She says they’re expecting record breaking call volume through early next week.
  
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• Troopers seek suspect ID for Durham and Killingworth Robberies

  27-12-2017 18:36
  WESTBROOK – Connecticut State Police are looking for help identifying a suspect in two early morning robberies, one in Durham and one in Killingworth.
  Just after 5 o’clock Wednesday morning, a white male suspect confronted a victim in the parking lot of the Cloverleaf Gas Station located on Route 81 in Killingworth. The suspect, seeking money, got into a physical altercation with the victim, then fled in a silver sedan. No injury was reported.A little over an hour later, at 6:25 a.m.
  
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• Protecting Animals During Cold Weather

  27-12-2017 18:36 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Experts encourage animal owners to take precautions during this bout of cold weather.
  
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• Women’s Advocate: Societal Changes Since Her Hartford Courant Incident Decades Ago

  27-12-2017 18:34
  By DAVID CRARY,  AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Back in 1979, Karen Schneider was an entry-level copy editor in her 20s when a senior editor at her newspaper offered her a ride after some late-night drinks with colleagues. At her destination, he locked the car door and forcibly kissed her.
  Terrified, she managed to get away. She subsequently told her boyfriend about what happened — and no one else.
  “I didn’t know what sexual harassment was. I didn’t know tha
  
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• Police: Woman Attempted To Snort Cocaine At Headquarters

  27-12-2017 18:31
  (Ledyard, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A woman has a court date next month after Ledyard Police say she tried to snort cocaine at the police station on Christmas Day.
  Officers were tipped off to be on the lookout for an erratic driver operating a black Kia SUV.
  The vehicle was later located in the driveway of a Meeting House Lane home with the operator, 25-year-old Nicole Hunter, in the driver’s seat.
  Officers say she became uncooperative, began screaming, and subsequently charged at off
  
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• Man Sues Bristol, Claims Police Detective Lied To Bring Charges

  27-12-2017 18:15
  BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who says he was wrongly arrested because of false allegations made by a Bristol police detective has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $15,000 from the city.
  Seth Dunn alleges the detective swore to false allegations when applying for a warrant to arrest Dunn in 2016.
  The Bristol Press reports the charges against Dunn were dismissed 13 months after his arrest after state prosecutors decided not to pursue the case.
  Chief Brian Gould says the departmen
  
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• Letters Describe Red Sox Slugger Ted Williams’ Service In Korean War

  27-12-2017 18:11
  BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Thirty-eight letters penned by Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams, including one in which he described crash-landing a fighter jet with “holes all over” it, are going up for auction.
  The letters written to his mistress show another side to Williams, who played for the Boston Red Sox, describing his second hiatus from baseball for military service, his bombing missions in Korea and his feelings on war and his father’s death.
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• Police ID Man Killed When Pickup Crashed into Hampton House

  27-12-2017 18:07 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A New London man was killed when a pickup crashed into a house in Hampton Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 5 Best Conferences in College Basketball

  27-12-2017 18:00
  by Rob Joyce
  Non-conference play is largely over in college basketball. Going forward we’ll have the occasional outlier – the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, for example – but from here on out it’s league play. The first seven weeks of the season have already brought us numerous surprises (Arizona State ranked third? Kansas and Duke losing to Washington and Boston College?) with plenty more certain to come.
  Heading into an 18-game battle, which conferences are the best in the count
  
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• FDNY employee arrested for hit-and-run death of New York college student

  27-12-2017 17:48
  LEVITTOWN, Long Island — An arrest has been made in the death of an 18-year-old girl, who was allegedly killed when she went to exchange information with a driver following a fender bender, according to WPIX.
  Daniel Coppolo of Deer Park, 31, has been arrested in connection to the death of Taranjit Parmar.
  The two got into a minor fender bender on the Hempstead Turnpike on Nov. 11 just before 5 p.m.  When Parmar exited her vehicle to exchange information with Coppolo, he all
  
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• St. Louis family moved to get away from crime, then teenage son was gunned down

  27-12-2017 17:45
  ST. LOUIS - A family says they moved out of St. Louis to Houston to get away from crime and gun violence, then the unimaginable happened.
  Monica Glover told KTVI that four months ago she and her four children made the decision to leave their hometown in order to get away from the rampant crime.
  Glover and her young children moved in with family members in Houston, Texas in hopes of starting their new life.
  Then on Wednesday around 11 a.m., just two days before Christmas, her 17-year-old so
  
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• ‘Gaming Disorder’ to be recognized as mental health condition for first time

  27-12-2017 17:40
  Being addicted to video games will soon be classified as a mental health condition according to The Independent. 
  The International Classification of Diseases is a diagnostic manualthat’s published by the World Health Organization. It was last updated 27 years ago, in 1990.
  The eleventh edition of the manual is due to be published in 2018, and will include gaming disorder as a serious health condition to be monitored.
  While the wording of the gaming disorder hasn’t bee
  
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• Connecticut teacher, union head, facing DUI charge

  27-12-2017 17:31
  WATERBURY — A Waterbury teacher who’s also head of a teachers’ union is facing drunken driving charges after he was spotted going 30 mph on an interstate highway.
  The Republican-American reports Wednesday that 49-year-old Waterbury Teachers Association President Kevin Egan was stopped by police in the westbound lanes of I-84 on Dec. 7.
  State police say he failed field sobriety tests and was charged with driving under the influence. He is free on $500 bond pending a Jan. 19 cour
  
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• Man arrested after punching ATM for ‘giving him too much money’

  27-12-2017 17:26
  COCOA, Fla. (WGHP)  — A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly punched an ATM because it was “giving him too much money,” according to Florida Today.
  The incident happened on Nov. 29 when 23-year-old Michael Joseph Oleksik started hitting the ATM at a Wells Fargo bank branch in Cocoa. Oleksik caused at least $5,000 in damages, the newspaper reported.
  Oleksik later called the bank and apologized for the damage, telling a manager that he was “angry the ATM wa
  
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• Longtime Connecticut Radio Reporter Fran Schneidau Dies

  27-12-2017 17:23
  (CBS Connecticut)  — Longtime Connecticut radio reporter Fran Schneidau died Tuesday night, friends reported. She was 79.
  Schneidau worked for WCBS 880 for almost 40 years, before retiring earlier this year as Connecticut bureau chief. WCBS is owned by the same company that owns WTIC, Entercom.
  Schneidau also worked at WICC in Bridgeport.
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• Connecticut mom says Salvation Army helped turn her life around

  27-12-2017 17:14
  HARTFORD -- PJ Lewis finds purpose working at Hartford’s Salvation Army.
  From the loading docks to the dispatch center, the Killingworth mom coordinates the organization’s donations across Connecticut.
  “What don’t I love? I think it is great to help people everyday,” she says.
  But for a long time she was the one who needed help. “I was a heroin addict, I did cocaine, I sold drugs, I lived on the street,” says Lewis.
  The 34-year-old says she spent y
  
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• State Police Seek Suspect in Back-to-Back Robberies

  27-12-2017 17:12 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut State Police are looking for a suspect believed to have robbed a person in a gas station parking lot in Killingworth then robbing a store in Durham Wednesday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Malloy gives out grants to support transportation projects

  27-12-2017 17:09
  HARTFORD — Governor Malloy announced Wednesday that eleven projects in towns and cities across Connecticut will receive $15 million in funding under a competitive grant program that supports transit-oriented development and responsible growth in the state.
  The following projects were approved to receive the grants:
  • Berlin – Property Acquisition for Transit-Oriented Development: $536,884 to acquire property at 861 Farmington Avenue and the rail spur property adjacent to the Ber
  
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• Woman Tried to Snort Cocaine While in Police Custody: PD

  27-12-2017 17:08 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Ledyard police have arrested a woman accused of trying to snort cocaine while in police custody.Photo Credit: Ledyard Police Department
  
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• Man’s 1944 love letter found within remodeled home’s walls

  27-12-2017 16:43
  GREENFIELD, Mass. — Massachusetts police have solved a mystery: Who wrote a 1944 love letter discovered within the walls of a house being remodeled?
  The Greenfield Police Department took to Facebook on Saturday to ask for the public’s help in figuring out the back story behind the handwritten letter. Police say the letter is dated April 19, 1944, and was penned by a man who identified himself only as Walter.
  The letter was addressed to Miss Betty Miller, of Greenfield. In the letter,
  
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• Patriots Opponent Profile: With Home-Field Advantage On The Line, There Is Something To Play For Against The Jets

  27-12-2017 16:28
  By Danny Cox
  This game is not exactly a “nothing game,” even though it is the final one of the regular season for both the New England Patriots and the New York Jets. The Jets have nothing to play for as they’ve been eliminated from playoff contention for quite a while now. New England, on the other hand, is hoping to sweep the season series against the Jets and lock up home-field advantage throughout the postseason.
  Jets Season Record: 5-10
  The New York Jets had a lot of promi
  
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• Future train station at Western Wall could be named after President Trump

  27-12-2017 16:09
  JERUSALEM — Israel could end up naming a future train station at the Western Wall after President Trump in honor of his “brave decision” to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem according to Fox News.
  Israel’s transportation minister Yisrael Katz plans to extend Jerusalem’s soon-to-open high speed rail to the Western Wall. The plan involves constructing two underground stations and excavating over 2 miles of tunnel beneath Jerusalem and under the politica
  
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• School Virtual Shooter Training Program Aimed At Survival

  27-12-2017 15:13
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The shooter rapidly fires through the front doors of an elementary school with an assault rifle and blasts his way down the hallway. Screaming children are running for their lives or frozen in fear. Teachers quickly try to decide: barricade the doors, or make a run for it with their students?
  Police officers arrive with guns drawn, working their way through the school. Finally they confront the shooter and end the threat.
  Using cutting-edge video game technology and a
  
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• Best Places For Ice Fishing In The US

  27-12-2017 15:00
  By Laurie Jo Miller Farr
  Ice fishing is for the intrepid angler, a sport that combines skill with challenge with patience. It’s all about the adventure and the experience, significantly enhanced  by finding the best places for a generous catch. Be safe; obey regulations and take precautions seriously. Beginners should engage the services of an experienced guide.
  Higgins Lake, MI
  www.visithoughtonlake.com
  Home of the “other great lakes,” Houghton County in Northern Mic
  
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• Person Found Suffering Gunshot Wound in Hartford

  27-12-2017 14:20 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A person was found suffering a gunshot wound in the downtown area of Hartford Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Upstate NY Officials Oppose Plan To Burn Connecticut Garbage

  27-12-2017 14:15
  RAVENA, N.Y. (WTIC and AP) – Elected officials in New York are coming out against a plan by Connecticut to burn more than 100,000 tons of garbage in a Hudson Valley community.
  Environmental activists say Connecticut state officials are considering a proposal to send 116,000 tons of garbage from 70 communities to the Lafarge Holcim cement plant in the village of Ravena, on the Hudson River 10 miles south of Albany.
  The initial decision on the proposal by the Connecticut Department of Enviro
  
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• State Police ID Man Killed When Pickup Truck Hits House

  27-12-2017 14:09
  HAMPTON, Conn. (WTIC) – State police have identified the man killed Tuesday afternoon when the pickup truck he was driving slammed into a house on Route 6, also known as Hartford Turnpike, in Hampton.
  Police say Patrick Dunn, 32, of New London, was pronounced dead after the pickup truck, owned by Asplundh Tree Expert of Stafford Springs, struck the home at 465 Hartford Turnpike around half past noon.
  The crash left a large hold in the foundation of the home, said police.
   
  
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• New York City on pace to record lowest murder tally in decades

  27-12-2017 13:32
  NEW YORK — Despite enduring its deadliest terror attack since 9/11, New York City is on pace to record its lowest murder total in decades.
  The homicide drop mirrors an across-the-board reduction in major crimes over 2016, statistics released by the police department show.
  There have been 278 homicides this year, as of December 17, compared with 325 at the same point last year, a drop of 14.5%, NYPD records show. Among those killed were eight victims of a Halloween attack on a bus
  
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• Plane returns to LAX after flying with wrong passenger for hours

  27-12-2017 13:11
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  LOS ANGELES — Chrissy Teigen and other Tokyo-bound passengers ended up right where they started after eight hours of flying: Los Angeles.
  The model and TV personality tweeted about surviving her “flight to nowhere” Tuesday night after All Nippon Airways Flight 175 made a sudden U-turn and headed back to Los Angeles.
  The plane, which had 226 passengers aboard, turned around four hours into its flight to Tokyo “due to an administrative mix-up,” an aviation
  
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• 4 people found dead in basement in New York

  27-12-2017 12:29
  TROY, NY — New York authorities are investigating the deaths of four people after the bodies were found in a basement apartment in Troy a day after Christmas.
  Police and medics found the victims after a property manager reported four unresponsive people in the basement Tuesday, Troy Police Capt. Dan DeWolf told CNN affiliate WTEN. Authorities are not releasing their identities pending notification of next-of-kin.
  DeWolf said he believes the deaths are an isolated incident, but urged r
  
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• NFL cancels Sunday Night Football this week

  27-12-2017 12:19
  The NFL has canceled the final Sunday night football game of the season. Don’t worry, no one was going to watch anyway.
  Next Sunday’s game had two disadvantages: The games all had a likelihood of being dull by the time Sunday night rolled around. And this coming Sunday is New Year’s Eve, a day when historically few Americans watch television.
  The last time the NFL held a Sunday night football game on New Year’s Eve was in 2006, when the Chicago Bears hosted the Green Bay
  
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