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• Judge dismisses gender bias suit by Yale professor who lost bid to be top pastor of famed Black church

  03-04-2025 08:57 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a Yale Divinity School professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman to serve as senior pastor of New York City’s prominent Abyssinian Baptist Church. The Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman, a Yale Divinity School professor and former assistant pastor at Abyssinian, was among the candidates...
  
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• Walgreens to close 7 Connecticut stores over next 2 months

  08-04-2025 13:30 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Seven Walgreens stores in Connecticut are slated to close in the next two months, according to the company’s website. Walgreens website lists these seven stores will close: “We will continue to execute our previously announced turnaround plan aimed at stabilizing the retail pharmacy, including our footprint optimization program. Increased regulatory and reimbursement pressures are weighing on our ability to cover...
  
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• Waterbury police investigating report of bullet found in elementary school classroom last week

  08-04-2025 12:59 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Waterbury police are investigating a report that a bullet was found in a classroom at Gilmartin Elementary School on Friday afternoon. They said a bullet was safely recovered, officers searched the school and they found no threat to students, staff or the public. Waterbury police started the investigation just after 3:30 p.m. on Friday following a report that a bullet...
  
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• Boat heading from New Haven to North Carolina missing: U.S. Coast Guard

  08-04-2025 09:30 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A boat that was heading from Connecticut to North Carolina with three people aboard has not arrived at its destination and the United States Coast Guard is looking for information on the vessel. The U.S. Coast Guard D1 Command Center is looking for information about the boat “Hot Chocolate,” which left New Haven, Connecticut and is heading to Ocracoke, North...
  
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• Police identify bicyclist struck and killed in Hartford

  08-04-2025 08:03 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A 42-year-old bicyclist was killed in a crash in Hartford on Monday night and police are looking for the driver who hit him. Officers found Nicholas Thompson, of Hartford, unresponsive in the road when they responded to the area of 2155 Main St. around 7:31 p.m. He was taken to the hospital, where he died, police said. Based on the...
  
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• Two men killed in shooting in New Haven

  08-04-2025 07:47 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Two men were killed in a shooting in New Haven on Monday night. Police officers responded to the area of Goffe Street and Winter Street around 9:50 p.m. when they received reports that people had been shot and they found a 49-year-old New Haven man and a 39-year-old Hamden man unresponsive in the street, police said. One victim died at...
  
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• Windy day with high temperatures in the 30s and 40s following some morning snow squalls

  08-04-2025 07:23 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  We had more scattered showers, rain and some snow squalls that had no iimpact on Tuesday morning. Then we have partial clearing with a strong gusty wind developing. The northwest winds will be between 20 and 40 miles per hour with a few higher gusts. Temperatures will only be between the high 30s and low-40s on Tuesday. Then it will...
  
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• Person found dead in fire at Hartford apartment building

  07-04-2025 22:57 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A person has died in a fire that broke out at an apartment building in Hartford Monday night. Fire officials said they responded to 636 Prospect Ave., a 72-unit apartment complex, for a reported fire coming from the fifth floor. Deputy Fire Chief Adam Guertin told NBC Connecticut that an adult died in the fire. Their identity is unknown at...
  
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• Kayaker rescued from cold water off Walnut Beach in Milford

  07-04-2025 22:32 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Firefighters rescued a kayaker from frigid cold water off of Walnut Beach in Milford Monday evening. The fire department said a bystander reported a kayaker in distress around 5:30 p.m. Crews used a jet ski to get to the kayaker and brought him to safety within minutes. The kayaker was taken to the hospital for treatment. The extent of their...
  
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• Buy big-ticket items now before tariffs raise prices, expert says

  07-04-2025 21:50 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  With more tariffs set to take effect this Wednesday, we’re taking a look at the impact it has on shopping for big-ticket items like furniture and cars. Should you buy them now? “I’m actually happy that I ended up buying some stuff today,” Ramon Garcia, of Waterbury, said. “I just bought a PlayStation recently just because I know the tariffs...
  
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• Suspect arrested in connection with deadly assault outside Waterbury bar

  07-04-2025 21:23 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly assault outside of a bar in Waterbury earlier this year. Since a deadly stabbing on Jan. 11, Waterbury police have been searching for 26-year-old Garrett Piper. He is suspected in the death of 27-year-old Marquez Ebron. Officers were called to a report of an assault involving a weapon outside of...
  
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• US Coast Guard terminates IT program to better align with DOGE initiatives

  07-04-2025 21:10 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard has announced that they will terminate their multi-million-dollar information technology program as soon as next month. It comes amid proposed changes by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In a statement, officials said the move is a part of the Coast Guard’s Force Design 2028 initiative, and it “advances the work of DOGE.” The Coast Guard...
  
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• Bicyclist dead after being struck by car in Hartford

  07-04-2025 20:30 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A bicyclist has died after being struck by a vehicle in Hartford Monday evening, police said. The Hartford Fire Department said they responded to Main Street in the area of Capen Street for a reported accident around 7:30 p.m. Nicholas Thompson, 42, of Hartford, suffered serious injuries and was transported to the hospital, where he later died, according to police. Investigators...
  
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• Woman's employer, police take the stand in first day of Jose Morales trial

  07-04-2025 20:03 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The jury trial for a man accused of murdering his girlfriend in December of 2019 began on Monday at Milford Superior Court. The state is charging Jose Morales with murder and tampering with evidence in the case of Christine Holloway, who was beaten to death. Morales is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of his and Holloway’s daughter, Vanessa...
  
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• Financial advisors urge caution and planning as market drops

  07-04-2025 18:39 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Wall Street’s three-day slide has many people worried about their retirement portfolios. Financial advisors, though, say now is the time to stay the course and avoid knee-jerk reactions. “If you have a good plan in a moment like this, you typically don’t need to change anything, but if you don’t have a plan, moments like this make you think ‘I...
  
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• Women's sports stars continue to inspire future generations

  07-04-2025 17:49 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Women’s sports have captured the attention of many globally. “What has led to this really like exponential growth over the last ten years is, you know, access to social media and the Internet,” Quinnipiac University Assistant Professor of Media Studies Brittani Webb said. That attention is now on University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team as it comes home with its...
  
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• State lawmaker fears drop in patient care quality with new employer contract

  07-04-2025 17:22 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  About a third of emergency medicine staff with Trinity Health of New England is leaving. This comes after the health system outsourced their jobs to a California-based company. Trinity Health of New England has partnered with Vituity to manage emergency medicine and hospitalist medicine services at its three Connecticut hospitals. A total of 120 staff members were told they had...
  
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• Man accused of stabbing woman and killing her cat in Killingly: police

  07-04-2025 16:15 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A man has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed a woman and killed her cat in Killingly late last month. State police said they responded to a home in the Danielson section of Killingly on March 29 for a reported stabbing. Troopers said a man, 26-year-old Mackenzie Anderson, stabbed a woman and intentionally killed their cat. The woman told authorities...
  
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• Yale New Haven Hospital performs ankle surgery with patient awake

  07-04-2025 16:01 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Allison Aviles, of New Britain, has suffered back-to-back ankle injuries. Last fall, she had surgery after tearing a tendon and then she fell on the same ankle. “Six weeks post-op, I had gotten my boot off, I was in regular sneakers and then I fell on it by missing a stair,” Aviles said. The 26-year-old said she was in agony...
  
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• Changing Climate: Boys & Girls Club of Milford plants Living Shoreline

  07-04-2025 14:51 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The Connecticut shoreline is taking a hit more often, year after year, as we feel the impacts of rising sea levels. As a result, a group of students is choosing to do something about it. Several members of the Boys & Girls Club of Milford have put more than a thousand native plants into the ground to combat flooding and erosion. The Charles Wheeler Marsh,...
  
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• Driver intentionally hit pedestrian in Stamford: police

  07-04-2025 14:26 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police said the driver who hit a pedestrian in Stamford in February and seriously injured the person did it intentionally. A 43-year-old Stamford man was behind the wheel of a 2008 Lexus SUV when he hit a 57-year-old Stamford resident in the 400 block of West Main St. around 7 a.m. on Sunday Feb. 16, according to police. The pedestrian...
  
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• State updates highway sign for UConn women's 12th NCAA National Championship

  07-04-2025 12:47 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Well that didn’t take long! Less than 24 hours after the UConn women won the program’s 12th NCAA National Championship, the Connecticut Department of Transportation made an update to a highway sign celebrating the Huskies. The sign sits just off the side of Intestate 84 by the Exit 68 off-ramp on the road to the UConn campus in Storrs. Workers...
  
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• Police investigate shooting in East Hartford

  07-04-2025 12:02 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police are investigating a shooting in East Hartford. It happened on Bidwell Avenue Monday morning, according to police. A man was shot, but his injuries are not life-threatening, police said. The man was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. There is no suspect in custody, according to police. Bidwell Avenue was closed between Tolland Street and...
  
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• Plans underway for victory parade for national champion UConn women

  07-04-2025 10:32 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Plans are underway for a victory parade to celebrate the national champion UConn women’s basketball team. On Sunday, the Huskies defeated last year’s champion South Carolina, 82 to 59, to win their first championship since 2016 and the 12th national title for head coach Geno Auriemma. UConn is holding a rally on Monday evening and plans are now underway for...
  
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• UConn students cheer on national champion Huskies from back home in Gampel Pavilion

  07-04-2025 08:59 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  UConn students packed Gampel Pavilion on campus in Storrs to watch the Huskies claim their national title Sunday. The energy inside Gampel Pavilion was palpable, just like a real home game with students cheering on Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies. “I love this team and I’m so proud of them,” Emma Hallagan, a UConn sophomore, said. All eyes were...
  
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• Man dead after serious crash on I-91 in Wallingford

  07-04-2025 08:12 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A man has died after a serious crash on Interstate 91 North in Wallingford Monday morning. State police said they responded to the area of exit 13 for a reported crash around 6:45 a.m. Investigators determined that a car in the right lane crashed into a vehicle, which then spun out and crashed into another car. The car that caused...
  
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• UConn welcomes home national champion women's basketball team with rally

  07-04-2025 07:53 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  The UConn women’s basketball team has arrived home after winning the national championship on Sunday and the university welcomed them back with a rally on campus on Monday afternoon. The state is also planning a parade. The Huskies defeated last year’s champion South Carolina, 82 to 59, to win their first championship since 2016 and the 12th national title for...
  
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• Rain and sleet Monday morning; chilly day ahead

  07-04-2025 07:27 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  We have periods of rain and maybe a bit of sleet on Monday before the rain tapers off to scattered showers this afternoon. In addition to the rain, it will be very chilly with high temperatures only getting to around 40 degrees and a northeast breeze. Sunny skies will return on Tuesday, but the high temperatures will only be in...
  
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• Truck rollover caused delays on I-84 East in West Hartford

  07-04-2025 07:09 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Two lanes of Interstate 84 East in West Hartford were closed for hours after a truck early Monday morning. A tractor-trailer rolled over between exits 41 and 43 and the right and center lanes were closed, which caused delays on the early morning commute. The scene has since cleared.
  
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• Southington Drive-In announces this summer's movie lineup

  06-04-2025 14:05 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Summer is right around the corner and the Southington Drive-In has announced this summer’s movie lineup. The lineup is as follows: The gates will open each Saturday at 6 p.m. and the movies will start at dark, which is about 30 minutes after sunset. It costs $20 per car or walk-ins are $5 each. Cash only. Lawn chairs are welcome.
  
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