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• I-95 in Guilford Fully Reopens After Fatal Crash Closed Highway for 8 Hours

  25-08-2018 22:04
  
  Interstate 95 in Guilford has fully reopened after a fatal crash closed it for hours on Saturday.Photo Credit: CT Department of TransportationThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Silver Alert Issued for Missing 77-Year-Old Man

  25-08-2018 20:31
  
  A Silver Alert has been issued for a 77-year-old man who is missing from Rocky Hill on Saturday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• LifeStar Responds to Crash on Route 80 in Killingworth

  25-08-2018 18:29
  
  LifeStar responded to a 2-car crash on Route 80 in Killingworth on Saturday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• I-95 in Guilford Partially Reopens After Fatal Crash

  25-08-2018 18:21
  
  Interstate 95 in Guilford has partially reopened after a fatal crash closed it for hours on Saturday morning.Photo Credit: CT Department of TransportationThis 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 Arrested for Assault After Stabbing in New London

  25-08-2018 16:18
  
  New London Police have arrested a man after a stabbing on Friday afternoon.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Verizon makes changes as lawmakers decry firefighters’ woes

  25-08-2018 14:47
  Watch VideoSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Verizon rolled out changes Friday as state lawmakers said they were outraged to learn the telecommunications company had slowed firefighters’ internet service while they battled what became the largest wildfire on record in California.
  Verizon said it removed all speed cap restrictions for emergency workers fighting wildfires on the West Coast and for those in Hawaii, where emergency crews were rescuing people from areas flooded by Hurricane Lane.
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• Fundraiser tonight to help pay for Connecticut man’s liver transplant

  25-08-2018 13:41
  SOUTH WINDSOR – Call it good food for a great cause!
  The public is invited to come out for a pasta fundraiser on Saturday. The funds raised from the festivities will go towards helping pay for Peter Ruff’s medical costs.
  Erin and Peter Ruff were married in December of 2017. Their wedding hashtag was ‘ruff life,’ but little did they know just how much meaning that would carry.
  For the past six months, the newlyweds have been in and out of the ICU, doctors recently telling
  
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• Truck accident shuts down I-95 in Guilford

  25-08-2018 13:33
  GUILFORD – Interstate 95 is shut down on the northbound side between exits 58 and 59 because of an accident involving a car and a tractor-trailer truck.The accident occurred about 6:30 Saturday morning. State police say there’s a report of one injury; no word yet if it’s serious.We’ll have more information on the accident and the traffic situation as it becomes available during the FOX61 Morning News and on the FOX61 News app.
  
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• Car drives into sinkhole in East Hartford, exposes water main break

  25-08-2018 13:09
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  Missing AttachmentEAST HARTFORD – A driver got a quite a surprise last night on Brewer Street in East Hartford.
  They were expecting to drive through a puddle. Instead, they went nose-first into a sinkhole that was apparently created by a water main break. Police tell FOX61’s Taylor Dichello that at least one person climbed out the hatchback of the car, some time before 2 a.m.
  East Hartford police say no one was injured, but cre
  
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• Voit hits 2 HRs, Britton closes, Yanks top Orioles 7-5 in 10

  25-08-2018 12:29
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  Missing AttachmentBALTIMORE — Those late-July trades are paying off in a big way for the New York Yankees.
  Luke Voit connected in the 10th inning for his second home run of the game, and Zach Britton marked his return to Camden Yards by working the bottom half to preserve the Yankees’ 7-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
  The Yankees made up two-run deficits in the fourth
  
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• Adames, Perez lead Rays to 10-3 win over Red Sox

  25-08-2018 12:20
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  Missing AttachmentST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox had a lot of hits again. However, they couldn’t put them together to get a lot of scoring.
  Willy Adames homered, Michael Perez drove in four runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Red Sox 10-3 Friday night for their sixth straight win.
  Boston finished with 13 hits, reaching double digits for the fourth time in five games.
  “We got all those h
  
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• Pope lands in Ireland amid priest abuse scandal

  25-08-2018 12:11
  DUBLIN — Pope Francis has arrived in Ireland on the first papal visit to the majority Roman Catholic nation for almost 40 years amid one of the worst sexual abuse scandals the Church has yet faced.
  The 81-year-old Pontiff will meet President Michael Higgins and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar during the two-day visit, that falls just a few days after the release of a Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing decades of clerical pedophilia and coverups.
  The Pope will also find Ireland a very dif
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – The K-2 crisis in New Haven

  25-08-2018 11:31
  The palpable scenes of the panic on the New Haven Green last week are still horrifying.More than 100 people overdosed after ingesting the synthetic drug known as “K-2.”Whether it’s opiates or new synthetic drugs, the reality of addiction is riveting and confounding.Today, we’ll talk about the emergence of K-2 – and how it is putting the exclamation point on the crisis of drug addiction in CT – and beyond.Guests: Hartford Courant Reporter Josh Kovner and Dr. Cr
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show – Cohen, Manafort and Trump

  25-08-2018 11:30
  Attorney James Bergenn, from Shipman & Goodwin, discusses the relevance and ramifications of the federal convictions of two major players personally tied to the President Trump. Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer, and New Britain’s Paul Manafort - Trump's former campaign chairman -are likely going to prison . … What does it mean for the President?
  
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• Connecticut visitors offer their two cents on the MGM Springfield casino

  25-08-2018 05:26
  SPRINGFIELD - Friday was the day many New Englanders have been waiting for - the official grand opening of the MGM Springfield Casino.
  Some have been saying it is competition for Mohegan and Foxwoods.
  Crowds were populating by the second and there was a mixture of people from Massachusetts, New York and plenty of people from Connecticut.
  Some earlybirds waited outside with hopes to get first dibs on the slot machines, the food and the drinks.
  "Well this is like a family thing you know, a small
  
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• Homeless man’s lawyer says couple who raised $400k for him is withholding money

  25-08-2018 05:15
  PHILADELPHIA – Johnny Bobbitt Jr. had a new life ahead of him.
  Last October, the homeless man used his last $20 to buy gas for a woman, Kate McClure, who was stranded on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. McClure, in return, created a GoFundMe campaign with her boyfriend Mark D’Amico to raise money for Bobbitt to thank him.
  McClure and Bobbitt’s story quickly transformed into a viral “feel-good” story, and the campaign, as of Friday night, raised a total
  
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• YouTube personality ‘McSkillet’ ID’d as teen driver in triple fatal wrong-way crash

  25-08-2018 05:09
  SAN DIEGO – A YouTube personality known as "McSkillet" was identified Friday as the 18-year-old man who was behind the wheel of a high-end sports car involved in a triple fatal wrong-way crash in the San Diego area.
  Trevor J. Heitmann was killed in the fiery high-speed wreck that left his vehicle "fragmented and ... strewn across" the 805 Freeway in the University City area Thursday afternoon, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said.
  Earlier in the day, students at La Jolla Co
  
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• Teacher sits in car with former student’s baby so new mom can attend job fair

  25-08-2018 05:09
  CHICAGO – Chicago teacher LaShonda Carter always told her students she’d be there for them if they needed her.
  And she didn’t disappoint when one of them reached out, three years after she had been in Carter’s class.
  Carter was having trouble sleeping one night last week and was browsing through Facebook when she started chatting online with Larresha Plummer, 18.
  Plummer told Carter about some rough times she had being going through, and mentioned that she wanted to atte
  
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• NC Man Killed by Boat Driven by Conn. Man in NH

  25-08-2018 02:18
  
  A North Carolina man is dead after a boat hit him Friday on Lake Winnipesaukee, according to New Hampshire State Police.Photo Credit: necn
  
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• Meriden Girl Honored For Acting Bravely During Robbery

  25-08-2018 02:06
  
  A 12-year-old girl from Meriden didn't think twice when she jumped on the back of an armed robber who police said was trying to rob the Tachuelas Grocery Store last month. On Friday, the city honored her for her...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• New Haven’s Chief Administrative Officer Stepping Down

  25-08-2018 00:36
  
  New Haven’s Chief Administrative Officer who oversees numerous city departments, including police, fire and emergency management, is stepping down.
  
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• Three arrested after 2 Hartford officers were taken to hospital after exposure to Fentanyl during drug raid

  25-08-2018 00:34
  HARTFORD --  Three people have been arrested after two officers were taken to the hospital after they were exposed to Fentaly during a drug raid Thursday.
  The three suspects appeared in court Friday.
  Police arrested Raymond Vasquez, Luis Diaz and Francheska Muniz-Rodriguez.
  Detectives from the Hartford Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics Division, conducted a narcotics warrant operation on Garden Street in Hartford Thursday. One of the suspect's attempting to destroy evidence, exposed seven o
  
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• West Haven Couple Felt Pressured Into Chimney Repairs

  25-08-2018 00:05
  
  Gail Franklin checks on her parents often, but she was not aware that someone else was also checking in on the couple.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• New Haven Alders to Review Purchase of Uniforms for Mayor’s Receptionists

  25-08-2018 00:05
  
  Should the City of New Haven have spent nearly $4,000 to outfit City Hall staffers with new uniforms?
  
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