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• FIRST ALERT: April Snow Possible Monday Morning

  01-04-2018 23:57
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for the chance for snow Monday morning.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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• Trump: ‘NO MORE DACA DEAL’

  01-04-2018 23:32
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  President Donald Trump again called for an end to the filibuster and said there will be no deal with Democrats on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA.
  “Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. Getting more dangerous. ‘Caravans’ coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL,” Trump tweete
  
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• Sacramento sheriff’s vehicle hits protester at Stephon Clark vigil

  01-04-2018 23:14
  A Sacramento County sheriff's deputy struck a protester with his patrol SUV as she and others gathered in the street to denounce the killing of Stephon Clark, then left the scene, according to video of the incident.
  The incident Saturday night threatens to exacerbate an already tense relationship between police and protesters in California's capital. Observers say the deputy struck the woman at a high rate speed of speed, while authorities say the vehicle was moving slowly and the deputy was re
  
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• Sheriff: Secret Service investigating vandalism at Trump golf club in Florida

  01-04-2018 23:07
  The US Secret Service is investigating the vandalism of a sign at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
  The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office told the White House press pool that the Secret Service is looking into red paint that was splattered on the sign outside of the entrance of the club. Crews were spotted cleaning the sign early Sunday morning.
  A spokesman for the Secret Service said they are “aware of the incident.”
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• Data breach hits Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor stores

  01-04-2018 23:03
  A data breach at department store chains Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and Lord & Taylor has compromised the personal information of customers who shopped at the stores.
  The chains’ parent company, Canada-based Hudson’s Bay Co., announced the breach of its store payment systems on Sunday. The company said it was investigating and taking steps to contain the attack.
  The disclosure came after New York-based security firm Gemini Advisory LLC revealed on Sunday that a hacking gro
  
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• 53 people charged and 7 cars towed in Hartford street racing bust

  01-04-2018 23:01
  HARTFORD — Over 53 people were charged with various violations and seven cars were towed in an undercover bust early Sunday morning.
  Police said that there has been an increase of unsanctioned and illegal street racing throughout the city, specifically during the late night weekend hours.
  A large investigation which involved Hartford Police Traffic Division, South Community Service Officers, Auto Theft Detectives, and the Patrol Division to help protect the public from the dangers of stree
  
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• Ted Nugent calls Parkland survivors ‘liars’ and ‘soulless’ in interview

  01-04-2018 22:48
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  National Rifle Association board member and classic rocker Ted Nugent slammed survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, calling them “liars” and “poor, mushy-brained children.”
  Nugent made the comments during an interview on “The Joe Pags Show,” a nationally syndicated conservative radio program.
  “All you have to do now is not only feel sorry for the liars, but you have to go against them and pray to God that the lies can be crushe
  
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• 11-Year-Old From New Britain Found Safe After Amber Alert

  01-04-2018 22:23
  
  The 11-year-old boy from New Britain that was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe Sunday afternoon.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Students to compete in geography bee for chance in nationals

  01-04-2018 22:22
  NEW BRITAIN — Which river forms part of the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
  This is the kind of question students will be asked at this week’s Connecticut National Geographic State Bee.
  The bee will be held Friday at Central Connecticut State University. Over 100 fourth-to eighth-graders will compete in the second level of the annual National Geographic Bee. The winner will represent the state next month in the final round in Washington, D.C.
  The state champion will win $200
  
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• State police say missing New Britain boy found safe

  01-04-2018 21:33
  NEW BRITAIN — Police have confirmed the missing boy for whom they issued an Amber Alert for Sunday afternoon has been found safe.
  Police said Danny Maldonado-Medero, 11 , was found safe and sound by a good Samaritan on the New Britain/ Plainville line on New Britain Avenue.
  UPDATE: he has been found, safe and sound in next town over.
  — Mayor Erin Stewart (@erinstewartct) April 1, 2018 
  Amber Alerts are issued by law enforcement agencies for children who are believed to be i
  
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• Cars Damaged by Fire at Bristol Auto Parts Yard

  01-04-2018 21:06
  
  Bristol fire officials are investigating after six cars caught fire at a local auto parts park Sunday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Plainfield Police Seek Car Theft Suspect

  01-04-2018 20:43
  
  Plainfield police are looking for a suspect who stole a car when the driver ran into the store at a local gas station.Photo Credit: Plainfield Police Department
  
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• Driver crashes into state police cruiser; charged with DUI

  01-04-2018 20:18
  HARTFORD — Just days after a Connecticut State Police trooper lost his life in a crash on I-84, a driver crashed into a cruiser while troopers were investigating another accident.
  Just after 4 a.m. on Easter Sunday morning, police from Troop H in Hartford were called to a single-car accident on I-84 east near exit 49.  While they were investigating, another car crashed into the rear of Trooper Michael Dargan’s cruiser. Trooper Dargan was taken to Hartford Hospital for minor inju
  
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• 50 Cited at Illegal Street Racing Event in Hartford: Police

  01-04-2018 18:36
  
  More than 50 people were cited at what police are describing as an illegal street race on Flatbush Avenue in Hartford early Sunday.
  
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• West Hartford Church Hosts Massive Easter Egg Hunt

  01-04-2018 18:32
  
  Mixing the message of Easter with the fun the holiday brings, on Sunday a West Hartford church drew more than a thousand parishioners with one of the largest Easter egg hunts in the region.
  
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• Woman Faces DUI Charges After Hitting State Police Cruiser

  01-04-2018 17:38
  
  A Hartford woman faces DUI charges after crashing into a Connecticut State Police cruiser on Interstate 84 Sunday, according to State Police.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Court to hear appeal of man injured in hit-and-run crash 

  01-04-2018 16:50
  HARTFORD — The Connecticut Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a man seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash who claims an East Haven police officer could have prevented the accident.
  Justices are scheduled to hear arguments Monday in Thomas Ventura’s appeal.
  Ventura was getting into his car in 2006 when he was struck by van driven by Vladimir Trnka, who fled. Ventura says the East Haven officer should have arrested Trnka and had his van towed an hour before the accident in conne
  
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• China’s Tiangong-1 space lab set to fall to Earth

  01-04-2018 16:27
  A Chinese space lab could plummet back to Earth in the next 24 hours, authorities say, in a fiery end to one of the country’s highest profile space projects.
  The 40-foot long Tiangong-1 or “Heavenly Palace,” is expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere between Sunday night and Monday morning US eastern time, according to the latest updates from the European Space Agency and the China Manned Space Engineering Office. Earlier estimates put the date as
  
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• Man Charged After Child Found Wandering Streets in Cromwell

  01-04-2018 15:22
  
  A man faces charges after a 2-year-old in his care was found wandering the streets in Cromwell Saturday.Photo Credit: Cromwell Police Department
  
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• Pope Francis in Easter service baptizes migrant hailed as a hero

  01-04-2018 15:14
  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis baptized a Nigerian migrant — who shot to fame after confronting a thief on the streets of Rome — as part of Saturday’s Easter service.
  In September last year, migrant John Ogah, 31, had been begging outside a supermarket in Rome when he confronted a thief, who was armed with a meat cleaver and attempting to steal money from the store.
  Ogah was heralded a hero by the Italian press, and on Saturday was one of eight people baptized by the Pope at
  
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• Special envoy, ambassador to discuss Ireland agreement

  01-04-2018 14:21
   NORTH HAVEN — Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is hosting a discussion of the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which brought an end to the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland.George Mitchell, the former U.S. special envoy for Northern Ireland, and Ireland’s ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Mulhall, are scheduled to appear Tuesday at the Quinnipiac University School of Law to talk about the historic agreement and the state of peace today.
  Members of the public are in
  
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• Amtrak train strikes car on tracks in Berlin

  01-04-2018 14:00
  BERLIN — An Amtrak train has struck a car left on the tracks in Berlin.
  Berlin police say the car was unoccupied, but was apparently left on the tracks in the area of Four-Rod Road and Norton Road.  The train struck it around 7 a.m.
  Amtrak says their train #143 going from Springfield, MA to Washington, D.C.,  was delayed about 45 minutes after making minor contact with a car that was on a parallel track to the one it was travelling. The train was only carrying a dozen passengers
  
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• Trump’s former home with Ivana listed for $45 million

  01-04-2018 13:31
  GREENWICH — A property once owned by President Donald Trump and Ivana Trump is back on the market for $45 million.
  The Wall Street Journal reports the Greenwich mansion shared by the now president and his then-wife is relisted.
  Owners Robert and Suzanne Steinberg have been trying to sell the 20,000-square-foot house for years. The home is listed as having eight bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and eight fireplaces. It also features a putting green, swimming pool and dock leading to the Long Is
  
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• Nice afternoon; a period of snow Monday morning

  01-04-2018 13:16
  Happy Easter! After the threat of a shower or two from a weak passing cold front, Temps will be gorgeous as we go through the day with temps back in the 50s.  It'll still feel a little chilly in the morning, and in the shade, but strong April sun will help warm things up this afternoon.
  Our next storm will produce a period of snow just in time for the Monday morning commute as it slides south of Connecticut.  This storm is not a major blockbuster, however this system will likely produ
  
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• Trump goes after Amazon, again, over postal delivery

  01-04-2018 12:50
  WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump is again attacking online retailer Amazon.com, calling its business deal with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages a money-losing agreement that hurts U.S. taxpayers. Federal regulators, however, have found the contract with Amazon to be profitable.In tweets Saturday, Trump said “the U.S. Post Office will lose $1.50 on average for each package it delivers for Amazon. That amounts to Billions of Dollars.”
  He added: “If the
  
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• Experts say Esty harassment controversy highlights problems in Congress

  01-04-2018 04:53
  HARTFORD -- At the center of calls for Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty’s resignation are claims that she protected a violent staffer.
  Anna Kain told the Washington Post that in May of 2016 while she was working for Esty, she reported to the Congresswoman and authorities that she was sexually harassed and punched by Esty’s then-Chief of Staff, Tony Baker.
  Kain also claimed Baker left her a voicemail at one point threatening to kill her.
  “A conversation that I have had with her ack
  
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• Experts say Esty harassment controversy highlight problems in Congress

  01-04-2018 04:53
  HARTFORD -- At the center of calls for Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty’s resignation are claims that she protected a violent staffer.
  Anna Kain told the Washington Post that in May of 2016 while she was working for Esty, she reported to the Congresswoman and authorities that she was sexually harassed and punched by Esty’s then-Chief of Staff, Tony Baker.
  Kain also claimed Baker left her a voicemail at one point threatening to kill her.
  “A conversation that I have had with her ack
  
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• Crowd gathers to participate in first ever Stop the Bleed Day

  01-04-2018 04:41
  MANCHESTER --Saturday was National Stop The Bleed Day. This marks the first year it's being put on. Free bleeding control basics classes were offered all over the state.
  About 100 people gathered into Cheney Hall in Manchester to get training on how to help someone who is bleeding before first responders arrived. First people sat and took notes before practicing themselves. Manchester emergency responders helped teach people what to do in different types of bleeding situations.
  "The recent shoo
  
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• Martial Arts studio holds memorial for fallen state trooper

  01-04-2018 04:22
  VERNON -- A crowd gathered inside Aikido Hartford's dojo Saturday morning, as friends of the fallen State Trooper Kevin Miller memorialized their fallen friend.
  Trooper Miller avidly trained at the studio for 13 years and earned his second degree black belt in Aikido. Aikido is a Japanese defensive martial art founded by Morihei Ueshiba.
  "Kevin was just an overall great guy, somebody who we’ve known for the last 25 years, and just a really good guy,” said Mark Cantin of Ellingt
  
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• Cromwell police find 2 year old wandering streets alone; caretaker arrested

  01-04-2018 03:38
  CROMWELL —  A man was arrested Saturday after police found a two-year old, that he was supposed to be watching, wandering the streets alone.
  Police responded to a 911 call of a two-year old wandering the streets by themselves on Berlin Round by the intersection of Kirby Road. The child was found unharmed and was moved away from the road by a nearby witness.
  Police said that through an investigation, they found that a George Downer had been in care of the child.
  The child was returned
  
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• SpaceX’s latest launch and recovery attempt: We explain it all

  01-04-2018 02:57
  A SpaceX rocket launch grabbed the public’s attention once again Friday when a ship wielding a net made a failed attempt to grab the rocket’s fairing as it fell back to Earth.
  Wait, what?
  1. What is a fairing?
  The nose cone, or fairing, is located at the very tip of the rocket. It acts a shield for satellites during launch. Once the rocket is in space, the fairing splits into two and falls away. After most rocket launches, the fairing is left to plummet toward a watery grave in the o
  
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• Trump launches a new website to solicit opioid addiction stories

  01-04-2018 01:59
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  WASHINGTON, DC — The White House is using a new website to collect and share stories from Americans about how they or someone they know overcame opioid addiction.
  The website invites visitors to “share your story below by uploading a video about how you overcame addiction, volunteered at a recovery center, or worked as a family to help a loved one get on the path to recovery.” Below that is a link to a form where individuals can upload their stories and an
  
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• FIRST ALERT: Snow Possible Monday Morning

  01-04-2018 01:19
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for the chance for snow Monday morning.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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• College student who had distressing behavior, rifles will be deported for visa violation

  01-04-2018 00:53
  ORLANDO, Fla. — A Chinese college student who made no threats but had alarmed a roommate and a friend with his behavior and bought two semiautomatic rifles will be deported for an unrelated visa issue, University of Central Florida police said Thursday.
  Police at the Orlando school said they were first alerted by a campus official in late January that Wenliang Sun, 26, was a “student of concern,” UCF police Chief Richard Beary said.
  Campus police received information that Sun h
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – New UConn Men’s Coach Dan Hurley

  01-04-2018 00:46
  HARTFORD --After a messy breakup with former coach and distinguished alumnus Kevin Ollie, UConn basketball has found its man. Former Rhode Island Coach Dan Hurley is one of the hottest coaching talents in the country. He reportedly took less money to come to UConn, calling it his dream job.
  The Husky Nation fan base is now re-energized and hoping the next 6 years won’t be a nightmare.
  Hartford Courant sportswriter Dom Amore joined the show for a talk about Hurley.
  
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