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• Undocumented immigrant pleads guilty in death of Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson

  21-07-2018 23:19
  MARION COUNTY, INDIANA — The man accused of hitting and killing NFL linebacker Edwin Jackson and his ride-share driver with a truck in February agreed to a plea agreement Friday.
  Manuel Orrego-Savala pleaded guilty to two counts of causing the death of a person while driving under the influence of alcohol. He faces 10-16 years in prison when he’s sentenced in September, according to the Marion County, Indiana, prosecutor’s office.
  Orrego-Savala, 37, is a Guatemalan citizen who
  
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• Man paints backyard to comply with city’s code to ‘look green’

  21-07-2018 22:32
  OGDEN, Utah -- A Utah man fed up with a city code that mandates green lawns found his own way to "comply" with the rules.
  Resident Michael Goldman has lived in Ogden for five years now, but this year he said the city is coming down hard about the way his yard looks.
  “They’re citing a lot of people for not keeping it green, not keeping it mowed," Goldman said. "They told me I had a certain amount of time to make it green.”
  Goldman told code enforcement officers he couldn't have
  
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• Man arrested in Windsor following crash, police pursuit

  21-07-2018 22:05
  WINDSOR — A New Britain man is in police custody after being involved in a crash and then igniting a police chase Friday evening.
  State police responded to Suffield after local police told them they were in pursuit of a car after fled from a crash. The suspected car got onto the I-91 southbound in Enfield.
  Police said that the car traveled to Windsor, as they tried to stop it. Troopers chased the car about eight miles through the secondary roadways of Windsor. The chase ended on the northb
  
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• Good Samaritan Helps Rescue 4 People from Capsized Boat

  21-07-2018 21:58
  
  A good Samaritan and the Coast Guard rescued four people from a capsized boat near Niantic Bay on Saturday.Photo Credit: U.S. Coast Guard
  
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• New Britain Man Leads Officers on 8 Mile Chase: Police

  21-07-2018 21:56
  
  Police have arrested a man from New Britain after they say he led them on a chase for more than eight miles on Friday night.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Former NBA Star Returns to CT to Help Others Fight Addiction

  21-07-2018 21:49
  
  On Saturday, Old Saybrook native and former NBA all-star Vin Baker returned home to help those battling drug and alcohol addiction.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• I-95 in East Lyme Reopens After Sand Spills on Roadway

  21-07-2018 21:43
  
  Interstate 95 in East Lyme has reopened after debris was spilled on the highway and closed it for hours on Saturday.Photo Credit: Connecticut DOT
  
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• Attorney: man charged with murdering his wife takes own life

  21-07-2018 20:59
  STAMFORD – The attorney for Allen Claxton, who was charged with murdering his wife last month, says Claxton has taken his own life.
  Atty Ed Gavin tells FOX61 he couldn’t reach Claxton yesterday, and asked Stamford police to conduct a wellness check. They found the 75-year-old man dead from an apparent suicide at his home.
  Police were called to the couple’s home on June 11th, where they found Eden Claxton dead. They later charged Claxton with killing his wife, and said he had at
  
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• Fire Damages 3-Story Home in Torrington

  21-07-2018 20:39
  
  A house in Torrington is damaged after a fire ripped through it on Saturday morning.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• Man Found With Stolen Gun in Hartford: Police

  21-07-2018 19:57
  
  Hartford Police have arrested a man after they say he was found with a stolen gun in a parking lot early Saturday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• FCC calls out ‘lack of candor’ in Sinclair-Tribune deal

  21-07-2018 19:57
  WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday formally referred Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed acquisition of Tribune Media to an administrative judge hearing, and called into question whether some of its divestments in the deal were a “sham.”
  Sinclair has been waiting on FCC approval to complete its $3.9 billion purchase of Tribune, further increasing Sinclair’s reach across the country.
  Citing the sale of three stations Sinclair had plann
  
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• Missing Mother, 3 Children Found Safe in Meriden

  21-07-2018 18:42
  
  A mother and her three children who were reported missing from Meriden on Saturday have been found safe.
  
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• Spontaneously combusting tortilla chips blamed for two fires

  21-07-2018 18:41
  AUSTIN, Texas – Normally, tortilla chips need a healthy topping of spicy salsa to be described as fiery. Not, as it turns out, in Austin, Texas.
  In a Wednesday Facebook post, fire officials described arriving at July 12 factory fire caused by the “spontaneous combustion of tortilla chips. Yes, you read that right.”
  The factory had apparently been testing a new way to handle food waste from the making of the chips that “didn’t work out so well.” Accor
  
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• 3-alarm fire rips through condo in Torrington

  21-07-2018 18:18
  TORRINGTON – An automatic fire alarm in a condominium at 500 Ledge Street went off shortly after 8:30 Saturday morning.  When Torrington firefighters arrived, they found the 3-story building engulfed in flames.
  Fire officials tell FOX61 that because of the extent of the flames, they could only take a defensive stance, attacking the fire from the outside. The fire soon went to a third alarm.
  No one was injured in the fire. The lone resident was not at home at the time, but fire officia
  
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• West Haven Doesn’t Renew Senior Medical Transportation Contract, Exploring Other Options

  21-07-2018 17:35
  
  The Greater New Haven Transit District is likely no longer providing a service to take the elderly in West Haven to and from doctors’ appointments and the senior center.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Body Found in Lake in Bridgewater: Police

  21-07-2018 16:29
  
  A body has been found in a lake in Bridgewater on Saturday morning.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto, File
  
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• Rain and humidity return this week

  21-07-2018 15:30
  Clouds roll in during the day today with evening/overnight rain. It likely won’t be a great start to the day Sunday but we may clear out a bit to finish up the weekend. Humidity builds in and stays put for a WHILE.
  Even after the storm moves out, the humidity and unsettled weather will linger for several days next week with a plume of tropical moisture. It won’t rain the entire time but look for a stretch of very humid conditions with scattered showers and storms.
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• Mother, Her 3 Children Reported Missing in Meriden

  21-07-2018 15:12
  
  A mother and her three children have been reported missing in Meriden on Saturday.
  
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• FAA employee charged with having child porn on work laptop

  21-07-2018 14:14
  NEW HAVEN — An administrative officer with the Federal Aviation Administration has been charged with having child pornography on his work computer.
  Prosecutors say 57-year-old Scott Pierson of Vernon was arrested Thursday on federal charges of receiving and possessing child pornography.
  Prosecutors say the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General learned in March that Pierson had accessed websites known to contain child porn.
  Investigators seized several computers,
  
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• It could take a year to get answers on the duck boat tragedy, official says

  21-07-2018 13:15
  Watch VideoBRANSON, Mo. — The investigation into the sinking of a duck boat that killed 17 people in Missouri — including nine from one family — could take up to a year to complete, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
  Seventeen people — the youngest just a year old — died when the amphibious boat with 31 aboard sank in stormy conditions at the Table Rock Lake near Branson. An additional 14 others survived.
  While a severe thunderstorm and massive waves hit
  
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• Meet Britain’s real-life Iron Man

  21-07-2018 12:57
  Watch VideoLONDON — Richard Browning is ready for take off. He lights his engines, bends his knees, and the next minute he’s ascending into the air. He hovers, defying gravity, before he begins to fly up and down an ordinary London street.
  No, this isn’t a scene from a super hero book movie — this is Britain’s real life “Iron Man” in action. Browning has an created a state-of-the-art flying suit that rivals anything you’ve seen on the silver screen
  
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• Cespedes returns, Familia may depart and Mets beat Yanks 7-5

  21-07-2018 12:48
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  Mets closer Jeurys Familia was withheld because a trade could be imminent.
  Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes returned with a home run, then said the cause of his leg problems was calcification on both heels that could require surgery and an 8-to-10-month recovery.
  Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez also came
  
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• Price, Red Sox win again by blanking Tigers 1-0

  21-07-2018 12:31
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  Price pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Red Sox kept right on rolling in their first game after the All-Star break, beating the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Friday night. Price worked out of a bases-loaded,
  
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• Loyd scores season-high 31 points, Storm beat Sun 78-65

  21-07-2018 12:18
  UNCASVILLE — Jewell Loyd scored 20 of her season-high 31 points in the second half and the WNBA-leading Seattle Storm beat the Connecticut Sun 78-65 on Friday night.Loyd, who reached 20-plus points for the second straight game, was 11 of 15 from the field — including four of Seattle’s 11 3-pointers.
  Sue Bird added 17 points and three 3-pointers to help Seattle (18-6) win for the eighth time on the road this season. She moved into third, passing Becky Hammon, in WNBA history wit
  
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• A Beer owner finds a certain harmony in Branford

  21-07-2018 05:50
  BRANFORD -- The tempo has picked up for Alisa Bowens-Mercado and its not just because she's been teaching salsa dancing for eighteen years.
  In March, Bowens-Mercado began her own beer label called Rhythm Lager, and, she says, since then orders have been picking up. "I'm trying to bring beer back to the basics," she said during a production run at Thimble Island Brewery in Branford where she rents out the facility every few weeks to make her beer.
  Bowens-Mercado said she got into
  
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• Hartford kicks off 27th annual Jazz Festival at Bushnell Park

  21-07-2018 05:47
  HARTFORD --The 27th Annual Jazz Festival kicked off Friday night and it is a weekend-long event that draws in thousands of people at Bushnell Park.
  "The food! The vendors! The music! The people!" said Glory Bibb of Hartford.
  Bibb is a native of Hartford and she said it is her second time attending the Jazz Festival, a way for her to spend some quality time with her friends and family. Bibb said she is no stranger to jazz music.
  "The music is nice, I used to go to a jazz club ... the penguin clu
  
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• Former Swift Factory renovated to bring more jobs to Hartford

  21-07-2018 05:47
  HARTFORD - A long, empty factory in the heart of Hartford's north end is getting a major facelift.
  A 24-million dollar renovation is expected to bring more jobs and new businesses to the area.
  The Matthew Swift and Sons Company started in 1887 and was located on Love Lane where gold leaf was manufactured.
  After nearly 120 years, the factory shut down in 2005 and was donated to a non-profit.
  The factory faced demolition and blight and finally, project developers want to bring life back to the ar
  
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• Southington considers proposal to fine properties with excessive police calls

  21-07-2018 05:32
  SOUTHINGTON -- Robert Sargent said police calls are not unusual on Birchcrest Drive in Southington.
  He grew up on the street but insists that in recent years, disturbances from a group home for teen girls just down the road have completely changed the environment.
  The facility is part of The Bridge Family Center, which offers counseling and residential services for teens - many in the Department of Children and Families system.
  “We’ve had multiple, multiple meetings,” Sargent
  
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• Girl who had her scooter stolen gets new one from Branford police officer

  21-07-2018 05:27
  BRANFORD — A little girl who had her scooter stolen received a new one from a police officer who went above and beyond the call of duty.
  Branford police shared the post Friday from the grateful recipient thanking the officer responsible for the new scooter.
  “Thank you to Officer Dionne of the Branford Police Department for surprising my baby girl with a new scooter!!!” said Alexis Sansone. “Words can’t begin to describe how your kindness impacted us t
  
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• Hot Car Deaths: How You Can Protect Your Kids

  21-07-2018 05:24
  
  Just in the U.S. this year, there have been dozens of hot car deaths. Experts say whether you have kids or not, there's something we can all do to help keep them safe.
  
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• 1 Dead in Motorcycle Crash on Sherman Parkway in New Haven

  21-07-2018 05:09
  
  One person is dead after a motorcycle crash on the Sherman Parkway in New Haven Friday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Man dies following motorcycle crash in New Haven

  21-07-2018 04:20
  NEW HAVEN -- Police are investigating a deadly motorcycle crash that happened Friday evening.
  Police said that they responded to 585 Sherman Parkway on calls of a crash. The driver of the motorcycle was brought to Yale New Haven Hospital where he later died from his injuries. The man's identity has not yet been released by officials.
  Police believe that the crash involved one vehicle.
  The accident reconstruction team was called and an investigation is underway.
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• The father of two Parkland school shooting survivors is shot and killed during a robbery

  21-07-2018 02:29
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  PARKLAND, Florida — A shooting in February scarred Elama Ali. Another this month took her father’s life.
  When an armed teen burst into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, moving through the school and mowing down students and teachers, Elama took cover.
  Seventeen people were killed, but she — and her brother — survived the Valentine’s Day massacre in Parkland, Florida.
  Like many survivors, she resolved to do something about it.
  This week, the violence th
  
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• Russian warship rumored to carry fortune in gold found over a century after it sank

  21-07-2018 02:18
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  ULLEUNG, South Korea – A massive Russian ship with a potential fortune in gold on board has been discovered at the bottom of the ocean more than a century after it sank, a South Korean company said Thursday.
  The 5,800-ton Dmitri Donskoii, a first class armored cruiser, first set sail in 1885, according to the Shinil Group, the company which announced its rediscovery this week. It was scuttled during the 1905 Battle of Tsushima in the waters between present-day South Korea and J
  
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• State police advise public of the dangers regarding the ‘In My Feelings’ challenge

  21-07-2018 01:54
  NEW HAVEN -- There's a viral video challenge popping up all over social media, where people are opening their car doors while the car is still motion.
  The "In My Feelings" challenge, started by social media comedian Shiggy, who posted a video of himself dancing in front of a car to Drake's song, "In My Feelings," but people have taken the challenge even further, dancing to the song while the car is in motion. Connecticut State Police would rather you not try it at all – not only is filmin
  
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• Best Planets to See Tonight

  21-07-2018 01:34
  
  If the skies stay clear tonight will be perfect to take out the telescope and check out the planets, stars, and the moon!Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 9 members of one Indiana family among 17 killed in duck boat accident

  21-07-2018 01:32
  BRANSON, Mo. – A  duck boat capsized in Missouri Thursday night, killing 17 people, including nine people from the same Indiana family.
  The Missouri governor's office confirmed to WXIN that eleven members of the family, including several children, were aboard the boat and nine of them passed away in the incident at Table Rock Lake in Branson.
  The pastor of Zion Tabernacle Apostolic Church said the family was close to his church, but weren't members. A family member shared a phot
  
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• West Haven Senior Bus Services in Limbo As Contract Ends

  21-07-2018 01:08
  
  The Greater New Haven Transit District is likely no longer providing a service to take the elderly in West Haven to and from doctors’ appointments and the senior center.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Connecticut Has Seen Voter Registration Surge

  21-07-2018 00:49
  
  More than 275,000 people have registered to vote in Connecticut since 2016.
  
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• Construction worker injured at RHAM high school

  21-07-2018 00:37
  HEBRON — A construction worker was injured at the regional high school Friday when a sheet of glass fell on top of them.
  Officials said they responded around 5:11 p.m. on calls on the incident.
  The sheet of glass fell on top of the worker and pinned them to the ground. The sheet shattered but the worker still suffered injuries.
  Lifestar was called to RHAM high school due to the injuries that the worker sustained and was brought to Hartford Hospital.
  Officials said that the could not say ex
  
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• DEA Offers Warning After Meriden Officer's Close Call

  21-07-2018 00:36
  
  The Meriden police officer exposed to an illegal substance while responding to a call has been treated and released from the hospital, according to the chief’s office.
  
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• Breaking Down West Hartford's New Bike Lane Symbols

  21-07-2018 00:28
  
  They’re meant to keep everyone safe, but new bike lanes are causing a bit of confusion in West Hartford.
  
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• Metro-North At Risk for Falling Behind on Safety Technology?

  21-07-2018 00:10
  
  A major railroad connecting Connecticut to New York may not be upgrading fast enough to meet new safety standards.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut/DroneRangerThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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