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• Suspect in 2017 New London Murder Charged

  21-08-2018 23:42
  
  A man suspected of murder in New London in December 2017 has been arrested and charged by Connecticut authorities after being found in Massachusetts.Photo Credit: New London Police DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Man charged in connection to 2017 murder in New London

  21-08-2018 23:34
  NEW LONDON — Police said they arrested a man and charged him with murder for the death of Quvonte Gray in December 2017.
  New London Police Department said on December 9, 2017, around 3:13 p.m., police responded to 4 Orchard Street for a gunshot victim.
  Police said the victim was later identified as Gray, who was pronounced dead on the scene. Police said following a further investigation, Jamir Johnson, 19, was identified as the suspect responsible for the murder of Gray.
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• Paw-ternity Leave: Companies Offer Paid Leave To Care For Sick Pets

  21-08-2018 22:33
  (CBS Local) – To many people, pets are part of the family. Some companies across the U.S. are recognizing this and are now offering employees paid leave to care for new puppies or sick pets.
  “This is kind of a no-brainer,” Allison McMenimen, vice president of Nina Hale told The New York Times. The Minneapolis marketing company came up with “fur-ternity leave” to give their staff the ability to work from home for a week while caring for new dogs or cats. &l
  
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• Humid Wednesday with temps in the 80s; possible scattered showers

  21-08-2018 22:30
  The weather will remain calm the first half of the evening with increasing clouds and rising humidity as a warm front approaches. Showers and thunderstorms will develop before daybreak between 2 AM and  8 AM, so don't be surprised if you're woken up by a rumble of thunder! Some of these storms could contain locally heavy rain. There's also a low risk for severe weather too so we'll be watching the radar just in case.
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• Coconut Oil Is ‘Pure Poison,’ Harvard Professor Claims

  21-08-2018 21:18
  GERMANY (CBS Local) – Months after a report from the American Heart Association (AHA) warned against consuming coconut oil, a Harvard professor is blasting the popular product as “pure poison.”
  Karin Michels, a professor at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, made the controversial remarks during a lecture that was posted on YouTube and has been viewed nearly one million times. Michels, who is also a director at the University of Freiburg, was giving a p
  
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• A son recorded this terrifying attempt to drive himself and his father out of a wildfire

  21-08-2018 21:07
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  Justin Bilton and his father sized up the wildfire raging ahead of their car and, thinking their window to escape was closing, decided to race through it.
  “Dad, what if the car blows up?” Justin, the driver, asks his father, Charles, sitting beside him.
  “(Then) we’re dead,” Charles answers. “Just keep driving.”
  A two-minute video shot by Justin shows their harrowing drive along a narrow dirt road as Glacier National Park burned around them, w
  
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• Vandals Damage Parks in Plainville and Bristol

  21-08-2018 20:55
  
  Vandalism at town parks in Plainville and Bristol have parents and town officials upset and cleaning up.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Arts school teacher charged with sexually assaulting student

  21-08-2018 20:54
  MERIDEN  — A former teacher at a Connecticut magnet school has been charged with engaging in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student.
  The Record-Journal reports that 28-year-old Brian Marshall was arraigned Monday on charges of sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor and released on $25,000 bond.
  According to his arrest warrant, the Meriden man had been the student's seventh-grade teacher at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts.
  The student told investigators their
  
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• Man wanted in South Carolina shooting found in Connecticut

  21-08-2018 20:53
  STRATFORD— A 23-year-old fugitive wanted on a murder charge in South Carolina has been taken into custody in Connecticut.
  The U.S. Marshals Service says Andrew Evins is suspected of shooting 23-year-old Jervaughn McKins in the abdomen Aug. 12 in Eutawville, South Carolina.
  McKins was driven to a nearby emergency substation by someone who then fled the scene. He died later that day at a local hospital.
  Evins was found at the Rodeway Inn in Stratford and taken into custody without incident T
  
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• Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen pleads guilty in hush-money scheme

  21-08-2018 20:01
  NEW YORK  — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and “fixer,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election.
  The guilty plea came almost at the same moment former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted in Alexandria, Virginia, of eight financial crimes in the first tri
  
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• Silver Alert Issued for Missing 88-Year-Old Stamford Man

  21-08-2018 19:59
  
  Police have issued a Silver Alert for a missing 88-year-old Stamford man.Photo Credit: Silver Alert
  
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• Drake Visits Girl Needing Transplant Who Made ‘In My Feelings’ Video

  21-08-2018 19:56
  CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS Local) — Sofia Sanchez, an 11-year-old girl awaiting a heart transplant at Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital, got a visit from her idol Drake after a video of her doing the #KiKiChallenge went viral.
  Sofia Sanchez from Downers Grove has been waiting for a new heart for several weeks, according to a YouTube post from Lurie Children’s Hospital. Sofia posted the video dancing with her cousin to Drake’s “In My Feelings,” showin
  
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• The Baseball Report: Several Top Pitchers Struggling With Injuries

  21-08-2018 19:43
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  The baseball season is a 162-game grind, and this late in the year, players throughout the league are dealing with injuries. Three teams in particular stand out because of who is hurt.
  First, the American League-leading Boston Red Sox were forced to put ace Chris Sale on the 10-day disabled list, retroactive to August 15th, with inflammation in his left shoulder. Sale has been his normal dominant self this season, posting a 12-4 record with a 1.97 ERA and 219 strikeouts in 146 innings
  
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• South Carolina Homicide Suspect Arrested in Stratford

  21-08-2018 19:42
  
  U.S. Marshals arrested a homicide suspect wanted in South Carolina at a motel in Stratford on Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Justice
  
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• CDC: Opioid Addiction Among Pregnant Women Skyrockets

  21-08-2018 19:12
  ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS Local) – A new report from the CDC reveals a troubling surge in opioid use among pregnant women. Researchers found that addiction among soon-to-be mothers is four times higher than it was 15 years ago.
  The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that the number women diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD) around the time they went into labor quadrupled from 1999 to 2014. “Opioid use by pregnant women represents a significant public h
  
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• ‘Pitching Nun’ Shows Off ‘Nunbelievable’ Dance Moves

  21-08-2018 19:06
  CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS Local) – Sister Mary Jo Sobieck showed off her smooth moves at a Chicago White Sox Saturday, tossing a perfect strike in a ceremonial first pitch that quickly went viral. Now, the nun is showing off her dances moves.
  CBS Chicago caught up with the nun as she returned back to Marian Catholic High School to find out more about her love of baseball.
  “I teach theology to sophomores,” she said. “My mom loved baseball. She’s passed away.
  
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• Plane carrying Post Malone makes successful emergency landing at NY airport after blowing tires on takeoff

  21-08-2018 19:02
  TETERBORO, N.J.   —  Musicians Post Malone and Andrew Watt were both on board a Gulfstream airplane that successfully made an emergency landing after experiencing issues during takeoff, according to a source with knowledge of the flight.
  The Gulfstream IV jet took off from New Jersey's Teterboro Airport and was originally bound for the United Kingdom, but the plane was diverted to New York's Stewart International Airport after it blew two tires upon takeoff, the Federal Avi
  
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• Crews search for man swept away in Wisconsin flooding

  21-08-2018 18:42
  MADISON, Wis.   — A man who was stranded in his vehicle is missing and presumed dead after gushing floodwaters wrenched him from a would-be rescuer’s arms after a deluge of heavy rain in southern Wisconsin, fire officials said Tuesday.
  The National Weather Service says more than 11 inches (28 centimeters) of rain reportedly fell overnight in places in or around the state’s capital city of Madison. The downpour has flooded major roads and knocked out power to thousands
  
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• A Pennsylvania university scrubs the names of three bishops from buildings after the clergy sex abuse scandal

  21-08-2018 18:28
  The University of Scranton, a Jesuit university in Pennsylvania, is removing the names of three bishops from school buildings in response to an ongoing sexual abuse investigation involving several Catholic leadership figures from the state.
  They are scrubbing the names of Bishops Jerome D. Hannan, J. Carroll McCormick, and James C. Timlin from campus buildings, and will also be rescinding the bishops’ honorary degrees.
  Hannan, McCormick and Timlin were named in a stunning grand jury report
  
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• Giants receiver Victor Cruz retires, joins ESPN

  21-08-2018 18:22
  NEW YORK — Former New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz has retired.
  The receiver announced Tuesday that he plans to join ESPN as an NFL analyst. Cruz will contribute to variety of shows and make his ESPN debut Wednesday.
  Best know for his salsa dancing touchdown dance celebration, Cruz was a seven-year veteran and a 2012 Pro Bowl selection. He joined the Giants in 2010 as an undrafted free agent from Massachusetts. He had his first 1,000-yard season and caught a touchdown pass in the
  
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• Lane Kiffin Surprises Walk-On With Scholarship After Lecture About Missing Yoga Class

  21-08-2018 17:47
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  College football season is right around the corner, which means that programs everywhere are putting out videos on social media of some of their walk-on players receiving scholarships. Much like the trend of school commitment videos, this has led to more and more creative ways for coaches to surprise players with their scholarship.
  The latest example comes from Florida Atlantic head coach Lane Kiffin. While addressing his team after practice, he appeared to be lecturing running back G
  
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• 12-year-old girl severely burned after trying ‘fire challenge’

  21-08-2018 17:46
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  DETROIT — A 12-year-old girl took a challenge and a dare that could have cost her life.
  It’s called the fire challenge. Young people pour flammable liquids on their bodies and set themselves on fire.
  Brandi Owens says her 12-year-old daughter Timiyah Landers did the challenge with her friends last Friday.
  She ended up engulfed in flames. Brandi and her fiance extinguished the blaze from her baby girl and rushed her to the hospital.
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• 3 men face over 1K counts each of sexually abusing animals

  21-08-2018 17:37
  MUNSON, Pa. — Three men face more than 1,400 counts each of sexually abusing animals at a Pennsylvania farm.
  Prosecutors said Monday that a teenage boy alerted state police to the abuse, which involved a variety of animals.
  On Saturday, police searched a property where the men live in Munson, Pennsylvania, 130 miles  northeast of Pittsburgh, and seized recording equipment, cameras and homemade videos.
  The men are charged with child endangerment and corruption of minors as well as over
  
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• UNC protesters knock down Silent Sam Confederate statue

  21-08-2018 17:35
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  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — About 250 protesters on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus knocked over the school’s controversial Silent Sam Confederate statue, the university said Tuesday.
  The statue is the latest among several Confederate monuments to be removed, and its toppling comes as communities grapple with the legacy of a contentious chapter in American history.
  A video and pictures from a student show the statue coming down on Monday as students
  
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• States aim to stop internet release of 3D-printed gun plans

  21-08-2018 17:31
  SEATTLE  — A federal judge in Seattle is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whether to block a settlement the U.S. State Department reached with a company that would allow it to post blueprints for printing 3D weapons on the internet.
  The federal agency had tried to stop a Texas company from releasing the plans online, arguing it violated export regulations. But the agency reversed itself in April and entered an agreement with the company that would allow it to post the plans. The
  
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• Community says goodbye to 11-year-old girl with Harry Potter-themed funeral

  21-08-2018 17:31
  KOKOMO, Ind. - Ryana Alexis Nix lost her fight with Leukemia last week, so family, friends, and complete strangers came together to say goodbye to the 11-year-old in a magical way.
  To pay tribute to Ryana’s love of Harry Potter, her mom Kayla Beatty and the staff at the Sunset Memory Garden Funeral Home discussed a Harry Potter theme for her funeral. Her family told WXIN she read every book.
  Dozens of fans who do not even know the family came to her funeral on Saturday dressed up as
  
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• #MeToo founder Tarana Burke says ‘there is no model survivor’ after Asia Argento report

  21-08-2018 17:27
  (CNN) — The woman who created the #MeToo movement is calling on her fellow activists to press forward in light of news that one of the group’s most prominent voices, Asia Argento, allegedly paid off an accuser of her own.
  According to a report in The New York Times, Argento, who emerged as one of the most ardent supporters of the #MeToo movement after she accused disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein of rape last year, made a deal with a young actor who accused her of s
  
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• Yellow Jackets Attack Couple, Dogs in Colchester

  21-08-2018 17:17
  
  A couple and their dogs were stung over and over again by yellow jackets with walking on trails in Colchester, according to police, and authorities said the area is now believed to be safe from the...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Cage Free: Animal Crackers No Longer Behind Bars On New Packaging

  21-08-2018 17:12
  EAST HANOVER, N.J. (CBS Local/CBS Pittsburgh) – After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free.
  Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum’s Animals crackers in response to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
  PETA, which has been protesting the use of animals in circuses for more than 30 years, wrote a letter to Mondelez in the spring 
  
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• Animal crackers uncaged after 116 years

  21-08-2018 17:12
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  The animals have been uncaged.
  After 116 years, the animals shown on the front of Barnum’s Animals, the animal cracker packaged and sold by Nabisco, are no longer shown in cages.
  The gorilla, giraffe, lion, zebra, and elephant are instead shown roaming a grassland field.
  The change comes following a 2016 complaint from PETA.
  “Given the egregious cruelty inherent in circuses that use animals and the public’s swelling opposition to the exploitation of animals used for
  
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• EPA rolls back Obama-era coal pollution rules as Trump heads to West Virginia

  21-08-2018 16:27
  As his Environmental Protection Agency delivers its latest blow to environmental regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions, President Donald Trump is heading into the heart of coal country to deliver the good news.
  Trump will join supporters in Charleston, West Virginia, for a political rally on Tuesday to celebrate his administration’s proposal to allow states to set their own emissions standards for coal-fueled power plants.
  The move would reverse Obama administration efforts to com
  
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• Trader Joe’s to Open at Buckland Hills

  21-08-2018 16:09
  
  Trader Joe’s will soon be opening at the Plaza at Buckland Hills.Photo Credit: The Plaza at Buckland Hills
  
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• Sexual assault victim escapes after biting suspect’s genitals

  21-08-2018 15:57
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  KANSAS CITY, Mo - A Kansas City man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her bedroom, then stabbing her after she fought back and bit him, according to WDAF.
  Spencer Franklin, 24, is facing a long list of criminal charges, including sodomy, armed criminal action, burglary and assault, after he broke into the woman's home and attacked her. The victim fought back and bit Franklin's genitals. Police say that
  
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• Missing 20-year-old college student, Mollie Tibbetts, found dead in Iowa: sources

  21-08-2018 15:36
  BROOKLYN, Iowa -- Nearly a month after she was reported missing, Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts has been found dead, according to WHO-TV.
  Greg Willey of Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa told WHO-TV a close friend of the Tibbetts’ family called him Tuesday morning and told him the body of Mollie Tibbetts has been found.
  Investigators had been searching for clues and conducting hundreds of interviews in the search for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbets. It's still unclear what happened to the m
  
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• Vernon to Hold Public Hearing on Crumbling Foundations Crisis

  21-08-2018 15:13
  
  The town of Vernon will be holding a public hearing tonight about crumbling concrete foundations as officials work to get an accurate report on the scope of the crisis in the state.
  
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• Rally Today for Mom Fighting Deportation to Bangladesh

  21-08-2018 14:21
  
  Supporters of a New Haven mother who is facing deportation to Bangladesh just days before her only child heads to college will hold a rally on her behalf this afternoon.
  
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• Bristol’s ‘Hunt for School Supplies’ held tonight!

  21-08-2018 13:05
  BRISTOL — It’s time to sharpen your scavenger hunt skills as the City of Bristol prepares for the back to school pencil hunt.
  It is being put on by the Mayor’s office and will take place at Muzzy Field beginning at 4:00 p.m.
  The free event is for kids in kindergarten through eighth grade and their families.
  Students will have a scavenger hunt for school supplies. There will be music and cool prizes for those kids that find lucky pencils.
  All children will receive a free lunch c
  
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• Partly cloudy Tuesday with temps in the 80s, low humidity

  21-08-2018 12:01
  Comfortable weather continues today with the humidity staying at reasonable levels and a decent amount of sunshine. The clouds may build up during the day, but there's a slim chance for any rainfall, so hopefully that cloud cover won't bother you. Temperatures will top out in the mid/upper 70s with a breeze from the southeast around 5-15 mph. Things change tonight and into tomorrow, as we return to a chance for rain.
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• Beating King of Pop, The Eagles have No.1 album of all-time

  21-08-2018 11:54
  NEW YORK  — The Eagles’ greatest hits album has moonwalked past Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to become history’s best-selling album of all-time in the U.S.
  The Recording Industry Association of America told The Associated Press on Monday that the Eagles’ album — “Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975” — is now certified 38x platinum, which means sales and streams of the album have reached 38 million copies.
  The album was released in
  
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• Immigration takes center stage at the VMAs

  21-08-2018 11:41
  LOS ANGELES — Rapper Logic used his time on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards to spotlight immigrant families and protest the Trump administration’s immigration policy that led to the separation of thousands of families.
  Wearing a shirt that said, “F*ck the wall,” Logic was joined on stage for his performance of his single “One Day” by members of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, United We Dream and Make the Road New York and their children, according
  
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• Teen shot and killed on his birthday – one hour after he posted ‘I made it to 17’

  21-08-2018 11:37
  ST. LOUIS - Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a local teenager who was killed on his birthday.
  Armond Latimore was murdered roughly an hour after he posted on Facebook about making it to his 17th birthday.
  “Thru all the (expletive) I den been thru I’m just glad I can say I made it to see 17,” Latimore wrote.
  Police received the call just before 1:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the 100 block of Nort
  
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• Teen arrested for lighting boy on fire during grill dispute, police say

  21-08-2018 11:29
  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A 13-year-old boy has been arrested after police said he set a 14-year-old boy on fire during an argument over grilling in Virginia Sunday afternoon.
  Police said the incident happened at Peterson’s Yacht Basin in Newport News around 4 p.m.
  When officers arrived, they found the 14-year-old with burns to his torso and one of his arms, WTKR reported.
  Police said the two teens got into an argument about who was going to light the charcoal on the grill.
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• Man passes out in McDonald’s drive-thru, police find 96 grams of meth in car

  21-08-2018 11:27
  FULLERTON, Calif. – After police saw a man passed out while waiting in a Fullerton McDonald’s drive-thru, officers found and seized 96 grams of methamphetamine in his possession early Saturday.
  Officers spotted the man passed out while behind the wheel of the vehicle at about 2:34 a.m., police said in an Instagram post. They discovered the 96 grams of methamphetamine inside the glove compartment.
  There were also a number of items indicating the man was going to sell the met
  
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• US deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany

  21-08-2018 11:11
  NEW YORK — The last Nazi war crimes suspect facing deportation from the U.S. was taken from his New York City home and spirited early Tuesday morning to Germany, the White House said.
  The deportation of the 95-year-old former concentration camp guard, Jakiw Palij, came 25 years after investigators first confronted him about his World War II past and he admitted lying to get into the U.S., claiming he spent the war as a farmer and factory worker.
  Palij lived quietly in the U.S. for years, a
  
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• The Russians tried to hack the Senate and conservative think tanks, Microsoft says

  21-08-2018 10:45
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  WASHINGTON DC  — Parts of an operation linked to Russian military intelligence targeting the US Senate and conservative think tanks were thwarted last week, Microsoft announced early Tuesday.
  The company said it executed a court order giving it control of six websites created by a group known as Fancy Bear. The group was behind the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee and directed by the GRU, the Russian military intelligence unit, according to cybersecurity firm
  
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• Route 8 in Watertown reopened after serious crash

  21-08-2018 10:15
  WATERTOWN — Route 8 on the Watertown/Thomaston line, between exits 37 and 38, is back open following a multi-vehicle crash.
  CTDOT says three cars were involved in the crash. State police say at least two people were taken to the hospital with injuries, though the extent of those injuries isn’t known yet.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Family of CT Woman Killed in Nashville Robbery Speaks

  21-08-2018 05:32
  
  A woman who grew up in Farmington was shot and killed outside a bar in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday.Photo Credit: Jolie Sarrantonio
  
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• 10th Annual Pooch Plunge in West Hartford

  21-08-2018 05:16
  WEST HARTFORD – Dogs and their owners took a swim to raise money for a dog park in this year’s 10th Annual Pooch Plunge Monday.
  The event gives dog owners a chance to say goodbye to summer with their four-legged friends, swimming at the pool at Beachland Park.
  The president of the West Hartford Dog Park Coalition, Phil Karlin, said a location has been picked for a dog park, but cannot be disclosed to the public yet.
  Karlin said the group has been working to raise the funds priv
  
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• Feds, State Investing in Southeastern CT Maritime Industry

  21-08-2018 04:45
  
  U.S. Maritime Administrator Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, USN, Ret., toured sea-based businesses Monday that included Mystic Seaport, the Cross Sound Ferry, Thames Shipyard & Repair Co., New London State Pier and Essex...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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