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• #Share61: National Dog Rescue Day

  20-05-2018 22:58
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  Missing AttachmentThe saying goes, “Who rescued who?”
  Many who have adopted rescue dogs have found their lives changed for the better. And Sunday, May 20 is the day to celebrate that.
  National Dog Rescue Day is all about recognizing the benefits adopting a rescue dog.
  So how do you celebrate?
  Try volunteering at a s
  
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• The Real Story – Candidates endorsed for Governor, 5th Congressional District

  20-05-2018 22:44
  We’re looking at a wild runup to the November elections! This week’s program features separate discussions with three candidates for office, recently endorsed by their respective party’s convention, but who now face primary challenges in August from other contenders:
  Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Republican for Governor – as many as six  challengersFormer (two-time) Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman, Democrat for Congress, District 5 - two challengersFormer Merid
  
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• Hartford police officer expected to recover from stab wounds

  20-05-2018 22:40
  HARTFORD — A Hartford police officer is expected to make a full recovery from stabbing injuries sustained when she responded to a tenant-landlord dispute.
  Deputy Chief Brian Foley said Officer Jill Kidik is expected to survive.
  Kidik was stabbed multiple times Thursday when Chevoughn Augustin allegedly knocked her to the ground, and stabbed her with a large ceramic kitchen knife in the neck while placing her in a choke hold. Two nearby maintenance workers disarmed Augustin. She is being he
  
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• Community fundraises for student critically injured in storm

  20-05-2018 22:32
  DANBURY— A community is fundraising to help a Connecticut boy injured when a piece of metal roof hit him during last week’s storm.
  Eighth-grade student Lloyd Thyne was attending freshman orientation at Henry Abbott Technical School in Danbury Tuesday when a gust of wind blew a piece of metal roofing that struck him.
  The Connecticut Post reports Thyne sustained a broken femur, fractured skull, punctured lung and several other injuries. He was recently released from intensive care at C
  
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• Trump demands Justice Department examine whether it or FBI spied on campaign

  20-05-2018 22:04
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  President Donald Trump demanded Sunday that his Justice Department look into whether it or the FBI spied on his presidential campaign for political reasons.
  “I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes – and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
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• Man killed in New Britain hit and run; police investigating

  20-05-2018 20:54
  NEW BRITAIN — Police are investigating the death of a 64 year-old man who was struck and killed in a hit and run Saturday afternoon.
  Police said the man was crossing Allen Street when a car, heading west, hit him. First responders who arrived shortly after, were able to transport the man to the local hospital but he later succumbed to his injuries.
  The car was described as a light-colored four door sedan with possible front end and windshield damage.
  The New Britain Police Traffic Safety B
  
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• Wallingford community comes together to help cleanup historic site

  20-05-2018 20:30
  WALLINGFORD — Community members all around the state are coming together to help each other clean up from Tuesday’s storm damage. On Sunday Wallingford community members came out to help clean up a historic site.
  “The Cheshire, Wallingford Hamden area got especially hard hit as you know they designated some as tornado,” Cheshire resident Richard Straub said.
  The Silver Museum sits on South main street. I was built by Franklin Johnson in 1866, making it one of the oldest i
  
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• Deputy Chief Foley makes final visit before retiring

  20-05-2018 19:31
  HARTFORD – Every Sunday on the FOX61 Morning News, Ben Goldman has talked with Hartford Deputy Police Chief and department spokesman Brian Foley, not only about fighting crime and keeping people safe in the capital city, but about the community in and around Hartford.
  Earlier this week the former patrol officer and detective announced he would be retiring after 23 years of service. A few days later, he endured one of his most traumatic days as the department’s Public Information Offi
  
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• Hawaii lava finally reaches the Pacific — only to create another deadly danger

  20-05-2018 17:47
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  HAWAII — First it was catastrophic lava. Then it was sulfur dioxide. Now Big Island residents have yet another danger to worry about.
  Laze — a mashup of “lava” and “haze” — is a nasty product formed when hot lava hits the ocean, sending hydrochloric acid and volcanic glass particles into the air.
  And now it’s a real threat after lava crossed Highway 137 late Saturday night and entered the Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
  
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• Malloy to meet with lawmakers about sports betting ruling

  20-05-2018 16:54
  HARTFORD — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he plans to meet with legislative leaders to discuss how to address the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that clears the way for states to legalize sports betting.
  The Democrat is meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday to determine what to do next. He’s said he’s prepared to call them into special session.
  Malloy says “there’s a general understanding that the world has changed in light of the court’s decision&r
  
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• Many will wait until midnight on Monday for power to be restored

  20-05-2018 13:44
  Many people will have to wait until tomorrow night for their power to be restored – nearly a full week since tornadoes and violent storms ripped through western Connecticut. Hardest hit towns include Brookfield, New Fairfield, Newtown, Danbury, Oxford and Southbury.
  Some 13-thousand customers remain without power, and utility workers have been working around the clock to restore their service. On Sunday morning Ben Goldman spoke with an Eversource Energy spokesman about what they’re
  
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• People in Oxford waiting for power, offering gratitude

  20-05-2018 12:39
  OXFORD - Thousands of people across Connecticut remain without power days after four tornadoes touched down in the state, including many in Oxford.
  “It was like a freight train. It was incredible,” said Oxford resident Pual Aiksnoras.
  “It was just like looking at the Wizard of Oz, said Michael Cyr, who also lives in Oxford. “The wind was whipping so much.”
  Oxford is one of the hardest hit areas after Tuesday’s storms pummeled parts of the state.
  Despite not h
  
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• 25 people hospitalized in New York from what police suspect was ‘synthetic marijuana’

  20-05-2018 12:30
  NEW YORK CITY — Twenty-five people have been hospitalized in the same area of Brooklyn after having negative reactions from what’s believed to be synthetic marijuana known as K2, according to Lt. Paul Ng with the New York Police Department.
  There have been no fatalities, Ng said Saturday night. According to police, the hospitalizations began Saturday evening and continued over the course of several hours.
  Among those hospitalized, 15 people were treated at NYC Health + Hospitals/Wood
  
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• Warm & humid with late day showers and thunderstorms; sunny dry and pleasant on Monday

  20-05-2018 11:43
  The National Weather Service has confirmed 4 tornadoes touched down on Tuesday. A macroburst affected Brookfield and a microburst caused damage in Wallingford. You can read the full report here.Today expect low clouds and fog early to break for sunshine by midday and this afternoon with the slight chance for a thunderstorm late this afternoon into the early evening hours with temperatures warming up to the upper 70s to near or over 80.
  Monday we will see dry conditions and temperatures may
  
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• Connecticut residents react to the Royal Wedding

  20-05-2018 01:23
  NEW HAVEN -- People all over Connecticut celebrated the royal wedding on Saturday. All eyes were on the royal wedding, as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex walked down the aisle.
  Here in Connecticut many people celebrated by dressing up and showing up to viewing parties like at The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, where people walked in with their fascinations and gathered to watch the royal couple.
  "This is a way for all of us to connect and see young love, young hope, young lives, every
  
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• Connecticut locals react to the Royal Wedding

  20-05-2018 01:23
  NEW HAVEN — People all over Connecticut celebrated the royal wedding on Saturday. All eyes were on the royal wedding, as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex walked down the aisle.
  Here in Connecticut many people celebrated by dressing up and showing up to viewing parties like at The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, where people walked in with their fascinations and gathered to watch the royal couple.
  “This is a way for all of us to connect and see young love, young hope, young li
  
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• Justify crosses finish line 1st at Preakness

  20-05-2018 01:19
  BALTIMORE, MD — Justify has finished first at the Preakness, galloping to victory in a thick fog and on a sloppy track at Pimlico to keep alive his bid to capture the Triple Crown.
  With jockey Mike Smith in the saddle, Justify held off seven challengers to remain unbeaten and apparently giving trainer Bob Baffert his record-tying seventh Preakness victory.
  Bravazo finished second and Tenfold took third in the 1 3/16-mile race.
  So, it’s the race before the #Preakness and who wins it b
  
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• Cuba official: 110 dead in crash, recorder found

  20-05-2018 00:01
  HAVANA, CUBA  — Cuba’s transportation minister says 110 people were killed in Friday’s plane crash near Havana.
  Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez says 113 people were on board including 102 Cubans, three tourists, two foreign residents and six crew members who were from Mexico.
  Three Cuban women survived but are in critical condition at a hospital.
  Yzquierdo also said five children were among the dead.
  He initially gave a death toll of 113 in a Saturday news conference but later co
  
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