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• Mystic Aquarium CEO makes a splash for Fifth annual Seal Splash

  17-02-2018 23:03
  MYSTIC— It was a sunny and chilly Saturday afternoon when Mystic Aquarium President and CEO, Dr. Stephen M. Coan, plunged into the Long Island Sound in the name of animal conservation.
  After receiving a challenge from his wife Patti, Dr. Coan participated in the Aquarium’s Fifth Annual Seal Splash.
  Dr. Coan was joined by over sixty brave souls at the Eastern Point Beach in Groton, all enduring the icy water to raise money for Mystic Aquarium’s Rescue Program.  Supporters o
  
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• Firefighter Injured Battling Barn Fire in Mansfield

  17-02-2018 21:55
  
  One firefighter was injured when multiple departments responded to battle a barn fire in Mansfield Friday night.Photo Credit: Mansfield Fire DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 3 Hurt When Pickup Slams into House in Danbury

  17-02-2018 21:18
  
  Three people were hurt when a pickup crashed into a home in Danbury early Saturday.Photo Credit: Danbury Fire Department
  
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• Blumenthal To Call For $1B For Flu Vaccine Development

  17-02-2018 20:43
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for a $1 billion federal government investment for the development of a universal flu vaccine.
  The Connecticut Democrat announced the proposal Saturday at a flu shot clinic in East Hartford. He’s co-sponsoring the bill with Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and several other Democrats.
  A universal vaccine would provide protection against multiple types of the flu, rather than a select few that a typical seasonal vaccine g
  
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• LeBron James: ‘I am more than an athlete’

  17-02-2018 20:37
  CLEVELAND, OH — Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James appears to be engaged in a feud with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who took to her show on Thursday to tell James that he should “shut up and dribble.”
  Late Friday, James issued a response in the form of a photo uploaded to his Instagram account that read “I am more than an athlete” and included the hashtag “#wewillnotshutupanddribble.”
  Ingraham’s attacks were made in response to a recent UNI
  
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• Coast Guard captain removed from command, reassigned

  17-02-2018 20:03
  NEW HAVEN — Coast Guard officials have temporarily removed a captain from a top post in Connecticut, citing a loss of confidence in his ability to command.
  Officials announced Friday that Capt. Andrew Tucci was removed from command of Sector Long Island Sound in New Haven, a post that oversees all Coast Guard activity in southern Connecticut and northern Long Island in New York. He was reassigned to the Coast Guard’s Research and Development Center in New London until further notice.
  
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• A Kansas candidate for Congress won’t stop AR-15 raffle 

  17-02-2018 17:59
  LEAVENWORTH, KS — A Kansas congressional hopeful says he plans to raffle off an AR-15 rifle to support his campaign, even after a suspect reportedly used that type of weapon in Wednesday’s mass shooting at a Florida high school.Republican Tyler Tannahill of Leavenworth announced the raffle on Tuesday, saying it was a show of support for the Second Amendment. He told the Kansas City Star after Wednesday’s shooting that the raffle would continue. He says he supports wea
  
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• Police Locate 3-Year-Old Taken From Hospital in New London

  17-02-2018 17:31
  
  Police have located a 3-year-old girl from New London who was the subject of a Silver Alert after her mother, who does not have parental custody, fled from a hospital with the girl on Wednesday.Photo Credit: New London Police
  
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• Police Warn of Frightening Scam Call Targeting Parents

  17-02-2018 17:11
  
  North Haven police are warning residents about a phone scam targeting parents and their children.
  
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• It's Not Too Late: Health Officials Still Pushing Flu Shots

  17-02-2018 16:37
  
  It’s not too late to get a flu shot. That’s the message health officials in Connecticut are putting out to the public.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Flu Shot Clinics Planned In 3 Connecticut Communities

  17-02-2018 16:21
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Several Connecticut communities are holding another round of flu vaccine clinics.
  The Department of Public Health says local health department and districts are offering free or low-cost clinics on Saturday in Clinton, Coventry and Guilford.
  Public Health Commissioner Raul Pino says the peak of flu season is still weeks away and it’s not too late to get a flu shot.
  He says he strongly recommends people who are not yet vaccinated to visit one of the clinics on S
  
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• Rude awakening: truck crashes into Danbury home in middle of the night

  17-02-2018 14:22
  DANBURY – A pickup truck crashed into a house just early Saturday, sending the driver and two people inside the house to the hospital.
  The Danbury Fire Department said they were called to Wooster Street and Garfield Avenue just before 4 a.m. for a car crash with possible entrapment. They found a Ford pickup with its front half inside a house.
  The driver and two occupants of the house had to be taken to a local hospital, but their injuries are believed to be minor.
  The occupants were reloca
  
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• The Stan Simspon Show: A nurse’s road to addiction and recovery

  17-02-2018 12:30
  HARTFORD --  Staff shortages. Long hours. Changing shifts, they can make people in the medical profession such as nurses, vulnerable for substance-abuse or addiction problems.
  It is a widely unreported story but it is real.
  Journalist Kate Farrish sheds light on the problem in a recent Page 1 story in The Hartford Courant. A little more than 80 percent of the discipline cases reviewed by the CT Board of Examiners for Nurses were related to substance-or-drug-abuse.
  Farrish and nurse Sa
  
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• Fire Breaks Out at Barn in Mansfield

  17-02-2018 05:08
  
  A fire broke out at a barn in Mansfield on Friday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Caught on Camera: Off-Duty Trooper Takes Down Shoplifting Suspect

  17-02-2018 04:49
  
  An off-duty trooper was caught on camera taking down a shoplifting suspect being sought after by Enfield police. "One example why Connecticut State Troopers drive their cruisers off-duty," the...Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• First Alert: Accumulating Snow Starting Saturday Night

  17-02-2018 04:09
  
  NBC Connecticut Meteorologists a tracking a weekend storm that will bring plowable accumulations to the entire state.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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• Kentucky governor blames violent video games, music for shootings

  17-02-2018 03:25
  PARKLAND, Fla. — Kentucky’s Republican governor says he’s heartbroken over a school shooting in Florida that killed 17 just weeks after a similar shooting at a high school in his state.
  Gov. Matt Bevin told talk radio hosts his heart is truly broken for the people of Florida and the community has been shattered in a similar way that Kentucky was in January. He said guns are not the reason for increase in school shootings, but blamed a culture that delegitimizes life through vio
  
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• Town of Madison Considers Turning Academy School Into Condos

  17-02-2018 03:14
  
  Residents are concerned about the Town of Madison’s plan to sell the Academy School to a developer that would transform the historic building and the baseball fields behind it into new housing units.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Fox News’ Laura Ingraham calls out Lebron James following Trump comments

  17-02-2018 03:07
  In a video published Thursday for UNINTERRUPTED,  a multimedia platform created by Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant and James discusses topics ranging from the pressures of being a top athlete, social injustice and the current climate in politics.
  What stuck out to some was their current thoughts on President Donald Trump.
  “The climate is hot,” James said. “The number one job in America, the appointed person is some
  
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• Fame every four years for the Norfolk Curling Club

  17-02-2018 02:01
  NORFOLK -- The Norfolk Curling Club, which has been in the town since 1956, seems to gain popularity every time the Winter Olympics occur no matter where the games are held.
  As contests of curling teams are shown on TV from Pyeong Chang, at the Norfolk club the enthusiasm for the sport continues to rise.
  "It's the activity, the endurance, and the camaraderie," said Caryn Trager, a member of the Norfolk Curling Club.
  The Norfolk Curling Club, which was set ablaze by arsonists
  
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• School Safety Guidelines in Focus Following Florida Shooting

  17-02-2018 01:37
  
  Connecticut reacted swiftly in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to start working on ways to prevent future tragedies.
  
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• Magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolts southeastern Mexico

  17-02-2018 01:27
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  An earthquake alert was issued in Mexico City, about 348 kilometers (216 miles) away from the center of the earthquake. Buildings were evacuated there, CNN’s Leyla Santiago said, and video showed people streaming out of buildings and into the streets.
  Emerg
  
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• West Hartford Celebrates Beginning of Lunar New Year

  17-02-2018 01:23
  
  West Hartford celebrated the Lunar New Year on Friday. February 16 marks the beginning of the 2018 Lunar New Year, which is the year of the dog.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Buried Treasure: Bracelet Reunited With Owner 52 Years Later

  17-02-2018 01:16
  
  One Old Lyme resident didn't think he'd find someone else's long-lost treasure when his metal detector rang at an Old Saybrook beach earlier this month.
  
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• Car chase suspect shot by Connecticut police dies

  17-02-2018 01:06
  HARTFORD — A car chase suspect who was shot by Connecticut police officers last week has died.
  A lawyer for the family of 31-year-old Juan McCray confirmed Friday that McCray died at a hospital Thursday after being taken off life support.
  East Hartford officers shot McCray after a chase into Glastonbury on Feb. 4.
  Authorities say police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle and confronted McCray in a parking lot in East Hartford. Police say several officers were injured, and McCray spe
  
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• State representative shines light on existing gun law in CT

  17-02-2018 00:40
  HARTFORD – In an effort to curb gun violence, a state representative is shining a light on an existing law which he feels does not impede on Second Amendment rights.
  At a press conference Friday, State Representative Arthur O’Neil announced plans to send a letter to 45 states with the copy of the Connecticut state statutes concerning risk warrants. He said there are at least four other states that have similar legislation: California, Oregon, Washington and Indiana.
  The Risk Warrant
  
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• More Than 1,000 Overdose Deaths Reported in CT Last Year: OCME

  17-02-2018 00:22
  
  More than 1,000 overdose deaths were reported last year in Connecticut, according to the state's chief medical examiner.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Man Shot By Police After Chase Dies

  17-02-2018 00:11
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A car chase suspect who was shot by Connecticut police officers last week has died.A lawyer for the family of 31-year-old Juan McCray confirmed Friday that McCray died at a hospital Thursday after being taken off life support.
  East Hartford officers shot McCray after a chase into Glastonbury on Feb. 4.
  Authorities say police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle and confronted McCray in a parking lot in East Hartford. Police say several officers were injured, and McCra
  
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