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• 1 person injured in Trumbull mall assault

  31-12-2017 23:47
  TRUMBULL — Police are investigating a mall fight that left one person injured Saturday evening.
  Around 3 p.m. police responded to the Macy’s Department Store at the Westfield Mall on calls of a fight.
  Police said that a twenty-one year-old was walking in the mall while being followed by two men.
  The men approached the victim and assaulted the victim with their hands.
  A displayed case was knocked over, as the victim was able to run away from the attackers.
  The suspects have not been i
  
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• Lewis Scores Twice, Patriots Secure Home-Field With 26-6 Win

  31-12-2017 23:46
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) _ Dion Lewis ran for a touchdown and caught a scoring pass, helping the New England Patriots clinch home-field advantage throughout the playoffs as the top seed in the AFC with a 26-6 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.
  The win clinched the seventh 13-win season for the Patriots (13-3), which is second in NFL history to San Francisco’s nine seasons. It was also Bill Belichick’s 250th career regular-season win, moving him into a tie with Tom Landry for thi
  
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• Patriots Team Grades: Home-Field Advantage Clinched After Patriots’ Impressive Rout Of NY Jets

  31-12-2017 23:05
  By Danny Cox
  Some may have looked at this season finale as one that wasn’t very important, and a lot of fans believed the New England Patriots should have sat their starters. That wasn’t necessarily true, though—with home-field advantage on the line, the Pats knew that it was extremely important for them to win this game and stay at home throughout the AFC playoffs.
  It didn’t take long for the Pats to jump out in front, and they ended up cruising to a 26-6 victory over th
  
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• 125 Griswold residents issued ‘Boil Water Advisory’ following water equipment issue

  31-12-2017 22:39
  GRISWOLD — The Connecticut Water Company has issued a “Boil Water Adivosry” Sunday afternoon for a hundred and twenty-five residents in the area.
  The notice was given around 4 p.m., stating that there was an equipment issue that caused a complete loss in water pressure in the area.
  Resident on Bay Mountain Drive, Juniper Lane, Old Shetucket Turnpike, Rixton Road, and Youngs Road were impacted.
  The company said that customers in that area should boil tier tap water before consum
  
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• Connecticut Water Issue Boil Water Notice To Griswold Residents

  31-12-2017 22:34
  Griswold, Ct. – (WTIC News)  Connecticut Water has issued a boil water notice for the Bay Mountain water system in Griswold because of a problem that caused
  a loss of all pressure in the water system. Customers should boil their tap water before using it for drinking, cooking, food preparation, reconstituting baby formula
  or using for any purpose where it will be consumed, or customers should use bottled water for these purposes. You can continue to use the water for bathing,
  cleaning
  
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• CT Water Issues Boil Notice for 125 Griswold Customers

  31-12-2017 22:26 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Connecticut Water has issued a boil water notice for 125 customers in Griswold due to an equipment issue.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Water Main Break on Glen Street in Berlin

  31-12-2017 20:53 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Crews are on scene at a water main break at the intersection of Glen Street and Robindale Avenue in Berlin, according to police.Photo Credit: Peggy CassidyThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Child Pornography Minimum Sentencing Laws Under Review

  31-12-2017 19:57
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Current and former Connecticut officials have started drafting proposed changes to the state’s child pornography laws that would drop mandatory minimum prison sentences in some cases involving defendants with mental health or developmental disabilities.
  The potential revisions are the result of frustration by judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers with the current child pornography possession laws, said Thomas Ullmann, a retired state public defender and member of t
  
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• Police Seek Suspects in Shooting at Manchester Restaurant

  31-12-2017 18:40 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police are looking for two people in connection with a shooting at a restaurant near Buckland Hills in Manchester.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut/ Manchester PoliceThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 150 Displaced When Pipe Breaks at Bridgeport Housing Complex

  31-12-2017 18:26 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Around 150 people were displaced when a pipe broke at the Success Village apartments in Bridgeport, leaving residents with inadequate heat.Photo Credit: Bridgeport EOC
  
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• Suspects Named In Shooting At Connecticut Restaurant

  31-12-2017 17:40
  MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut police have named two suspects in the shooting of a worker inside a restaurant.  Manchester police said Sunday that
  officers are looking for 28-year-old James Goolsby and 23-year-old Leanne Robitaille in connection with the shooting at the Bonchon Chicken restaurant on
  Saturday afternoon.  Officials said a male worker was shot. His name and condition haven’t been released. Police say the motive for the shooting wasn’t immediately
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• Your Pictures of the Last Snow Fall of 2017

  31-12-2017 17:30 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
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• Glastonbury Woman Dies In One Vehicle Crash

  31-12-2017 17:17
  GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) _ State police say a 51-year-old woman has been killed in a minivan crash on the Route 3 bridge in Glastonbury.
  Troopers say Devra Lee Koromanian, of Glastonbury, was driving southbound Saturday evening on the bridge over the Connecticut River between Glastonbury and Wethersfield when she lost control and the minivan struck a barrier several times.
  Authorities say Koromanian wasn’t wearing her seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. She was later pronounced dead
  
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• “Multiple deputies down” in Colorado incident

  31-12-2017 16:46
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says there are “multiple deputies down” following a shots fired call on Sunday morning.
  Douglas County is located midway between Colorado’s two largest cities, Denver and Colorado Springs. The call came in for the area of County Line Rd between Colorado Blvd and University Blvd.
  The sheriff’s office said that “multiple deputies are down”.  They issued an update about 10:30 a.m. easter
  
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• Deputy killed, 6 injured after shots fired in Denver suburb

  31-12-2017 16:46
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  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. —
  Five law enforcement officers were shot and one of them killed after a barricaded suspect opened fire at an apartment complex in a Denver suburb, the Douglas County Sheriff said Sunday.
  Two civilians also were shot and the suspect was shot and killed later by police, Sheriff Tony Spurlock said.
  Deputy Zackari Parrish, 29, was killed. The four injured officers are in stable condition, Spurlock told reporters.
  Spurlock said the suspect, who was not identif
  
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• The Real Story: The case of Matthew Tirado

  31-12-2017 16:32
  HARTFORD -- State Child Advocate Sarah Eagan discusses the case of Matthew Tirado, the autistic 17-year-old who died of starvation and neglect, and whose mother has been charged with manslaughter in his death. This tragedy was the focus of a legislative hearing earlier this month, looking into why DCF had dropped him from its rolls just a month prior to his death inspired to run
  
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• The Real Story –Foreign affairs after a year of Trump

  31-12-2017 16:31
  HARTFORD -- International Relations Expert Yvonne Davis look at how America's foreign policy has fared during the first year of the Trump presidency.North Korea, China, Russia, the Middle East (including Israel, Syria and Saudi Arabia), ISIS and more are discussed.
  
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• The Real Story: Dominic Rapini

  31-12-2017 16:30
  HARTFORD -- Branford businessman Dominic Rapini talks about his bid for the GOP nomination to run against incumbent Senator Chris Murphy. It's Rapini's first try for political office, and he's being challenged by Hartford Businessman Matthew Corey who has already has three unsuccessful runs for Congress under his belt, all of them, against Rep. John Larson. Rapini says he was inspired to run, by the success of Donald Trump.
  
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• Glastonbury Woman Killed in Crash on Putnam Bridge

  31-12-2017 15:27 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A Glastonbury woman was killed in a crash on the Putnam Bridge (Route 3) Saturday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• One Car Crash In Glastonbury

  31-12-2017 04:58
  Glastonbury, Ct – (WTIC News)  One person was transported to Hartford Hospital with life-threatening injuries following a one car crash in Glastonbury tonight.
  The 8:30pm crash happened on Rt 3 southbound.  Connecticut State Police Trooper Kelly Grant say Rt 3 was closed at Main Street near the Home Depot.
  
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• 1 man dead on Route 8 near Trumbull; police investigate

  31-12-2017 03:18
  TRUMBULL — Police are investigating the cause of an accident that happened late Friday night.
  Officers responded to Route 8 southbound near exit 8 to calls of a collision.
  A box truck was driving  in the right lane when a 1996 Ford Ranger, for an unknown reason, struck the back of the truck.
  After the vehicles struck, the truck moved to the right shoulder of the highway while dragging the car behind it.
  The driver of the Ranger, William Pollock, was initially conscious and alert. Poll
  
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• Route 3 SB shutdown in Glastonbury following car crash

  31-12-2017 02:52
  GLASTONBURY — State Police have shut down Route 3 southbound near the Putnam Bridge due to a car crash.
  Limited information could be released at this time but police said one person was transported to Hartford Hospital by ambulance.
  One car was involved in the crash. Police are on scene investigating the cause of the crash near the Main Street exit to the Putnam Bridge.
  Stay with FOX61 News as the story develops.
  
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• 1 dead on Route 3 SB crash in Glastonbury

  31-12-2017 02:52
  GLASTONBURY — State Police have shut down Route 3 southbound near the Putnam Bridge due to a car crash.
  Police said one person was transported to Hartford Hospital by ambulance for life-threatening injury.
  One car was involved in the crash. Police are on scene investigating the cause of the crash near the Main Street exit to the Putnam Bridge.
  Stay with FOX61 News as the story develops.
  
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• Almost 150 people displaced in Bridgeport following a steam pipe break

  31-12-2017 01:57
  BRIDGEPORT — A broken steam pipe has dislocated almost one hundred and fifty people from their residences.
  Late Friday evening, officials of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) responded to Success Village apartments, after they were requested to bring cots and blankets.
  Management of the complex said that there was a damaged steam pipe that was scheduled to be repaired on January 2. The pipe broke down before the repair date and almost 10 buildings holding somewhere between a hundred to
  
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• East Hampton takes home McCabe Holiday Tournament title

  31-12-2017 01:49
  EAST HAMPTON – The host Bellringers of East Hampton used a furious start to help hold off the Thunderbirds of North Branford in the championship game of the Thomas J. McCabe Holiday Tournament, winning by a final score of 54-48.
  East Hampton was led by senior guards Tom Close and Nic DiStefano, who finished with 21 points and 15, respectively.
  The Bellringers jumped out to a 21-2 lead after the first quarter thanks to a blitzing defense that saw the hosts jump out to a 12-0 lead before th
  
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• First Alert: Extreme Cold for New Year's Eve

  31-12-2017 01:31 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists have issued a First Alert for extreme cold on New Year's Eve.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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• 1 Man Injured in Shooting at Manchester Restaurant

  31-12-2017 00:32 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police are investigating a shooting at a restaurant near Buckland Hills in Manchester.
  
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• 1 dead as Bridgeport police investigate hit and run

  31-12-2017 00:18
  BRIDGEPORT —  Police are investigating a fatal hit and run from Friday night.
  Police said they responded to Sylvan Avenue around 8 p.m.  to calls of a pedestrian being struck by a car.
  Nathaniel Dubose, 66 of Bridgeport, was struck by a grey or silver car traveling south while he walked down the road.
  Police said the driver of the car fled the scene. Dubose was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital and died from his injuries.
  It is the tenth traffic death in Bridgeport in 2
  
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• Millstone Power Plant Sirens Accidentally Set Off

  31-12-2017 00:04 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The sirens at the Millstone Power Plant accidentally went off on Saturday.
  
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