More than 22,000 Eversource customers are going on a third day without power Wednesday after a strong storm moved through Sunday night.

With chilly temperatures Wednesday morning, keeping warm has become a priority.

Several school districts in eastern Connecticut, including Lebanon, Thompson and Columbia, remain closed Wednesday as crews continue to clear up storm damage. Other districts have delays Wednesday morning. Click here to see a full list of closings and delays.

In Ledyard, the mayor postponed trick-or-treating due to safety concerns with parts of town still without power and wires and tree debris all over town.

Under Mayor Fred Allyn’s orders, trick-or-treating across town was moved to Friday.

The mayor says he’s frustrated over what he says is a lack of response from Eversource.

Meanwhile, one Ledyard mother decided to take her son to another town to go trick-or-treating. Theresa Pinckney told NBC Connecticut she’s exercising patience, since she knows it’ll take some time before power is restored to her home.

“My father is retired from CL&P quite a few years back so I know what it's like for those guys to be out on the road and everything. I know they're doing the best they can, and I hope everyone has patience with them,” she said.

Ledyard’s mayor has been told the power should be restored to most of the town by Thursday afternoon.

Gov. Dannel Malloy says it’s too early to evaluate Eversource’s response, since the strong winds lasted a long time, preventing the utility company from getting to work sooner.

“I think we're not used to storms that last that long and therefore delay response that long. And I think in another day to a couple of days we'll have a better view of what their response was,” Malloy said.

Commuters traveling into New York City Wednesday should expect to see heightened security following a deadly attack in lower Manhattan that killed eight people and injured 11 Tuesday afternoon.

There is more security at New York’s airports, mass transit hubs, bridges and tunnels, as well as areas with large crowds, like Times Square.

There are barricades in Times Square to prevent a vehicle attack. NYPD set up checkpoints at various locations while state and local police increased their manpower.

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NBC Connecticut spoke with a Wallingford woman who was in the city yesterday when the attack happened.

“My family is a little worried I have to go back into New York today. I figure, you got to live. We can’t really let it stop us. We have to go on with our daily life,” said Mary Antonetti.

West Haven resident Andres Ramirez, who was heading to JFK to take a flight, said he was expecting the extra security and said he saw it as a positive thing.

“She was worried and I said mom, we’re probably going to be even more safe than if this would have happened a day later. There’s going to be heightened security, which I’m ok with. We’re all ok with, I think,” Ramirez said.

Commuters that spoke with NBC Connecticut said they may be more vigilant, but the attack will not stop them from going on with their day-to-day routine.

“People in New York are very resilient. They’re like it is what it is. We live here because it’s the greatest city in the country, the world. If somebody is going to hit us they are, but we’ll just come back from it," Antonetti said.

New York’s governor stressed that the added security is a precaution, not a response to any specific threat.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy urged residents to be alert and said that Connecticut was monitoring the situation.

“We pray for those who lost their lives, offer our deepest sympathies to their families and friends, and send our best wishes for a speedy recovery for those injured. And we thank all of the first responders who provided critical assistance responding to this terrible act of violence. Connecticut state officials will continue to monitor this situation and respond accordingly as more details are known. Today’s attack in New York City is a painful reminder that we must always be vigilant and aware of our surroundings. We urge all Connecticut residents if you see something suspicious in your daily travels – say something. Call 1-866-HLS-TIPS,” Malloy said in a statement.

Whiskers of a 121-year-old mustache came into view of the Penn Museum archaeologists once they finally reached 10 feet deep.

Then, stunningly, the dead man’s tie could be seen amid the soupy ooze of the coffin. Outlines of a suit somehow survived being buried for more than a century.

The mystery surrounding who wore that suit into the grave has remained as resilient with the passage of time — and despite the overwhelming evidence those Penn scientists have gathered in the last few months.

It is H.H. Holmes, if the DNA evidence pulled from the remains is to be believed, lead archaeologist Samantha Cox said.

For the first time, Cox and her team shared photographs from inside the grave and throughout the exhuming process. The pictures provide a fascinating look at what happens to a body after 120 years underground, and are the first glimpses of what remains of the man often described as America's first serial killer.

Holmes reputedly killed dozens at the “Murder Castle Hotel” in Chicago. He built the hotel equipped with secret rooms, chambers and a spot for dissections in the basement. With visitors from around the globe visiting the city’s World’s Fair in 1893, Holmes’ unwitting guests checked in but some never left.

He was eventually imprisoned at Moyamensing Prison in South Philadelphia, put on trial, and hanged in 1896 for his mass murder spree. Or so the news reports at the time say.

The legend of Holmes is a different story. His great-great-grandson, Jeff Mudgett, has long believed that his ancestor, whose real name was Herman Mudgett, faked his death and escaped the hangman’s noose.

Mudgett’s search for truth led to an eight-part television series this summer on the History Channel. As part of that show, Cox and her team led the exhumation of Holmes’ grave site at Holy Cross Cemetery in Delaware County.

NBC10 Investigators were first to unearth the growing mystery in April of the Holmes conspiracy that he escaped death. Then, in July, NBC10 exclusively reported that a search for the truth was underway — with Holy Cross Cemetery in Delaware County as the epicenter. Over the following months, fascinating findings emerged about the fate of Holmes.

The DNA evidence was sent to a laboratory at King’s College in London, England. Analysts there compared remains from the skull in the grave to DNA from Jeff Mudgett.

“The best that they can tell us is that the DNA is related, is a person who is related, to the living Mudgett,” Cox said.

In addition to the genetic testing, investigative research by Cox and her team found that medical records from the late 1800s matched up the serial killer with the remains in the grave.

“From a scientific standpoint, to us, there’s no doubt,” Cox said.

The archaeologists documented their dig in numerous photographs that they shared with NBC10. Those pictures show surprises along the way even beyond the incredibly preserved remains: a partially hardened layer of concrete requested by Holmes; an empty coffin; a wooden placard with an etching that read “H H Holmes.”

Finally, there were the skeletal and oozy remains 10 feet down.

The History Channel’s “American Ripper” series, which starred Mudgett, also chronicled the dig and the resulting tests that ultimately concluded Holmes hanged and was buried at Holy Cross.

Mudgett, however, isn’t convinced. He wants another DNA test done.

“The lab had a bias, which in a court of law, would result in the evidence being excluded,” Mudgett said.

The head of DNA analysis at King’s College, Professor Denise Syndercombe Court, said in a statement to NBC10 that bias has nothing to do with sample-testing.

Here is the full statement from Court:

"We are an accredited laboratory that follows ISO17025 guidelines.  Analysed profiles are provided electronically from the molecular analyser and are produced independently by different analysts.  No personal identifiers are given to the samples, only unique numbers, so analysts will not be aware of what samples are being run.  Although the person reporting the results would be aware of the source of the material and indeed would have selected the appropriate analytical technique in order to answer the question at issue, their interpretation will only be based on the output from the analyser.  As professional forensic geneticists they are used to dealing with forensic evidence and presenting the results of the analysis in an objective and unbiased way.”

A 15-year old boy is recovering after being shot in the leg on Halloween night in Hamden.

Hamden police said the teen was found near the Keefe Center near the intersection of Pine Street and Dix Street around 8:15 p.m. He told police he was shot while walking on Dix Street. He was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment.

No other information was readily available.

Anyone with information on this shooting should contact Det. John Marks at 203-230-4040.

A Taftville man who is on probation is accused of ramming several vehicles in several towns Wednesday morning, including a school bus full of children in New London.

Police said they received a call around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday about a driver hitting several vehicles on Route 32, near Connecticut College, and fleeing the scene.

Officials said Rubin Ramos hit several vehicles in Waterford. Then he hit more vehicles in New London, including an occupied school bus, which he struck several times, New London police said, then he fled to Groton.

A witness followed Ramos to Groton and New London police officers responded to Route 12 in Groton, where they found Ramos driving toward Ledyard, police said.

New London Police, Ledyard Police Department and Connecticut State Police worked together, used stop strips and stopped the car Ramos was driving, police said.

After he was stopped, Ramos was involved in a short struggle with police and an officer sustained minor injuries, police said.

Ramos was taken into custody and charged with operating under the influence, operating under suspension, fleeing from police, misuse of marker plant, interfering with police, two counts of reckless endangerment and six counts of risk of injury to minor.

During a cabinet meeting Wednesday, President Trump referred to terrorism suspect Sayfullo Saipov as an "animal," and called for "swift justice" instead of regular due process.

A 23-year-old man from New York City and a 32-year-old New Jersey man were among the eight people killed when a truck sped through a Manhattan bike lane for more than a dozen blocks in an apparent ISIS-inspired attack, police say. 

Darren Drake, of New Milford, was riding his bike during a 15-minute break from his program manager job at Moody's Analytics when the truck plowed into crowds of pedestrians and riders on a popular Tribeca bike path Tuesday. Drake, a graduate of Rutgers pursuing a second master's at Stevens Institute of Technology, also served four years on the New Milford Board of Education, holding the vice president chair for two of them. He didn't yet have children of his own, but was hoping to one day. 

"He had everything going for him," Drake's father, Jimmy Drake, told News 4, as he started sobbing. 

The other American victim was identified by police as Nicholas Cleves, of Manhattan. The software engineer and web developer lived on Greenwich Street in the West Village, where stunned neighbors said he was a smart, friendly young man with an adventurous spirit.

"This is an absolutely lovely young man," said a neighbor named Dianne, who declined to give her last name. "The type of person every parent hopes theirs grows up to be." 

Cleves was "smart, funny, kind, engaged," she said.

"He was a Village kid and everyone in the store knew him and loved him," said Dianne. "There have been more tears shared in this store than ever." 

A family friend later Wednesday said that Cleves was a "fine young man."

Online profiles show he went to Elisabeth Irwin High School in New York City and graduated last year from Skidmore College with a degree in computer science. An only child who was living with his mother, he had been working as a software engineer for the Unified Digital Group.

Cleves described himself on his Facebook page as a "nerdy white boy." The most recent photo posted there showed him posing with some friends next to a Darth Vader figure at Star Wars exhibit.

Outlining his aspirations on LinkedIn, Cleves wrote that he was "searching for ways in which technology can be used to make positive impacts on our everyday lives." 

In a statement Wednesday, Skidmore College president Philip Glotzbach said Cleves was a IT assistant, astronomy tutor and son of a Skidmore graduate. 

"At moments such as these, we realize anew how powerless are our words in the face of profound grief, Glotzbach said. "Even so, we reach out to offer our thoughts and prayers, along with the hope that knowing that others are also touched by this loss may provide at least some small measure of comfort."

In New Jersey, Drake had recently undergone weight loss surgery and was riding his bike 25-plus miles a day to stay fit, his father says. An only child, he lived with his parents; his father said he drove him to the Hoboken train station each morning. His parents knew something was wrong when their conscientious son was late for dinner and didn't call.

"Five-fifteen, 5:30, 5:45, 7. My wife said, 'Jimmy, that's it, we need to go to the hospital," Jimmy Drake said. 

"If there was one guy a terrorist was going to kill, it wouldn't be my son," he said. "He wouldn't swat a fly." 

Jimmy said he will give his son's bike to charity, and his own, too, now that his only child is gone. 

"I'll give it to some kid who needs it -- and give him my bike, too, I'm not riding it," he said. 

The New Milford Board of Education said in a statement, "A board member in high esteem, Darren was a good man with a soft touch and huge heart. He is respected for his unwavering commitment to the children of New Milford and their education."

Drake had cheated death before, missing the Hoboken train crash last year by just minutes and staying at the Mandalay Bay Hotel just weeks before the Las Vegas massacre.

His employer Moody's said he was a valued member "and his loss will be deeply felt by all those who worked with him." 

The other six fatalities included five Argentinians celebrating a graduation anniversary and a 31-year-old Belgian national, Anne Laure Decadt. Six of the victims died at the scene; the other two died at hospitals.

"We now and forever will consider them New Yorkers. They shared this tragedy with us and for that we will always remember them as New Yorkers," Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday of the foreigners killed in the attack.

Decadt was a mother of two, including a baby, according to the New York City Belgium Consulate General. She was riding bikes with her mom and two sisters when she was mowed down from behind; she died at New York Presbyterian Hospital. The rest of her family was injured. A second Belgian family of four was also injured in the attack. 

Argentinian nationals Hernán Mendoza, Diego Angelini, Alejandro Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij and Hernán Ferruchi, most of them architects, were having a 30-year reunion after graduating from the Polytechnic School of Rosario. The five dead were among a group of 10 friends marking their graduation with a tour of New York and Boston, where at least one survivor of the group lived. 

They had gone on a bike ride through Central Park on Tuesday before turning south, to lower Manhattan.

"They were pedaling in lines of two, chatting, laughing, enjoying the ride. My husband was the last one in the line, when he felt a speeding car, and then the truck that zoomed by" at high speed, Cecilia Piedrabuena, the wife of survivor Ariel Benvenuto, told an Argentine radio station. "The truck took away his friends, and he saw them all scattered on the ground."

Benvenuto called his wife and said, "Honey, this is very serious. It's a terrorist attack," she recalled. "An hour later, he called me and told me that his friends had died."

Mendoza was an architect and father of three who designed the home of his close friend, Estanislao Beas.

"The news destroyed my wife and I," Beas said. "We had a tight bond. We cared for him so much. It's incredible that this happened to him and that he was there at that time."

The reunion trip was partially financed by Erlij, the chief executive of Ivanar, an Argentine steel products manufacturing company, according to Argentina's La Nacion newspaper.

Another classmate, Martin Ludovico Marro, of Newton, Massachusetts, near Boston, was being treated at a Manhattan hospital.

In Rosario, a minute of silence was observed at the high school, and the light-blue and white Argentina flag was flown at half-staff. The school planned a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening.

"It hurts us to think that these are people who walked the same school halls as we did or that studied in our same classrooms," said Agustin Riccardi, a senior at the school.

Twelve other people were hurt in the truck rampage, an attack authorities have described as the worst terror attack to hit New York City since 9/11. Authorities detailed gruesome injuries to some of those survivors, ranging from bilateral amputation to serious head, neck, back and chest trauma, as well as trauma to their arms and legs. Five of the dozen sent to hospitals were in serious condition Wednesday; four were in critical but stable condition and three went home.

Of the survivors, two victims were students and two were employees on the school bus the suspect smashed into along his route of terror. The German government says a German citizen is among the injured. The Foreign Ministry didn't identify the female German citizen or give any details about the severity of her injuries in a note on its website. A sixth Argentinian who lives in Newtown, Massachusetts, is also among the injured.

Investigators said Wednesday that the suspect, 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, had planned the attack for weeks. He was shot by police as he ran through traffic with pellet and paintball guns but is expected to live.

A fire at the Dow Chemical plant in Gales Ferry broke out on Wednesday, officials said. 

Fire crews are responding to the scene and asking people to avoid the area, the Gales Ferry Volunteer Fire Department said. 

Firefighters said the fire is in a building that is under construction.

No additional information was immediately available.

A mother accused of killing her 8-year-old son and setting their Meriden home on fire with tiki torch oil last year, was in court Tuesday and court records reveal what led police to charge her with murder and second-degree arson.

The fire was started on Nov. 14, 2016 and firefighters who entered the burning house at 13 Davis St. that day found 40-year-old Karin Ziolkowski on a bed next to her 8-year-old son, Elijah Ziolkowski, court records state.

Elijah was unresponsive and emergency crews were not able to get him breathing again.

The medical examiner ruled his death to homicidal asphyxia, which happened before the fire was set. Acute diphenhydramine intoxication from an antihistamine like Benadryl was determined to be a contributing factor.

Elijah’s 40-year-old mother, Karin Ziolkowski, was in critical condition after the fire according to police.

Court records say the fire was set in two locations and there was evidence of tiki torch oil in the basement, a first-floor bedroom and on Karin and Elijah’s clothing. They also say the batteries had been removed from the carbon monoxide detector before the fire.

When Karin Ziolkowski was questioned about what happened, she told authorities she did not recall anything about the day and denied hurting her son, according to court records.

When investigators went through Karin Ziolkowski's social media accounts, they found Tweets that include anger, sickness, crying and sadness emojis and one that said "Why did I have a child?"

Blood work revealed that Karin Ziolkowski also had elevated levels of diphenhydramine in her system.

Meriden police said Karin Ziolkowski was arrested in North Carolina, where she had been living after the fire, and she was back in Connecticut Tuesday.

Ziolkowski's bond was set at $1 million and she appeared in court today.

Elijah Ziolkowski was a third-grade student at the Israel Putnam School.

Enza Adamcewicz, the principal of the school, said Elijah was at the school since kindergarten and the news that he died in the fire was devastating.

"Bubbly kid. You know, loves Star Wars, Legos. ... You know, a normal 8-year-old boy," Adamcewicz said. "He was very social. ... Everybody knew him, knew of him. Big personality and he will be greatly missed."

The U.S. House Intelligence Panel released some of the Facebook ads purchased by Russians during the 2016 Presidential Campaign.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he was "starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program" that he said allowed the suspected New York City attacker to enter the United States legally, and that he would ask Congress to "get rid" of the program immediately.

Why does the U.S. have this program in the first place?
Its origins stem from the 1990 Immigration and Nationality Act, which was signed by Republican President George H.W. Bush.

What are the eligibility requirements?
The suspect Sayfullo Saipov, 29, entered the U.S. via the State Department's diversity immigrant visa program, which requires the applicant to be a native of a qualifying country. The applicant also must have completed high school or "two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience to perform," according to the State Department.

What's the vetting process?
Those selected through this program must go through all of the same background checks and screening processes as any other immigrant visa applicant to be granted admission, including document presentation, background checks, in person interviews and medical exams.

The Hartford area broke a record this past month. October 2017 will go down as the warmest October on record.

The average temperature for the month of October is 52.1 degrees. This year the record was set at 59.9 degrees which beats the previous record. Records in the Hartford area go back to 1905.

As for precipitation we didn't break any record however we did end up well above average. 

The average precipitation for the month of October is 4.25 inches. This year the Hartford area received 8.77 inches which is more than double the monthly average. 

Here's an interesting fact. 7.86 of the 8.77 inches fell within the last 8 days of the month. 

The first group of 30 patrol officers will be seen wearing body cameras in New Haven on Wednesday.

The plan is to roll out the body cams in phases.

NBC Connecticut will be able to request body camera footage through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but New Haven Police Chief Anthony Campbell said at a news conference that there may be high profile cases where the department decides on its own to release that video to the public.

"This is yet another tool which will heighten the level of transparency and accountability and community policing that this department is committed to," Campbell said.

Body cameras are a 21st-century policing tool that can help investigations with "more precise evidence collection, enhanced timeline documentation," Mayor Toni Harp said.

Video recorded on them can potentially clear officers accused of misconduct.

"By putting the video out it will help to alleviate those tensions and clear up any misconceptions people may have," Campbell said.

Federal and state grants funded pilot programs and the purchase of the cameras for every sworn member of the department. While the City of New Haven will allocate $350,000 annually for storing the footage on a cloud system, officers will also be able to see their video before returning to a police substation or headquarters.

"They will have the opportunity to review their video footage on a department-issued cell phone," New Haven Police Assistant Chief Racheal Cain said.

New Haven resident Michelle Arias shared a concern she has about the body cameras.

"I think that they can press record when they want or not," Arias said. "There’s still like an issue of accountability."

Still, Arias said she supports New Haven Police joining other departments in the state like in Milford and Hamden that already have body cameras.

"I think this is a move in the right direction and hopefully they’re using the equipment properly," Arias said. 

Before starting patrol shifts with the cameras attached to their uniforms, officers are learning the general orders they’re required to record and when they shouldn’t.

"If an officer is dispatched to a call, a domestic, a motor vehicle stop," Campbell said of times when to record, adding they should not do so "especially dealing with juveniles, sexual assault victims."

"They’re not required to have the camera on when they’re transporting prisoners in the prisoner conveyance van," Sgt. Rose Dell said.

Dell said she is interested to see what role the body camera footage will have in future court cases.

The company that makes the body cameras is working on technology to automatically start recording when the officer either pulls out a gun or hears gunshots, Campbell said.

City of Groton police are looking into a report of candy that had possibly been tampered with that was handed out to a toddler on Halloween Tuesday night.

A mother called police to say her 1-year-old child suffered a finger injury while handling the candy. The child was taken to a medical facility. Stitches were not required but the child's skin had to be glued together, according to Groton police.

The mother reported the incident to police at 10 p.m. Tuesday.

“(The mom) went into the candy bag and found some item of some kind – we’re not sure exactly what – kind of lodged into one of the candies,” said Lt. Eric Jenkins.

Jenkins said the mom inadvertently misplaced that piece of candy, but investigators found a second piece of candy in the family's candy bag with a piece of thin metal hidden in the wrapper of a "fun size" Snickers bar.

“Thinner than, let’s say, a razor blade. It’s very thin. Probably a half inch long. But it’s a piece of metal,” Jenkins said.

Investigators have not yet been able to determine where the candy came from, police said.

Police are now canvassing the neighborhood between Benham Road, Hynes Avenue, Brandegee Avenue and Morse Avenue looking for the original, possibly tampered with piece of candy and going door-to-door asking residents if they know anything about it.

“Honestly in 40 years I’ve never heard of anything like that happening,” said Deborah Dewolf of Groton.

Police knocked on her door after the reported incident. Dewolf raised kids in the neighborhood.

“It’s very concerning because my niece has a 10-month-old that was living with us and he would have been out (trick-or-treating),” she said.

Police are urging parents in Groton to throw away any candy received unless they know it came from a trusted source. As of Wednesday morning, police say they have only identified the one family who was a victim in this case, but are asking parents to check their children's candy closely and alert police to anything suspicious.

Officers from both the Patrol and Detective Divisions are conducting an "aggressive" investigation into the incident.

Jenkins said this is the first time he’s seen something like this in 29 years with the department.

“Is it just this one candy? Is it several different candies? Did it happen at the factory? Did it happen during packaging,” Jenkins asked.

NBC Connecticut did make contact with the mom involved. She wanted to remain anonymous but thanks Groton Police for their diligence and warns all parents to carefully check each piece of candy before their child touches it.

NBC Connecticut also reached out to Mars, who makes Snickers, about the incident but have not received a response at the time this article was published.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call City of Groton Police at 860-445-2451.

Two passengers aboard a Delta airlines flight were arrested over the weekend for making more than just their connections.

Officials arrested a 48-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man after she performed oral sex on him mid-flight Sunday, according to NBC Detroit affiliate WDIV. 

The passengers were strangers before boarding the flight, and though they did not release the names of the individuals, police told WDIV that both passengers were making connecting flights. 

Both passengers were issued citations after the plane landed in Detroit, WDIV reported and the case is now with the FBI. Officials said the two could be charged with a felony.

Federal agents said they've located a person of interest in the Manhattan truck attack that left eight people dead and nearly a dozen others injured. 

Earlier Wednesday FBI released a wanted poster for Mukhammadzoir Kadirov, but authorities said at a news conference about an hour later the man had been located by federal authorities. The man, an Uzbek national, had not been named a suspect in the attack, but authorities said he may have information on Tuesday's attack. 

"We have found him and we will leave it at that," said Bill Sweeney, the assistant director of the FBI. 

It comes a day after police shot and wounded Sayfullo Saipov, 29, as he ran through traffic on West Street with a pellet gun and paintball gun after crashing a Home Depot rental truck into a school bus. Saipov is also accused of driving that truck down the Hudson River Greenway bike path, hitting and killing five Argentinians celebrating an anniversary, a Belgian national, a New York City man and a New Jersey cyclist. 

Saipov allegedly left a note in the truck that translated to "ISIS endures forever," though authorities and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have called him a "lone actor."

It's not immediately clear why authorities were looking for Kadirov, but they're still seeking information from the public on the man. If you know anything about Kadirov, call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.

A former white University of Hartford student is accused of spitting in her black roommate's coconut oil, putting moldy clam dip in her lotion and rubbing used tampons on her backpack.

Police have arrested Brianna Brochu and said they are asking the court to add a hate crime charge to the list of charges filed against her after further reviewing the case. 

In a statement on Tuesday, the University of Hartford president Greg Woodward called the incident "deeply upsetting" and said it has brought about "accusations of racism."

On Wednesday, he said 18-year-old Brochu is no longer a student at the university as of this morning and will not be returning. 

West Hartford police said the victim reported she was suffering from "severe throat pain" and suspected it was from her roommate tampering with her personal items.

As police investigated, they learned that Brochu posted on Instagram that she tampered with her roommate’s property and deposited bodily fluids on other property and had posted photos as well, police said.

The victim, Chennel "Jazzy" Rowe, used Facebook to share her story. During a Facebook live posted on October 30, Rowe said Brochu went into detail about the accusations and claimed to have put her toothbrush in a place "the sun doesn't shine." She also posted photos of the backpack and the dip.

The Facebook video posted has been watched more than 636,000 times. NBC Connecticut has tried to reach Rowe, but we have not heard back. 

"There has been an outpouring of concern for the victim of these acts from across the University and the country. In my meeting with her yesterday, I reiterated my personal commitment to ensuring she has all available personal and academic resources the University can provide," Woodward wrote in a statement to the university community.

Brochu was initially charged with third-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace, but police now say they are asking the court to add an intimidation based on bigotry or bias charge.

"One of our students was the alleged victim of bullying and her story was shared across social media. Let me be clear: the accused student’s behavior was reprehensible and does not reflect the values of our institution. Let me also be clear that I am confident the University has taken all steps to pursue this matter seriously, and will continue to do so," Woodward said in a statement.

He said Rowe was relocated to "a safe location," authorities were notified and the school "strictly and swiftly followed all procedural and legal processes related to this alleged event."

According to Woodward, Hartford University Public Safety learned about the incidents at 11:48 p.m. on Oct. 17, when the victim became aware. West Hartford police were notified by 1:12 a.m. By 2:16 a.m., a no-contact order was in place and the case was turned over to local authorities. 

"The incident has brought about accusations of racism, and I want you to know that I hear and share your anger and frustration. Acts of racism, bias, bullying, or other abusive behaviors will not be tolerated on this campus. I pledge to do everything in my power to work with our community to address related concerns together," Woodward wrote.

Brochu appeared in court Tuesday with her parents, spoke only a few words and had a solemn expression soon after facing a judge.

The incident is getting nationwide attention, including from television producer Shonda Rhimes.

State Rep. Brandon McGee, who represents Windsor and Hartford, said he and other community leaders will be at the school at 9 p.m. for a peaceful rally at Hawk Hall on the University of Hartford campus.

"This is another example of the racially charged political and social climate and sentiment that as of late pervades American personal interactions throughout the country," McGee said in a statement. "This emboldened behavior is the result of the general discourse on diversity and racial relations from the top levels of leadership. What allegedly occurred on this campus amounts to multiple crimes. Not denouncing this behavior is akin to condoning it and I join with the many in opposition to this abhorrent treatment of each other."

 The region’s largest utility provider is proposing a multi-million dollar rate hike over the next three years.

If approved, this would cost Eversource ratepayers, on average 6.79 percent more, in a state that already has some of the highest electric delivery rates in the country.

The three-year rate request lists a $255 million increase for year one, followed by a $45 million hike in year two, then $36 million more in year three.

The proposition comes just days after a late-October storm that caused more than 170,000 power outages state-wide and some homes still aren’t back online.

"The filing we made with State of Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) last Friday was well planned out weeks and months before," Eversource spokesperson Tricia Modifica said. "A lot of effort and planning and research goes into a filing like that."

For some customers, the move has bad optics.

One of the country’s most expensive electric providers is asking its customers for a raise, while in 2016, reporting earnings upwards of $942 million.

When asked if the investments could come out of the company’s bottom line instead of ratepayer pockets, Modifica said, "These investments and running this grid is essentially a commodity. We are providing our customers with a service, with electricity, and like all other commodities, the cost of doing that service is passed along through the service."

That service, according to Essex-based ratepayer Lon Seidman, didn’t prove itself worthy during the October 29 storm.

"We just never had the communication to know when we could expect restoration of power," Seidman said. "There were never any updates that could be properly communicated to customers. Customers were literally and figuratively in the dark and I think it’s kind of insulting for all of us to ask now for a couple of hundred of million dollars on top of the couple hundred million dollars we’re already paying."

In its preliminary notice, Eversource references a growing tax burden and a need for capital improvements.

"Putting up new, stronger, taller utility poles and wires, comprehensive tree trimming, along with smart technology," Modifica said.

The company expects to officially file on November 22. After that, it will be up to the state’s regulatory authority, PURA, to decide.

In the meantime, Seidman started an online petition to voice his—and his community’s—concerns.

"At some point, they’ve got to make some of their own investments with their own money here, and stop trying to take it out of our pockets," Seidman said.

PURA will have 180 days to decide once Eversource officially files. If PURA gives it the green light, changes will take effect May 21, 2018.

On a recent trip to BJ’s Wholesale Club, Kyla Brantly saw an ad for a holiday Barbie doll. Because her 4-year-old daughter was with her, she waited until she got home to look it up online.

Brantley didn’t like what she found.

The 28-inch Holiday Barbie is only available at BJ’s. Brantley said the blonde doll was on sale for $31.99 with free shipping. When she clicked on the African-American doll, it was selling for the full price of $34.99. Shipping was not included.

Adding insult to injury for Brantley was the doll’s description.

"It said Holiday Barbie Assorted, which was kind of puzzling. Like, what is assorted?" Brantley said.

The Latina version of the doll was also labeled assorted and was not on sale.

"It wasn't culturally sensitive. It felt like a punch," Brantley said.

She contacted BJ’s customer service about the discrepancy. Brantley said a representative responded with an apology for the inconvenience and offered her a $5 gift card. Brantley felt BJ’s was missing the point. The customer service rep later responded with an offer of a $25 gift card.

Brantley expressed her disappointment with BJ’s in a tweet and also contacted NBC Connecticut Responds.

A couple of days after our consumer team reached out to BJ’s, Brantley heard from someone else within the company, who thanked her for bringing the issue to their attention.

The employee told Brantley BJ’s would redo its website to check for verbiage that could be considered insensitive, like the word assorted.

"All three items are available in our clubs at the same sale price of $31.99. Due to an error, the items were mistakenly posted on our website and have been removed. We apologize for any confusion and take the feedback of our Members seriously," a BJ's spokesperson said in a statement to NBC Connecticut.

The sale ended October 31.

BJ’s sent Brantley the doll for free along with a $50 gift card.

Brantley said she is satisfied with the outcome and pleased her voice was heard.

"Unless somebody says something, they can't change it," she said.

The CIA released a document seized the night Navy SEALs killed Osama Bin Laden on Wednesday, following a request by a website that has chronicled the U.S. war on terrorism -- the Long War Journal.

Wednesday's release included nearly 470,000 more files recovered in the raid. Most of the newly disclosed material is in Arabic, untranslated, and uncurated. It includes Bin Laden's untranslated 228-page private journal, and other documents that officials say support a U.S. intelligence estimate produced just after the raid that bin Laden continued to act as an operational commander of Al Qaeda even in the months just before his death.

The trove also provides new insight into the often adversarial relationship between al Qaeda and Iran — the Sunni Muslim terror group and the Shiite republic — in the form of a 19-page report described by the Long War Journal as "a senior jihadist's assessment of the group's relationship with Iran."

Among the materials are approximately 79,000 audio and image files and more than 10,000 video files, which include Al Qaeda "home videos," draft videos or statements by Bin Laden, and jihadist propaganda