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• UConn Health Center Opens Breast Milk Depot

  30-08-2018 23:20
  
  UConn Health is opening the first hospital-based breast milk depot in the state.
  
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• Suspect Crawled Under Woman's Bathroom Stall: Police

  30-08-2018 22:52
  
  North Haven police are searching for a suspect accused of crawling under a stall in a bathroom while someone was using it Thursday afternoon.Photo Credit: North Haven Police Department
  
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• Hartford Woman Charged in Fentanyl Bust

  30-08-2018 22:38
  
  Connecticut State Police arrested a Hartford woman in connection with the sale of fentanyl in the greater Hartford area.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Massive Lizard Keeps Terrorizing Family, Evading Trappers

  30-08-2018 22:30
  Davie, Fla. (CBS Local) – Trappers are hunting a giant monitor lizard that showed up at a home in Florida and it won’t go away.
  Zach Lieberman‘s wife spotted the creature by the patio door of the family’s home in Davie.
  “She started screaming and I’m thinking what’s going on,” Lieberman told CBS Miami. He took a look at the creature by the door and went around the house to shoo the large lizard away. But the reptile turned the tables
  
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• Deadly Motorcycle Crash Closes Warnertown Road in Suffield

  30-08-2018 22:20
  
  Part of Warnertown Road in Suffield is closed while police investigate a deadly motorcycle crash.
  
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• Dell Technologies Championship Preview

  30-08-2018 22:17
  By Norm Elrod
  The FedExCup Playoffs continue this week with the Dell Technologies Championship, which tees off Friday, August 31 at TPC Boston. The field is down to 100 players, with Bryson DeChambeau leading the point standings (3617) after his win at The Northern Trust. Familiar names dot the top 10, including world #1 Dustin Johnson (2969), last year’s Dell Technologies and FedExCup winner, Justin Thomas (2954), and the ever-present Phil Mickelson (1750).
  But 41 players have at least 10
  
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• Man Charged With Embezzling Thousands From Home Care Company

  30-08-2018 21:27
  
  A New Haven man is accused of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from a home health care agency where he worked.Photo Credit: Hamden Police Department
  
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• Governor Appeals FEMA Denial of Individual Assistance After Tornadoes

  30-08-2018 21:26
  
  The governor is appealing after the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied individual assistance for homeowners in New Haven and Fairfield counties after the May tornadoes in the hopes it will be reversed.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Homeless Good Samaritan Suing Couple Who Raised $400K To Help Him

  30-08-2018 21:24
  NEW JERSEY (CBS Local) – A homeless man whose act of generosity went viral is now suing the people he helped.
  Johnny Bobbitt received worldwide praise after he gave a stranded motorist in Philadelphia his last $20, so she could get gas last year. In return, Katie McClure and her boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, started a GoFundMe page that quickly went viral and raised over $400,000 for the good Samaritan.
  McClure and D’Amico announced that the funds would go towards buying t
  
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• Hamden couple killed in Vermont glider crash

  30-08-2018 20:38
  STOWE, Vermont – Police in Vermont say a glider plane crashed Wednesday evening, killing the pilot and his two passengers, a couple from Connecticut.
  The passengers were 58-year-old Frank Moroz III and his wife, 56-year-old Suzanne Moroz of Hamden. The pilot was 70-year-old Donald Post of Stowe. The glider was owned by Stowe Soaring, a business that operates from the Morrisville-Stowe State Airport. The plane crashed near the summit of Sterling Mountain.
  According to Vermont State Police,
  
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• Flag Put Up Outside Sen. John McCain’s Childhood Home in New London

  30-08-2018 20:37
  
  U.S. Senator John McCain spent some of his early years in New London and a United States flag has been placed in front of his childhood home in tribute to the veteran and 81-year-old senator who died Saturday of...Photo Credit: City of New LondonThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Beach Or Door? Internet Losing Its Mind Once Again Over New Photo

  30-08-2018 20:17
  (CBS Local) – Move over blue or gold dress, take a seat Laurel and Yanny, there’s a new social media controversy taking the internet by storm.
  Is it the beach or is it a door?
  Is this a door or a beach??? Hahahaha pic.twitter.com/f4DZ7MZzGy
  — 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕪 (@rebeccareilly__) August 24, 2018Every time we turn around there seems to be another new baffling photo or sound controversy that has people all up in arms.
  The latest one
  
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• CBSSports HQ To Air Live Fantasy Football Telethon On Labor Day

  30-08-2018 19:31
  Ryan Mayer
  CBS Sports HQ, the 24/7 live streaming service available across all digital platforms, has announced plans to host a live fantasy football telethon on Labor Day, to answer fan’s questions heading into the first week of the NFL season.
  The telethon starts at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday and runs until 10:00 p.m. giving fantasy players seven hours of breakdowns of SportsLine projections, player rankings, sleepers, and, of course, players to avoid. CBS Sports NFL writers Pete P
  
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• Building collapses in Chicago with reports of people trapped inside

  30-08-2018 19:31
  CHICAGO — People are reportedly trapped after an explosion caused a building collapse at the Metro Water Reclamation District on Chicago’s Far South Side, according to FOX61 sister-station WGN.
  The incident happened around 11 a.m. Thursday at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, located at 400 E. 130th Street near the Little Calumet River.
  A Level 1 hazmat response has been called and rescues are underway. One person has been rescued so far.
  The cause of the explosion is unknown at
  
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• Life-Size Lego Sports Car Has One Million Pieces And Really Works

  30-08-2018 19:24
  (CBS Local) – Building Lego’s scale Bugatti Chiron model will likely take you some time, but its long build time pales in comparison to how long it took Lego to build a fully functioning, full-size Bugatti Chiron.
  Yes, you read that correctly, and your eyes are not deceiving you. This is a 1:1-scale Bugatti Chiron built from Lego’s standard pieces with a few special bits in there to ensure functionality. Lego’s team took over 13,000
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Thousands of mourners gather for Arizona church service for late Senator John McCain

  30-08-2018 18:55
  PHOENIX — Arizonans lined the streets and mourners gathered at a church Thursday as a motorcade carrying Sen. John McCain’s body left the state Capitol for a second day of memorial services for the maverick politician, former prisoner of war and two-time presidential candidate.
  People holding American flags and campaign signs with the word “McCain” stood along parts of the 8-mile route as the hearse made its way toward the North Phoenix Baptist Church for a commemoration
  
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• Olive Oil May Be Better For Men Than Viagra, Study Claims

  30-08-2018 18:50
  GREECE (CBS Local) – A new study on sexual health may have a lot of men running to their favorite Italian restaurant tonight.
  According to scientists in Greece, olive oil may be better than Viagra when it comes to boosting sexual performance. The study, published by the University of Athens, examined over 600 men and found that an olive oil-rich diet cut the risk of erectile dysfunction by up to 40 percent.
  The men, who had an average age of 67, switched to a Mediterranean-style
  
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• Judge: Feds can end housing aid for Puerto Rican evacuees

  30-08-2018 18:13
  BOSTON  — A judge said the federal government can end a temporary housing vouching program for Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees.
  Judge Timothy Hillman on Thursday denied an effort to force the government to continue providing aid that has allowed evacuees to live in hotels in the U.S.
  Hillman also ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to keep the program in place through Sept. 13 to give the evacuees time to make other plans.
  Hillman expressed remorse at his decision, but sai
  
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• KFC Offering $11,000 If You Name Your Baby After Colonel Sanders

  30-08-2018 18:09
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CBS Local) – KFC is trying to convince you to name your baby Harland.
  Harland is the first name of the Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, whose 128th birthday will be on Sept. 9. In honor of “The Colonel,” parents can enter to win a cash prize if their child is born on Sanders’ birthday and shares his name.
  The first baby named Harland born on Sept. 9 will be deemed the grand prize winner. If there is a ti
  
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• Kevin Owens Wants To Face Best Friend Finn Bálor At WrestleMania

  30-08-2018 17:41
  By Chuck Carroll
  The future for Kevin Owens in WWE is murky at this point, according to storylines. The former Universal Champion abruptly quit on Monday’s RAW, apparently not taking recent losses to Braun Strowman and Seth Rollins very well. The latter was apparently the straw the broke the camel’s back.
  His profile has been moved to the alumni section of WWE’s website, and Owens has gone dark on social media. All but two posts on his Twitter account have been removed. Of the
  
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• General Mills Giving Employees 18-20 Weeks Of Maternity Leave

  30-08-2018 17:27
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (CBS Local) — General Mills has announced the expansion of its parental leave policy for its employees, which includes 18 to 20 weeks of maternity leave.
  On Jan. 1, 2019, the company will increase time off for new mothers to up to 20 weeks of maternity leave with 100 percent pay. Parental leave for fathers, partners, and adoptive parents will be increased to 12 weeks of paid time.
  “We spent a lot of time talking with employees at different
  
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• State Police investigating untimely death near I-395

  30-08-2018 14:56
  THOMPSON — The Connecticut State Police Department is investigating what they are calling an untimely death Thursday morning.
  At around 5:30 a.m. , Connecticut State Police went to I-395 north, in the vicinity of Exit 99 in Thompson, to investigate a report of a dead body.
  Police called their investigation “an untimely death” and said it appears non-criminal at this time.
  Stay with FOX61 as this story develops.
  
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• Shelter-in-place lifted, pressure cooker detonated by bomb squad near Meriden elementary school

  30-08-2018 14:54
  MERIDEN – Police are investigating after a pressure cooker was left near the Israel Putnam Elementary School Thursday morning.
  The suspicious device prompted a shelter-in-place for the school and closed nearby streets.
  Police said a concerned citizen called about the pressure cooker, which she found suspicious. It was about 70 yards from a corner of the school. The call came in around 8:20 a.m.
  Superintendent Mark Benigni said that since buses were already en route, and kids were already
  
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• Bomb squad called to Meriden school due to suspicious package, shelter-in-place implemented

  30-08-2018 14:54
  MERIDEN — The Meriden Police Department said a shelter-in-place has been implemented at Israel Putnam School in Meriden due to an active crime scene.
  Police and fire departments are on the scene investigating a suspicious package. Parker Avenue and Markham Place around the school are closed.
  Meriden Police did a reverse 911 to alert people in the neighborhood to what was going on.
  Connecticut State Police and the bomb squad are also on the scene. The elementary school is open but only one
  
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• Daytrippers: Kid City in Middletown

  30-08-2018 14:40
  MIDDLETOWN --  When you step into Kid City in Middletown, you need to be ready to explore!
  “This is definitely a place where grown ups and kids play together,” says founder and Director Jen Alexander.
  The museum is best suited for kids between the ages of 1-7 years of age and has 10 different rooms to discover!
  Kids can jump into the land of pretend in a medieval village, a farm, a diner, and even a fishery!
  They’ll hit the ground running into a world of imagination acros
  
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• Combination of heroin and fentanyl sickened guards, inmate and nurses at Ohio prison, officials say

  30-08-2018 14:35
  CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A mixture of heroin and fentanyl left more than two dozen people sick Wednesday at the Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, Ohio, officials said.
  Authorities responded to the prison after reports that 29 people — including 23 prison guards, four nurses and one inmate — were overcome after being exposed to a substance, according to the state highway patrol. They were taken to Adena Regional Medical Center, the highway patrol’s statement sa
  
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• Police Investigating Untimely Death on I-395

  30-08-2018 14:19
  
  Police are investigating an untimely death on Interstate 395 North in Thompson.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Uber driver stood his ground and killed man who threatened to shoot him, sheriff says

  30-08-2018 14:06
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  POLK COUNTY, Fl — After a heated text message exchange with his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Jason Boek followed an Uber he thought was driving her home and swerved in front of it on a dark stretch of road in central Florida early Tuesday morning, authorities say.
  A dash camera video from the Uber shows Boek, 34, jumping out of a pick-up truck and quickly walking to Uber driver Robert Westlake’s Hyundai Elantra.
  Holding what authorities said was a cell phone, Boek rais
  
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• MISSING: Silver Alert Issued for Missing 80-Year-Old East Haven Man

  30-08-2018 13:48
  
  An 80-year-old East Haven has been reported missing and a Silver Alert has been issued for him.Photo Credit: Silver Alert
  
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• John McCain remembered in Vietnam as a friend, not an enemy

  30-08-2018 13:38
  Watch VideoThe first time Le Tran Lua laid eyes on John McCain, he wanted to kill him.
  “With a knife in my hand, I intended to stab him. But the people nearby shouted stop,” he recalls.
  Now, more than half a century after that dramatic first and only encounter with a US Navy pilot, Lua laments Sen. McCain’s passing.
  “I am very sad,” Lua says of his former enemy’s death. “I always wanted to meet him [again] since this was such a milestone in my life.&rdqu
  
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• Fire Destroys Multi-Family House in Plymouth

  30-08-2018 13:01
  
  Several people were displaced by fire that ripped through a multi-family home in Plymouth early Thursday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Google denies Trump’s claim that it ignored his speeches to Congress

  30-08-2018 12:51
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  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.  — Google denied President Donald Trump’s claim on Wednesday that the search engine promoted President Barack Obama’s State of the Union addresses but not his own annual address in January.
  Trump tweeted a video Wednesday on Twitter that read: “For years, Google promoted President Obama’s State of the Union on its homepage. When President Trump took office, Google stopped.” It shows the site’s homepage on the dates
  
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• Heat, humidity stick around, with a chance of showers and storms

  30-08-2018 11:21
  This heat and humidity continues for one more day! While it's still hot and humid out there, a "cold" front moving through in the afternoon will keep temperatures a bit lower (near 90 degrees instead of mid-upper 90s). There is a chance for an isolated shower or storm in the afternoon but most locations stay dry.  This is great news for the first UCONN home game of the season tonight (game time is 7 PM)!
  After that, the heat and humidity breaks Friday and Saturday. But with the cold front
  
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• Heat, humidity stick around for Thursday, chance of showers & storms

  30-08-2018 11:21
  This heat and humidity continues for one more day! While it's still hot and humid out there, a "cold" front moving through in the afternoon will keep temperatures a bit lower (near 90 degrees instead of mid-upper 90s). There is a chance for an isolated shower or storm in the afternoon but most locations stay dry.  This is great news for the first UCONN home game of the season tonight (game time is 7 PM)!
  After that, the heat and humidity breaks Friday and Saturday. But with the cold front
  
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• Crews battle house fire in Terryville

  30-08-2018 10:03
  TERRYVILLE — An overnight fire heavily damaged a three family home in Terryville.
  The fire happened at a home along Eagle Street. All of the floors were occupied with a total of seven people and a couple of dogs. There were no reported injuries.
  Fire officials say the call came in around 1:20 a.m.
  When the first fire engine arrived on the scene, officials say a power line fell onto the truck, so they had to standby until the power was shut off to the neighborhood.
  It took about an hour and
  
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• UConn football kicks off season at home against conference foe UCF

  30-08-2018 06:50
  EAST HARTFORD —  Its three words college football fans can finally shout “football is back.”
  On Thursday, the UConn Huskies are looking to bounce back from a 3-9 campaign last year as they host American Athletic Conference foe UCF Knights at Rentschler Field at 7 p.m.
  Thursday’s showdown won’t be an easy one for Huskies.
  The Knights enter the season with the longest active winning streak in the country at 13 games. The Knight are also coming
  
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• New Haven schools addressing chronic absenteeism

  30-08-2018 06:20
  NEW HAVEN - New Haven Public Schools are back in session beginning Thursday, but Wednesday, school officials kicked off what will be an ongoing initiative to erase chronic absenteeism.
  School dropout prevention crews fanned out across New Haven Wednesday and among the target families were those with children going into ninth grade, who have been chronically absent.
  “Research suggests that if students missed 10 days of school, in ninth grade, they are more inclined not to be
  
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• Ellington residents fight back over turf field cancellation

  30-08-2018 05:25
  ELLINGTON -- There's a turf war going on in Ellington.
  Earlier this year Ellington town officials were notified of a proposal to build a $2.6 million  astroturf field on the school's high school football field.
  The project would strip the soils, add drainage to the land and cover it with synthetic grass. The proposal also calls for permanent lights on the football field as well as the nearby tennis courts.
  Alice Mahon is the drum major for the school's marching band and knows how difficult
  
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• Choate Rosemary Hall fires teacher over misconduct allegations

  30-08-2018 04:17
  WALLINGFORD — A Connecticut boarding school has fired a teacher after learning another school where he previously worked had substantiated misconduct allegations against him.
  The Record-Journal reports officials at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford announced Wednesday that they fired Oliver Morris after his previous school, the Foote School in New Haven, found and substantiated allegations of “improper conduct.”
  Choate Headmaster Alex Curtis says school officials co
  
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• Lawsuits allege school, police covered up sex assault

  30-08-2018 04:10
  GREENWICH  — A lawyer has filed state and federal lawsuits against a Connecticut town and a private school on behalf of a woman who says the school covered up her sexual assault allegations.
  The Greenwich Time reports the lawsuits claim the Brunswick School worked with Greenwich police to stop negative publicity from “tarnishing” the all-boy school’s reputation.
  The lawsuits say the 16-year-old girl, a student at another private school, was assaulted by a B
  
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• North Branford man sentenced to 8 months in prison for hacking celebrity accounts

  30-08-2018 04:06
  BRIDGEPORT — A Connecticut man who hacked into more than 200 iCloud accounts of Hollywood stars and other people has been sentenced to eight months in prison.
  George Garofano was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Bridgeport. After prison, he must serve three years of supervised release and perform 60 hours of community service.
  The North Branford man was one of four men arrested in the 2014 hacking scandal that led to private photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Upton and
  
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• Heat index in US Northeast tops 100; girl dies in hot car

  30-08-2018 04:02
  NEW YORK — Tens of millions of people in the northeastern United States sweated in dangerously high heat Wednesday, with temperatures that felt like 100-plus degrees and prompted emergency measures including school closures and extra breaks for star players wilting at the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
  Authorities on Long Island say heat appeared to be a factor in Tuesday’s death of an 11-year-old girl found in a vehicle with the windows closed. The heat index was past 100.
  In Mas
  
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• MGM: Over 150,000 people visited casino on opening weekend

  30-08-2018 03:59
  SPRINGFIELD — MGM is touting a strong opening weekend for its first casino in Massachusetts.
  MGM Springfield President Michael Mathis said Wednesday that more than 150,000 visitors came to the new $960 million resort casino during its first three days. He said the crowds exceeded the casino’s expectations.
  The company says revenue numbers, however, won’t be available until next month, when the state Gaming Commission issues its monthly report.
  MGM’s 14-acre (5.6-hectare)
  
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• Residents Jump From 2nd-Floor Windows During Stratford Fire

  30-08-2018 03:11
  
  Several residents were injured when they had to jump from second-story windows during a fire at an apartment building in Stratford Wednesday.Photo Credit: Stringr.com
  
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• New Details in Case of Marlborough Man Charged With Arson

  30-08-2018 02:28
  
  Court documents are revealing new information in the case of a Marlborough man charged with arson after a fire at his parent’s house Monday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police and NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Hartford Police Officer Arrested for Second Time in a Month

  30-08-2018 01:40
  
  A Hartford police officer has been arrested for the second time in less than a month in East Windsor.Photo Credit: East Windsor Police Department
  
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• FIRST ALERT: More Schools Opt for Early Dismissals Thursday

  30-08-2018 01:21
  
  Some districts have announced early dismissals Thursday due to the heat and humidity. This marks the third day the hot weather has affected classes.
  
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• Authorities identify mystery woman in Texas doorbell video

  30-08-2018 01:08
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  HOUSTON – Officials say they have identified the barefoot woman captured by surveillance cameras ringing doorbells at a number of Texas homes before vanishing into the night.
  Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Scott Spencer said during a press conference Wednesday that the woman is safe. He said they learned of her identity after finding a 49-year-old man – who had made suicidal threats and comments – dead during a welfare check.
  “The preliminary cau
  
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• $2M worth of ‘fentanyl’ seized in bust turns out to be sugar, lab finds

  30-08-2018 01:08
  WILMINGTON, N.C. – Some might call the new details in a massive “fentanyl” bust a little bittersweet.
  On July 13, three people were arrested after deputies seized what was believed to be nearly 13 pounds of the deadly opioid fentanyl in a Wilmington, North Carolina drug raid.
  Early on, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office tested several samples of the powder from each bag with a Scott Company Drug Testing CSI field test kit and determined the substance was fentanyl, ac
  
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• Ukulele-Playing Retired Teacher Greets Students in Newington

  30-08-2018 00:37
  
  As students in Newington headed back to class, they heard the familiar sound of a ukulele.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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