• Part of a building collapses in Hartford

    HARTFORD --  Part of a building collapsed in front of neighbors on Park and Putnam Street this afternoon.
    The collapse to the five-story building caused an evacuation of nearby residents. No injuries have been reported.
    "Based on what we've seen at the rear of the building, the building has been in a state of deterioration and open to the elements," said Hartford Fire Deputy Chief James York. "We've had the rain for the last couple of days really a week. There's evidence of deteriorat
  • 2 Milford Swimming Areas Closed Due to High Bacteria Levels

    2 Milford Swimming Areas Closed Due to High Bacteria Levels
    Two Milford beaches are closed to swimming due to elevated bacteria levels in the water.
  • EXCLUSIVE: Bear breaks into Canton home

    CANTON – A black bear managed to open and climb through a kitchen window to get into a home on West Mountain Road Thursday morning.
    “I've enjoyed seeing the wildlife out in the yard I didn’t expect to have wildlife in my kitchen today, said Phoebe Milliken.
    Milliken thought she heard her neighbor’s dog, but it turns out the sound of snuffling, huffing and puffing was the bear. Milliken, who has lived at the home for 14 years, ran upstairs and barricaded herself in a room
  • Stabbing suspect charged with the murder of Nia Wilson

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    A 27-year-old man suspected of stabbing two women in the throat, killing one of them, at a public transit station in Oakland, California, has been charged with murder.
    Nia Wilson, 18, was walking on the subway platform with her sisters when a man stabbed her with a knife in an unprovoked, fatal attack on Sunday, according to Bay Area Rapid Transit officials. Her sister, Letifah Wilson, was also stabbed and seriously injured.
    The suspect, John Cowell, faces charges of murder and attem
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  • Police: Teen Breaks Into Home, Asks Couple For WiFi Password

    PALO ALTO, Calif. (CBSLocal) – A teenager is in serious trouble after going on a bizarre crime spree when his phone reportedly ran out of data.
    The 17-year-old suspect from Palo Alto was arrested after allegedly breaking into an area home, waking up a sleeping couple, and asking them to give him their WiFi password.
    “The male victim got out of bed, confronted the suspect, and pushed him down the hallway and out the front door of the house before calling police. No one was injure
  • Amazon facial recognition matched members of Congress with mugshots, ACLU says

    A facial recognition software from Amazon falsely matched multiple members of Congress with mugshots, according to research from the American Civil Liberties Union.
    According to the ACLU, Amazon’s Rekognition software “incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress, identifying them as other people who have been arrested for a crime,” according to a news release.
    According to a description on Amazon’s website for Rekognition:
    “Rekognition provides highly accurate f
  • Grieving mother orca carries dead calf for a second straight day

    (Photo by Michael Weiss, Center for Whale Research)
    FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — A grieving mother orca carried her dead calf for a second straight day on Wednesday, according to the Center for Whale Research.
    The calf was born near Victoria, British Columbia on Tuesday. The whale was seen alive and swimming with its mother mid-morning on Tuesday.
    “Unfortunately, by the time the CWR crew arrived on scene, the newborn calf was deceased, and the pod had traveled several miles eastw
  • Firefighter Waved Gun During Road Rage Incident: Police

    Firefighter Waved Gun During Road Rage Incident: Police
    A Newington man and probationary Hartford firefighter is accused of brandishing a gun during a road rage incident in Wethersfield Wednesday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
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  • Safes With Drugs, Slave Papers Taken from Dental Office

    Safes With Drugs, Slave Papers Taken from Dental Office
    Police are investigating the theft of two safes from a dental office in Prospect and said the items in that safe included cash, prescription pads, pistols and paperwork showing ownership of a slave in the 1800s....This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  • Walmart And Waymo To Test Self-Driving Car Program For Shoppers

    PHOENIX, Ariz. (CBS Local) – Customers of Walmart and other businesses in the Phoenix area will soon have a chance to go shopping in self-driving cars.
    Waymo, a subsidiary of Google-parent company Alphabet, is teaming with the retail giant to test a program that’ll have people riding in self-driving cars to run errands and shop, the autonomous car company said Wednesday. People who order groceries on Walmart.com will get discounts, and as their orders are being readied, driver-less W
  • Neighbors Evacuated After Partial Building Collapse in Hartford

    Neighbors Evacuated After Partial Building Collapse in Hartford
    A vacant building on Park Street in Hartford partially collapsed on Thursday afternoon and residents of nearby buildings have been evacuated and will be displaced.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  • Woman accused of stealing purse from 84-year-old in Shelton

    SHELTON — Police have arrested Denise Purciello of Orange after police said she stole a purse in May.
    On May 8, an 84-year-old female victim reported that her purse was stolen out of her cart while she was shopping at the Shop Rite at 875 Bridgeport Avenue in Shelton, according to police.
    Police said that the victim immediately called her bank to cancel her credit cards, only to learn that one card had already been used at a T.J. Maxx on Bridgeport Avenue.
    According to police, video survei
  • Teen Infected By Hookworms After Being Buried In Beach Sand

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (CBS Local) – A Tennessee teen and several other people visiting a Florida beach have been infected with hookworms.
    Michael Dumas, a 17-year-old from Memphis, was on a mission trip to South Florida with friends when they visited Pompano Beach. Dumas was photographed having a good time and being buried in the sand by his group on June 20. The beach goers didn’t know it would leave the teen covered in scars only days later.
    Visiting teen infected by hookworms i
  • Fantasy Football Preview: Top 10 Tight Ends

    Ryan Mayer
    Tight ends are often a forgotten about part of the fantasy football formula. Outside of Gronk and Travis Kelce, fantasy owners tend to assume that the rest of the guys are all pretty much the same. While it’s true they won’t garner nearly as many points as WRs or RBs, a consistent TE, who can get you 6-8 points every week, is a huge boost towards winning your league. The top names for this year remain the same as expected, but be sure to take a look outside of those top tw
  • Crews Responding to Partial Building Collapse in Hartford

    Crews Responding to Partial Building Collapse in Hartford
    Crews are responding to a partial building collapse on Park Street in Hartford.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  • Woman left baby in hot car while she drank in restaurant, deputies say

    ARLINGTON, Tenn. — A woman was arrested after witnesses say she left her child in a hot car in the parking lot of a restaurant.
    It happened Tuesday — which also happened to be National Tequila Day.
    Shelby County deputies responded to the scene after getting a call for a welfare check. Two customers said they heard a baby crying as they were walking through the parking lot.
    "When you walk outside you don't expect to hear a baby in a car and when you do immediately as a parent you per
  • Mayoral Candidate Takes Phone Call From God During Live Debate

    KEY WEST, Fla. (CBS Local) – Political debates are known for their heated conversations, but a Florida man had a “conversation” with God while on stage during a Florida mayoral debate.
    Sloan Bashinsky, a perennial candidate for mayor of Key West, turned heads during a debate on July 23 when he took out his cellphone and allegedly answered a call from a higher power.
    “Hello? What? God?” Bashinsky said into his phone before talking about the city’s pro
  • Glastonbury Chick-Fil-A Opens After Sign Controversy

    Glastonbury Chick-Fil-A Opens After Sign Controversy
    The doors to Chick-Fil-A in Glastonbury are finally open following a controversial sign that was placed on the marquis at neighboring McDonald’s.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  • Fantasy Football Preview: Top 10 Wide Receivers

    Ryan Mayer
    While running backs are generally the first few players off the board in standard leagues, top-tier wide receivers can be a huge value if you have one of the later first-round picks in a snake draft. This offers you the opportunity to double up on pass-catching machines and can be a big boost to your roster overall. With draft dates being set and draft orders being selected, you probably know where you stand. The guys below could still be there late in the first round or early in the
  • Young Girl Reels In Piranha Relative With Human-Like Teeth

    FORT COBB LAKE, Okla. (CBS Local) – An 11-year-old reeled in a rare catch while fishing with her grandparents in an Oklahoma lake.
    Kennedy Smith’s rare find may look like a piranha, but a closer examination of the fish’s mouth found a stunning row of teeth that look like a human’s.
    According to the Oklahoma Game Wardens, the oddly-toothed fish is a Pacu. The Pacu is a close relative of the piranha usually found in freshwater lakes and rivers in South America.The wild
  • Vigil to Mark 45 Years Since Tolland Girl, 7, Disappeared

    Vigil to Mark 45 Years Since Tolland Girl, 7, Disappeared
    Janice Pockett, a 7-year-old Tolland girl, disappeared 45 years ago today and a vigil will be held tonight in honor of her and other people from Connecticut who are missing.Photo Credit: Tolland County Cold Case Squad
  • Man Suspected in Assault in New Britain Turned Himself In

    Man Suspected in Assault in New Britain Turned Himself In
    A man who New Britain police believe assaulted a woman on Sunday has turned himself in, according to police.Photo Credit: New Britain Police
  • WWE To Make History With Evolution

    By Chuck Carroll
    History (n): A continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle.
    Odds are when you think about history, visions of textbooks that painstakingly outline every battle fought in the Civil War or the events the precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire come to mind. It’s flashing back to your childhood and your grandmother’s kitchen table, where she wou
  • Trees Damaged, Porch Destroyed After Possible Tornadoes

    Trees Damaged, Porch Destroyed After Possible Tornadoes
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  • Police Officer Accused Of Kicking Woman Who Was 8 Months Pregnant

    MIAMI, Fla. (CBS Local) – A Florida police officer was arrested after she allegedly kicked a visibly pregnant woman in Miami Beach.
    It happened Wednesday night just after 8:30 p.m. Eastern time in the area of Espanola Way and Washington Avenue.
    North Miami Beach officer Ambar Pacheco reportedly told police she kicked the woman in the stomach after the woman’s boyfriend kicked her sister in the face.
    “I saw red and beat the s–t out her,” the 26-year-old said, accordi
  • NWS to Survey Possible Tornado Damage in Several Mass. Towns

    NWS to Survey Possible Tornado Damage in Several Mass. Towns
    Officials are investigating reports of severe weather damage in Upton, Massachusetts, that happened overnight which our Early Warning Weather team believes could be the result of a possible tornado.Damage...Photo Credit: NBC10 Boston
  • Harvard Sorority Goes Gender-Neutral

    (CBS Local)–Harvard’s student-run newspaper, The Crimson, is reporting one of the university’s sororities is ending the female-only Greek life tradition by becoming gender-neutral.
    Harvard’s chapter of the all-female sorority Kappa Alpha Theta will rebrand itself as as a gender-neutral “social group,” called “Theta Zeta Xi.” The soon-to-be former sorority will disaffiliate from its national organization in the fall of 2018, the club announced Monda
  • Safe With Drugs, Slave Papers Taken from Dental Office

    Safe With Drugs, Slave Papers Taken from Dental Office
    Police are investigating the theft of a safe from a dental office in Prospect and said the items in that safe included cash, prescription pads, pistols, guns, and paperwork showing ownership of a slave in...Photo Credit: Connecticut State PoliceThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  • Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Ask Facebook to Protect Them

    Parents of Sandy Hook Victim Ask Facebook to Protect Them
    The parents of a mass shooting victim in Newtown, Connecticut, are calling on Facebook to help protect them from harassment they have to endure from people who believe the elementary school shooting that killed...Photo Credit: John Woike/Hartford Courant/MCT via Getty Images
  • Evidence detected of lake beneath the surface of Mars

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    A lake of liquid water has been detected by radar beneath the southern polar ice cap of Mars, according to a new study by Italian researchers from the Italian Space Agency, published Wednesday in the journal Science.
    Evidence was gathered by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument, also known as MARSIS, on the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft.
    Between May 2012 and December 2015, MARSIS was used to survey the Planum Aust
  • People are losing it over new Doritos pickle flavor

    PLANO, TX — Are you a pickles fan? Doritos has you covered… if you’re from Canada.
    Our neighbors to the north get the treat of Doritos’ new flavor “INTENSE PICKLE” now available in some stores.
    Doritos described the new chips this way:“Enjoy the extreme crunch and explode-in-the mouth flavour as you and your friends dive into a bag of Doritos® Intense Pickle flavoured tortilla chips. Savour the tanginess of the intense pickle flavour in every bite.&
  • The US must reunite separated families by today — but over 900 probably won’t be reunited

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    After months of outcry over splitting up migrant families at the border, the US government has until 6 p.m. ET today to reunite all eligible families that it separated.
    But we already know as many as 914 parents won’t be reunited with their children by Thursday. In some cases, the parents can’t be found or have serious criminal records. In other cases, they’ve already been deported without their children. A small number still haven’t been linked to children, l
  • Improved DNA technique used to identify man killed in Sept. 11 terror attacks

    The remains of a man killed during the Sept. 11 terror attack in New York have been identified 17 years later.
    The New York medical examiners’ office on Wednesday identified the victim as Scott Michael Johnson, 26, who worked at an investment banking company at the World Trade Center.
    Johnson is the 1,642 person to be officially identified in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead. He was identified after his DNA was re-tested using a new and improved techniq
  • Hartford vigil planned for children separated from families under immigration laws

    HARTFORD — Today is the court-ordered deadline for the U.S. government to reunite hundreds of migrant children with their parents.
    There will be a prayer vigil and a Jericho walk tonight in support of those children separated under the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy.
    A United States district court judge set today as the deadline for reuniting children age 5 and older who have been held by the government since their families were caught entering the country without autho
  • Man tries to find owner of lost stuffed animal in viral Facebook post

    HARTFORD — Mitchell Rubin is trying to find someone. That someone lost what looks like a very well-loved stuffed animal kitten at the airport the other day.
    Mitchell made a post on Facebook that has been shared over 12,000 times in two days.
    In it, he describes how he found the lost toy at Bradley International Airport on Tuesday morning, just after 7 a.m. He picked the toy up, snapped some pictures, and created a post on Facebook trying to track down the owner. He even said the stuffed ca
  • Explosive detonated at the US embassy in Beijing

    BEIJING — An explosive has been detonated on the street outside the US Embassy in Beijing, close to the main compound, an embassy spokesperson told CNN.
    A small amount of debris could be seen at the scene of the explosion, outside the southeast corner of the compound, which took place at about 1 p.m. local time (1 a.m. ET) on Thursday. An area outside the embassy in the Chinese capital’s Chaoyang district was cordoned off by authorities.
    “There was one individual who detonated
  • California wildfire grows by thousands of acres

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    SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A fast-growing wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest has prompted the evacuation of several communities and has destroyed homes.
    About 500 firefighters are tackling the Cranston Fire, which began Wednesday morning and is 3,000 acres and 0% contained, according to officials with the San Bernardino National Forest.
    Video recorded from helicopters of CNN affiliates appeared to show several homes and cabins going up in flames. Other homes looked to
  • Summer Street in Torrington closed due to flooding

    TORRINGTON — Officials say due to flooding, Summer Street in Torrington is closed. The street was closed most of the overnight hours.
    Officials haven’t said yet if the road has been reopened.
    There was a Flash Flood Watch across parts of the state until Thursday morning, following a week of on and off showers and downpours.
    Check your full forecast here.
  • Storms, humidity stay for Thursday and Friday

    A FLASH FLOOD WATCH has been issued for Hartford, Tolland, and Windham County until Thursday Morning. 
    Heavy thunderstorms will bring lightning and torrential rainfall. Some of the rainfall rates in these thunderstorms could approach 2-3" per hour. Thankfully, the storms should be relatively fast moving, but areas that receive multiple thunderstorms over a short period of time will see the greatest threat of flash flooding. Showers are expected to decrease in coverage as the day goes on.
    F
  • American Red Cross Facing Summer Blood Shortage

    American Red Cross Facing Summer Blood Shortage
    The American Red Cross says they’re a summer blood shortage, and they’re asking for donors to come forward.Photo Credit: NBC10
  • Lawyers: Nassar attacked in prison, deserves resentencing

    LANSING, Mich.  — Larry Nassar’s attorneys say the disgraced former sports doctor was assaulted within hours of being placed in the general population at the federal prison in Arizona where he is serving a 60-year sentence for child pornography possession.
    In motions filed Tuesday seeking to have the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor resentenced in the first of two cases in which he pleaded guilty to molesting women and girls who sought treatment, lawyer
  • Ansonia PD: 21-year-old assaults elderly man as part of crime spree

    ANSONIA -- 21-year-old Anthony Rodriguez-Horvath of Beacon Falls was charged with 25 crimes after leading Ansonia police on a crime spree spanning over 2 hours Tuesday afternoon.
    Police said they received a call a little before 11 a.m. about a burglary and a robbery of a 90-year-old man inside his home.
    "Male had entered, asked for his car. When the victim said no he shoved him to the ground he went through his pickets, took his wallet and his keys and stole his car," explained Lieutenant Patri
  • Man wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting woman at Farmington River Trail

    CANTON – Police have released more information about the alleged sexual assault that took place at the Farmington River Trail Tuesday morning.
    Canton police said ever since the incident was posted on Facebook, they have received an overwhelming amount of tips that will help with their investigation.
    “It’s a little frightening and kind of eye opening,” said Danny Manfredi of Farmington.
    Manfredi lives right down the street from the Farmington River Trail, a place he visit
  • Safety tips for running on Connecticut trails

    HARTFORD --  Runners who run outdoors face a lot of dangers.
    But women who run alone, face even more dangers.
    Now with the reality of distracted drivers on the roads, more and more runners are turning to the Connecticut trails to get their exercise. But the seclusion of the trails can be particularly frightening for a woman.
    FOX61 caught up with the Connecticut Trail Mixers running club and the Hartford marathon foundation to learn how to stay safe on Connecticut trails.
    “I always ru
  • WorkinCT: In Southington, Livin’ La Vida LEGO

    SOUTHINGTON -- The brick and mortar store on Queen Street is, in reality, many more bricks than mortar.
    For close to three years Traci Schneider has owned "Bricks and Minifigs", the only shop of its kind in the region, 3,000 square feet dedicated to the Lego lover in everyone.
    " We buy, sell, and trade Lego products, we host Lego themed parties and we have cases full of Minifigs," Schneider said.
    It is the Minifigs -- inch and a half collectible characters -- that bring Lego enthusias
  • Tree falling on Wolcott house continues neighbors feud

    WOLCOTT - A massive tree limb in Wolcott fell on a house Wednesday morning and it could have been avoided, according to the homeowner.
    Emergency crews were called to 2 Equinox Avenue just after 6 a.m. after what was an extremely close call.
    "At first, I thought it might’ve been a car accident out in front. So, I jumped out of bed and I just turned around and looked out the window and then a tree was just coming at me," said Linda Segal, whose scream woke up her husband, Jeff.
    Fortunately,
  • Newtown parents urge Facebook to act against hoax theorists

    HARTFORD — The parents of one of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are asking Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to remove hateful and harassing comments posted by conspiracy theorists who say the shooting never happened.
    Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa wrote Zuckerberg a letter published on Wednesday in The Guardian . Their 6-year-old son, Noah, died in the December 2012 Newtown shooting massacre, which also claimed the lives of six educat
  • Homes burn as crews battle separate blazes in California

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    Homes burned as a fast-moving wildfire forced an entire Southern California mountain town to evacuate Wednesday, while tourists emptied from the heart of Yosemite National Park so firefighters could battle a growing blaze nearby.
    Authorities ordered residents to leave Idyllwild, home to about 12,000 people, and surrounding forest communities in the San Jacinto Mountains east of Los Angeles. At least four homes burned as crews used aircraft to attack the flames that quickly burned nea
  • Two moms scolded, asked to leave for breastfeeding at Minnesota pool

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    Two moms were asked to leave a public pool in Minnesota last week because the staff said they were making other patrons uncomfortable when they breastfed.
    Just days later, more than a dozen moms returned to the site of the confrontation to publicly nurse their children.
    Some drove as far as 90 miles for the “nurse-in” Saturday near the Mora Aquatic Center, about 70 miles north of Minneapolis.
    “It was really emotional. It’s amazing,” Stephanie Buchanan to

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