There were major delays on Interstate 91 South for hours after a tractor-trailer and a box truck collided in Cromwell.

State police said there are no serious injuries, but it took crews some time to clean up the wreck due to a fluid spill. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection was called in for the spill.

The crash was near exit 21 and delays stretched back several miles. 

Three unexplained killings have rocked Tampa over the last two weeks, and as fear grips local residents, police say the slayings are linked, NBC News reported.

The first apparent victim, a 22-year-old college student named Benjamin Mitchell, was shot dead while waiting for a bus on Oct. 9. Sign language teacher Monica Hoffa, 32, was shot on Oct. 11. And 20-year-old Anthony Naiboa was killed on Oct. 19. His body was found 300 yards from Mitchell's.

Police have not yet identified a suspect or determined a motive but said the killings are believed to be linked to each other. However, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan has declined to describe the string of deaths as the work of a serial killer, saying too little is known about the crimes.

"We've always had small, petty crimes," said local leader Stan Lasater. "But when we had the first murder, the community was really shaken. And then we had the second, and third, and now the community is definitely on alert."

A Groton man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash on Route 214 in Ledyard Saturday.

Ledyard police said 52-year-old Derek Palmerone was turning left onto Route 214 from Whalehead Road around 3:45 p.m. when he collided with a pickup traveling east on Route 214. Palmerone suffered serious injuries and was taken to Backus Hospital, then transported to Hartford Hospital for further treatment.

The 17-year-old driver of the pickup did not report any injuries.

Route 214 was closed for several hours but has since reopened.

Anyone who witnessed this crash is asked to contact Officer Troy Johnson of the Ledyard Police Department at 860-464-6400.

Now that their pain is forever ended, it's evident that two lost hikers had struggled to survive before losing hope in the scorching heat of the Joshua Tree National Park, authorities and family members have concluded.

On Oct. 15, after nearly three months of searching, the bodies of Rachel Nguyen, 20, and Joseph Orbeso, 22, were found embracing each other beneath a tree in the bottom of a deep canyon, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department. Nearby, authorities found snack food wrappers and empty water bottles. It was apparent they had been trying to extend their food through rationing, said spokeswoman Cindy Bachman. Clothing had been adjusted, apparently to shield sunburned skin. Wounds had been bandaged, his parents said.

Authorities also found a handgun, registered to Orbeso. Autopsies determined both had incurred fatal gunshot wounds. Authorities concluded Orbeso shot Nguyen, then himself, apparently in a final, desperate act to end their suffering.

A "mercy killing" is what Orbeso's parents believe happened.

"I can't even imagine what he went through in his mind to even think that he could do this," Corina Mallari, Orbeso's mother, told NBC affiliate KMIR. "He didn't want to do it ... His heart was broken, his heart was broken for her. It was beyond courage."

Orbeso brought along the gun to protect Nguyen from a stalker, Orbeso's parents said, citing information in an email from a third party.

Nguyen and Orbeso — both from Orange County — had met while students at California State University Fullerton.

The Nguyen family does not seek to blame anyone for her death, Rachel Nguyen's uncle, Son Nguyen, indicated in a statement Friday.

"We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Orbeso Family … they will remain in our prayers," Son Nguyen wrote. "We thank God that we'll be able to give Rachel a proper burial and lay her to rest."

Jacobs Vehicle Systems on East Dudley Town Road in Bloomfield was evacuated Monday morning after a bomb threat was called in, but nothing suspicious was found.

Someone from the company called police at 6:47 a.m. and said "bombs would be going off within the hour," according to police.

Police responded and evacuated the building. With help from Windsor Police, Bloomfield police set up a perimeter and blocked off East Dudley Town Road and Old Iron Ore Road as well. 

Additional resources were called in and no devices or suspicious packages were found.

Police said they have found nothing suspicious in the building, but the search is still underway.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Bloomfield Police Department at (860)-242-5501.

A 50-year-old man who was hit in a parking lot in Stamford Friday morning is in critical condition, according to police. 

Police said an 82-year-old Stamford resident was driving a 2009 Honda CR-V at a high rate of speed in the back parking lot of 71-91 Strawberry Hill Ave. around 8:10 a.m. Friday and hit several vehicles, some of which were pushed into other vehicles. One of the vehicles hit a 50-year-old Stamford man and he was transported to Stamford Hospital with serious injuries. He was later transferred to Westchester County Medical Center in critical condition, police said. 

The driver of the CR-V was transported to Stamford Hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. 

In all, 13 vehicles, including the CR-V, were damaged. Police have not released the names of anyone involved. 

Police are investigating and anyone with information is asked to call (203) 977-4712.

A California-based company is recalling a litany of vegetable products -- from broccoli florets to brussels sprouts to cauliflower and stirfry medleys -- over concerns about possible listeria contamination. 

Mann Packing announced last week it was voluntarily recalling the items, distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada, because of a single positive result found on one product during random sampling by the Canadian Food Inspection.

Dozens of products, including items sold at Trader Joe's and Walmart in the U.S., are affected by the recall, which applies to products with "best if used by" dates from Oct. 11 to Oct. 20. For a full list and details, click here. 

Listeria can cause high fever, severe headaches, neck stiffness and nausea. It can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women, and sometimes fatal infections in people with compromised immune systems.

No illnesses have been reported in connection with the recall, and Mann Packing says it has issued it out of an abundance of caution. Anyone who has purchased any of the recalled products is urged not to consume them, and to toss them or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. 

"As an owner of this company and a mom, providing safe and healthy foods to our consumers and their families is always our top priority," Gina Nucci, director of corporate marketing for Mann Packing, said in a statement. "This voluntary recall is a reflection of our commitment to ensuring the safety of our consumers."

Customers with questions can call Mann Packing's 24-hour consumer line at 888-470-2681 or visit veggiesmadeeasy.com/products. 

Cans of Spam have become a common item that's being stolen from Honolulu stores and then sold on the streets for quick cash, according to authorities.

Ra Long, who owns a convenience store in the city, said shoplifters have typically targeted alcohol in the past, but recently more cans of Spam have gone missing, Hawaii News Now reported.

"I mean you try to keep an eye on it, but if they run, you just can't leave the counter and chase them," Long said. "So you just got to take the hit."

Honolulu police said they took a report of a man lifting a case of the canned meat from a store earlier this month.

Kimo Carvalho, a spokesman for the Institute for Human Services, said people are stealing Spam because it's easy to sell. "It's quick cash for quick drug money," Carvalho said.

Hawaiians eat millions of cans of Spam a year, the nation's highest per-capita consumption of the processed meat, which is cobbled together from a mixture of pork shoulder, ham, sugar and salt.

The state's love affair with Spam began during World War II, when rationing created just the right conditions for the rise of a meat that needs no refrigeration and has a remarkably long shelf life (indefinitely, the company says).

Ann Kondo Corum, who grew up in Hawaii in the 1950s and has written several Spam-inspired cookbooks, has attributed Spam's popularity partly to Hawaii's large Asian population. "Asians eat a lot of rice. Spam is salty, and it goes well with rice," she told The Associated Press in 2009.

Interstate 84 westbound is closed in Waterbury due to a serious crash involving a tractor-trailer and a pickup.

Life-threatening injuries have been reported.

State police said there is a 50-60 gallon fuel spill from the crash. The highway is closed between exits 21 and 19. The road is expected to be closed for an extended period of time.

There are backups for miles, according to the state Department of Transportation. Traffic is being detoured onto Route 8 at exit 19.

Drivers should seek alternate routes while crews work to clear the crash.

No other information was immediately available. Check back for updates.

Amazon says it received 238 proposals from cities and regions hoping to be the home of the company's second headquarters.

The online retailer kicked off its hunt for a second headquarters in September, promising to bring 50,000 new jobs and spend up to $5 billion.

Proposals from cities, states and regions were due last week, and Amazon made clear that tax breaks and grants would be a big deciding factor on where it chooses to land.

The San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation identified four potential sites that could house HQ2.

They include a site in Mission Valley, a few locations downtown, the Milennia development in Chula Vista and the Frontera Business Park by the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Chula Vista City Council approved incentives including a shovel-ready office location at the Millenia Development on Millenia Avenue and Birch Road as well as $10 million in development fees that would be forgiven. On top of that offer, the city would pay back property taxes for 30 years..

Amazon has said that it will announce a decision sometime next year.

Megyn Kelly said Monday that she complained about Bill O'Reilly while they were both working at Fox News, contradicting a statement from an O'Reilly spokesman who claimed, in response to a report that O'Reilly settled a $32 million sexual harassment claim, that no complaints were ever made about him at the network. 

On NBC's "Megyn Kelly Today," Kelly went on to assail a culture of silencing sexual harassment victims — "not unique to Fox News," she noted — that makes women afraid of public shaming, being sued or losing their careers. She said it gave her no pleasure to talk about her former workplace but felt it was important to speak out. 

In November 2016, O'Reilly had gone on CBS to discuss the sexual harassment allegations that led to then-Fox News Chief Roger Ailes' downfall. That day, Kelly said, she wrote the company's co-presidents a letter saying that O'Reilly's "history of harassment of women" may have "blinded him to the folly of saying anything other than, 'I am just so sorry for the women of this company who never should have had to go through that.'"

O'Reilly was later ousted from the network after allegations against him came to light in April. But the Times reported that O'Reilly was re-signed in February, after he made the $32 million settlement with a woman who worked as a Fox News analyst for 15 years.

Of Saturday's report, which has not been verified by NBC News, a spokesman for O'Reilly said, "in the more than 20 years Bill O'Reilly worked at Fox News, not one complaint was filed against him with the Human Resources Department or Legal Department by a coworker, even on the anonymous hotline."

Kelly said Monday that she knew that statement to be false because she had  complained about him. 

"This must stop," Kelly said of the wider culture of silencing accusers. "The abuse of women, the shaming of them, the threatening, the retaliation, the silencing of them after the fact, it has to stop."

O'Reilly responded Monday, saying on former colleague Glenn Beck's radio show that it was "incomprehensible" that Kelly would speak out against him, saying that "I helped her dramatically" in her career.

He posted online an undated thank-you note Kelly had written to him for giving a gift at a baby shower.

Asked for comment on Kelly's report Monday, a representative for 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, said the company "has taken concerted action to transform Fox News, including installing new leaders, overhauling management and on-air talent, expanding training, and increasing the channels through which employees can report harassment or discrimination. These changes come from the top, with Lachlan and James Murdoch personally leading the effort to promote civility and respect on the job, while maintaining the Company’s long-held commitment to a diverse, inclusive and creative workplace."

The company offered the same statement when asked about the Times report on O'Reilly Saturday. It also confirmed that it was aware of O'Reilly's settlement with his accuser, noting the settlement was made personally by O'Reilly with terms that were not disclosed.

State police have arrested three teens in connection the theft of a BMW from New Canaan after finding the group and the car in Southbury. 

State troopers and Southbury police responded to Woods Way Road around 12:30 a.m. Saturday to investigate after learning a 2017 BMW that was stolen from New Canaan on Oct. 19 might be in the area. 

Troopers and officers searched the area, found the BMW on Beacon Hill Road in Southbury and took two juveniles into custody. 

Two other juveniles ran into the woods and a state police K-9 later found one of them and took the teen into custody.

A 15-year-old, 16-year-old and 17-year-old, were charged with motor vehicle theft, sixth-degree larceny and interfering with an officer. 

They were released to the custody of their parents and scheduled to appear at Waterbury Juvenile Court on Nov. 2.

Connecticut State Police are trying to identify a suspect who attempted to enter homes in Ellington Sunday evening.

Police said the suspect attempted to enter homes on Ellington Avenue and Wapping Wood Road. One home had a surveillance system which captured an image of the suspect around 7 p.m.

The suspect is male, between 20 to 30 years old, with a goatee. He was wearing Dallas Cowboys shirt at the time of the incident. According to police, he tried doors and entered homes through unlocked doors.

Anyone with information on the man pictured above should contact the Ellington Resident Troopers' Office at 860-875-1522 or text TIP 711 and the information to 274637.

Residents are reminded to lock their doors and activate alarm systems for safety.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday that he has designated MS-13, the violent street gang, as a top priority for a Justice Department task force that focuses on organized crime.

"Now they will go after MS-13 with a renewed vigor and sharpened focus," Sessions said at gathering of police chiefs in Philadelphia. "I am announcing that I have authorized them to use every lawful tool to investigate MS-13."

The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces involve federal prosecutors from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as other agencies. 

The designation directs officials to pursue all possible charges during prosecutions, including racketeering, gun and tax law violations.

"Just like we took Al Capone off the streets with our tax laws, we will use whatever laws we have to get MS-13 off our streets," Sessions said at the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Center City Philadelphia. 

MS-13 has become a prime target of President Donald Trump’s administration amid its broader crackdown on immigration. 

The international criminal enterprise has tens of thousands of members in several Central American countries and many U.S. states. The gang originated in immigrant communities in Los Angeles in the 1980s then entrenched itself in Central America when its leaders were deported.

MS-13 is known for hacking and stabbing victims with machetes, drug dealing, prostitution and other rackets. Its recruits are middle- and high-school students predominantly in immigrant communities and those who try to leave risk violent retribution, law enforcement officials have said.

Its members have been accused in a spate of bloodshed that included the massacre of four young men in a Long Island, New York, park and the killing of a suspected gang rival inside a deli. The violence has drawn attention from members of Congress and Trump, who has boasted about efforts to arrest and deport MS-13 members across the United States.

"MS-13 threatens the lives and well-being of each and every family and each and every neighborhood that they infest," Sessions said. "They leave misery, devastation and death in their wake. They threaten entire governments."

Law enforcement officials believe some of the recent violence has been directed by members of the gang imprisoned in El Salvador.

In July, Sessions went to El Salvador for a series of meetings with law enforcement officials in an attempt to step up international cooperation against the violent gang. 

Both Trump and Sessions have blamed Obama-era border policies for allowing the gang's ranks to flourish in the U.S., though the Obama administration took unprecedented steps to target the gang's finances. Federal prosecutors have gone after MS-13 before but say they've recently seen a resurgence.

Sessions also addressed the gathering of law enforcement leaders on Saturday, focusing on "forging new relationships" between local and federal authorities.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Norwich police are searching for a suspect in a stabbing and home invasion that occurred Saturday and warn that the suspect is considered armed and dangerous.

Police said 25-year-old Brandon Uzialko entered a home on Quarto Road Saturday and stabbed a man inside multiple times. Uzialko was armed with knives and possibly a handgun.

The victim suffered life-threatening injuries and remains in intensive care.

Police have an arrest warrant for Uzialko charging him with criminal attempted murder, home invasion, first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor. He is described as 5-foot-10 with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen with a beard, wearing a light-colored sweatshirt with long sleeves and dark pants.

Anyone who sees Uzialko or has information on his whereabouts should contact the Norwich Police Department at 860-886-5561.

Middletown police are looking for a man who is accused of biting the victim’s lower lip off during a domestic violence incident.

Police said 32-year-old Justin Ryals went into the victim’s home on Sept. 29, attacked the person and bit the victim’s lower lip off, all in the presence of children. 

Police said the victim had an active protective order against Ryals. 

U.S. marshals are helping Middletown Police look for Ryals, who has connections in Middletown, Connecticut and Brooklyn, New York. 

An arrest warrant for him includes the charges of first-degree assault, violation of protective order, risk of injury of a minor, home invasion and breach of peace. 

Ryals has two vehicles registered to him, a red 2002 Dodge Caravan SE with Connecticut plateAG35332 and a white 2012 Chrysler 200LX with Connecticut plate 6AXPA7. 

He is 5-feet-10, weighs 180 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair. 

The arrest warrant has a bond of $150,000. 

Anyone who knows where Ryals should call your local police department or the Middletown Police Department at (860) 638-4000.

Danbury police are searching for a 53-year-old local woman who has been missing since Friday.

Laelcira DeLima was last seen around 5 p.m. Friday and she was wearing a black V-neck shirt and blue jeans, police said. 

She could be driving a red 2016 Honda Accord with Connecticut plate AC98150. 

Anyone with information should call the Danbury Police Department 203-797-4611.

The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings and fire weather watches in Southern California after meteorologists said temperatures are expected to reach in the triple-digits along with gusty winds, NBC News reported. 

The red flag warnings and fire weather watches were issues for areas across Southern California, stretching from San Diego, Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties through Wednesday evening. The service said temperatures hovering around 100 degrees on Monday and Tuesday could break records for some areas.

The fire warnings comes as Californians are bearing the weather phenomenon known as the Santa Ana winds.

"You get these areas where the winds are blowing harder and so ultimately what that sets up is a very hot, very dry and very low humidity situation with storm winds and so that increases the fire danger in that area," Frank Giannasca, senior meteorologist at The Weather Channel, told NBC News. 

Homes were left uninhabitable by Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm that plowed through southeast Texas in late August, NBC News reported.

Its floodwaters capsized lives of the comfortable and the struggling, black and white, Latino and Asian. Tens of thousands of people across spectrums of race and income were left without permanent places to live, inspiring a newfound saying: Harvey was the storm that didn’t discriminate.

That may change now that the water is gone.

The poorer victims of the storm are in danger of falling deeper into poverty or homelessness, while the wealthier are expected to rebound more quickly. Those in the middle will now struggle harder to stay afloat.

Police said lanes on two streets in Hartford are closed due to a gas leak. 

Connecticut Natural Gas closed two lanes, one going eastbound and one going westbound on Central Row between Prospect and Main streets, Hartford police said.

No other information was immediately available.