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• Time’s Up takes aim at R. Kelly

  30-04-2018 23:35
  R. Kelly began trending on social media after Bill Cosby was found guilty last week, with some theorizing the R&B singer could be the next celebrity to be held accountable for alleged sexual misconduct.
  “Bill Cosby was found guilty on 3 counts of sexual assault today,” one person tweeted. “R. Kelly is up next on the chopping block,” just one of many online posts calling out the singer.
  Now the Women of Color (WOC) group within the Time’s Up movement is call
  
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• Kevin James Tells Us What To Expect On ‘Kevin Can Wait’ Season Finale

  30-04-2018 23:30
  The season 2 finale of “Kevin Can Wait” is just two episodes away. Kevin James spoke to CBS Local about what lies in store for the season finale, what special guests we can expect along the way, and his new Netflix stand-up special.
   
  Season 2 of “Kevin Can Wait” is winding down with an episode tonight and the finale next Monday. What can we expect from the final two episodes this season?
  We got some power-punching in these last two episodes. Tonight’s episode
  
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• Playing football young may mean earlier cognitive, emotional problems

  30-04-2018 23:26
  Sports may be a great way to keep kids active, but a new study of players finds that the earlier players with CTE started tackle football, the more vulnerable they were to emotional and cognitive problems.
  Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare System studied nearly 250 football players, of whom 211 were diagnosed with CTE after their death. CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a degenerative brain disease that often starts after repeated head
  
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• Looking to start a business? The Connecticut Small Business Development Center provides no-cost business advising

  30-04-2018 23:00
  HARTFORD —Looking to start or grow your business?  The Connecticut Small Business Development Center is a resource many are not aware of.   Open to entrepreneurs across the state, the Connecticut Small Business Development Center (CTSBDC)  provides one-on-one confidential advisement to both brand new and growing businesses in all types of industries - all at no charge.
  Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Conne
  
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• Mom Turns In Son After Seeing His Mugshot On The News

  30-04-2018 22:55
  MEMPHIS, TN (CBS Local) – A mother in Tennessee turned her “disobedient, disrespectful” son in to the police after seeing his photo on the news. Adrian Perry also apologized to a couple her son allegedly tried to rob before being shot at by one of the victims.
  The Details:Derriontay Perry exchanged gunfire with a woman he attempted to rob on April 22
  Perry faces assault and robbery charges
  Adrian Perry turned her son into police on April 25 after seeing his mugshot on
  
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• Community Rallies Behind Woman Told To Take Down Rainbow Flag

  30-04-2018 22:51
  ROCKLEDGE, FL (CBS Local) – A Florida community has rallied behind a mother of three who was ordered to remove a rainbow flag from her lawn. According to reports, an email was sent to the woman’s landlord, which compared the symbol of LGBTQ rights to the Confederate flag.
  The Details:A member of a community board ordered mother of three, Jennifer Raymond, to take down her rainbow flag
  The email said the flag could be offensive and compared it to the Confederate flag
  Florida resi
  
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• April 29 – May 4

  30-04-2018 22:48
  April 30Safest Colleges in United States
  
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• Deborah Norville Talks Flex Glue, Safety For Female Patients, And Tips For Consumers

  30-04-2018 22:39
  This week on “Inside Edition,” Flex Glue is put to the test, a woman speaks out after getting assaulted by her dental technician while under anesthesia, and professionals in the travel, food and healthcare industries share secrets consumers don’t (but should!) know. Host Deborah Norville spoke to CBS Local about what to expect on “Inside Edition” this week.
   
  A lot is going on on “Inside Edition” this week. Tonight you put Flex Glue to the test. A l
  
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• 3 in ICU After Crash in Wallingford

  30-04-2018 22:10
  
  Three people are in the intensive care unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital after a crash in Wallingford Monday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• CCSU Director Charged With Kidnapping, Placed on Leave

  30-04-2018 22:00
  
  The director of the office of student conduct at Central Connecticut State University has been placed on administrative leave after Hartford police arrested him last week and charged him with kidnapping...Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Porn star Stormy Daniels sues President Trump for defamation

  30-04-2018 21:51
  WASHINGTON — The porn actress alleging a sexual encounter with President Donald Trump is escalating her legal fight, suing the president for defamation.
  Stormy Daniels filed the complaint in federal court in New York on Monday. At issue is a tweet Trump made in which he dismissed a composite sketch that Daniels says depicted a man who threatened her in 2011 to stay quiet about her alleged relationship with Trump.
  In the tweet earlier in April, Trump said: “A sketch years later about
  
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• Keidel: NFL Draft, Good And Not So Good

  30-04-2018 21:45
  By Jason Keidel
  Impatience is the hallmark of the modern sports fan.
  We need to know who will be the top pick months before NFL Draft actually begins. Then, once the draft is over, we need slap grades onto every team five months before their newly minted players play their first NFL game.
  It’s almost all conjecture at this point. But based on some evidence, both the players picked and the teams that picked them, we can summon some sense of which teams looked good, bad, or ugly. There&rsquo
  
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• CCSU director of student conduct charged with kidnapping in domestic incident

  30-04-2018 20:50
  NEW BRITAIN — A Central Connecticut State University Administrator has been placed on leave after being charged in connection with a domestic violence incident last week.
  According to a campus wide email by Central Connecticut State University President Zulma Toro, director of the Office of Student Conduct, Christopher Dukes, has been placed on administrative leave.
  The email went on to state Dukes was notified he is not allowed access to campus until the University conducts an investigati
  
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• Siblings Hold Hands For First Time Since Crash Killed Parents, Baby Sister

  30-04-2018 20:37
  FORT WORTH (CBS LOCAL) – A head-on crash killed their parents, and now a brother and sister have seen each other for the first time since their deaths.
  The children’s great aunt posted a moving photo of Zachary Clemens, 5, holding his sister, Angela Clemens’ hand on a hospital bed at Cook Children’s Hospital.
  Zachary Clemens, 5, holding his sister, Angela Clemens’ hand. (photo courtesy: Facebook)
  The Facebook post reads: I stand all amazed at the miracles
  
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• Scientists ‘Miserable’ After World’s Oldest Spider Dies At 43

  30-04-2018 20:20
  AUSTRALIA (CBS Local) – The world’s oldest known spider has died in Western Australia at the age of 43. The record-breaking arachnid was 15 years older than any other spider scientists have found.The Details:World’s oldest spider, dubbed “Number 16,” has died at 43
  Female Giaus Villosus, better known as a trapdoor spider, succumbed to wasp sting
  Trapdoor spiders commonly seen in Australia, typically live 5-20 years
  By remaining in same burrow from bir
  
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• Man sets world-record after surfing 80-foot monster wave

  30-04-2018 20:15
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  PORTUGAL — There’s surfing, and then there’s big wave surfing.
  Brazil’s Rodrigo Koxa has surfed the world’s biggest wave with a world-record 80-foot monster at the infamous Nazare break in Portugal.
  Koxa’s gliding descent down the massive wall of water set a new official record for the largest wave ever surfed and earned him the prize for biggest wave of the year at the World Surf League Big Wave Awards in Southern California.
  The ride, on November
  
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• Man Shot Several Times in Hartford

  30-04-2018 20:13
  
  A 29-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot several times in Hartford on Monday.
  
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• Evacuations Over After Haz-Mat Incident in Stamford

  30-04-2018 19:41
  
  Police and fire officials evacuated several blocks in Stamford after a truck carrying a flammable chemical overturned in an industrial park on Fairfield Avenue, but the evacuations are over.Photo Credit: Stamford FireThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Officials open bidding for Hartford’s XL Center

  30-04-2018 19:37
  HARTFORD — Authorities in Connecticut are looking to sell Hartford’s aging downtown arena.
  The Hartford Courant reports the Capital Regional Development Authority opened bidding for the XL Center on Monday. The authority is a quasi-public agency created by the General Assembly to manage various Hartford development projects, including the XL Center, which is owned by the city.
  Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had proposed the state spend $250 million to upgrade the facility duri
  
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• Officials open bidding for Hartford arena

  30-04-2018 19:37
  HARTFORD — Authorities in Connecticut are looking to sell Hartford’s aging downtown arena.
  The Hartford Courant reports the Capital Regional Development Authority opened bidding for the XL Center on Monday. The authority is a quasi-public agency created by the General Assembly to manage various Hartford development projects, including the XL Center, which is owned by the city.
  Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had proposed the state spend $250 million to upgrade the facility duri
  
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• CCSU Director Placed on Administrative Leave

  30-04-2018 19:31
  
  The director of the office of student conduct at Central Connecticut State University has been placed on administrative leave and is not allowed on campus during an investigation into something that happened...Photo Credit: CCSU and NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man shot in broad daylight on Westland Street in Hartford

  30-04-2018 18:55
  HARTFORD — Part of Westland Street has been shut down at Barbour Street in Hartford for a hooting investigation.
  The 29-year-old man was shot in broad daylight on Westland Street and is in critical but stable condition at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, according to police.
  The Hartford Police Department Major Crimes Division is on the scene.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Fish Tank Coral Produced Toxin That Nearly Killed Family

  30-04-2018 18:54
  CEDAR PARK, TX (CBS Local) – A Texas mother is speaking out after an attempt to clean a fish tank nearly killed her and her entire family.
  Chasity Ahman was cleaning the family fish tank when she noticed a strange substance growing on the decorative coral inside the aquarium. “I noticed these little, cute… button polyps that were new to me,” Ahman said, via KHOU.
  After scrubbing off the odd algae, Ahman said she immediately started to feel sick. Unknown to
  
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• This Week In Golf: Horschel, Piercy Go Low Sunday, Win Zurich Classic

  30-04-2018 18:46
  By Sam McPherson
  The Zurich Classic of New Orleans and its unique team format once again provided loads of excitement for golf fans on Sunday. Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy carded a fourth-round best 67 in the alternate-shot format to move up from fifth place and claim the PGA Tour title at the TPC Louisiana course in Avondale. The duo carded five birdies in the first 11 holes and then hung on to post their 22-under winning score by making seven straight pars to close out the final round.
  For
  
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• CCSU Changes How Sexual Misconduct Allegations Are Handled

  30-04-2018 18:36
  
  As Central Connecticut State University officials continue investigating sexual misconduct allegations made against a professor, the university is now changing the way the complaints are handled.
  
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• Live Nation Offering $20 Concert Tickets

  30-04-2018 18:19
  
  This week is “National Concert Week” and that means $20 tickets for some of the biggest Live Nation shows coming up over the next few months.Photo Credit: Live Nation
  
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• What We Learned From The First Round Of The NBA Playoffs

  30-04-2018 18:08
  Ryan Mayer
  After two weeks and several extended series, the first round of the NBA playoffs is behind us. The field has been whittled down to eight and, in the process, we learned quite a bit about each of the teams left standing. Two games from the second round have already been played, but before we get any further, let’s take a quick look at the biggest lessons we learned from Round 1.
  Rockets, Warriors Clash Is Inevitable
  We all knew this before the playoffs started, but the Steph Curr
  
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• Local Food Pantries Stocked After Feeding Our Families Food Drive

  30-04-2018 18:04
  
  More than 1.9 million meals will be distributed to those in need in the tri-state area, including more than 772,000 in Connecticut, thanks to the generosity of the thousands who participated in this weekend's...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• FOX61 Family First: Hartford program makes raising a family easier for grandparents

  30-04-2018 17:58
  ]HARTFORD -- There's a unique program in Hartford that's making it easier for grandparents who are helping to raise their grandchildren.
  Yolanda Ortiz is the program manager for Community Renewal Team Generations. Gina Gardner is a grandmother who lives at the facility, and they sit down to speak with Rachel Lutzker.
  The program offers affordable housing for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. The children get services that help growth and learning, and educational activities are
  
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• Evacuations Underway in Part of Stamford for Haz-Mat Issue

  30-04-2018 17:58
  
  Police and fire officials are evacuating several blocks in Stamford after a truck carrying a flammable chemical overturned in an industrial park on Fairfield Avenue.Photo Credit: Stamford FireThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Evacuation order lifted for Stamford neighborhood after chemical truck overturns

  30-04-2018 17:47
  STAMFORD — The City of Stamford ordered an immediate mandatory evacuation near an industrial park due to a hazmat spill Monday.
  The Stamford Fire Department said the evacuation order has now been lifted and the hazmat threat has subsided. Residents and businesses can now safely return to the area.
  The truck contained 34,000 pounds of methyl methacrylate, a chemical used to create resins and plastics.
  The incident happened at 391 Fairfield Avenue in Stamford. Officials said that t
  
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• Evacuation in place in Stamford neighborhood after overturned truck

  30-04-2018 17:47
  STAMFORD — Stamford Fire says an evacuation is in place in a neighborhood after a tanker tuck overturned. The truck 34,000 pounds of Methyl Methacrylate, a chemical used to create resins and plastics.
  The incident happened at 391 Fairfield Avenue in Stamford. There were no leaks visible.
  The chemical is extremely flammable, so the fire department put an initial evacuation zone in place. The driver of the truck wasn’t injured, and no one in the immediate area was reported to be sicken
  
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• Evacuation in place in Stamford neighborhood after chemical truck overturns

  30-04-2018 17:47
  STAMFORD — The City of Stamford has ordered an immediate mandatory evacuation near an industrial park due to a hazmat spill.
  The Stamford Fire Department said an evacuation is in place in that neighborhood after a tanker truck overturned. The truck contained 34,000 pounds of methyl methacrylate, a chemical used to create resins and plastics.
  The incident happened at 391 Fairfield Avenue in Stamford. Officials said that the driver of the truck was trying to make a U-turn when it tipped over
  
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• Utah VA hospital launches inquiry after vet’s dad posts photo of ‘unsanitary’ room: report

  30-04-2018 17:39
  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Fox News)– The father of a U.S. Army veteran on Friday tweeted photos of what he called an “unsanitary and disrespectful” exam room that his son was forced to use during treatment for an ankle injury sustained in Iraq, KSL reported.
  The pictures, which were released on Twitter, appear to show an overflowing trash bin and dirty bowls in a sink at the Veterans Affairs clinic in Salt Lake City. The photos were reportedly taken on April 5.
  Wilson was ther
  
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• Four Teens Arrested After Chase from Westport to Guilford

  30-04-2018 17:19
  
  Four teens were arrested after a police chase that started in Westport and ended in Guilford early Monday morning.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Police ID Bloomfield Woman Killed in Crash on I-84 in Farmington

  30-04-2018 17:18
  
  A 24-year-old Bloomfield woman was killed in a crash on Interstate 84 just before 1:30 a.m. Monday.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• National Concert Week: $20 tickets for select shows in Connecticut!

  30-04-2018 16:32
  HARTFORD — Dreaming of seeing your favorite band in the state but it’s too expensive? Well, Live Nation in partnership with Ticketmaster is hosting a National Concert Week for select shows in the state with $20 tickets! It’s only while supplies last!
  Check out available tickets here!
  Participating venues are: XFINITY Theater, Toyota Oakdale Theater, Dome at the Oakdale Theater
  Here is the list of participating shows:
  Black Veil Brides & Asking AlexandriaUnderoathYanniMigosJ
  
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• Silver Alert Canceled for 4-Year-Old Girl From Waterbury

  30-04-2018 16:13
  
  The Silver Alert for a 4-year-old girl who was reported missing from Waterbury has been canceled.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Australia to invest millions in Great Barrier Reef restoration and protection

  30-04-2018 16:03
  CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has pledged more than 500 million Australian dollars ($379 miillion) to help preserve the Great Barrier Reef, in an attempt to help better protect the world heritage site from the effects of climate change.
  Marine heat waves caused by global warming killed off and damaged corals in 2016. Most of the impact was along 500 miles of the northern Great Barrier Reef, its most pristine region.
  The new funding is part of an ambitious conservation plan that will
  
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• Teens in stolen car arrested after leading State Police on multi-town chase

  30-04-2018 15:32
  GUILFORD — State Police say several teens were charged after they lead State Police on a multi-town chase on I-95 in a stolen car.
  State Police say they were told by Westport Police that they were chasing two cars, one of them wanted in connection with several car break-ins in their town.
  Westport PD said they were ending the chase at the edge of town, and that the cars were speeding down I-95 northbound.
  DOT personnel were able to immediately find on the highway cameras two cars speeding
  
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• Teens in stolen car arrested after leading police on multi-town chase

  30-04-2018 15:32
  GUILFORD — State Police said several teens were charged after they lead them on a multi-town chase on Interstate 95 in a stolen car.
  State police said they were told by Westport police that they were chasing two cars, one of them wanted in connection with several car break-ins in their town.
  Westport police said they were ending the chase at the edge of town, and that the cars were speeding north on I-95
  The state Department of Transportation was able to immediately find on the highway cam
  
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• April 29th – May 5

  30-04-2018 14:58
  MONDAY:
  Connecticut Small Business Development Center
  
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• Sen. Blumenthal troubled by proposed Sprint-T-Mobile merger

  30-04-2018 14:26
  WASHINGTON DC — Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is concerned about the proposed merger between phone companies Sprint and T-Mobile.
  The companies on Sunday reached a $26.5 billion merger agreement that would reduce the U.S. wireless industry to three major players if President Donald Trump’s antitrust regulators allow it.
  Blumenthal says shrinking the number of major carriers from four to three “rings alarm bells.”
  The Democrat says wireless consumers have benefi
  
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• How to avoid tick-borne illnesses lurking in your home

  30-04-2018 14:20
  HARTFORD -- When most think about Lyme disease, they give outdoor tips to protect your body from a tick jumping on you.
  But did you know, you could be contracting Bartonella directly from within your home? Lyme disease expert Dr. Tania Dempsey MD. shares what you need to know about this rising health threat and reveals how this virus may be transmitted from your furry friend.
  If you are having symptoms that look like Lyme or Bartonella,or symptoms that no one can explain, and you test positive:
  
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• Best Draft Picks From All 32 Teams

  30-04-2018 14:20
  By Ryan Wilson
  (CBS Sports)- After four months of build up, the 2018 NFL Draft is finally in the books; 256 players have been drafted — Baker Mayfield was the first-overall pick and Trey Quinn was Mr. Irrelevant — and while we ultimately won’t know just how good these players will be for another 2-3 seasons, there’s no time like the present to speculate.
  With that in mind, here’s our look at each team’s best pick. We’re going to avoid just regurgitating
  
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• Mystery solved: Why Trump-Macron friendship tree vanished

  30-04-2018 13:53
  PARIS  — The French president’s office says there’s nothing mysterious about the disappearance of an oak tree he planted on the White House lawn.
  It was put in quarantine, like other plants or animals brought into U.S. territory.
  The sapling was a gift from French President Emmanuel Macron for his state visit to U.S. President Donald Trump last week.
  An official in Macron’s office said Monday that Trump insisted on holding a symbolic planting ceremony alongside Macro
  
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• One dead after single-car crash on I-84 in Farmington

  30-04-2018 13:16
  FARMINGTON -- Connecticut State Police said  one person has died as the result of a crash on Interstate 84 east in Farmington Monday morning.
  The accident happened just before 1:30 a.m., according to police.
  Police said that the car, driven by 24-year-old Sherryann Haylett from Bloomfield, was driving on the highway, when she drove off the road to the right, and hit a guard rail before crashing into a tree. She was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police.
  Traffic was rerouted off
  
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• Fatal Crash on I-84 East

  30-04-2018 13:04
  
  A crash that has closed Interstate 84 East at the Farmington-West Hartford line is fatal, according to state police.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Doctor accused of threats to slit workers, patients’ throats

  30-04-2018 11:44
  VALDOSTA, Ga. — A doctor in Georgia has been accused of threatening to slit the throats of her employees and patients, damaging a wall with a reflex hammer and throwing water on employees.
  Dr. Marian Antoinette Patterson was charged with three counts of terroristic threats and one count of false imprisonment Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk told news outlets. Patterson has been released from jail on bond after turning herself in Thursday, Paulk said.
  On Feb. 21, the family doctor in Val
  
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• President Trump expected to address NRA’s annual meeting

  30-04-2018 11:32
  DALLAS, TX — President Donald Trump is expected to speak at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting later this week in Dallas, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
  The trip would be Trump’s third consecutive address to the NRA’s annual meeting. But this year, Trump is set to speak to the gun lobby just two months after he drew concerns from conservatives after urging lawmakers to not fear the NRA and suggesting law enforcement officials should take guns
  
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