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• Ronny Jackson will not return as Trump’s physician, Politico reports

  29-04-2018 23:52
  White House physician Ronny Jackson will not return to his role as President Donald Trump’s personal physician, Politico reports, citing two senior administration officials.
  The move comes after Jackson, a Navy rear admiral, withdrew his nomination for secretary of veterans affairs following a string of allegations that included he loosely handled prescription pain medications, was intoxicated during an overseas trip, and created a toxic work environment. Jackson has denied the allegations
  
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• 126 pounds of meth found in semi carrying Starbucks products

  29-04-2018 23:36
  The bundles of meth found in the cab of a semi en route from California to Spokane, Wash.
  (Photo: Centralia Police Dept.)
  CENTRALIA, Wash. — Officers have seized 126 pounds of methamphetamine from a semi that was hauling Starbucks products between California and Spokane, Wash., the Centralia Police Department said Friday.
  The driver and passenger in the 1996 Freightliner tractor and refrigerated trailer began acting suspiciously during a traffic stop on Thursday, police said, prompting the
  
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• The Real Story – Team 26

  29-04-2018 23:16
  Gun control" issues are prompting another "Ride from Newtown to Washington" (May 5 - 8). A team of 26 cyclists has been making the trip annually, since March 2013, in response to the shooting massacre that had claimed 26 lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School three months earlier.
  This year, the group is pushing Congress for a federal ban on AR-15 rifles, like the one used at Newtown and at other school shootings, including the most recent one in Florida.
  Guest: Monte Frank, Newtown resident, le
  
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• 5 More Flu-Related Deaths Reported in Connecticut As Flu Activity Begins to Decrease

  29-04-2018 23:15
  
  Connecticut public health officials say they are beginning to see a decrease in flu activity, but five more flu deaths have been reported within a week.According to officials, flu activity has...
  
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• Some lawmakers still pushing for tolls as session winds down

  29-04-2018 22:55
  HARTFORD  — Some state lawmakers aren’t giving up on passing legislation before the General Assembly adjourns in less than two weeks that could eventually lead to highway tolls on Connecticut’s highways.
  Democratic House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz said he hopes the House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill that would require the Department of Transportation to come up with a plan for tolling, including discounts for in-state drivers and commuters and possible lon
  
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• ‘Infinity War’ opens with record $250M, passing ‘Star Wars’

  29-04-2018 22:18
  NEW YORK   — A whole lot of superheroes added up to a whole lot of ticket sales. The superhero smorgasbord “Avengers: Infinity Wars” opened with predictable shock-and-awe, earning $250 million in box office over the weekend and edging past “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to set the highest opening weekend of all-time.
  “Infinity War,” which brings together some two dozen superheroes in the 10-year culmination of Marvel Studio’s “cinem
  
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• Thousands Gather to Help Raise Money for March of Dimes

  29-04-2018 20:48
  
  Thousands of people lined up on Sunday to help the March of Dimes finish the mission they started 80 years ago, preventing premature births.The March for Babies is the group's biggest fundraiser of the...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Governor of Puerto Rico visits Waterbury, honors veterans in New Britain

  29-04-2018 18:28
  WATERBURY -- The governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, is taking a serious interest in the voters of Connecticut -- which has a large Puerto Rican population.
  He spoke in Waterbury about the need for more of a presence at the polls -- and FOX61 was the only station to capture his remarks.
  "Lets demonstrate that we have the power to change outcomes in elections in the United States," he told a crowd at Bread From Heaven Bakery, trying to mobilize the state's Puerto Rican residents to v
  
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• Cloudy and cooler Sunday and Monday, then a warm-up

  29-04-2018 17:29
  Clouds, cooler temperatures and chances for showers will stick around through Monday.   High pressure will move in by Tuesday and deliver plenty of sunshine and a warming trend through the end of the week.  High pressure will drift off the southeast coast and transport a warm air mass that will bring a taste of summer with temperatures jumping into the 80s by Wednesday, and continue through Friday.
  A cold front will deliver a band of showers by Saturday that will drop temperature
  
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• Pompeo, in Saudi Arabia, talks tough on Iran, Gulf dispute

  29-04-2018 17:19
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using the Middle East leg of his first trip abroad as America’s top diplomat to call for concerted international action to punish Iran for its missile programs.He’s also urging Saudi Arabia and its neighbors to resolve a long-festering dispute with Qatar that U.S. officials say Iran is exploiting to boost its influence in the region, including in Yemen and Syria.
  Pompeo on Sunday met with Saudi King Salman, whose cou
  
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• Blumenthal to lead town hall on gun violence, student issues

  29-04-2018 17:12
  GROTON— U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has scheduled a town hall discussion with high school students in Groton to discuss school safety, gun violence and other youth concerns.The Connecticut Democrat’s event is set for Monday afternoon at Fitch High School.
  Blumenthal says he also plans to discuss college affordability, climate change, opioids, immigration reform and other issues important to students.
  The senator held a similar town hall at Branford High School earlier this month in
  
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• 5 Arrested Following Armed Robbery, Police Chase

  29-04-2018 17:03
  
  A Connecticut man and four teenagers have been arrested in connection to the armed robbery of a Rhode Island convenience store.The Providence Journal reports the Hopkinton and Richmond police...
  
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• 21-Year-Old Man Killed in Crash in North Stonington

  29-04-2018 16:54
  
  A man from Mystic has died after a car crash in North Stonington late Saturday night.According to police, Stephon Hodge was driving east on Route 184 around 11:10 p.m. when he drove off the road, up...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Comedian Wolf draws laughs, gasps at correspondents’ dinner

  29-04-2018 14:28
  Watch VideoWASHINGTON — If President Donald Trump isn’t comfortable being the target of jokes, comedian Michelle Wolf has given him and others plenty of reasons to squirm.
  “It’s 2018 and I’m a woman, so you cannot shut me up, unless you have Michael Cohen wire me $130,000,” she cracked at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association on Saturday night.
  No, Trump’s personal attorney wasn’t there. And, for the second year, T
  
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• Trump targets Democrats, threatens shutdown over border wall funding during Michigan campaign rally

  29-04-2018 14:13
  WASHINGTON, Mich. — President Donald Trump criticized Democrats and the media and touted what he described as his accomplishments in office during a campaign-style rally in Michigan on Saturday.
  The President kicked off the event, which took place as journalists gathered in Washington, DC, for the White House correspondents’ dinner, by taking a shot at the annual event, which he skipped for the second year in a row.
  “You may have heard I was invited to another event tonight &md
  
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• Cool & showery today and Monday; a taste of summer middle and end of week!

  29-04-2018 14:05
  Clouds, cooler temperatures and chances for showers will stick around through Monday.   High pressure will move in by Tuesday and deliver plenty of sunshine and a warming trend through the end of the week.  High pressure will drift off the southeast coast and transport a warm air mass that will bring a taste of summer with temperatures jumping into the 80s by Wednesday, and continue through Friday.
  A cold front will deliver a band of showers by Saturday that will drop temperature
  
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• Five from CT arrested after armed robbery, chase in RI

  29-04-2018 12:59
  HOPKINTON, R.I. — A man and four teenagers from Connecticut have been arrested for the attempted armed robbery of a Rhode Island convenience store.
  Hopkinton is just over the border from Connecticut, the first Rhode Island town I-95 passes through. Police there say they got a 9-1-1 call from Spicer’s Marketplace, a convenience store on Main Street, about 6:30 Friday evening. The caller said two men had come in, one with a gun, and demanded money. The men fled the store without any ca
  
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• Man involved in fatal crash turns himself in

  29-04-2018 05:42
  WESTPORT–Jessie Zoeski turned himself in to the Connecticut State Police Troop G on Friday April 27, over a year after he caused a car crash that killed a juvenile.
  On April 20th 2017, a fatal crash involving 4 people in 3 different vehicles occurred on I-95 Northbound near exit 17.
  The juvenile was pronounced dead at Norwalk Hospital after being rushed there with a serious head injury.  The other people involved in the accident were evaluated for minor injuries.
  The cause of the
  
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• Man involved in crash that killed child turns himself in

  29-04-2018 05:42
  WESTPORT–Jessie Zoeski turned himself in to the Connecticut State Police Troop G on Friday April 27, over a year after he caused a car crash that killed a 9-year old boy.
  On April 20th 2017, a fatal crash involving 4 people in 3 different vehicles occurred on I-95 Northbound near exit 17.
  The child was pronounced dead at Norwalk Hospital after being rushed there with a serious head injury.  The other people involved in the accident were evaluated for minor injuries.
  The cause of
  
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• Senator Warner: US tech companies ‘prostituted themselves’ to access China

  29-04-2018 04:03
  WASHINGTON, DC  — Senator Mark Warner says China’s technological rise has been fueled by US tech companies that “prostituted themselves” to gain access to the Chinese market.
  In an interview with CNNMoney’s PACIFIC newsletter, Warner offered his strongest criticism to date of American tech giants and their accession to Chinese demands.
  “A lot of Americans don’t understand what’s happening in China and how good their tech companies have be
  
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• Bill Cosby prosecutor ‘filled with awe’ after his guilty verdict

  29-04-2018 03:37
  MONTGOMERY, PA. — A top prosecutor in the sexual assault case against actor and comedian Bill Cosby said she was “filled with awe” after securing a conviction one year after his previous trial ended in a mistrial.Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Kristen Feden said the guilty verdict on three counts of aggravated indecent assault against the 80-year-old TV icon reflected the bravery of victim Andrea Constand, the other accusers who testified as “prio
  
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• A thousand people attend MS Walk in East Hartford

  29-04-2018 02:40
  EAST HARTFORD — On Saturday morning, a 1,000 people walked to raise money for research to find the cause and cure for Multiple Sclerosis.
  National Multiple Sclerosis Society holds the event every year across the state as well as the country.  Connecticut alone, is expected to raise over 1.2 million dollars towards research, said a spokesperson.
  “We have over 6,500 people here, just in the state alone who have MS, and more than two million people worldwide. So it’
  
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• 2 NYPD officers save choking 8-day-old baby in the Bronx

  29-04-2018 00:33
  THE BRONX, N.Y. — A Bronx mother is thanking NYPD officers for giving her baby boy a second chance at life.
  Baby Ray, now just 2-weeks-old, was breathing and peacefully sleeping Friday at the 48th precinct in the Bronx.
  According to PIX11, Officers Elizabeth Velazquez and Daniel Wynohradnyk were sitting in their patrol car on April 19 when they saw Ray’s mother, Lizabeth, running and screaming for help. She told them she was feeding her infant, when all of a sudden he choked on the
  
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