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• Kids Playing Little League Tournament in Heat

  06-08-2018 23:32
  
  Baseball is heating up in Bristol where a dozen teams are competing this week in the East Region Tournament. Officials said they are taking all the measures necessary to make sure the little league players...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 2 Children Hit By Car in New Haven

  06-08-2018 23:28
  
  Two children were rushed to the hospital after getting hit by a car in New Haven on Monday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Worker Injured in Construction Accident in Windsor Locks

  06-08-2018 23:06
  
  A construction worker was injured during an accident near Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks Monday.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• Police: Carjackers Arrested After They Couldn’t Drive A Stick Shift

  06-08-2018 22:45
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS Local) – Two carjackers in Tennessee were foiled when they ran into something completely unexpected in their victim’s car: a manual transmission.
  According to police in Nashville, a 15 and 17-year-old were arrested after they failed to steal cars from two separate women on Aug. 1. The teens allegedly attacked the first woman as she sat in her car. However, the driver continued to honk her horn and scream until the crooks ran off, police say.
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• Delays on I-84 in Tolland After Multi-Vehicle Crash

  06-08-2018 22:44
  
  There are lane closures on Interstate 84 west near exit 69 after a three-vehicle accident Monday afternoon.Photo Credit: Tolland Alert
  
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• Bridgeport Couple Abused Disabled Uncle Until He Died: PD

  06-08-2018 22:10
  
  A Bridgeport man is accused of abusing and killing his wife’s uncle, who was disabled.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police Department
  
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• Police Officer Jumps Off Highway Overpass To Save Boy’s Life

  06-08-2018 22:05
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CBS Local) – A New York police officer is being praised for her remarkable leap off a highway overpass in order to save a teen who had jumped moments before.
  Hastings-on-Hudson Police Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo was reportedly on her way to work on Aug. 3, when she spotted a teenage boy climbing and jumping over a guardrail on the concrete overpass. “Everything happened so fast and I think my adrenaline was pumping so high,” Cavallo said, via WLTX.
  
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• Vote Now in the Pizza Competition Finals: Pepe's Vs. Modern

  06-08-2018 21:23
  
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• Cooling Centers Open to Help Residents Escape Heat

  06-08-2018 21:15
  
  Multiple towns are opening cooling centers because of hot weather in the forecast.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Starts ‘Amish Uber’ Ride Service With His Horse And Buggy

  06-08-2018 21:09
  COLON, Mich. (CBS Local) – A Michigan man is bringing some old world charm to the popular and modern service of ride-sharing apps. Using his horse and buggy, Timothy Hochstedler has opened his own business called “Amish Uber.”
  Taking riders around St. Joseph County for just $5, Hochstedler says he and his four-legged pal are cashing in on the popularity of ride hailing services around the country.
  “Uber is a cool thing, every single year something new
  
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• WOW! Great White Shark Breaches Water, Surprises Biologists

  06-08-2018 20:50
  
  Two researchers were shocked when a great white shark came too close for comfort Monday during their research excursion off Cape Cod in a caught-on-camera confrontation.Greg Skomal, a state biologist, got...Photo Credit: The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
  
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• Maker Of Nutella Looking For Taste Testers

  06-08-2018 20:07
  (CBS Local) – If you love chocolate, we have the perfect job for you!
  The Ferrero Rocher company, which makes Nutella, is looking for 60 taste testers.
  They will pay you to sample hazelnut, cocoa and white chocolate.
  The only catch – you have to move to Italy for the job. The best part is there’s no experience necessary.
  They’re actually looking for average consumers.
  
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• Lyme Disease Has Spread To All 50 States, Report Finds

  06-08-2018 19:53
  SECAUCUS, N.J. (CBS Local) – A new report has found that the tick-borne illness Lyme disease has been detected in all 50 states and cases continue to rise.
  Quest Diagnostics has released their findings of over six million blood tests taken over the last seven years. The New Jersey-based clinical laboratory says cases of Lyme have exploded in unusual areas like California and Florida. Lab workers believe ticks are finding it easier to survive in new regions and spreading diseases
  
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• Former WWE Wrestler Torrie Wilson Goes On Twitter Rant About TSA Pat Down

  06-08-2018 18:20
  A random TSA security screening is never a fun experience. For former WWE star Torrie Wilson, her screening on Monday at Orlando International Airport was so, detailed (her words), that it caused her to take to Twitter to vent about her treatment.
  The issues seem to have begun after Wilson says she giggled when one of the TSA agents appeared to be scared of her “3 pound dog”. Wilson was then pulled aside, and according to her tweet, given a pat down by a female guard while another of
  
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• American Airlines Kicks Musician Off Flight For Buying Seat For Cello

  06-08-2018 17:12
  CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS Local) – A Chicago musician traveling with her cello was removed from an American Airlines flight in Miami as she tried to return home.
  In a post on Facebook that has been shared more than 1,600 times, Jay Tang posted about his wife’s experience with American Airlines:
  “So my wife Jingjing Hu a DePaul University School of Music student, is scheduled to fly back to Chicago on American Airlines flight 2457 from Miami today. She is traveling with
  
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• Annual Perseid Meteor Shower Coming This Weekend

  06-08-2018 16:46
  (CBS Local) – The annual Perseid meteor shower is coming this weekend.
  The Perseid shower is the most popular meteor shower every year. NASA meteor specialist Bill Cooke told Space.com that the moon will play an important role in this year’s Perseid shower. “This year the moon will be near new moon, it will be a crescent, which means it will set before the Perseid show gets underway after midnight,” Cooke said.
  Cooke adds that sky watchers will be able to s
  
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• 2 Elderly Men Escape Nursing Home To Attend Heavy Metal Festival

  06-08-2018 16:41
  WACKEN, Germany (CBSDFW.COM/CBS Local) – You’re never too old. Two elderly men escaped their nursing home Friday to attend the world’s largest heavy metal festival, according to a German news report.
  The Deutsche Welle reports the nursing home told police that the two men were missing from their rooms.
  The pair was eventually found at the Wacken Open Air festival at around 3 a.m. local time. The four-day event is said to be the world’s largest heavy metal festival. P
  
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• This Week In Golf: Justin Thomas Wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

  06-08-2018 16:29
  By Sam McPherson
  The 2018 PGA Championship takes place later this week, and the rest of the field better be aware of defending champion Justin Thomas. The 25-year-old from Kentucky, who just won the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational this past weekend in Akron, Ohio, by four strokes, just served notice he is ready to defend his title. Thomas finished at 15-under par after playing four rounds in the 60s to easily outpace the rest of the field and win his third event of the PGA Tour
  
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• Facebook removes 4 pages from InfoWars and Alex Jones

  06-08-2018 15:26
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  PALO ALTO — Facebook has removed four pages associated with InfoWars and its controversial founder Alex Jones for repeated violations of its policies.
  The social media platform said in a statement Monday that it had “unpublished” the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the InfoWars Page and the Infowars Nightly News Page.
  Facebook removed four videos from the pages last week after determining that they violated its hate speech and bullying policies. It als
  
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• Indonesia earthquake: Thousands await rescue after quake hits resort islands Bali and Lombok

  06-08-2018 15:22
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  BALI — An operation is underway to evacuate thousands of tourists after a deadly earthquake that rocked some of Indonesia’s most idyllic islands late Sunday night.
  At least 98 people, all Indonesian nationals, were killed when the 6.9 magnitude quake struck the popular tourist island of Lombok, Indonesian authorities said Monday. More than 200 were also injured.
  The majority of those killed in the quake were hit by falling debris from collapsing buildings, said Sutopo Pur
  
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• Eversource conducts aerial inspections over Connecticut

  06-08-2018 15:18
  WALLINGFORD — Eversource will be conducting aerial inspections starting Monday to make sure customers have reliable power throughout the year.
  The aerial inspections allow for the company to capture images not visible to the naked eye using infrared technology. They then use the images to identify potential problems with electric lines and related equipment, so the company can make any necessary repairs or upgrades before possible reliability issues arise.
  “Problems with corrosion o
  
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• Deputies seek armed teen who held up boy’s lemonade stand

  06-08-2018 14:54
  MONROE, N.C.  — Deputies in North Carolina say they’re seeking a teenager who robbed a 9-year-old’s lemonade stand at gunpoint.
  The Union County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday that the stickup happened near a traffic roundabout in Monroe, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Charlotte.
  Deputies say the young drink vendor reported that a male teenager with a camouflage hat and black shirt placed a black handgun to the boy’s stomach Saturday, demanded money
  
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• In 14 hours on Sunday in Chicago, 44 people were shot, including 5 who died, police say

  06-08-2018 11:21
  CHICAGO — Chicago police records show 44 people were shot on Sunday, including five who were killed.
  In three hours beginning at 1:30 a.m., records show, 30 were shot and two killed in 10 incidents.
  “The city of Chicago experienced a violent night,” Bureau of Patrol Chief Fred Waller said Sunday afternoon. “Some of these instances were targeted and were related to gang conflicts in those areas.”
  In at least one incident, shooters opened fire into a crowded street pa
  
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• Small plane crashes into parking lot, killing 5 in Southern California

  06-08-2018 11:05
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  SANTA ANA — Five people died when a small plane crashed in a Southern California parking lot on Sunday, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
  The twin-engine Cessna plane crashed in Santa Ana, and had been bound to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, said Capt. Tony Bommarito, the public information officer with Orange County Fire Authority.
  There were no survivors on the airplane, he said.
  The plane crashed just a block away from South Coast Plaza, a large mall. Ther
  
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• Hot and very humid conditions settle in Monday

  06-08-2018 11:05
  The start of your work week will feature some pretty big heat with humidity coming back as well. Because of that, Heat indices will feel closer to 100 degrees with base temps in the 90s through Tuesday. After that, Showers enter the picture Wednesday.
  Thankfully, that shower activity will be enough to break the heat wave. Temps will actually cool down as this weak storm moves through the area. Humidity will still be pretty high, but temps will be a bit lower, making things feel just a litt
  
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• Charlotte Rae — Mrs. Garrett from TV’s ‘The Facts of Life,’ ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ — dies at 92

  06-08-2018 10:26
  LOS ANGELES — Charlotte Rae, a gregarious actress with a prodigious career on stage, screen and TV, died on Sunday at the age of 92, her son Larry Strauss told CNN.
  She is best known for her role as housekeeper Edna Garrett, first on the sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” and then the spinoff “The Facts of Life,” with both shows launching in the 1970s and running several years into the ’80s.
  She passed away peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Sunday afterno
  
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• Vigil held for Hartford stabbing victim

  06-08-2018 10:18
  HARTFORD -- Loved ones mourned the loss of a 19-year-old man whose life was cut short last week.
  It’s the kind of pain many people here know all too well.
  “I think that people need to stop trying to hurt each other,” said Tanajah Fryer is New Britain. “Because it was really stupid.”
  Fryer, 18, was Jahvunique Dean’s girlfriend.
  Police said the 19-year-old was stabbed to death last Wednesday by 44-year-old John Drayton of Hartford.
  “I thought he was going
  
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• Thomas scores 30 as Sun cruise past Aces, 109-88

  06-08-2018 05:27
  UNCASVILLE — Jasmine Thomas scored a career-high 30 points, including five 3-pointers, to help the Connecticut Sun cruise to a 109-88 win over the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday.
  The game was the first for the Aces after they decided not to play in Washington on Friday night because of travel woes that took the team nearly 26 hours to get to D.C. That game was canceled and the teams are still waiting for the league to decide what to do with the game.
  Connecticut set the franchise's single-game r
  
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• Hurricane Hector is headed toward Hawaii, where a volcano is erupting

  06-08-2018 05:26
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  The Kilauea volcano has spewed lava and molten rock into neighborhoods in Hawaii’s Big Island for three months. Now the area faces a new threat as Hurricane Hector heads in that direction.
  Hector was a Category 3 storm early Sunday as it churned toward the Hawaiian Islands, an archipelago that includes the Big Island.
  The Hawaiian Islands were placed on alert as Hector inched toward the central Pacific with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph.
  “Slow weakening is forecast d
  
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• Make-A-Wish volunteer brings Fenway to Connecticut

  06-08-2018 04:44
  WINDSOR -- Welcome to little Fenway.
  “I didn’t think they would give me Fenway I thought they would give me a baseball field, just a baseball field,” says Make-A-Wish recipient Thomas Hastings.
  The backyard transform in Windsor was a dream come true for 12-year-old Thomas Hastings. “I like to be able to play baseball and to be out there and just play around,” he says.
  The muscle behind much of the magic was Make-A-Wish volunteer wish grantor, Paula Musgrave, &ldquo
  
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• Enfield police investigating incident on South Road

  06-08-2018 03:49
  ENFIELD – Police are investigating an incident in town Sunday night.
  Police confirmed they were on the scene near Raffia Road and South Road.
  No other details were available.
  
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• Waterbury foundation seeks to educate, and develop teen’s skills

  06-08-2018 03:37
  One local foundation is trying to expose, educate and develop area students through extra curricular activities, mentorship and even sports
  The Bags Foundation serves students in the Waterbury area. The program’s Executive Director Nakia Reddick and Program Director Christina Forgione joined the FOX61 Morning News on Sunday
  The program was started in Chicago in 1991 and now has branches in Miami and Waterbury.  Forgione says their programs — especially sports, helps the ki
  
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• Student protests surge in Bangladesh capital

  06-08-2018 03:25
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• Heat Wave Possible to Start Week

  06-08-2018 03:11
  
  High temperatures could lead to a heat wave for the beginning of this week.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fundraiser held for Guilford teen, Ethan Song

  06-08-2018 03:08
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  Song, who died in a shooting earlier this year was remembered by classmates, friends and family who held a Spikeball tournament at Calvin Leete School in his honor to raise funds for Songstrong, a foundation with the missio
  
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• Baby boy dies after being pulled from water near Brooklyn Bridge: police

  06-08-2018 02:35
  NEW YORK —WPIX — A baby boy died after he was pulled from the water near the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday afternoon, an NYPD spokesperson said.
  Tourists from Oklahoma had seen the boy around 4 p.m. and Monte Campbell went into the water to get him out, his wife said.
  “You could se its little legs just floating and his head was in the water,” she said. “My husband was like ‘I have to go in.’”
  He performed CPR until officers arrived on scene, Campb
  
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• Missing Hamden man found safe

  06-08-2018 02:21
  HAMDEN — Police said the missing 73-year-old man has been found safe.
  Police issued a Silver alert for Kent Chu, 73, of Hamden who had been missing from 900 Mix Ave. since 2:30 p.m. Chu has dementia and Alzheimer’s.
  Silver Alerts are issued by law enforcement agencies for missing people of all ages. Amber Alerts are issued for children who are believed to be in danger.
  
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• Hamden police issue Silver Alert for missing man with dementia

  06-08-2018 02:21
  HAMDEN — Police have issued a Silver Alert for a missing 73-year-old man with dementia.
  Police said Kent Chu, 73, of Hamden has been missing from 900 Mix Ave. since 2:30 p.m. He is an Asian man, 5’10” with salt and pepper hair. Chu has dementia and Alzheimer’s.
  Please contact Hamden PD if seen or located at 203-230-4000.
  Silver Alerts are issued by law enforcement agencies for missing people of all ages. Amber Alerts are issued for children who are believed to be in dange
  
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• Sidewalks on Gold Star bridge to close for construction on 8/13

  06-08-2018 02:10
  NEW LONDON — As part of the ongoing construction project on the I-95  Gold Star Bridge over the Thames River, the DOT plans on closing the sidewalks on Monday, August 13.
  Shuttle buses will provide cyclist and pedestrians transportation from Groton to New London and back. DOT projects the closure will last 10 weeks. The deterioration of the sidewalk area was worse than the state first determined.
  According to the state website: “Beginning August 13, 2018, the sidewalk on the Gol
  
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• Student News: Budget cuts impact schools

  06-08-2018 00:43
  Story from Stonington High School.The FOX 61 Student News program empowers Connecticut middle and high school students to explore the world of multi-media journalism by giving them the opportunity to capture, edit and publish original content under the guidance of industry professionals.
  Each student produced and hosted segment will showcase a local story or event, highlighting all that is great about our state and align with our station's mission of HOPE. Segments will be featured on-air
  
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