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• Farmington Woman Killed in Nashville Shooting

  20-08-2018 23:29
  
  A woman who grew up in Farmington was shot and killed outside a bar in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday night.Photo Credit: Nashville Police
  
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• Smoke From California Wildfires Can Now Be Seen In Ohio, Experts Say

  20-08-2018 23:10
  CLEVELAND, Ohio (CBS Local) – If you live in Ohio and think something nearby may be on fire, think again, it’s actually happening in California.
  According to the U.S. National Weather Service, smoke from the California wildfires has made its way across the country and is now affecting the skies high over states like Ohio.The massive natural disaster out west is reportedly causing smoke to travel thousands of miles and is resulting in hazy skies and smoke-tinted sunsets for the c
  
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• Lincoln College of New England to Close in December

  20-08-2018 23:09
  
  Lincoln College of New England (LCNE) announced Monday it will close at the end of the Fall 2018 semester after issues with accreditation.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Police: Suspects Run Over Woman With Car During Fight To Steal $75,000

  20-08-2018 22:32
  HOUSTON, Texas (CBS Local) – A Houston woman and her husband were the victims of a brutal robbery that was caught on store surveillance cameras after the woman tried to fight off her attackers.
  The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office says that the woman had just withdrawn $75,000 from the bank for their local check cashing business when cameras caught her being ambushed by a thief who tried to rip her purse away. When the woman would not let go, her husband rushed o
  
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• Local Officials Meet With Federal Drug Czar Nominee

  20-08-2018 22:32
  
  Governor Dannel Malloy, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and other local officials met with Jim Carroll, the nominee for federal drug czar and current Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• FIRST ALERT: Strong Storms Possible Wednesday

  20-08-2018 22:26
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for the threat of severe storms Wednesday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Water Main Break Reported on Queen Street in Southington

  20-08-2018 22:08
  
  Crews are working to repair a water main break near a busy section of Queen Street in Southington Monday.Photo Credit: NBC Bay Area
  
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• Surgeon Removed Woman’s Kidney By Mistake, Lawsuit Claims

  20-08-2018 21:26
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (CBS Local) – An Iowa woman is suing her doctor after he allegedly removed her kidney instead of another body part during surgery in 2016.
  Dena Knapp was at Avera McKennan Hospital in South Dakota two years ago to have her adrenal gland removed. According to WTVR, Dr. Scott Baker erroneously took out Knapp’s healthy right kidney instead of the gland and a mass that had formed on it.
  Knapp’s lawsuit claims that she was told a week after the Oct. 5 sur
  
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• Woman Killed By Alligator Near South Carolina Resort

  20-08-2018 21:05
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A South Carolina woman has been attacked and killed by an alligator as she walked her dog near a lagoon, authorities said. The attack occurred around 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Sea Pines resort on Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
  The woman was attacked and pulled under water by an alligator thought to be about 8 feet long, the sheriff’s office said. Beaufort County Coroner Ed Allen identified the victim as
  
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• Major Disaster Declared For May Tornadoes in Connecticut

  20-08-2018 20:33
  
  The Trump administration has approved a major disaster declaration in connection with the May 15 tornadoes that caused extensive damage in several towns.
  
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• San Francisco Area Residents Oppose Coffee Business’ Bikini-Clad Baristas

  20-08-2018 19:42
  REDWOOD CITY (CBS San Francisco) — A Peninsula neighborhood is trying to shut down plans to open a new drive-through coffee operation where customers are served by scantily-clad baristas.
  Opponents say they’re not anti-business, but argue the baristas wearing bikinis at Pink Pantherz Espresso are too hot to handle.
  There already is a Pink Pantherz Espresso location open in Fremont.
  The skimpily dressed baristas serve provocatively named drinks like “Bootycall,” “Str
  
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• CBS Sports To Air “Four Sides Of The Story” Documentaries Beginning September 22nd

  20-08-2018 19:33
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  CBS Sports announced today that their popular “Four Sides of the Story” franchise is returning this fall with four new documentaries featuring some of the biggest sports moments from the past year.
  The documentaries, which are broken into four segments told from different perspectives of those who participated in those moments, will begin on Saturday, September 22nd with the airing of Alabama Audible at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time on CBS leading into coverage of SEC on CBS. Aud
  
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• Police Officer Breastfeeds Neglected Baby, Photo Goes Viral

  20-08-2018 19:30
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CBS Local) – A female police officer in Argentina has become a social media star after her selfless decision to breastfeed a malnourished baby brought to a local hospital.
  Police officer Celeste Ayala was on duty at Sister Maria Ludovica Children’s Hospital in Buenos Aires when the infant was brought in for treatment. According to reports, the child’s mother was struggling to take care of the baby, who was described by the hospital staff as &l
  
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• Shoppers Hunt for Savings During Tax-Free Week

  20-08-2018 18:45
  
  Connecticut's tax-free holiday is now underway and people are already taking advantage of some savings.
  
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• Delta Flight Returns to Bradley After Pilots Report Problem

  20-08-2018 18:00
  
  A Delta Airlines flight from Bradley Airport to Atlanta had to return to Bradley after reporting a mechanical problem on Monday morning, airport officials said.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• I-84 Widening Project in Waterbury to Be Completed 1 Year Early

  20-08-2018 17:50
  
  Governor Dannel Malloy is set to make an announcement about the widening of Interstate-84 in Waterbury on Monday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• This Week In Golf: Snedeker Leads Start To Finish To Win Wyndham

  20-08-2018 17:18
  By Sam McPherson
  It would have been a shame for Brandt Snedeker to waste his opening-round 59 at the Wyndham Championship, and he did not disappoint. He followed up his blistering first round with three rounds in the 60s, on his way to a 21-under-par finish and a three-shot victory on Sunday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. Only a weather-delayed third round seemed to slow down Snedeker, as his lead shrunk to just one stroke. But a strong 65 on Sunday helped him cli
  
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• Milford Teen Missing For Nearly Three Weeks

  20-08-2018 16:18
  
  Milford police are searching for a 15-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly three weeks.Photo Credit: Milford Police
  
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• Police Investigate Fatal Shooting in Hartford

  20-08-2018 13:08
  
  A man was shot and killed in Hartford's North End early Monday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Gov. Malloy to Make Announcement About Widening of I-84 in Waterbury

  20-08-2018 12:49
  
  Governor Dannel Malloy is set to make an announcement about the widening of Interstate-84 in Waterbury on Monday.Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
  
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• Officials to Meet With Federal Drug Czar Nominee After Recent Overdoses in New Haven

  20-08-2018 12:48
  
  Governor Dannel Malloy is planning on meeting with Jim Carroll, the nominee for federal drug czar and current Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy on Monday.
  
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• ‘Your faith is shaken.’ Pittsburgh Catholics react to report detailing sexual abuse by clergy

  20-08-2018 11:49
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  PITTSBURGH, Penn. — St. Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh was about half-full at 8 a.m. mass on Sunday morning when Rev. Kris Stubna stepped up to the altar to deliver his homily.
  “These have been very painful and difficult days for all of us in the church,” Stubna said.
  Stubna was addressing the elephant in the room: a grand jury report released earlier this week that accused more than 300 Catholic “predator priests” of abusing more than 1,000 childr
  
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• Fire destroys Colchester home

  20-08-2018 11:42
  COLCHESTER — Fire officials in Connecticut are investigating a blaze that destroyed a home.
  Crews responded to a Colchester home Sunday morning. Officials say a venting propane tank worsened conditions. Firefighters contained the fire in about an hour and a half.
  A chimney was left standing after the home collapsed.
  No one was injured in the fire. Officials say no one was in the home at the time of the fire.
  The fire is under investigation.
  
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• Mostly cloudy, temps in the upper 70s Monday

  20-08-2018 10:58
  Another nice August day is on tap for us. Temperatures will stay in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees today with low humidity.  Clouds will win over today however the sun will try to break through in some spots! 
  Temperatures will remain near seasonal averages for Tuesday as high pressure takes control. Sunshine will be rather abundant through Tuesday before clouds increase ahead of the next rainstorm to come. That Wednesday storm could produce locally heavy rainfall at times - up to a
  
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• Governor Malloy, city officials hold a drug round table following New Haven overdoses

  20-08-2018 10:41
  HARTFORD — Governor Malloy and other state and local leaders will host a round table discussion this afternoon on the recent overdoses in New Haven.
  The meeting, in response to the more than 100 overdoses in the Elm City last week, includes President Trump’s drug czar nominee Jim Carroll, who is the current Deputy Director of the White House National Drug Control Policy.
  Today’s topic: addiction and substance use disorders. The mission: what the city can do next to prevent this
  
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• Arrests made after wild side show on Bay Bridge in San Francisco

  20-08-2018 05:14
  SAN FRANCISCO — A wilde scene on the Bay Bridge leading into San Francisco Sunday morning was captured on video.
  Drivers on the bridge reported the cars had started in Oakland and headed across the bridge. When they got to the span entering the city, police said ,”These vehicles were engaging in side show activity on the freeway. Multiple units from the CHP San Francisco Area responded and were able to take the driver of one of these vehicles into custody. Numerous other vehicles su
  
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• Crash in Meriden seriously injures motorcycle rider

  20-08-2018 04:46
  MERIDEN — A motorcycle rider suffered serious injuries in a crash Sunday evening.
  The crash happened on Murdock Avenue around 9:30 p.m.  The motorcycle and a car were involved.  The person on the motorcycle suffered life threatening injuries.
  The road was closed due to the crash near Murdock Ave. and Research Parkway.
   
  
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• WH counsel McGahn’s attorney did not fully apprise Trump’s legal team on Mueller interviews

  20-08-2018 03:14
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  White House counsel Don McGahn’s attorney did not give President Donald Trump’s lawyers a full accounting of McGahn’s interviews with the special counsel’s team, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN.
  Trump’s attorneys did not ask for a complete debriefing, the person said.
  During his three interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, McGahn did not provide information that would be incriminating to the President, a source told CNN.
  
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• ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ takes top spot at box office

  20-08-2018 02:16
  Audiences fell in love with “Crazy Rich Asians.”
  The Warner Bros. romantic comedy opened to an estimated $25.2 million at the domestic box office this weekend. That was enough to give the film starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding the top spot at the box office.
  The film has made $34 million over its five day opening, which exceeded industry expectations that had it bringing in closer to $25 million.
  “Crazy Rich Asians” is a watershed moment for on-screen representation
  
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• Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, dead at age 80

  20-08-2018 01:40
  Kofi Annan, the first black African to lead the United Nations, has died at age 80. He served as Secretary-General at a time when worries about the Cold War were replaced by threats of global terrorism, and his efforts to combat those threats and secure a more peaceful world brought him the Nobel Peace Prize.
  Annan, who was born in Ghana in 1938, served as the seventh UN Secretary-General, from 1997 to 2006, and was the first to rise from within the ranks of the United Nations staff.
  He had also
  
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• Sun earn 4th seed with 89-86 win over Sparks

  20-08-2018 01:10
  UNCASVILLE  — Jasmine Thomas scored 27 points and the Connecticut Sun beat the Los Angeles Sparks 89-86 on Sunday to secure the fourth seed in the WNBA playoffs.
  Connecticut (21-13) will have a first-round bye and host the winner of No. 5 seed Phoenix Mercury and eighth-seeded Dallas Wings in the second round. Los Angeles (19-15) took the sixth seed and will host the No. 7 seed Minnesota Lynx in the first round.
  The Sun led 82-72 on Jonquel Jones’ 3-point play with 1:51 left. Th
  
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• Rescue teams wade through filthy waters to help flood victims

  20-08-2018 01:06
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  Missing AttachmentDharamvir Singh is the leader of a team of six men tackling their latest tough assignment in the flood-ravaged southern Indian state of Kerala.
  Their mission is to safely evacuate stranded residents and to deliver supplies to desperate flood victims who have been without food and clean water for days.
  Members of the Indian government’s National Disaster Response Force are working to reach isolated
  
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• Stormy Daniels lawyer considers 2020 bid for White House

  20-08-2018 00:47
  GREENFIELD, N.H.  — An attorney who has bedeviled President Donald Trump during the past year over his personal relationships and immigration policies made a presidential pitch of his own to Democratic voters in New Hampshire on Sunday.
  Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her case against Trump, told the Hillsborough County Democrats that he was considering matching Trump’s confrontational style with his own pugilistic brand in a 2020 presidenti
  
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• Car hits pole on New Britain Ave. in West Hartford

  20-08-2018 00:29
  WEST HARTFORD — A crash closed a section of New Britain Avenue Sunday afternoon.
  According to police, a car hit a pole at 983 New Britain Avenue.
  The road has reopened.
  Could not tell me the extent of the injuries
  Police are on scene.
  
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• I-91 Southbound reopened after crash in Wallingford

  20-08-2018 00:20
  WALLINGFORD – A serious crash closed I-91 in Wallingford for a time Sunday evening.
  Officials said I-91 Southbound was closed between Exits 14 and 13 as a result of a crash around 6 p.m. Sunday evening. The road has reopened.
  State police said a motorcycle was involved.
  For more traffic information, go here. 
  
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