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Click here for updates on this story     MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Connecticut has plans to bring free wifi to certain areas of Middletown. It’s part of the Lamont Administration’s “Everybody Learns” initiative. Lamont joined others for a news conference on Tuesday morning to outline the initiative. He said the goal of the initiative is to

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A teenager was shot in the back of head in St. Louis’ West End neighborhood Monday afternoon. Officers responded to the 6100 block of Etzel just before 5:30 p.m. Monday. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said the victim is a

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Responding to a growing controversy over 7-year-old Halloween photos the recently resurfaced, the University of South Alabama on Friday put three professors on leave and launched an internal investigation. But several dozen angry students who gathered outside a board of trustees meeting said the

Click here for updates on this story     PARKER COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — There were no social media posts, emails to parents or hastily scheduled school board meetings at the Peaster Independent School District after Governor Greg Abbott announced the end to state mask orders last week. The rural school district in Parker County, northwest of

When Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, began to have suicidal thoughts, she felt deeply ashamed. “I was supposed to be stronger than that,” she said. Meghan — who for years has been the subject of intense, often racist, scrutiny in the UK press — no longer felt like herself. Thoughts of suicide kept her up

Click here for updates on this story     ALSIP, Illinois (WBBM) — A woman went to visit a friend’s gravesite, and said she ended up being the victim of a hate crime. “I thought he was going to kill me or hang me on one of these trees,” the woman said. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry

Click here for updates on this story     AMHERST, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Nearly 200 UMass Amherst students could face suspension after attending a weekend party. Amherst Police were called to disperse the party on Saturday afternoon, where many of the people were not wearing masks. In an email to students, the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs

Click here for updates on this story     MIAMI (WFOR) — In celebration of International Women’s Day on Monday, American Airlines made a historic flight from Miami to Dallas-Fort Worth. The flight had all-female crews, both on the plane and the ground. That’s right, the check-in crew, the cargo team, the air traffic controller, the pilots,

A bike rally underway through the weekend in Florida is expected to draw more than 300,000 people over the 10-day event, despite the coronavirus pandemic, a chamber of commerce official said. Bike Week in Daytona Beach, which includes concerts, races and bike shows, started Friday and is scheduled to end this coming Sunday. “Typically in

Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The wife of a youth hockey referee, who died from COVID-19, believes he contracted the virus while officiating games in Carver County. Sixty-two-year-old Dan Culhane passed away in late February. His wife, Nancy Mitchell, also got the virus and was later told by health officials

Here’s a look at the life of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Personal Birth date: February 20, 1951 Birth place: Glasgow, Scotland Birth name: James Gordon Brown Father: John Brown, Church of Scotland minister Mother: Jessie Elizabeth “Bunty” (Souter) Brown Marriage: Sarah Macaulay (August 3, 2000-present) Children: James Fraser, John and Jennifer Jane Education:

Click here for updates on this story     NEW YORK (WCBS) — Broadway has been dark, leaving thousands out of work for nearly a year. But a group of musicians still found a way to come together in perfect harmony to celebrate International Women’s Day, CBS2’s Jenna DeAngelis reported Monday. Jennifer Wharton has been playing the