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• Yard Goats and Disability Dream and Do Camp at Dunkin' Donuts Park

  08-07-2018 23:00
  
  The Yard Goats weren’t the only players playing on the diamond at Dunkin' Donuts Park this past Saturday. They were accompanied by participants of the Disability, Dream and Do baseball camp.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Zac Efron’s dreadlocks stir debate

  08-07-2018 22:53
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  HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Zac Efron’s new hairstyle is raising some eyebrows.
  “The Greatest Showman” star posted a photo of himself sporting dreadlocks on social media Thursday.
  “Just for fun,” the caption read.
  While a few fans on Instagram offered praise like “Looking good” Efron’s do also elicited a few “No no nos.”
  The “High School Musical” star was also accused of cultural appropriation given that dreadlocks
  
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• Checking out the Institute For American Indian Studies

  08-07-2018 21:21
  Story by Jack McCaaorron
  WASHINGTON CT -- Northwestern Connecticut is rich with Native American history and culture. Multiple renowned lakes in the area have been named after leaders of Native American tribes who lived in the region years ago, such as Lake Waramaug, and Lake Lillinonah. This makes the area a perfect location for the Institute For American Indian Studies in Washington, Connecticut.
  The FOX 61 Student News program empowers Connecticut middle and high school students to explo
  
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• Barge Unexpectedly Catches on Fire During Fireworks Show in Middletown

  08-07-2018 21:19
  
  The end of a fireworks show in Middletown on Saturday caused quite a scare when the barge shooting them off caught on fire.Photo Credit: Kelly Martin
  
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• LifeStar Responds to Motorcycle Crash on I-95 in Stonington

  08-07-2018 21:00
  
  LifeStar is responding to a motorcycle crash that has closed part of I-95 in Stonington on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Man Suffers Non Life-Threatening Injuries in Hartford Shooting

  08-07-2018 20:34
  
  A man is recovering from non life-threatening injuries after being shot in Hartford on Saturday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• NYT: U.S. tried to block resolution endorsing breast-feeding

  08-07-2018 20:14
  NEW YORK — The United States threatened nations in an effort to blunt a World Health Assembly resolution supporting breastfeeding this spring, The New York Times reported Sunday.
  The US delegation worked hard, but largely unsuccessfully, to water down a resolution recognizing the importance of breastfeeding for infants and working against misleading attempts to sell substitutes for a mother’s milk, the Times reported, citing more than a dozen participants from various countries, many
  
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• Flooding and landslides in Japan leave at least 85 dead

  08-07-2018 19:53
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  TOKYO — Dozens of people have been killed and 2 million forced to flee their homes after record rains pounded southwest Japan, triggering widespread flooding and deadly landslides.
  Authorities said that 85 people are dead, 6 are in critical condition and at least 58 are missing, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK.
  “The record rainfalls in various parts of the country have caused rivers to burst their banks, and triggered large scale floods and landslides in several are
  
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• Tropical Storm Beryl weakens but still pushing toward Puerto Rico

  08-07-2018 19:50
  Washington DC — Tropical Storm Beryl, the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2018 season, is expected to further weaken as it approaches the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico in the next couple of days.
  As of Sunday at 8 a.m., Beryl had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and was moving west-northwest at 20 mph toward the Lesser Antilles.
  The storm’s poorly defined center — or what by then might be its remnants — is expected to approach the Lesser Antilles Sunday, cross the isla
  
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• Hartford Yard Goats host Disability Dream & Do baseball camp

  08-07-2018 19:44
  HARTFORD – Saturday morning at Dunkin’ Donuts Park was filled with fans and players alike.
  Except on this day, the players were fans and the fans were players, as the Hartford Yard Goats hosted the first annual Disability Dream & Do baseball camp for adults and children with mental and physical disabilities.
  Run in conjunction with the Dave Clark Foundation, the event featured several activity stations that allowed fans to interact and play with their favorite Goats, all leading
  
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• The Real Story – US Senator Richard Blumenthal

  08-07-2018 19:06
  US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) Connecticut discusses the status of a lawsuit he’s leading (with support from 200 other congressional Democrats), a case that claims President Trump is violating the US Constitution by not getting permission from Congress before receiving gifts and other benefits for himself or his many businesses (especially from foreign governments), while serving as President.  Blumenthal cites, as examples, a $500,000 loan from China, and the use of his hotels an
  
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• 15 People Taken to the Hospital After Deck Collapse in Hartford

  08-07-2018 18:18
  
  As many as 20 people were on a balcony of a three-family home on Campfield Avenue in Hartford when it collapsed on on Saturday night.Photo Credit: NBC CTThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• West Haven Police Ask for Help Identifying Robbery Suspect

  08-07-2018 17:45
  
  Police in West Haven are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect from a robbery on Saturday.Photo Credit: West Haven Police
  
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• Hartford Man Shot in Bloomfield: Police

  08-07-2018 17:01
  
  Police are investigating a shooting in Bloomfield on Sunday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Southington Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash on Rt. 9 in New Britain: Police

  08-07-2018 16:08
  
  A man from Southington has died after a motorcycle crash on Route 9 in New Britain on Saturday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Partial deck collapse in Hartford sends multiple people to hospital

  08-07-2018 03:35
  HARTFORD — Multiple people were sent to the hospital Saturday evening after a partial porch collapse.
  Officials responded to  91 Campfield Avenue around 9 p.m. after receiving 911 calls regarding a porch collapse.
  There is limited information regarding how many people were on the deck at the time. FOX61 has been told that a few people were sent to the hospital for precautionary reasons. Officials said that more details will be released.
  FOX61 has a crew at the scene working to ge
  
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• 12 people including infant, brought to hospital following Hartford deck collapse

  08-07-2018 03:35
  HARTFORD -- Multiple people were sent to the hospital Saturday evening after a partial porch collapse occurred Saturday evening.
  Officials responded to  91 Campfield Avenue around 8:30 p.m. after receiving 911 calls regarding a porch collapse.  Firefighters said that possibly more than 20 people were on the porch at the time.
  A dozen people were injured in the collapse. The victims suffered a variety of injuries ranging from cuts, head wounds, and abdominal pain. All the injuries were
  
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• Fast-moving wildfire kills one in California, forces evacuations

  08-07-2018 02:20
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  CALIFORNIA — Several wildfires are scorching the western United States and forcing hundreds to evacuate from their homes, with one person killed in a blaze near California’s border with Oregon.
  Details on the fatality were not released Friday pending notification of next-of-kin, but the victim was found in a structure in Hornbrook, according to Sheriff Jon Lopey of Siskiyou County.
  The Klamathon Fire had grown to 21,800 acres by Saturday morning, according to the Californ
  
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• Norwich: Police issue Silver Alert for missing 2-year-old

  08-07-2018 02:12
  NORWICH — Police have issued a Silver Alert for Leland Wysoczynski, a missing two-year-old toddler.
  Leland is a white boy with brown hair and eyes. He is about three feet tall and weighs about 30 pounds. Police do not have a description for the clothes that the he was wearing at the time the alert was issued.
  Officials believe the toddler to be with his mother Lindsey Wysoczynski.
  Norwich police are asking anyone with information to please call 860-886-5561.
  
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