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• Family of Missing 1-Year-Old From Ansonia Begs for Information

  05-12-2019 23:57 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The family of a 1-year-old girl reporting missing after her mother was found dead in their Ansonia home Monday night is begging the public for any information that could help find the baby.Photo Credit: Family PhotoThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Yale Peabody Museum to Close Next Year for Major Renovations

  05-12-2019 23:54 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A major renovation is on the way for the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History’s Great Hall.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Fire erupts at Vernon Family Dollar

  05-12-2019 23:35
  VERNON — A fire erupted at the Family Dollar on Windsor Avenue Thursday.
  From a video sent by a viewer to FOX61, the fire seems have happened in the back of the building.
  FOX61 has a crew heading to the scene.
   This is a developing.
  
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• Fotis Dulos' Attorney Requests Supreme Court Revoke Gag Order

  05-12-2019 22:51 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The criminal defense attorney for Fotis Dulos has filed a brief in Connecticut Supreme Court detailing why the court should reverse a gag order in the case.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Researchers Find Drug Can Curb Delusions in Dementia and Alzheimer’s Patients

  05-12-2019 22:39
  
  SAN DIEGO (CBS Local) — A drug used to reduce delusions among Parkinson’s patients has the same benefit for people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, researchers announced this week.
  Trial results were disclosed Wednesday at an Alzheimer’s conference in San Diego, the Associated Press reports.
  Pimavanserin, a daily pill sold under the brand name Nuplazid by Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc., was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2016 f
  
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• Man said ‘I hope it was worth it’ before North Haven blast

  05-12-2019 22:06
  Newly released reports obtained by The Associated Press shed light on an explosion during a police standoff in Connecticut that killed a man and injured nine officers.
  John Sayre Sr. was killed in the blast in a barn behind his North Haven home on May 2, 2018.
  His wife had reported to police that she escaped the house after being held hostage.
  The reports say officials never determined the exact cause of the explosion, but officers smelled a strong odor of gas.
  Sayre stumbled out of a barn after
  
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• Daytrippers: Decking the halls at Gillette Castle for Christmas

  05-12-2019 22:05
  EAST HADDAM – Making spirits bright, they put in plenty of effort to make that happen at Gillette Castle in East Haddam.
  Each year Gillette Castle tries to out do themselves and deck the halls at the 14 thousand square foot property with holiday decorations for thousands of visitors to come and enjoy.
  “This is our Winter wonderland,” said Paul Schiller, a seasonal interpretive guide at Gillette Castle State Park. “The process itself took us about a month and a half.&rdquo
  
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• Homeland Security drops plan to use facial recognition on traveling US citizens

  05-12-2019 22:01
  US Customs and Border Protection, which is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, said Thursday that it is no longer seeking a regulation change that would have enabled it to use facial-recognition technology to identify all people entering and leaving the United States, including US citizens. The change follows CBP consultation with Congress and privacy experts.
  In a recent filing, the DHS had proposed changing existing regulations “to provide that all travelers, including US ci
  
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• They drove across the country in 27 hours, 25 minutes

  05-12-2019 21:55
  In a feat of engineering, human will and blatant disregard of speed limits, three men claim that they broke the record for the “Cannonball Run,” a cross-country drive from New York to Los Angeles.
  Arne Toman, Douglas Tabbutt and Berkeley Chadwick say they started their drive on November 11 at 12:57 a.m. at the Red Ball Garage in Manhattan and ended at the Portofino hotel in Redondo Beach in 27 hours and 25 minutes, beating the previous record of 28 hours and 50 minutes to travel acro
  
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• Police respond to school bus crash in Avon, no injuries reported

  05-12-2019 21:53
  AVON — A school bus crashed in Avon Thursday afternoon.
  Police said that a car and bus crashed into each other on Eddy Road.
  Students were on the bus when the crash occurred but no one was hurt.
  Police said that there was little damage to both vehicles.
  The road was not closed.
  
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• As a school shooting unfolded, a teen opened her mosque doors to shelter fleeing students

  05-12-2019 21:51
  Thanks to a Wisconsin student’s quick thinking, about 100 students were able to take shelter at her mosque during a school stabbing and shooting on Tuesday.
  The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Oshkosh chapter mosque is across the street from Oshkosh West High School, where police said a 16-year-old student stabbed an officer with an “edged weapon” before being shot by the officer.
  Surveillance video from the mosque shows the moment one of its members, Duaa Ahmad, a high scho
  
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• Survey Shows Most Americans Dread The Holidays Because Of Spending Pressures

  05-12-2019 21:34
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CBS Local) — 61 percent of Americans are dreading the holidays due to the extra spending and financial burden the season brings, according to a new survey.
  LendingTree’s 2019 holiday spending survey, published Tuesday, cites guilt as one of the biggest reasons Americans overspend during the holidays, with 76 percent of participants saying they feel pressured to buy gifts for their loved ones.
  The financial stress that comes along with holiday spending causes anxiety
  
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• New Britain man sentenced to 55 years in the death of his wife

  05-12-2019 21:25
  NEW BRITAIN — A New Britain man was sentenced Thursday in the death of his wife.
  Patrick Miles was sentenced to 55 years in prison yesterday at New Britain Superior Court. Miles was convicted of killing his 33-year-old wife, Yasheeka Miles. Police said they got a call about a domestic dispute in an apartment building on North Mountain Road. The caller said they heard two people fighting and the sound of someone being thrown around. Then, the screaming stopped abruptly and there w
  
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• Investigation in Hamden Connected to Ansonia Missing Baby Case: Police

  05-12-2019 21:03 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police, including the state police major crimes unit, have responded to State Street in Hamden in connection with an investigation in Ansonia, where police are searching for a missing 1-year-old baby and...Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Teacher Accused of Sexually Assaulting Student in Hartford and Bloomfield: Police

  05-12-2019 20:54 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A Hartford teacher who is accused of sexually assaulting a student in Bloomfield is also accused of having a sexual relationship with a student in Hartford and has been arrested.Photo Credit: Enfield, New Hampshire Police Department
  
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• Amtrak Worker Dies, 2 Others Hurt in Transformer Explosion

  05-12-2019 20:32 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  One person has died and two others suffered minor injuries after an Amtrak transformer explosion in the Van Nest section of the Bronx, according to police.
  
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• Man dies while working on transformer; Amtrak holds trains

  05-12-2019 20:21
  NEW YORK — Police say a man working on a transformer has been killed near an Amtrak rail line in New York City.
  The railroad said on Twitter that trains were being held at Stamford, Connecticut and New York’s Penn Station due to police activity in the Bronx.
  Acela Train 2163 is stopped at New Haven (NHV). We will update as more information becomes available.
  — Amtrak Northeast (@AmtrakNECAlerts) December 5, 2019Update: Train 172 and Train 56 will be coupled together and operate
  
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• Thousands in Connecticut could lose SNAP benefits under new Trump administration work requirements

  05-12-2019 20:19
  HARTFORD — Thousands of people in our state could soon be losing food stamps under new regulations from the Trump administration.
  The Trump Administration is tightening work requirements for some who receive food stamps.
  Under the new requirements, able-bodied people between the ages 18 and 49 would have to work at least 20 hours a week to qualify for food stamps.
  Previously, the state could create a waiver for areas that have higher unemployment rates, but they may no longer be able to.
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• U.S. Postal Service releases stamp to raise money for veterans with PTSD

  05-12-2019 20:14
  WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service has issued a new semipostal stamp that is now available at Post Offices nationwide. The First-Class stamps will sell for 65 cents, a price which includes a ten cent premium to be donated to veterans causes.
  The “Healing PTSD” semipostal stamps, now released nationwide, are First-Class Mail postage stamps.
  Art director Greg Breeding designed them using art by Mark Laita which features a photo illustration showing a green plant sprout
  
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• Feds: Over 60 Latin Kings members arrested along East Coast

  05-12-2019 19:58
  BOSTON  — Federal officials in Massachusetts have arrested more than 60 members of the Latin Kings street gang.
  The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s office said Thursday that among those arrested are the top leaders of the street gang’s East Coast operations and that those arrested face racketeering, drug and firearms charges.
  The majority of Thursday morning’s arrests took place in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
  But authorities say the gang’s East Coast o
  
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• Audit report shows union charity co-mingled Sandy Hook funds

  05-12-2019 19:57
  NEWTOWN — A new report from Connecticut’s bipartisan state auditors shows a union charity co-mingled more than $115,000 in contributions intended to help first responders, educators and staff associated with the Sandy Hook school shooting.
  Requested by Republican state lawmakers, the audit found the funds were mixed with “other sources” rather than segregated in a separate bank account.
  The charity, the United Labor Agency, is controlled by the Connecticut AFL-CIO.
  Sal Lu
  
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• Ansonia Police Investigation Leads to Hamden

  05-12-2019 19:46 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police, including the state police major crimes unit, have responded to a location on State Street in Hamden for an investigation out of Ansonia, according to Hamden police.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• ‘Destroyed Everything’: Couple Says Thief Tore Open Christmas Presents During Home Burglary

  05-12-2019 19:33
  
  CHESAPEAKE, Va. (CBS Local) — A Virginia couple says a thief tore open Christmas presents and stole guns and electronics after breaking into their house on Monday.
  Kathi and Ricky Gent said they were shocked to see what the burglar did to the inside of their Chesapeake home, but they’re grateful that no one was hurt.
  “He took all of our firearms and he took two laptops and rummaged through everything in the house,” Kathi told CBS affiliate WTKR.
  “Just destroyed ever
  
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• Trump asks Supreme Court to block House subpoena for financial documents and take up case

  05-12-2019 19:32
  President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court Thursday to block a subpoena for his financial documents, arguing that the House exceeded its authority when it ordered Trump’s longtime accounting firm Mazars USA to turn over his personal records.
  The justices have already put a temporary freeze on the subpoena while they consider in the coming days and weeks whether to take up the appeal.
  The fate of Trump’s attempts on multiple front to shield his financial records is now squarely be
  
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• Dulos attorney appeals gag order to CT Supreme Court

  05-12-2019 18:57
  HARTFORD — Fotis Dulos’ criminal attorney Norm Pattis has filed a brief with the State Supreme Court outlining why the court should reverse the gag order on the Jennifer Dulos disappearance case.
  Pattis says Dulos is entitled to a “bold defense” and argues that the ability to speak out in defense is part of his strategy.
  Hearings are scheduled for December 12 at 10 am at the Ct Supreme Court in Hartford.
  Jennifer Dulos, of New Canaan, disappeared May 24 amid contentious c
  
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• A Facebook rumor about white vans is spreading fear across America

  05-12-2019 18:48
  Terrifying rumors initially propelled by Facebook’s algorithms have sparked fears that men driving white vans are kidnapping women all across the United States for sex trafficking and to sell their body parts. While there is no evidence to suggest this is happening, much less on a national, coordinated scale, a series of viral Facebook posts created a domino effect that led to the mayor of a major American city issuing a warning based on the unsubstantiated claims.
  The latest online-induc
  
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• It’s time to fetch the most popular dog names of the decade

  05-12-2019 18:43
  Americans love their dogs like children, and apparently name them like children too. Bella is the most popular dog name of the past decade.
  The website, mydogsname.com compiled a list of the most common names for 2019 and noticed a big trend.
  Bella has topped the list for female dogs every year since the website launched about ten years ago. So why is the name Bella so popular?
  It picked up steam after success of the Twilight series, but the love of the name has not dwindled.
  As for 2
  
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• Starbucks is adding a new holiday-themed iced drink to its menu

  05-12-2019 18:40
  Starbucks is adding a new iced drink to its holiday menu as sales continue to grow for chilly concoctions — even in winter.
  The new drink is Irish Cream Cold Brew, which is the chain’s cold brew coffee mixed with Irish Cream syrup and topped with vanilla sweet cream cold foam and cocoa powder. It goes on sale Tuesday across Starbucks’ US stores and will be available for a limited time. The price for a grande will range from $4.45 to $4.75, depending on the Starbucks’ loca
  
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• WATCH: Electric Eel Lights Up Aquarium’s Christmas Tree And Tweets About It

  05-12-2019 18:28
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (CBS Local) — An aquarium in Tennessee is hoping to shock visitors this holiday season with an electric eel that lights up a Christmas tree.
  The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga has set up special system to the tank of an electric eel, named Miguel Wattson, that enables his shocks to light up a nearby tree.
  “Whenever Miguel discharges electricity, sensors in the water deliver the charge to a set of speakers,” explained Joey Turnipseed, the Aquarium’s a
  
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• Georgia Must ‘Let Defense Lead The Way’ To Beat LSU In SEC Championship, Says Aaron Taylor

  05-12-2019 18:24
  
  (CBS Local)- Once again, entering the final weekend of the season, the SEC has two teams set up for potential berths in the College Football Playoff. But this year unlike in previous years, it’s not the team that resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
  In place of Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide stand the #1 LSU Tigers, winners of the West division and purveyors of a modernized offense that fans have wanted for years. But Saban’s presence still looms over the game, as Kirby Smart, one of his
  
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• High school football championship action

  05-12-2019 18:07
   
  After a one night postponement due to bad weather, the CIAC football playoffs kicked off tonight with 16 games.
  There were 32 teams chasing four state championships with all the defending champions back in the tournament looking to win back to back state titles.
   
  So Maloney hits the road to the surf club Monday to play Hand which got a school record six touchdown passes in the first half of its win over Newington , the Tigers 35th straight win.
  And New Canaan will get long time riv
  
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• Taylor Swift is about to release a Christmas song that she literally just wrote

  05-12-2019 17:05
  Taylor Swift is getting in the Christmas spirit in a big way.
  Author: Andrew Weil, TEGNA
  Taylor Swift is releasing new music with a holiday spin.
  The singer announced in an Instagram video Thursday morning that she plans to release a Christmas song that she has “just written.”
  “I feel like it’s weird to just wait a year to put it out,” Swift explained in the video, before admitting that she doesn’t know what to do and didn’t have anyone else to ask.
  So,
  
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• Talking to children about trauma after a tragedy

  05-12-2019 17:03
  HARTFORD -- A double murder and a suicide left two teenagers dead in Watertown. The community mourns the loss of Della and Sterling Jette after their mother's boyfriend, Paul Ferguson, shot them in the chest.
  The siblings went to Kaynor Technical High School, and following the tragedy, some parents may wonder how to talk to their children about it.
  Doctor Laura Saunders from the Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital offers ways parents can speak with their children about a tragedy.
   
  
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• Man Suspected in $80,000 Theft from New Canaan Home Arrested

  05-12-2019 17:03 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police have arrested a Massachusetts man who is accused of stealing $80,000 worth of items from a New Canaan home on the Fourth of July in 2017 and selling the items on eBay and at a pawn shop.Photo Credit: New Canaan Police
  
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• ‘Mulan’ gets down to business in new trailer for Disney’s live-action movie

  05-12-2019 16:47
  The official trailer for Disney’s live-action ‘Mulan’ movie is here and features a number of shout-outs to songs from the 1998 animated classic.
  Author: TEGNA
  Disney’s live-action “Mulan” movie is getting down to business and giving fans a taste of the emotion and action they can expect in the upcoming film.
  “Mulan” follows the story of a young Chinese woman who, while disguised as a man, takes the place of her father to fend off an invasion into C
  
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• ‘There are no age requirements to make a difference’ | 9-year-old runs for kids with cancer

  05-12-2019 16:33
  Matteo Lambert has run more than 100 miles to raise money for kids with cancer. Now, he’s starting his own organization.
  Author: Jess Arnold
  VIENNA, Va. — Nine-year-old Matteo Lambert may be small in stature, but he is determined to make a big impact–through running.
  All year long, he has been lacing up the sneakers and tying on his cape to run 35 races–5ks and10ks–to raise money for kids with cancer.
  So far, he has made it farther than 120 miles.
  “Running rea
  
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• Amber Alert: Search Continues for Missing Baby

  05-12-2019 16:25 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police continue to search for a missing 1-year-old baby girl from Ansonia after finding her mother dead in their Ansonia home Monday night and said they are investigating tips after issuing an Amber Alert...Photo Credit: Silver Alert and NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison announce 2020 ‘Stadium Tour’ details

  05-12-2019 16:18
  (Tribune Media Wire) – Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison have released the official schedule of the 2020 tour they teased in November, when they literally blew up a contract they say prevented them from touring together.
  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will be opening for the legendary rockers when Stadium Tour 2020 kicks off July 7 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The nationwide tour ends Sept. 5 in Inglewood, California.
  We are heading out on tour with @DefLeppa
  
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• Colorado company creates device aimed at stopping ‘porch pirates’

  05-12-2019 16:13
  FREDERICK, Colo. (KDVR) -- A Colorado company says it has finally found a way to beat “porch pirates”.
  It’s that time of year when Amazon, UPS and FedEx are regular visitors at your home. With millions of packages expected to arrive on doorsteps this week following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it is also the time of year for package thieves.
  “Oh it’s the season for porch pirates for sure,” Kelly Whitmer told KDVR.
  He knows, because this time last year he fe
  
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• Spotify announces most-streamed artists, songs of 2019 and the decade

  05-12-2019 16:12
  Post Malone and Ariana Grande didn’t just dominate in 2019, but have been strong online performers since 2010. Billie Eilish made waves, too.
  Author: Travis Pittman, TEGNA
  Spotify has released its lists of the most-streamed songs, albums and artists of the 2019 and from the past decade.
  The winner for 2019 is Post Malone with 6.5 billion streams globally followed by Billie Eilish with 6 billion. Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, and Bad Bunny round out the top five.
  “Señorita”
  
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• 7 die from flesh-eating bacteria linked to black tar heroin

  05-12-2019 16:10
  SAN DIEGO (KSWB) - Seven San Diegans have recently died from a bacterial infection associated with black tar heroin use, county health officials announced Wednesday.
  Between Oct. 2 and Nov. 24, nine people who injected the variety of heroin were admitted to local hospitals with severe cases of flesh-eating bacteria myonecrosis, a severe soft tissue infection that destroys muscle, according to the  San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. Seven of them died. The patients ranged in
  
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• Pedestrian Struck Near CVS in Southington

  05-12-2019 16:06 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A pedestrian was struck near CVS on Main Street in Southington Thursday morning, according to police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Pedestrian Struck in Southington

  05-12-2019 15:56 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A pedestrian was struck on Main Street in Southington Thursday morning, according to police.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Search Continues for Missing Baby, Police Pursuing Tips

  05-12-2019 15:50 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police continue to search for a missing 1-year-old baby girl from Ansonia after finding her mother dead in their Ansonia home Monday night and said they are investigating tips after issuing an Amber Alert...Photo Credit: Silver Alert and NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Redskins sign receiver Jordan Veasy after Colin Kaepernick workout

  05-12-2019 15:48
  Veasy was one of the receivers catching passes from Kaepernick at his Nov. 16 workout.
  Author: Travis Pittman, TEGNA
  Quarterback Colin Kaepernick has reportedly received no interest from any NFL team since his workout last month, but one of the receivers he threw to has just signed with an NFL team. He’s crediting the workout for helping make it happen.
  Jordan Veasy has joined the Washington Redskins practice squad, according to The Washington Post.
  The Nov. 16 workout for seven NFL teams
  
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• Online petitions demand Michael Vick not be allowed NFL Pro Bowl captain honor

  05-12-2019 15:44
  Critics are calling the former star Atlanta Falcon’s past record of dogfighting reason enough to strip him of the honor.
  Author: Andre Payne
  ATLANTA — The NFL has announced that former star quarterback Michael Vick will serve as a captain during the 2020 Pro Bowl. But the news doesn’t come without controversy.
  Thousands of activists are banding together online and calling for the NFL to strip Vick of the honor.
  As the season winds down, fans have already started to look forward
  
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• 2019 Connecting You To Joy Holiday Events

  05-12-2019 15:29 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut are Connecting You To Joy this holiday season!Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• New drug curbs delusions in dementia patients, study finds

  05-12-2019 15:23
  If approved, it could not only help people with Parkinson’s but also Alzheimer’s.
  Author: TEGNA, Associated Press
  A drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson’s patients did the same for people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. That’s the result of a study in which the benefit was so clear, the trial was stopped early.
  If regulators agree, the drug — pimavanserin — could become the first new medicine for Alzheimer’s in nearly two decades. I
  
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• Joycelyn Savage refutes claims made in her name against R. Kelly

  05-12-2019 15:17
  A spokesperson for the family of Joycelyn Savage said they were ‘saddened and disappointed’ to learn the account was fake.
  Author: Christopher Buchanan
  ATLANTA — Just weeks after a since-deleted online account released damning accusations against singer R. Kelly, the woman whose name was on it says it was fake and she had nothing to do with it.
  “I am truly tired of all the lies they are saying about the man we love so much and our best friend R. Kelly,” Joycelyn Sav
  
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• Swastikas sprayed on more than 100 graves in Jewish cemetery in France

  05-12-2019 15:13
  French police have launched an investigation after Nazi swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti were spray-painted on 107 graves in a Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg.
  French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, who visited the cemetery in Westhoffen, eastern France, on Wednesday morning, described the incident as a “heinous act of anti-Semitism.”
  “I want to say to those who think they can come here in the middle of the night and tarnish the memory of those who are buried here. Ta
  
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