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• Person Found Dead Outside in New Haven

  27-01-2018 23:54
  
  Police are investigating after a female was found dead on Quinnipiac Avenue in New Haven Saturday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Small Plane Carrying 2 People Crashes in Meriden

  27-01-2018 23:22
  
  A small airplane with two people on board crashed near the American Legion, on Hanover Road in Meriden, according to Meriden Police and the FAA.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Women’s Group Home Closing Due To Financial Woes

  27-01-2018 23:10
  WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – A residential care facility for young mothers and infants in Connecticut will close this month due to financial woes.
  Board Member Marek Kukulka tells The Hartford Courant that St. Agnes Home in West Hartford will close on Jan. 31 because it has run out of money. The group home opened in 1914.
  Kukulka says the financial problems are due to a lack of referrals from the Department of Children and Families.
  DCF spokesman Gary Kleeblatt says the department
  
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• Small Plane Crashes In Meriden

  27-01-2018 22:58
  MERIDEN, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – A small plane crashed near a ball field in Meriden Saturday afternoon.
  The two people who were aboard the single-engine plane were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police told WTIC News.
  The Piper PA-28 went down in the area of 835 Hanover Road around 4 p.m., said the FAA.
  
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• Two people injured after single-engine airplane crashes in Meriden

  27-01-2018 22:51
  MERIDEN — Two people escaped with minor injuries after their plane crashed Saturday afternoon.
  Police and EMS responded after a single-engine aircraft went down near 835 Hanover Road at about 4:15 p.m., just behind American Legion Post #45.
  According to officials, the airplane was in the vicinity of Meriden Markham Municipal Airport when it made an “unexpected landing,” and came crashing down.
  Two victims, a pilot and passenger, were sent to an area hospital for treatment of no
  
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• Two people injured after airplane crash in Meriden

  27-01-2018 22:51
  MERIDEN — Police and EMS are actively responding to a downed airplane in the Meriden area.
  Officials were alerted after a small airplane crashed in the area of 835 Hanover Road around 4:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon, just behind the American Legion.
  According to officials, the airplane was in the vicinity of Meriden Markham Municipal Airport when it made an “unexpected landing,” and crashed behind the American Legion.
  Two people were sent to an area hospital for treatment of non-l
  
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• Waterbury Police Seek Shooting Suspect

  27-01-2018 22:48
  WATERBURY, Conn. (WTIC Radio) – Waterbury police have named a suspect in a shooting Friday afternoon outside a small grocery store on Cherry Street.
  Police say Raul Delgado, 39, should be considered armed and dangerous. He faces assault and weapons charges, according to police.
  Delgado is described as 5’5″ tall and 115 pounds. He was last seen wearing a navy blue puffy vest, blue jeans, black sneakers, and a baseball hat turned to the rear. Police say he may be operating a tan
  
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• Chance for Snow Decreases

  27-01-2018 22:24
  
  If you're not a fan of the cold weather you're going to really like the weekend forecast. If you're not a fan of snow either, you'll like the shift in the storm track for Monday/Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.comThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Suspects in Killingworth Bank Robbery Arrested in East Haven

  27-01-2018 22:05
  
  Police are investigating a bank robbery in Killingworth and two suspects were arrested in East Haven.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Good Samaritan pulls elderly couple from burning Windsor home

  27-01-2018 21:23
  WINDSOR — A Good Samaritan pulled an elderly couple out of their home after it went up in flames.
  The Windsor Fire Department responded to a home on 23 Griswold Drive around noon Saturday morning.
  A woman and her husband were driving through the area when they suddenly noticed thick smoke pouring into the sky. Upon arriving to the scene, the husband jumped out and ran towards the burning wreckage.
  In a show of courage, the Good Samaritan helped rescue an elderly couple from the home before
  
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• Police Searching for Man Suspected in Waterbury Shooting

  27-01-2018 21:20
  
  Police are searching for a man they said is wanted for a shooting on Cherry Street in Waterbury around 2 p.m. on Jan. 16.Photo Credit: Waterbury Police
  
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• Indiana high school student accused of molesting 17 children

  27-01-2018 20:43
  JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – A high school student in southern Indiana is accused of molesting 17 children between the ages of 3 and 7, WDRB reports.
  Michael Begin, 18, was arrested in October while he was still a student at Jeffersonville High School on accusations that he molested two 6-year-old girls. On Friday, Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull announced that Begin is facing an additional 20 charges of child molestation.
  The allegations stemmed from incidents that happened at the YMCA and
  
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• ‘Disgusting’ photos show raw meat-filled shopping carts at California grocery store

  27-01-2018 20:41
  SAN JOSE, Calif. – A woman’s photos of Costco shopping carts being used to haul slabs of raw, uncovered meat into a Northern California grocery store are turning stomachs on social media and have prompted an investigation, according to KNTV.
  “Beware: Costco shopping carts,” Loretta Seto posted on Facebook, along with the photos. “We were at the 99 Ranch Market across from this Costco and saw their vendors delivering meat with Costco shopping carts!! Talk about disgu
  
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• UConn Routs Tulane, Opens Season 20-0 For The 11th Time

  27-01-2018 20:11
  By PAT EATON-ROBBAP Sports Writer
  STORRS, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Katie Lou Samuelson scored 15 of her 19 points in the first half to lead UConn to a 98-45 rout of Tulane on Saturday and a 20-0 start to the season for the 11th time in program history.
  Kia Nurse scored 14 for the Huskies (9-0 American Athletic Conference) and tied a career high with seven rebounds.
  UConn had six players in double figures for the sixth time this season.
  The Huskies shot 72 percent from the floor and outscored
  
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• West Haven police cruiser rear-ended, New London woman charged with DUI

  27-01-2018 19:47
  WEST HAVEN – Police say a woman who crashed into the rear of a police cruiser, injuring an officer, was driving drunk.
  West Haven police had stopped a car on Derby Avenue about 7pm last night. An officer arriving to provide backup to the investigating officer had just gotten out of his cruiser when a car crashed into the police car, pushing it into the officer who was standing on the passenger side of his car.
  Police say the car that hit the cruiser was driven by 39-year-old Deonna White o
  
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• Westport Firefighters Put Out Car Fire on I-95

  27-01-2018 19:45
  
  Firefighters put out a fire after a vehicle burst into flames on Interstate 95 South in Westport Friday night.Photo Credit: Westport Fire Department
  
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• Legislator will propose making Holocaust, WWII education mandatory in Connecticut

  27-01-2018 18:51
  WILTON — State Senator Toni Boucher (R-26) says she will introduce legislation to require all Connecticut high schools to teach about the Holocaust and World War II.
  In a press release, Boucher said she was motivated to create the legislation by recent instances of swastika graffiti and damage found in Southwestern Connecticut.
  State Sen. Toni Boucher – [R-26]“These incidents show that young people, in particular, really don’t have an understanding of what the Holocaust w
  
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• St. Agnes Home in West Hartford to Close

  27-01-2018 18:29
  
  The St. Agnes Home in West Hartford, a residential care facility for young mothers and infants, will close.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Woman Critical After Struck In New Britain

  27-01-2018 17:42
  (New Britain, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – New Britain police say a woman is in critical condition after she was struck by a vehicle Friday night.
  Officers say a little after 9:00, the 61-year-old sustained life-threatening injuries when she was struck on Burritt Street. She’s in critical condition at an area hospital.
  The driver, a 46-year-old New Britain resident, wasn’t injured and is cooperating with police.
  No charges have been filed at this time, police said.
  Anyone with any
  
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• Shots Fired Into Bristol Home

  27-01-2018 17:33
  
  Gunshots were fired into the front of a home on Pleasant View Avenue in Bristol just before 10 p.m. and a small blue car with Massachusetts license plates was seen fleeing the scene, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Woman in critical condition after being struck by car in New Britain

  27-01-2018 17:32
  NEW BRITAIN — A 61-year-old New Britain woman is in critical condition after being struck by a car Friday night, according to New Britain police.
  Police, fire and EMS departments were called to the area of 460 Burritt Street just after 9 p.m. for a reported pedestrian struck by a car. They found the woman with life-threatening injuries, and she was transported to an unidentified hospital where she remains in critical condition.
  The driver of the car that struck her is a 46 year old man, al
  
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• Woman in Critical Condition After She Was Hit By Driver in New Britain: Police

  27-01-2018 17:23
  
  A 61-year-old New Britain woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a car Friday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Thomaston police seeking witnesses to robbery

  27-01-2018 17:09
  THOMASTON —  Thomaston police are investigating an overnight robbery at a local convenience store.
  In a post on Facebook, police say that a man robbed the Xtra-Mart on Watertown Road just after 2 a.m. Saturday morning.  The suspect is described as a white male, 6 feet tall, with a thin build. Security photos captured the man, but his face was hidden by a hoodie.  Police are asking people to please note the body type, clothing, and the unique shoes the suspect was wearing, an
  
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• Senators Pick State Of The Union Guests

  27-01-2018 17:09
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – As their guests for the president’s State of the Union address, Connecticut’s senators are planning to bring a cancer preventionadvocate and a child sex-trafficking survivor.
  The people invited by U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy were announced ahead of the address Tuesday evening by President Donald Trump.
  Theresa Leonard, of East Hampton, is a survivor who co-founded the Underground, an advocacy group that works to address sex trafficking
  
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• Police: Woman Rammed Back Of Patrol Cruiser

  27-01-2018 16:15
  (West Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Police in West Haven say an officer escaped serious injury Friday night when, while conducting a traffic stop on Derby Avenue, a woman rammed into the rear of his patrol cruiser.
  The incident occurred around 7:00 p.m.
  Investigators say the officer was on passenger side of his vehicle when it was struck from behind by 39-year-old Deonna White of New London.
  They say the impact pushed the cruiser into the side of the officer who’d jumped to avoid f
  
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• Roads Slick, Police Respond to Rollovers

  27-01-2018 16:13
  
  One lane of Interstate 95 North is getting by in Groton after a rollover crash near exit 88.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Intoxicated Driver Hits West Haven Police Officer: Police

  27-01-2018 16:03
  
  A West Haven police officer suffered minor injuries when an intoxicated driver struck his patrol vehicle around 7 p.m. Friday, according to police.Photo Credit: West Haven Police
  
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• A Mild Weekend Followed by Snow

  27-01-2018 15:13
  
  If you're not a fan of the cold weather you're likely going to really like the weekend forecast. However if you're not a fan of snow you're probably not going to be too thrilled with the forecast for the...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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• Death camp survivor fears Holocaust deniers are winning

  27-01-2018 14:40
  Watch VideoLONDON — Manfred Goldberg is pessimistic.
  As nationalism reverberates across the world and the power of social media grows, he fears that the warnings of the past have fallen on deaf ears.
  The 87-year-old Holocaust survivor sees a world that has failed to learn from its history, from a past that saw 6 million Jews die at the hands of the Nazis. And in social media, he sees a machine so powerful in spreading hate that it is difficult to see a happy ending. The rise of social medi
  
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• New London Police Make Marijuana Arrest

  27-01-2018 13:52
  (New London, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A man is being charged after New London police say marijuana and weapons were found while they executing a warrant Friday afternoon.
  Just before 4:00, officers say they executed the warrant at a home on Willets Avenue in the city.
  That’s where police say they found nearly 21 pounds of marijuana, along with a pair of handguns, ammunition cell phones, scales and 58-hundred dollars in cash.
  Under arrest is 29-year-old Matthew Pemberton.
  Police he li
  
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• Police seize over 20 pounds of marijuana, charge New London man with operating drug factory

  27-01-2018 13:10
  NEW LONDON — A New London man is facing multiple charges after police seized over 20 pounds of marijuana, guns, and a Mercedes from a city apartment.
  New London Police say they executed a search warrant at 283 Willetts Avenue Friday afternoon.  They found 20.78 pounds of marijuana, digital scales, a money counting machine, two handguns and ammunition, and $5,800 in cash. They also seized a 2014 Mercedes E550,
  Matthew Pemberton
  As a result of that investigation police arrested a r
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: How Mike Harrington dropped 200 lbs in 12 months

  27-01-2018 12:30
  HARTFORD --  Four years ago, Mike Harrington weighed over 400 pounds and was obese, unhealthy and very unhappy.
  He finally had enough and set off on a journey to healthy living, eventually losing 200 pounds.
  Today, Harrington weighs 220 pounds and is committed to a healthy lifestyle which includes a consistent meal plan and exercise. Harrington joins Stan Simpson to talk about how be went from "Fat to Fit."
  
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• Three decades after the Challenger disaster, Christa McAuliffe’s lessons will finally be taught

  27-01-2018 12:21
  Christa McAuliffe never got to realize her dream of teaching from space.
  The 37-year-old social studies teacher from Boston was selected above nearly 11,000 educators as the primary candidate for the first Teacher in Space Mission. Her application stated, “I watched the space program being born, and I would like to participate.” She was going to film lessons in space that could reach classrooms across the country.
  McAuliffe’s hopeful quest to become the first American civilian
  
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• Westbrook Home Destroyed by Fire

  27-01-2018 05:27
  
  Firefighters spent hours battling a blaze that destroyed a home in Westbrook Friday night.Photo Credit: Contributed PhotoThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• March Protests Report on Fatal Bridgeport Police Shooting

  27-01-2018 05:22
  
  A large crowd marched in Bridgeport after the Waterbury State’s Attorney announced that a Bridgeport police officer who shot and killed a teen during a traffic stop would not face charges for the incident.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Driver Injured When School Bus Crashes Into House in Meriden

  27-01-2018 05:22
  
  A bus driver was injured when a school bus slammed into a house on Maple Avenue in Meriden Friday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Hundreds march through the streets of Bridgeport in response to the shooting death of Jayson Negron

  27-01-2018 05:07
  BRIDGEPORT -- The State's Attorney's investigation absolved Bridgeport police officer James Boulay of any wrongdoing. He is now cleared.
  The emotions of friends and family of 15-year-old Jayson Negron are not.
  Hundreds gathered in front of a Walgreens drug store. the same location where the teenagers was shot and killed in an officer involved shooting on May 9th.
  Jayson's sister Jazmarie Melendez spoke to the crowd with a heavy heart.
  “I’m really, really hurt today. But I’m so
  
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• State’s Attorney Office releases full report on death of Jayson Negron

  27-01-2018 05:04
  BRIDGEPORT – Jayson Negron, 15, was shot and killed on May 9, 2017 and it was Officer James Boulay, the 30-year old patrolman who pulled the trigger.
  Maureen Platt, the State’s Attorney of the Judicial Branch of Waterbury released a 21-page report that goes into detail of what happened that night.
  It contains six witness interviews, official statements from multiple first responders including Officer James Boulay himself, descriptions of evidence collected at the scene, Negron&rsquo
  
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• State’s Attorney Office releases full report on death Jayson Negron death

  27-01-2018 05:04
  BRIDGEPORT – Jayson Negron, 15, was shot and killed on May 9, 2017 and it was Officer James Boulay, the 30-year old patrolman who pulled the trigger.
  Maureen Platt, the State’s Attorney of the Judicial Branch of Waterbury released a 21-page report that goes into detail of what happened that night.
  It contains six witness interviews, official statements from multiple first responders including Officer James Boulay himself, descriptions of evidence collected at the scene, Negron&rsquo
  
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• Eminem won’t stop criticizing Trump: ‘If I did lose half my fan base, then so be it’

  27-01-2018 04:04
  DETROIT — When Eminem unleashed on President Donald Trump at the BET Hip Hop Awards awhile back, he did something that few musicians have done before: He directed his ire toward his own fans, some of whom are Trump supporters.
  And since then, the Detroit rapper said, he has no regrets.
  Eminem unleashes on Trump: The 11 fiercest lines
  “At the end of the day, if I did lose half my fan base, then so be it, because I feel like I stood up for what was right and I’m on the
  
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• ‘You did not die in vain’: Mother hopes story of daughter’s overdose will save lives

  27-01-2018 03:48
  LEWISVILLE, N.C. – The following poem is the work of Robert Frost, titled “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” The words which it contains came to define the life, and death, of 22-year-old Toria Stevens.
  Nature’s first green is gold,
  Her hardest hue to hold.
  Her early leaf’s a flower;
  But only so an hour.
  Then leaf subsides to leaf.
  So Eden sank to grief,
  So dawn goes down to day.
  Nothing gold can stay.
  “It talks about the flower, only for an hour and it talks about the
  
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• Video shows Indiana man kidnapping child in broad daylight: FBI

  27-01-2018 03:48
  CALUMET CITY, Ill. -- The FBI has released dramatic video of a child being kidnapped in broad daylight in Illinois, according to WGN.
  A suspect is already in custody, according to the FBI, but investigators are now hoping the public can provide additional details.
  The kidnapping happened in the area of 153rd Street and Burnham Avenue in Calumet City Dec. 20, 2017 -- the timestamp and date that appear on the video are incorrect.
  The video shows a man get out of a red Ford Explorer and appea
  
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• This word will ‘literally’ get you kicked out of this bar, sign warns

  27-01-2018 03:48
  NEW YORK – A New York City bar has had it with the oft-misused word "literally."
  Signs both on the outside and inside of Continental at Third Avenue in Saint Marks Place read:
  “Sorry, but if you say the word ‘literally’ inside Continental, you have five minutes to finish your drink and then you must leave.
  If you actually start a sentence with ‘literally' you must leave immediately.”
  Wall Street Journal reporter and Continental customer Lillian Rizzo told WPI
  
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• ‘He couldn’t walk, couldn’t talk’: Mom wants parents to be aware of rare disease

  27-01-2018 03:48
  JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. – An Indiana mother is raising awareness after her son was diagnosed with an uncommon disease that affects the heart, according to WXIN.
  Jamie Jones, 8, was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease in October 2015.
  The disease was misdiagnosed several times before doctors said he had Kawasaki disease.
  "It started with a fever," said Jamie's mother, Jessica Jones. "We took him to multiple ERs and urgent cares and they kept telling us it was just a viral infection. They were giv
  
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• Dad saw his son’s socks as he raced to school shooting – and knew it was bad

  27-01-2018 03:48
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  Brian and Teresa Cope dropped everything and dashed to Marshall County High to get their boy when they heard about this week’s school shooting.
  They arrived just in time to say goodbye to their son Preston, 15, who was gravely wounded in Tuesday’s shooting at the Benton, Kentucky, school.
  “There’s so many obstacles that could have prevented me from getting there,” Brian Cope told The Louisville Courier-Journal.
  “I could’ve been in a wreck. I
  
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• California father who’s lived in U.S. since he was 2 faces deportation after ICE arrest

  27-01-2018 03:48
  LOS ANGELES – Family members are worried about the possible deportation of a 30-year-old father of two who was recently detained by ICE after living in the U.S. since being brought here when he was a toddler, according to KTLA.
  Raymond Torres is seen in an image posted to a GoFundMe page.
  An attorney for the Southern California man, Raymond Torres, says her client was arrested in violation of his rights on Jan. 11 after being pulled over for a traffic stop. U.S. Immigration and Custo
  
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• Alert UPS driver saves Iowa family – including baby and pet dog – from house fire

  27-01-2018 03:48
  DES MOINES, Iowa – A UPS driver is being credited with saving a man and his child from a house fire on Thursday afternoon.
  Fire officials say UPS driver Jeremy Brandt was on his route when he spotted smoke coming from a home Allison Drive.  They say Brandt pounded on the door of the home, waking up a man who was sleeping inside along with a young child.
  "Smoke was coming out of the side of the house and I pulled up and he came out with a baby and I made sure that no one else was
  
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• Severe Flu Season Affecting Schools

  27-01-2018 00:57
  
  A severe flu season is causing problems for some schools in the state.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• West Hartford Police Search For Purse Theft Suspects

  27-01-2018 00:48
  
  West Hartford police are trying to find two women who they say tried to use a stolen credit card at Westfarms.Photo Credit: West Hartford Police
  
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