Some emails forwarded to Hillary Clinton's personal server while she was secretary of state included contained references to undercover CIA officers, according to U.S. officials who have reviewed them.

But contrary to some published reports, three officials said there was no email on Clinton's server that disclosed the identity of an undercover intelligence operative. Rather, they said, State Department and other officials attempted to make veiled references to intelligence officers in the emails — references that were deemed classified when the messages were being reviewed years later for public release.

One of the now-classified email chain originated with a member of the CIA director's staff, leading some officials to question how Clinton could be blamed.

Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said no intelligence officer had been identified in the emails, and that misleading details from the emails were being leaked to hurt Clinton's prospects. 

The Marinello Schools of Beauty locations across the country are closing this week after the U.S. Department of Education cut off federal loans and grants because of records violations, according to the state Office of Higher Education.

Marinello Schools of Beauty, which has schools in Connecticut, California, Kansas, Nevada and Utah, announced today that all campuses will close as well as the “imminent cessation of substantially all operations," citing funding delays from the Department of Education.”

Marinello has campuses in East Hartford, Fairfield, Hamden, Meriden, Niantic and Willimantic and the schools will shut their doors on Friday.

“Our students have gone to great lengths to complete their education to better their lives. The Department (of Education’s) actions have deprived Marinello’s students of the opportunity to complete their education at Marinello without interruption,” a statement from Marinello's public relations firm says.

Students who cannot attend the meetings are asked to send their contact information to student@marinello.com. More details on what information you need to provide are on the Marinello website.  

The state Office of Higher Education, however, is asking students to register their contact information online here or call the agency’s Education & Employment Information Center at 800-842-0229.

“We understand that Marinello has asked its schools to remain open next week so that students may obtain paperwork and information on their options,” Jane A. Ciarleglio, executive director of the Office of Higher Education said in a statement. “As a precaution, however, we urge students to register on our website to provide us with complete information on the status of their coursework.  In the event that students are unable to deal with Marinello directly, we can provide them with copies of their transcripts, process tuition reimbursements, and facilitate transfer to other schools once we have records in hand. We are currently working with school officials to obtain electronic and paper copies of student records.”

A statement from the U.S. Department of Education says the entire Marinello school chain, which includes 56 campuses across the country, received more than $87 million in Pell Grants and federal loans for the 2014–15 award year and it previously placed all Marinello schools on Heightened Cash Monitoring 2.

A school that is placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring 2 no longer receives funds under the Advance Payment Method. After the school makes disbursements to students from its own institutional funds, it must submit a reimbursement payment request to the Department of Education for the funds. 

“We want you to know that we did everything in our power to avoid this unfortunate conclusion and keep your school open. Unfortunately, the Department of Education’s unprecedented and unfounded actions left us with no other option except to close our schools,” Rashed Elyas, chairman and CEO of Marinello Schools of Beauty, said in a statement.

Following is the full statement from Marinello’s public relations firm.

“Our students have gone to great lengths to complete their education to better their lives. The Department’s actions have deprived Marinello’s students of the opportunity to complete their education at Marinello without interruption.

"When the Department began to withhold funds from our deserving students two months ago, we pleaded with the Department to provide even basic information about its concerns, yet it refused to do so. We are confident we would have been able to address them given Marinello’s long history of compliance with regulatory requirements. The Department waited until we were past the point of no return financially to allow us any opportunity to respond to its unfounded allegations.

“Our priority now is to provide the best possible outcome for our students. We are working closely with our state educational agencies, our accrediting commission, and well-respected schools to provide a smooth transition for our students so they are able to complete their education and achieve the life they have worked so hard for. We are also saddened by the loss of approximately 800 jobs and the end of a century-old institution. To our students and coworkers, we want you to know that we did everything in our power to avoid this unfortunate conclusion and keep your school open.”

The state Office of Higher Education has also included a list of approved barber and hairdressing schools on its website.  

The State Department's Inspector General has found classified information sent to the personal email accounts of former Secretary of State Colin Powell and the senior staff of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, NBC News has learned.

In a letter to Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy dated Feb. 3, State Department Inspector General Steve Linick said that the State Department has determined that 12 emails examined from State's archives contained national security information now classified "Secret" or "Confidential."

Two of the messages were sent to Powell's personal account, and 10 were sent to personal accounts of Rice's senior aides, the letter said. None of the messages were marked classified when originally sent, Linick said in the document.

A warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meant to caution women about the risks of drinking and pregnancy has set off a firestorm of outrage, NBC News reported. 

"About half of all U.S. pregnancies are unplanned and, even if planned, most women do not know they are pregnant until they are 4-6 weeks into the pregnancy. This means a woman might be drinking and exposing her developing baby to alcohol without knowing it," the agency said in a "Vital Signs" report released Tuesday.

But the part that appears to have gone over the line for a number of women said: "More than 3 million US women are at risk of exposing their developing baby to alcohol because they are drinking, having sex, and not using birth control to prevent pregnancy."

Washington Post commentator Alexandra Petri, the Atlantic and ThinkProgress blog all took offense at the language. The CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat, a veteran of news briefings and media coverage, made it clear that the agency was not talking about women alone.

It's been 12 years since Facebook launched its social media website and to celebrate the milestone the technology company has dubbed their anniversary "Friends Day."

The company wrote in a blog post that its research showed that every person on the site is connected to every other person by an average of three and a half other people.

Facebook's "degrees of separation" have shrunk as more people have signed on over the years.

To celebrate its anniversary, Facebook has created a Friends Day Video feature which gives the millions of Facebook users a personalized film at the top of their newsfeed. The video depicts a slideshow of Facebook photos unique to each user's account that shows him or her with friends and loved ones, all while set to a playful tune. 

While the company is encouraging Facebook users to share their Friends Day video with the hashtag #friendsday, another hashtag has gained popularity: #beforefacebooki.

Facebook users, as well as those on Twitter and Instagram, have taken to the web to reflect on what their life was like before Facebook existed, giving insight into the way the tech company has changed what it means to be connected. 

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Part of Flatbush Avenue in a busy area of West Hartford is closed on Thursday afternoon after a construction crew hit a gas line.

Flatbush Avenue is closed between Oakwood and New Park avenues, according to police.

The intersection itself is open and north-south travel on New Park Avenue is not affected, but drivers should use Oakwood Avenue or South Quaker Lane to access Flatbush Avenue. 

Police said walkers will also be detoured in the area. 

Officials from United Illuminating said a contractor working for the Metropolitan District Commission hit a 2-inch plastic main at 471 New Park Ave. at 12:30 p.m. and gas was blowing, so the fire department closed down the immediate area.

No houses or businesses were evacuated and crews from Connecticut Natural Gas have responded. 

Officials in North Texas have tested four additional patients for Zika virus and are awaiting the results, according to the Dallas County Health and Human Services.

The specimens were submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing. County health officials said the four cases are not connected to the previous two cases announced earlier this week and that they involve people who recently traveled out of the country.

The county's two previous Zika patients have fully recovered from the virus, according to the DCHHS. Those cases involved a person who traveled to Venezuela and had sexual contact with another person upon returning to Dallas, officials said. Not much is known about the Dallas patients except that neither was pregnant and there was no risk to a developing fetus.

County health officials conducted mosquito surveillance near where those patients lived and did not identify any mosquito activity.

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The Zika virus is usually spread through mosquito bites. DCHHS said Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the second Zika diagnosis, while the county health department confirmed through a follow-up interview with the patient that the virus had been sexually transmitted.

The CDC previously said it was aware of reports of the virus being spread through sexual contact, but had not confirmed the transmission method.

Common symptoms of Zika virus include fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting several days to a week, Dallas County health officials said.

The virus can have far more harmful effects on women who are infected while pregnant. Zika has led to reports of microcephaly in infants ad other "poor pregnancy outcomes," according to the CDC.

Those with symptoms, or those who have had sexual contact with someone who has symptoms, are urged to seek immediate medical care, to protect themselves from further mosquito bites and to avoid unprotected sexual contact.

NBC 5's Jocelyn Lockwood contributed to this report.

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Stand up moment for Bernie Sanders.

Sanders briefly halted a campaign event in New Hampshire Thursday to try to help a man who collapsed on stage.

"Oh my God," Sanders said when the man fell just after the Democratic presidential candidate was taking a question in Concord about the schedule of debates. The scary thump could be heard on video that captured the moment. 

Sanders waited near the man until he was helped off the stage about a minute later.

The specifics of why the man had collapsed and his condition after walking away were not immediately clear.

The man was a supporter of Sanders who worked for the state chapter of the Sierra Club, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

It wasn't the first time Sanders was caught on video trying to aid someone in distress.

The Vermont senator yelled at camera crews to back up when NBC News' Andrea Mitchell was reportedly nearly crushed by other members of the media following a Democratic debate in October.

Sanders will face off against Hillary Clinton in a debate on MSNBC later Thursday ahead of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, Feb. 9.  

The driver of a tractor-trailer charged in a crash that killed five family members —including an infant and a 7-year-old — had worked too many hours leading up to the crash and was driving without properly working brakes, prosecutors said. 

The January 2015 crash also killed a pregnant woman and two other adults.

Yvenet Mayette, 29, of Philadelphia, is facing 11 charges in the deadly crash in Wye Mills, Maryland, Queen Anne's County prosecutors announced Thursday.

The victims, all family members, had been driving from Greenbush, Virginia, to visit family in Baltimore. But shortly after 1 a.m. on Jan. 10, 2015, a tractor-trailer driven by Mayette slammed into the passenger side of their 2006 Suzuki Forenza at the intersection of Routes 50 and 213, authorities said.

The tractor-trailer then apparently rolled over the family's car.

Regina Ayres, 24; her boyfriend, 25-year-old Travis Stratton; their baby, Jonathan, and Regina's daughter, Jordan, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Also in the car was Regina's sister, 30-year-old Zerissa Ayres, who was pregnant. Zerissa was rushed to a hospital, where she and her unborn child were pronounced dead.

Leading up to the crash, Mayette had worked 70 hours in eight consecutive days, according to prosecutors.

Authorities said in the aftermath of the crash they believed Mayette had been heading home to Wilmington, Delaware, after picking up 44,000 pounds of polyfiber in Charlotte, North Carolina, the previous afternoon.

He was injured in the crash and was flown to University of Maryland Shock Trauma, where he was treated.

On Thursday, more than a year after the crash, prosecutors announced the charges against him, some of which allege overtime work and insufficient maintenance on the tractor-trailer. The 11 charges include:

• Failure to stop at a red light, contributing to a fatal crash
• Failure to control speed to avoid collision, contributing to a fatal crash
• Negligent driving, which contributed to a fatal crash
• Reckless driving
• Driving a commercial vehicle in condition likely to cause a crash, which contributed to a fatal crash
• Driving a commercial vehicle with inoperative brakes on a combination vehicle, which contributed to a fatal crash
• Driving a commercial vehicle with inadequate brake linings, contributing to a fatal crash
• Driving a commercial vehicle after being on duty for 70 hours in eight consecutive days, contributing to a fatal crash
• Driver of a commercial vehicle preparing a falsified record of duty status, which contributed to a fatal crash
• Driver of property carrying vehicle driving after 14 hours of having come on duty without 10 hours off duty, contributing to a fatal crash
• Driver of property carrying vehicle driving after having driven 11 hours without 10 hours off duty, contributing to a fatal crash

Authorities brought the charges after reviewing an investigation by Maryland State Police. Mayette met with troopers Tuesday morning and was served with a criminal summons.

Authorities said Mayette has the right to stand trial on the charges or to pay pre-set fines for each charge.

Information on an attorney for Mayette was not immediately available.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has declared a health emergency over the Zika virus, announced three new cases Thursday and added Broward County to the list of affected regions.

One new case is located in Broward, while the other two are in Miami-Dade and Hillsborough, Scott said during a news conference.

There had previously been nine travel-associated cases of the Zika virus in Florida. Health officials believe all patients contracted the mosquito-borne disease while traveling to affected countries.

Scott declared a health emergency in four Florida counties on Wednesday. Broward's addition makes five.

At Thursday's news conference, Scott called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take action to ensure Florida is prepared for the possible spread of Zika.

He also asked for at least 1,000 Zika antibody tests and said the state currently has the capacity to test only 475 people.

Miami-Dade health inspectors spent Thursday spreading awareness about Zika, along with mosquito prevention crews, who are also stepping up their efforts. 

Crews were out Thursday morning at a Westchester home looking for little things that hold standing water, like candle holders. A small amount of water is all it takes for mosquitos to multiply, according to the Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management.

"While we certainly have a proactive mosquito control program in Miami-Dade County, we can’t possibly be everywhere at once," deputy county mayor and DSWM Director Alina Hudak said in a statement. "That’s why it’s important for residents to check their properties and ensure there is no standing water, where mosquitoes can breed."

Miami-Dade Mosquito Control Crews said this time of year is not usually busy they've seen more calls because of the Zika virus.

"Around this time of year, we normally receive and average of maybe two or three calls a day, yesterday we received 56. That's a huge difference," said Chalmers Vasquez with Miami-Dade Public Works.

Gov. Dannel Malloy has proposed legislation to increase the access to overdose reversal drugs amid the high number of heroin deaths in the state.

"These are commonsense improvements that we can make today that will save lives tomorrow," Malloy said. "We are committed to fighting this epidemic, and in yet another session, we are taking action."

The number of heroin, morphine or codeine overdose deaths in the state doubled to more than 400 in just the past three years, according to U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal's office.

Just this morning, East Windsor police said they helped a man regain consciousness during an overdose after giving him Narcan through an IV.

According to the governor's office, Connecticut State Police have saved 63 people in 2014 by using an opioid antagonist for a person experience an overdose. In addition to police, the Hartford Fire Department announced today said Narcan kits helped resuscitated 18 different people on different occasions.

The proposed legislation will require municipalities to update existing emergency medical services plans to ensure first responders are equipped with naloxone. The legislation will also prohibit commercial health carriers from requiring prior authorization for naloxone coverage in order to remove barriers from people requesting the drug. 

Last week, Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in Waterford reported an "unprecedented" number of overdoses treated in a short period of time. The hospital reported treated over a dozen patients within four days.

Because of the uptick of overdoses, southeastern police departments in the state have teamed up in order to combat the number of deaths. A representative from each of the department will work with the Statewide Narcotics Task Force to explore different opportunities to combat opioid addiction.

The governor's office said the legislation- House Bill 5053- would affect municipalities in a minor way financially since "many" cities and towns are already equipped with naloxone. Dose kits currently cost $35 each.

A member of the "Chicken Coop" gang in Hartford has been sentenced to six years for distributing crack cocaine, the federal prosecutor's office said.

Courtney Byrd, aka "Buck", 32, of Hartford, was found guilty of distributing 98 grams of crack cocaine to someone discreetly working with law enforcement, the U.S. attorney's office said. 

On Mar. 15, 2015, Byrd led police twice on high speed chases in East Hartford and Hartford. During the second chase, Byrd hit a pedestrian and caused the victim suffer from a broken leg. The prosecutor's office said Byrd had a 6-year-old child in the car during the chase.

Almost two weeks later, Byrd was arrested while selling an ounce of crack cocaine to someone working with law enforcement.

In Aug., Byrd pled guilty to one count of crack cocaine distribution. 

Byrd is part of a street gang known as the "Chicken Coop" in Hartford. Police and community members work to reduce gun violence by meeting with groups like "Chicken Coop" -- who are prone to violence-- face-to-face in what's known as the Project Longevity. The U.S. attorney's office said the prosecution stemmed from this project but the details were not clear. 

Five additional members of the "Chicken Coop" gang are being prosecuted in Connecticut's federal court for drug trafficking and firearm offenses and another five are being prosecuted in state court for assaults and drug offenses. 

Bernie Sanders has a significant double-digit lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll, NBC News reported.

Sanders has the support of 58 percent of likely Democratic primary voters, compared to 38 percent for Clinton.

"So far in New Hampshire, it's all Sanders as Clinton faces an uphill fight," says pollster Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

The numbers come out before Thursday night’s debate on MSNBC, the first one-on-one encounter between the two candidates. Martin O’Malley dropped out of the race on Monday.  

A third student at Santa Clara University was diagnosed with meningococcal disease, a serious and sometimes deadly infection, the Santa Clara County Health Department announced Thursday.

All three students have been infected with the serogroup B strain of the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis, according to health department spokeswoman Allison Thrash.

Two students remained hospitalized Thursday morning and are listed in fair condition, officials said. A third student was discharged in good condition.

All three fell ill Jan. 31, but only two cases were reported Wednesday. Health officials said one of the students suffered meningococcal meningitis, an infection of the brain and spine, while the other had developed meningococcemia, an infection of the bloodstream.

Because serogroup B vaccines were only approved by the FDA in 2014 and 2015, most people are not vaccinated against this particular strain, authorities said Wednesday. Santa Clara University has set up free vaccination clinics for students.

More than 200 students have receieved preventative antiobiotics so far, according to Thrash, who is urging the rest of the campus community to follow suit.

Meningococcal meningitis, a bacteria most common in Africa, is carried in the throat and back of the nose. It's transmitted by saliva and mucus during "prolonged close contact," often by kissing, sneezing, coughing and sharing eating utensils, according to the World Health Organization.

Even when meningococcal meningitis is diagnosed and treated early, 5 to 10 percent of patients die, typically within one to two days after the onset of symptoms, according to the WHO. Left untreated, about half of patients die.

Symptoms include fever, headache and a stiff neck. Patients may also experience nausea, vomiting, confusion and sensitivity to light, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptoms typically develop within three to seven days of infection.

According to the National Meningitis Association, serogroup B accounts for about a third of U.S. cases of meningococcal disease. Four college campuses have suffered outbreaks between March 2013 and June 2015, including the University of Oregon, Providence College, Princeton University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Two of the outbreaks were fatal, and one resulted in a student having both feet amputated, according to the NMA. Other infected students suffered neurological problems.

Vaccination clinics will be held at Santa Clara University from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday on the Concourse Level of Leavey Center.

The health department will be issuing daily updates online.

Ari Mason contributed to this report.

Gov. Malloy has proposed two bills that would prohibit anyone subjected to a temporary restraining order from possessing a firearm and anyone drinking from carrying one.

 "This is just commonsense...We should be able to agree that a person with a temporary restraining order should not have a deadly weapon. We are either for protecting victims of domestic violence, or against it," Malloy said.  "We should also be able to agree that if you are too drunk to drive, then you’re too drunk to carry a gun. Firearms and alcohol don’t mix."

Because of the current state law, a hearing in front of a judge to prohibit firearm possession comes weeks after a restraining order is issued. The new bill would make a person temporarily ineligible to possess a firearm after the restraining order is filed, the governor's office said. 

"The period of time immediately following a domestic violence victim’s application for a restraining order is one of the most volatile, and access to a firearm presents an additional threat," the governor's announcement said.

The second introduced bill will reduce the legal blood alcohol limit for carrying a firearm or hunting from 0.1 percent to 0.08 percent-- the same as driving or boating.  

Carly Fiorina is attracting sympathy, as more people are coming to her defense for being excluded from the last Republican debate hosted by ABC News on Saturday, NBC News reported.

New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Mitt Romney have supported the former Hewlett Packard executive. Romney urged ABC News not to “exclude (the) only woman.”

Fiorina is the only Republican candidate that is not invited to the debate because she does not meet ABC News’ criteria. ABC News has only invited candidates who ranked in the top three in Iowa, who placed in the top six places in New Hampshire polls and in national polls.

She met with Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus Thursday, following up on a letter she sent to the RNC to press ABC to let her debate.  

The debate will be the last time the candidates will square off before the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.

The new Killingly principal was placed on administrative leave today for a "very private, personnel matter based allegations that were made by staff," the school's superintendent told NBC Connecticut. 

It is unclear what those allegations may be.

Mary Verrastro was approached on Monday about the alleged allegations and took two days vacation. When she was asked to come in, she refused, the school's superintendent, Kevin Farr, told NBC Connecticut. 

Because of her refusal, Verrastro was put on administrative leave. After being put on leave, Farr said that Verrastro sent an email blast to parents as "somewhat of an appeal, saying she was a good person." 

Verrastro was hired in July 2015.

Farr said the school's next step is to conduct an investigation and decide the proper course of action. 

Multiple buildings at UConn are experiencing power outages, a spokesperson confirmed with NBC Connecticut.

Up to two blown circuits have knocked out the power, Stephanie Reitz with UConn said. 

Students in residential buildings with outages are being directed to the dining halls, Reitz said.

With some academic buildings also out, the school is trying to determine whether or not to cancel classes.

There is no danger to the public, Reitz said. 

A bomb appears to have caused the explosion that forced a Somali plane to make an emergency landing shortly after it took off Tuesday, NBC News has learned.

"It is likely this was a bomb attack," a high-ranking diplomat with knowledge of the investigation said Thursday, a notion echoed by the head of Daallo Airlines, who told The Associated Press investigators found explosive residue but that findings won't be released for several more days.

The Airbus A 321 had only climbed to an elevation of 12,000 to 14,000 feet when the blast rocked the plane minutes after it took off from Mogadishu International Airport. A passenger was blown out of the plane and identified as Abdullahi Abdisalam Borleh, 55

So far, no terrorist group have claimed credit for the blast.

A 2-year-old girl was found wandering the streets in Bristol on Thursday night and police have charged the little girl's mother with risk of injury to a child. 

Police said someone contacted them at 7:15 p.m. to report finding the child wandering on Emmett Street, near Pine Street. Officers responded and Bristol Police sent out an alert call to area residents. 

The girl's mother arrived when medics were evaluating the child and she said she left her daughter with a friend, police said.

However, she couldn't provide valid information on the person and officers did determine that the child was last with her mother, according to police.

It's not clear exactly how the girl wound up on Emmett Street, about a block away from her mother's home, police said.  

Police identified the girl's mother as Rachelle Marie Collin, 31, of 41 Margerie Street, Bristol.  She was charged with risk of injury to a minor and was released after posting a $25,000 bond.  

She is due in Bristol Superior Court on Feb. 16. It's not clear if she has an attorney. 

The child was in good condition and safely returned to other family.