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• Gov. Malloy vetoes Medicare assistance funding bill

  16-01-2018 23:33
  HARTFORD — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has vetoed the medicare savings program that would’ve restored $54 million to helps seniors pay for Medicare-related expenses.
  Malloy originally warned the General Assembly not to pass the legislation, arguing it would worsen Connecticut’s budget woes. But lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the bill Monday, saying they needed to assure thousands of affected seniors and people with disabilities the funding would be restored.
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• Snow on the way that could impact tomorrow Wednesday’s commute

  16-01-2018 23:15
  Ice jams have been a major issue in a few areas the past few days, leading to serious flooding for some of us. In western CT, waters have risen onto the Kent School campus and frozen in place, surrounding  the ice rink. Route 7 in Kent remains closed. Flooding was also  reported earlier along the Shepaug River in the town of Roxbury  close to Hodge Park due to ice jams.Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with highs near or a little above freezing. There's a chance for some light snow o
  
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• Brandon Marshall On Vikings-Eagles NFC Championship

  16-01-2018 23:02
  By Matt Citak
  What a weekend of excitement in the NFC Divisional Round. First the Eagles put on a defensive show, limiting the Falcons to just 10 points en route to an upset win over Atlanta. Then the following day in Minnesota, we saw four lead changes in the final three minutes of the game, which ended with the “Minneapolis Miracle” and the Vikings booking themselves a trip to Philadelphia for the NFC Championship.
  In what will go down as one of the craziest games in NFL Postseason
  
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• IV bags in short supply across US after Hurricane Maria

  16-01-2018 22:43
  PUERTO RICO — Before Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 30, the United States had already experienced intermittent shortages of IV bags, which are used to administer and dilute medications. The devastation caused by the Category 4 hurricane — the first to hit the island in more than eight decades — amplified the IV bag shortage, in particular sodium chloride 0.9% injection bags, which are ubiquitous in medical facilities and hospitals.
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• 5 arrested on Shoreline for attempting to set up sex with minors

  16-01-2018 22:23
  GUILFORD — Five men were arrested in a sting operation for attempting to set up sex dates with minors.
  Police from multiple jurisdictions  announced the arrest of the men who had conversed online with a police officer posing as a minor.
  The arrests were recorded as part of a documentary by the Veterans 4 Child Rescue Foundation.
  Arrested wereSergio Bordonaro, 29, of Boston.
  Gregorio Diaz, 24, of Putnam
  Robert Prece, 30, of New Haven
  Kevin Millen, 44, of Ellington
  Marvin Dunkley, 41, N
  
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• White House doctor: ‘No concerns’ about Trump’s cognitive ability

  16-01-2018 22:15
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked the White House doctor to perform a cognitive exam during his physical last week, despite the doctor’s determination that such testing wasn’t necessary.
  “I have no concerns about his cognitive ability,” Dr. Ronny Jackson told reporters on Tuesday.
  He said the testing was conducted at the President’s wishes, and the results were normal.
  Ahead of the exam, the White House said that tests for mental acuity
  
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• Police: Professional Boxer Luis Rosa Jr. Killed In Car Crash

  16-01-2018 22:10
  WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say 26-year-old professional boxer Luis Rosa Jr. has been killed in a car crash in Connecticut.
  Police in West Haven say Rosa was driving south in a Honda that crossed the center line and collided with an Acura traveling in the opposite direction around 2 a.m. Sunday. Two other people suffered serious injuries.
  Rosa was a featherweight with a 23-1 record and 11 knockouts.
  His father, Luis Rosa Sr., told WFSB-TV his son “had a huge heart&
  
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• DHS secretary says Trump used ‘tough’ language on immigration but denies hearing specific slurs

  16-01-2018 22:00
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  WASHINGTON, DC — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told senators Tuesday she “did not hear” President Donald Trump say the specific word “shithole” during a meeting with lawmakers last week that she attended.
  “I did not hear that word used, no sir,” Nielsen testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, when asked if Trump used that word or similar language to disparage African countries in the meeting with Trump and lawmakers
  
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• UK police say death of Dolores O’Riordan not suspicious

  16-01-2018 21:48
  LONDON — Police said they are not treating the death of Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan as suspicious.
  O’Riordan was found dead Monday morning at a London hotel. Police initially called the death “unexplained,” but said Tuesday that nothing suspicious had been found. The case is being passed to a coroner to determine the cause of death.
  The 46-year-old Irish singer was in London to record vocals for a cover of Cranberries hit “Zombie” by Los Angeles
  
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• U.S. Marshals Increases Award Amount for Escaped Prisoner

  16-01-2018 21:44
  
  U.S. Marshals have raised the reward for anyone with information leading to the arrest of a prisoner who escaped from the Carl Robinson Correctional Institution in Enfield earlier this month.Photo Credit: CT Department of Correction
  
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• Mother of captive kids ‘perplexed’ by deputies

  16-01-2018 21:41
  PERRIS, Calif. — California authorities said the mother of 13 children kept locked in filthy conditions was “perplexed” about why police came to their home.
  Riverside County sheriff’s Capt. Greg Fellows described the reaction of 49-year-old Louise Turpin but didn’t know the reaction of the father, 57-year-old David Turpin.
  The children, some of them chained to furniture, were described as weak and small for their age. Fellows called it torture. The abuse was discov
  
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• ‘Stranger Things’ star poses with teen for hilarious senior photos

  16-01-2018 21:26
  NEWMAN, Calif – A California high school student is in the running for most epic senior photos of all time thanks to a star from the Netflix show "Stranger Things."
  Damaris Fregoso told KTXL it all began with a late night tweet she never thought would be answered.
  "I was about to hop in the shower and then I was like, 'Let me look through my phone,' and then I said, 'Let me tweet him,'" she said.
  That 1 a.m. tweet made a simple request to "Stranger Things" star David Harbour: "how many re
  
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• Coast guard working to break up ice jams on Connecticut River

  16-01-2018 21:24
  ESSEX — Flooding and ice jams continue to plague parts of the Connecticut River where the Coast Guard has been called in to break up the ice.
  Locals say these are some of the worst ice jams they have ever seen.
  “Well I come out here almost every morning to take pictures of sunrise,” says Rachael Keating of East Haddam . “But this ice phenomenon is very intriguing.”
  Some add that it has been more than a decade since they’ve seen the river iced over.
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• Greatest Individual Seasons in College Basketball History

  16-01-2018 21:10
  by Rob Joyce
  Just 16 games into his college career, Oklahoma’s Trae Young is already being hailed as the next Steph Curry. The 6-2, 180-lb. freshman from Norman is taking college basketball by storm in ways we haven’t seen in a long time. The point guard leads the nation in both scoring and assists as his Sooners, coming off an 11-20 season, are 14-2 and ranked fourth this week.
  No one in NCAA history has led the nation in both categories in the same season, but at the season’s
  
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• Contraceptive app under fire for unwanted pregnancies

  16-01-2018 20:52
  A contraceptive app is under fire after more than three dozen users experienced unplanned pregnancies.
  The Natural Cycles app, a certified contraceptive in Europe, uses an algorithm to predict when a woman is most fertile. But a Swedish hospital is raising attention about unintended pregnancies related to the app.
  Södersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm said at least 37 women sought abortions at its facilities after using it as a birth control method.
  The hospital reported the app to the Medic
  
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• GE could break itself apart as cash crisis deepens

  16-01-2018 20:50
  General Electric, once America’s most successful conglomerate, could break itself apart.
  A breakup would represent a further dismantling of an already-shrinking empire that still makes everything from light bulbs and jet engines to MRI machines and power plants.
  John Flannery, the new CEO charged with engineering a turnaround at GE, signaled on Tuesday that the company is exploring a potential breakup as it continues to clean up messes from the past.“We are looking aggressively at th
  
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• Computer Talk: Slowing iPhones, Celebrity Hackers & More

  16-01-2018 20:50
  Erik and Bob take your technology questions. Senator wants Apple to answer questions about slowing iPhones. Man charged in “Fruitfly” Mac spyware case. Connecticut man to plead guilty in celebrity hacking incidents. Small-town broadband is cheaper than big cable company packages, Harvard study says. A listener wonders about horizontal “ghosting” lines that appear on an iPad 2 mini; can the screen be repaired? We give advice on whether to repair an old computer or replace
  
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• Police Identify Victim in Fatal Winchester Crash

  16-01-2018 20:43
  
  One person was killed in a crash on Torrington Road in Winchester Sunday.
  
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• Court Rules That Assets from Alleged Tech Scam Go to Victims

  16-01-2018 20:32
  
  People who lost money in an alleged tech support scam run out of Essex, Connecticut and Pennsylvania could be entitled for reimbursement after a federal court in Pennsylvania ordered that the operators’...Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Police arrest men for selling drugs to high school students 

  16-01-2018 20:17
  DARIEN  — Police have arrested two 19-year-olds for selling drugs to  high school students via social media.The Connecticut Post reports police arrested the men Saturday in Darien during a sting involving an undercover officer.
  Lt. Jeremiah Marron Jr. says police investigated the men for several weeks. They determined the men were selling liquid marijuana, non-liquid marijuana and vape pens to Darien High School students.
  Marron says the men used social media platf
  
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• Yale Settles Suit Over Penalty In Alleged Sex Assault Case

  16-01-2018 20:15
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Yale University has settled a lawsuit by a former student who says he was wrongly and unfairly expelled over a false sexualassault allegation in 2012.
  Court documents show a federal judge in Hartford signed off on the settlement last week.
  Terms were undisclosed, but a Yale spokesman says it did not include any payment to the former student and no change in the discipline.
  The student is identified only as John Doe in court documents.
  He says another student falsely
  
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• 16 Super Draw Lottery Tickets Won Twice: CT Lottery

  16-01-2018 20:09
  
  The Connecticut Lottery held the second CT Super Draw drawing today after 100,000 ticket numbers were left out of the drawing on New Year's Day and 16 tickets won twice, once in each drawing.Photo Credit: CT Lottery Commission
  
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• Kim Kardashian West and husband Kanye welcome baby girl

  16-01-2018 19:54
  NEW YORK — It’s a girl for Kim Kardashian West and her husband, Kanye West, via surrogate.
  Kardashian West announced Tuesday on her app under the headline “We’re so in Love” that their third baby was born early Monday and weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces.
  The couple is “incredibly grateful to our surrogate who made our dreams come true,” Kardashian West says. She also thanked their surrogate’s doctors and nurses, adding that their kids North and Sa
  
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• Water Levels Expected To Drop On Ice-clogged Housatonic River In Kent

  16-01-2018 19:46
  (CBS Connecticut) — The water level is expected to drop in the coming days, on the ice-clogged Housatonic River in Kent.
  Several roads have been closed due to flooding, and several families evacuated over the weekend.
  National Weather Service Meteorologist John Quinlan says a snow storm overnight into tomorrow will not effect the ice jam.
  “The water level will slowly be receding over the next few days,” Quinlan said. “We are expecting it to warm up again over the weekend
  
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• Malloy Taps Acting Veterans Affairs Commissioner For Top Job

  16-01-2018 19:24
  HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has nominated Thomas J. Saadi, a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, as Connecticut’s Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner.
  The 48-year-old Danbury resident has been the agency’s acting commissioner since October. He took over for former Commissioner Sean Connolly, who is seeking the Democratic Party’s endorsement for governor.
  Malloy announced Tuesday he was nominating Saadi, who first joined the department in May
  
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• Healthy Rounds: New Treatments For Eye Disease

  16-01-2018 19:15
  Dr. Alessi discusses new treatments for diseases of the eye with Dr. Mary Gina Ratchford.
   
  
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• Cats abandoned in cardboard box left in front of Hartford Job Corps

  16-01-2018 19:05
  HARTFORD — Two cats were left inside a cardboard box on the front step of the Job Corps Monday.
  Security at 100 William Short Campbell told police there was box with two cats inside near their entrance.
  The cats were left out in the cold with only cat food inside the box.
  The animals were brought to the New England Veterinary Center in Windsor for a medical check up.
  Workers at the vet said on Tuesday, that the cats seemed  to be healthy.
  
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• Wheelchair found after disappearing during Pats’ playoff win

  16-01-2018 18:55
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A wheelchair that a New England Patriots fan thought had been stolen from Gillette Stadium while she watched the team’s playoff win over the Tennessee Titans has been found.
  Season ticket holder Cindy Morais, of Providence, Rhode Island, has cerebral palsy.
  Her friend, Samantha Medeiros, writes in a Facebook post that she joined Morais at Saturday’s game, and she left her wheelchair where she always does, under the stairs of Section 304. But Medeiros says wh
  
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• Two Days Left on Yale Furniture, Appliances and Kitchen Equipment Auction

  16-01-2018 18:28
  
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• DOT Preps For Snow

  16-01-2018 18:26
  (Newington, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Crews with the Department of Transportation are readying for the latest bout of winter weather.
  DOT spokesman Kevin Nursick says they’re laying down more pre-treatment on the highways since last week’s heavy rain washed much of it away.
  Nursick says when they looked at the forecast on Monday it didn’t appear as if they’d have a decent enough window to lay the pretreatment, but that turned out to not be the case.
  With several inch
  
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• Keidel: Joy And Pain In Minnesota

  16-01-2018 18:19
  By Jason Keidel
  If these NFL playoffs have provided us an acute reminder, it’s that not all losses are the same.
  Especially in New Orleans, where fans must feel knifed in the kidneys — or more vital organs — after arguably the worst loss in playoff history, in Minnesota on Sunday.
  If you didn’t see the play, Stefon Diggs ran an out pattern about 25 yards down on the right. He leaped for Case Keenum’s pass, would surely be tackled inbounds, then game over. With no ti
  
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• Jerry Remy finished latest cancer treatments Tuesday

  16-01-2018 18:10
  BOSTON – Jerry Remy has finished his latest cancer treatments, the Sox announcer said in a tweet Tuesday morning.
  “It started in June with surgery chemo and five weeks of radiation. It ended today,” he said.
  Remy thanked the staff at MGH and praised the support of fans and community members.
  It started in June with surgery chemo and 5 weeks of radiation. It ended today. Finished. Thanks to the team at MGH and the support I got from many people. To my co-patients stay strong. No
  
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• Annual gambling revenues rise at Massachusetts’ lone casino

  16-01-2018 17:54
  PLAINVILLE, Mass. — Massachusetts’ lone casino is enjoying a rise in gambling revenues.
  The state Gambling Commission reported Tuesday that Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville generated $12.7 million in gross revenues from its slot machines last month.
  That brought the slot parlor and harness racing track’s total gross revenues from gambling to $164.8 million in 2017, or a roughly 6 percent increase from the facility’s $155 million in gross gambling revenues in 2016.
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• 10-Year-Old New Canaan Boy Who Died Suddenly Had Flu: Coroner

  16-01-2018 17:04
  
  A 10-year-old New Canaan boy who died suddenly over the weekend had the flu, according to the medical examiner in Buffalo, New York.Photo Credit: NBCConnecituct.com
  
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• Highest Scoring Playoff Games in NFL History

  16-01-2018 16:58
  by Rob Joyce
  Divisional weekend in the NFL didn’t disappoint. Outside of a snoozer in Foxboro – shocking, we know – between the Patriots and Titans, the path to the conference championships was breathtaking. It started with the Eagles making a red zone stand to hold off the Falcons. It ended with the first true walk-off play in NFL playoff history, with Minnesota’s 61-yard miracle touchdown by Stefon Diggs to stun New Orleans. And in between came the upset of the weekend,
  
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• Honeymooners Describe Chaos Of Hawaii Missile Alert Mistake

  16-01-2018 16:48
  
  Officials in Hawaii have apologized after an alert warning of a ballistic missile launch went out by mistake, an error that caused widespread panic for more than half an hour on the island on Saturday.Photo Credit: Kimberly and David Chianese
  
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• LifeStar Called to Respond to Crash in Sharon

  16-01-2018 16:45
  
  LifeStar was called to respond to the scene of a crash on Route 7 in Sharon.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Snow Monster Teams Up With Plainville Kids for Fundraiser

  16-01-2018 16:37
  
  A group of children in Plainville spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrating a day of service by selling hot chocolate for a cure.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Money Wisdom: Don’t Shoot For a ‘Magic Number’

  16-01-2018 16:30
  What’s your magic number? You know, that amount of money that you think you need to save for retirement? What if your magic number is only giving you a false sense of security?
  Joel explains why shooting for a magic number is the wrong way to plan for retirement.
   
  
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• The Connection: Police Perspective On Opioid Epidemic

  16-01-2018 16:16
  On this program, hosts Ann Baldwin and Lisa DeMatteis-Lepore speak with Hartford Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley. Brian discusses his experiences dealing with the opioid epidemic as a member of the Hartford Police Department.
   
  
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• BPT Detectives Probe 1st 2018 Homicide

  16-01-2018 16:03
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – Police say a man has been shot and killed near a Bridgeport convenience store.
  The victim, identified by police as 21-year-old Jawuan Green, was shot near The Snack Shop just after midnight Tuesday.
  He was taken in a private vehicle to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  There was no word on arrests.
  A store employee tells the Connecticut Post that Green bought a cigar in the store and was shot as he walked out.
  The employee says Green was a regular.
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• Winterfest Hartford Offers Two More Days of Skating This Weekend

  16-01-2018 15:51
  
  There are still two more days to skate at the Winterfest Hartford ice rink.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• CT Lottery Holding Second Super Draw Drawing Today After Snafu

  16-01-2018 15:33
  
  The Connecticut Lottery is holding the second CT Super Draw drawing today after 100,000 ticket numbers were left out of the drawing on New Year's Day.Photo Credit: CT Lottery Commission
  
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• Coast Guard Breaking Up Ice Along Connecticut River

  16-01-2018 15:30
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard has been called in to help break up ice jams along the Connecticut River and they are out on the water this morning.
  
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• Man Killed in Bridgeport Shooting

  16-01-2018 14:59
  
  A man is dead after an overnight shooting in Bridgeport.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police Department
  
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• Cats Abandoned in Box in Hartford Brought in From Cold

  16-01-2018 14:51
  
  Two cats that were abandoned in Hartford were brought in from the cold and taken to a veterinarian for medical care.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Town Agrees To Pay $2.1M To Woman Injured In Bicycle Crash

  16-01-2018 14:19
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A Connecticut town has agreed to pay $2.1 million to the family of a woman who suffered a brain injury when her bicycle tire got caught in a road grate.
  Jonathan Perkins, a lawyer for the family of 34-year-old Rubia Rodriguez, tells the Connecticut Post the money will allow them to properly care for her.
  Rodriguez was cycling in Fairfield in September 2015 when her front tire became trapped in a catch basin grate, she flew over the handlebars, and landed o
  
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• All Eyes on the River: Kent Waiting Out Ice Jam Flooding

  16-01-2018 14:03
  
  More resources are expected to arrive in Kent Tuesday after officials declared a local state of emergency due to ice jam flooding along the Housatonic River, and officials are looking for volunteers to help with...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Ceiling partially collapses at Walter Reed emergency center

  16-01-2018 13:59
  BETHESDA, Md. — Authorities say part of a ceiling has collapsed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the Washington suburbs.
  The Washington Post reports that Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Pete Piringer says a ceiling under construction near the emergency entrance of the Bethesda center partially collapsed on Monday. No injuries were reported.
  Piringer says the entrance remained open and wasn’t affected.
  The emergency department of the
  
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• Danish inventor Peter Madsen charged with journalist Kim Wall’s murder

  16-01-2018 13:41
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish inventor, Peter Madsen, has been charged with murdering the Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his submarine, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
  Madsen has been charged with premeditated murder in addition to dismemberment and “sexual relations other than intercourse of a particularly dangerous nature.”
  Wall’s dismembered body was found in the sea off the Danish coast after Wall visited Madsen on his vessel in August last year to interview him.
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