A man who drove to court with a stolen car affixed with plates from a different stolen car was arrested in Hartford on Wednesday, police said. 

The Hartford Parking Authority informed police about a stolen registration alert prompted by a white 2014 Subaru Legacy parked on the street. 

The vehicle VIN matched an active stolen car from Newington on Feb. 28, but the registration on the plate affixed on the Subaru belonged to a different stolen car and arrest from Mar. 6. 

Police waited from the man, who had driven the car to court and parked it around the corner, to arrive to the Subaru.

Jonathan Rivera, of Hartford, got into the stolen car and attempted to drive away before police pulled him over.

Officers learned that Rivera was at court to answer for a previous Hartford auto theft arrest from Feb. 17.

Rivera was charged with larceny, taking a motor vehicle without permission and operating a motor vehicle without endorsement. 

Thousands of cheerleaders may have been exposed to mumps during a national cheerleading competition in Dallas last month. The Texas Department of State Health Services sent a letter to everyone who attended the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) All-Star National Championship.

The competition was at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Feb. 23-25. Athletes from 39 states participated in the competition in Dallas.

State health officials say someone from another state, who had the mumps, traveled to Dallas for the competition. They are not identifying the patient.

Mumps, which is spread through the saliva or mucus of an infected person, causes puffy cheeks and a swollen jaw as it affects the salivary glands. It can cause fever, headache, loss of appetite, and fatigue. In some rare cases it can also cause deafness or encephalitis, swelling of the brain. Some people don't show any sign of infection.

So far this year, there have been 130 reported cases from January 1 to January 27 across 25 states and in 2017, more than 5,600 people got mumps, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2016, 6,366 cases were reported - the worst year for mumps in the U.S. since the MMR vaccine program was introduced in 1977.

MORE: CDC Mumps Cases and Outbreaks

There have been 112 flu-related deaths reported in Connecticut this season. 

On Thursday, an additional 7 deaths attributed to the flu were reported by the Connecticut Department of Health since last week. 

The new report said of the 112 deaths reported as of Mar. 3, 85 of them were associated with influenza A and 27 with influenza B. Three of those deaths were patients who were less than 18 years old and 91 of them were over the age of 65.

The current season has the highest number of deaths since 2009, when all influenza-associated deaths became reportable in Connecticut.

"While the numbers of hospital and outpatient visits attributed to the flu have decreased over the last several weeks, we still have several more weeks to go in this flu season, and I continue to urge people to take precautions to prevent contracting or spreading the flu,"Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Pino said in a statement.

In all, 2,273 patients have been hospitalized with confirmed cases of flu between Aug. 27 and Mar. 3 and 7,733 influenza positive laboratory tests have been reported during this season.

The feeling of anxiety, nervousness, frustration and stress are audible in the 911 calls released by the Broward County Sheriff's Office over the Parkland school shooting.

BSO on Thursday released 10 calls out of the 81 received by regional 911 operators related to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14.

One call was made from within the school, while the rest were made by people who were outside – either because their children at school told them about the shooting or because they heard gunfire.

The call that came from within the school exhibits an ominous tone.

"911. What is your emergency?" the operator says.

"There's been shots at Stoneman Douglas. Someone's shooting up the school at Stoneman Douglas," the caller says in a whisper.

"I'm sorry, I can't hear you. What's happening?" the operator responds.

In a quiet murmur, the male caller says: "There's a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas."

"Somebody is doing what? Hello? Hello?" the operator asks.

On the other side of the line, frantic breaths and panicked silence for a few seconds.

"Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is being shot up," the caller says.

"Are you at the school?" the operator asks before the caller whispers something imperceptible and abruptly hangs up.

Other calls came from parents afraid for their children's lives.

"Hello, 911 ma'am. Go ahead," a 911 operator says.

"My son is in Stoneman Douglas High School. He said he heard noises and pops and he thinks there's a shooting going on at the school," the mother says.

"OK. We do have police on scene at the school. Police is on scene there," the operator responds.

"Is it secure?" the mother asks.

"We don't have that information as yet," the operator answers.

After a breath, the mother lets out a nervous sigh. Shortly after the operator asks a few questions, the caller hangs up.

In another call, a man talks to a 911 operator while he's next to a mother who is on the phone with her daughter who is hiding in the 1200 building – where the shooting took place.

"Find out – was she able see or hear any shots fired?" the operator asks. "How many shots did they hear?"

"She doesn't know ... she's terrified right now," the man responds.

"Anything else she could say?" the operator asks.

"Nothing, no. She's afraid to talk. She's hiding right now," the man replies after asking the mother.

The man said the girl did not want to speak because she was hiding, suggesting she didn't want to make noise or bring attention.

Later in the call, the operator tells the caller to make sure everyone in the classroom remains quiet. Briefly after, the student tells her mother that police arrived.

Another call came from a man who said he lives near the school.

"911. What is your emergency?" the operator says.

"I think I hear gunshots ... it sounds like it's over towards the high school, towards Douglas," the caller says.

The caller said his house is about 300 feet away – "over where Sheriff Israel used to live."

The caller said he heard about three gunshots 10 to 15 minutes before calling 911. Once he heard four or five other shots, he immediately called 911.

"Did you notice anyone suspicious in the area?" the dispatcher asks.

"Didn't see a soul," the man replies.

Authorities released more details about prior police calls involving Parkland school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz Thursday that give more insight into possible early warning signs.

The reports released by the Broward Sheriff's Office detail about two dozen calls for help over the course of several years involving Nikolas and his younger brother Zachary, many made by their mother Lynda Cruz, who died in November.

During the month of May of 2012, Lynda Cruz called police saying both of her children were destroying her home. Later that year in August of 2012 she called police saying both her children were threatening her, cursing at her and being disrespectful.

In one call from August of 2012, someone called police claiming Nikolas and his brother were throwing water balloons at a neighbor's house. A deputy showed up and helped the mom discipline both her sons, who were both being treated for ADHD, the report said.

Back in November 2013, Lynda Cruz called BSO saying Zachary was becoming increasingly "aggressive and defiant" toward her, and she asked for help in transporting him to a treatment center, which a deputy did.

In January of 2014, someone called police saying Nikolas punched a hole in the wall and threatened to leave because his mom took his X-Box away. When police showed up, Lynda told them they got into a verbal fight and no crime occurred.

In another call in September 2016, Lynda Cruz said Nikolas was arguing with her over paperwork to get a state ID card. She said he had been "cutting his arms" and he "would like to purchase a firearm." A state mental health investigator showed up, said Nikolas wasn't a threat to himself or anyone else, and deputies left, records showed.

Nikolas Cruz, now 19, is facing murder charges in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School which claimed 17 lives.

Chung Eui-yong, South Korea's national security director, said Thursday that President Donald Trump has decided he will meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. He also said Kim told the South Koreans he is "committed to denuclearization."

The auto executive Elon Musk tweeted that China puts a 25 percent import duty on American cars while the U.S. import duty is only 2.5 percent for Chinese cars, CNBC reported.

Musk added American car companies are not "allowed to own even 50% of their own factory" in China but Chinese auto firms can own their companies in the U.S, CNBC reported.

President Trump has rattled allies across the globe and raised questions at home about whether his tariff on industrial products could affect the American economy.

The national conversation goes across a varied spectrum from gun control to sexual harassment or gender equality and increasingly young women are leading the debate, CNBC reported. 

March 8th marks International Women's Day and the theme of the day is #PressforProgress and it urges women from all backgrounds and generations to use their voices to bring change, CNBC reported. 

The day honoring women's social and political acheivements was adopted by the United Nations to celebrate with the world.

A dog was rescued from a storm drain pipe in Connecticut on Thursday. 

The Wolcott Dog Pound said they were called around noon for a dog wandering the premise of a home on Lyman Road Ext in Wolcott.

Upon arriving, the dog, a female blue Mastiff now named Stormy, took off running and could not be seen.

Officials found Stormy in a drain pipe filled with active running water leading to a drain that led to the reservoir on Lyman Road. 

"After about an hour, some unusual techniques and apparatus we were able to get Stormy out of the drain," the Wolcott Dog Pound said in a post on Facebook.

The dog pound officials believe Stormy, who was malnourished and "not in great shape," was dumped in the area she was found. 

"Stormy has certainly overbred," the pound said.

After consulting with a doctor at the Watertown Animal Hospital due to a hypothermia concern, the dog pound thinks she will be OK.

Anyone who may know Stormy or where she came from should contact Wolcott Dog Pound or Wolcott Police Department at (203) 879-1414.

A building located across the street from the U.S. Post Office in Bridgeport partially collapsed due to heavy, wet snow, a spokesperson for the city said.

The roof of the building on Middle Street collapsed and pulled in a side wall. The building is the Old Kay's Department Store that has been vacant for 20 years.

No injuries were reported and there is no imminent danger from the collapse.

As a precaution, the fire department shut down Middle Street from Fairfield to Golden Hill and Golden Hill from Water to Middle streets.

The post office on Middle Street will be open operating normal hours on Friday but people should be using the south entrance further away on Middle Street further away.

A horse was on the loose in Greenwich on Wednesday night following heavy snowfall across the state. 

Greenwich police said a tree fell on a barn in the backcountry and the door opened. 

Soon after, the horse was found running around on Round Hill Road. 

"While growing up Officer Wallace never knew if he really wanted to be a cop or a cowboy, tonight he got to be both!" Greenwich police quipped on Twitter.

Police in Old Saybrook opened a resource center for residents on Thursday who remain without both power and water after a powerful nor'easter pummeled the state and knocked out electricity.

Carol Cretella is one of the thousands of people who lost power Wednesday night during the storm. She said she is one of many Old Saybrook residents who rely on private wells to supply water and who are unable to pump water without electricity.

"You can only use it for just a few flushes," Cretella said.

Eversource spokesperson Frank Poirot said the restoration effort is expected to take several days.

"It's been a challenging situation for us," Poirot said and added the multitude of downed trees is causing a problem for power lines and blocking roads their crews need to deploy throughout the state.

Old Saybrook police anticipated enough need in town to open a resource center where residents can fill buckets with clean water. The center opened at just after noon on Thursday at the Old Saybrook Senior High School and is replete with free wi-fi, charging stations, hot showers and warm meals.

Resident Fred Spadaccini stopped by to refill jugs with water after his prepared supply ran low. He said the department's effort to take care of residents is helpful.

"At least you have water for washing dishes and flushing toilets- the important stuff," Spadaccini said. 

As of Wednesday evening, there are still over 1,400 Eversource customers without service according to the Eversource outage map.

Cretella is hopeful her electricity will be restored soon, although she is no stranger to an outage. Over the last fifteen years, Cretella said, "I've lost power 122 times. I'm counting."

NBC Connecticut meteorologists say the state can expect some snow showers and snow squalls on Friday afternoon, in addition to a potential snow storm on Monday.

It will be a cold start on Friday with temperatures in the 20s in the morning and rise to the 30s for the rest of the day, with sun and clouds.

There is potential for snow showers in the afternoon with a chance of snow squalls that could cause issues for the evening commute because of timing. Our meteorologists say they are expecting between a coating and 1 inch of snow.

There should be a mix of sun and clouds on Saturday and Sundays and temperatures could get up to the 40s.

However, the meteorologists are keeping a close eye on Monday. The day will start with temperatures near 40 degrees and cloudiness as a storm passes through the south of the state. The question is how close that storm gets to Connecticut as it develops into a nor’easter.

Toys R Us is considering liquidating its operations in the United States, sources told CNBC.

But the situation remains fluid, according to one of the sources.

In September, the popular toy retailer filed for bankruptcy with nearly $5 billion in debt. But in February, after a disappointing holiday season, CNBC reported that it was at risk of breaching the covenant on a $3.1 billion loan.

Shares of Hasbro and Mattel, which hold debt in Toys R Us, dropped in after-hours trading Thursday.

A bill to let Florida remain on daylight saving time year round is headed to Gov. Rick Scott's desk after the State Senate approved it on Tuesday, and while some are opposed to the change, experts say it could come with some advantages.

Daylight saving time strikes the clock this weekend, but the Florida State Legislature recently voted to keep the clocks on it all year round.

Florida International University finance professor Deanne Butcher said the change could be good in some ways, pointing to the week after the time change, when many people are thrown into a state of discombobulation in trying to catch up with that hour, regardless of whether it was lost or gained.

"The main advantages I see is not having to change that clock twice a year," Butcher said. "Eating at a particular time, sleeping at a particular time, doing menial tasks at a particular time...gets thrown off and it takes time, and empirical studies have proven that this is exactly the case."

The measure is called the Sunshine Protection Act. It says the Sunshine State should be kept sunny year-round. But one of the downsides, some say, is related to school. Students would have to start class when it’s dark and catch the school bus when it’s even darker.

Without switching to standard time those conditions wouldn’t change much.

"If you look at the history of switching the clocks back and forth the reason is that it was instituted was in World War I to conserve fuel, well obviously we don’t have those issues anymore," State Senator Greg Steube said.

Another disadvantage is that Florida gets off the same time track as big East Coast cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

The advantages have been touted for years. More daylight means more time outside after work and school to exercise, socialize or, here in Florida, to get in or on the water.

Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time, and now Florida would like to join their ranks.

The bill is ready for the governor's signature. But if he approves, Congress has the final say, since federal laws need to be amended in order to permit the change.

Hartford police are investigating a threatening comment about the upcoming St. Patrick's Day parade and said they determined the threat was not credible. 

Hartford police said threats toward the St. Patrick’s Day parade, school shootings and other acts of terrorism were posted on several social media pages, including a local TV station, and detectives and crime analysts in the command center immediately began to vet the threat. 

The investigation revealed several indications that the account used was a fraud or spoof, according to police. 

They met with the person whose account was spoofed and determined the account had been created to annoy and harass the victim whose name the account was created in. 

Police said they are continuing to investigate and are trying to identify the origin of the post. 

Authorities are asking people to reach out to police directly to investigate rather than repost on social media.

U.S. clocks will "spring forward" again on March 11 to make room for an extra hour of sunlight in the evenings as winter fades away.

Daylight saving time officially starts at 2 a.m. Sunday, when clocks are pushed forward one hour to 3 a.m.

When you go to bed on Saturday night, don’t forget to turn your watches, alarms and microwaves forward an hour. Electronic devices, like cellphones, by default are set to automatically update the time as it changes.

In observance of the biannual switch in time, here are some things you may not have known about this event.

It Has an Impact on Your Health
Switching into and out of daylight saving can disturb people’s sleeping routines, making them more restless at night, according to U.S. News and World Report. However, morning people tend to be less bothered by the changes. Studies have shown that during the first week of daylight saving time there is a spike in the number of reported heart attacks. Some experts suggest, according to the report, that the loss of an hour’s rest may make people more vulnerable to an attack. Nonetheless, when people get an extra hour in the fall, the incidents of heart attacks are less than usual.

When Was DST Implemented
Before President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, which established a uniform daylight saving time, local governments could start and end daylight saving time as they desired. For five weeks a year Boston, New York and Philadelphia were not on the same time as Washington, D.C., Cleveland or Baltimore. Different daylight saving times also caused confusion for travelers going from the Midwest to Northeast.

In 2005, President George W. Bush extended the daylight saving time for an extra four weeks through an energy bill. Since 2007, daylight saving time has begun on the second Sunday of March, ending on the first Sunday of November.

Not All States Observe DST
Arizona and Hawaii are currently the only two states that do not observe daylight saving time. Indiana did not observe the practice until 2005. The American territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands also do not participate.

Several states have tried to end the tradition of re-setting the time twice a year, but haven't been successful. In the last few months alone, at least four states have attempted to eliminate daylight saving time. Montana, Oklahoma and Utah failed to pass bills that would keep their states on standard time year round. In Florida, the State Senate on Tuesday approved a bill to forgo the twice annual time change. The Sunshine Protection Act is headed to Gov. Rick Scott's desk for his signature or veto.

A Founding Father Did Not Come Up with DST
According to the History Channel, Benjamin Franklin did not come up with the idea of daylight saving time; he only suggested a change in sleep schedules.

Englishman William Willett is the one who suggested in 1905 that the United Kingdom move its clocks forward by 80 minutes between April and October, so people could enjoy the sunlight. He published "The Waste of Daylight" and spent much of his fortune and time promoting the idea.

Confirm Your Phone's Automatic Time Changes
It's good to confirm if your phone or other electronic devices have changed to the correct time. In 2013, iPhone customers experienced a daylight saving time bug. Some users saw two different times displayed on their calendar app, which was apparently caused by a change that moved daylight saving time back a week in 2007. In 2010 iPhones had another problem in which the phones did not correctly change alarm schedules when daylight saving time ended, causing some European iPhone users to wake up late for work, while Australians were woken up early.

DST is Singular Not Plural
By the way, it's "daylight saving time," not "daylight savings time."

A 57-year-old man was stabbed several times in Hartford Thursday night. 

Police said they responded to Liberty Street at 7:51 p.m. after getting reports of a man getting stabbed and found the victim in his vehicle, suffering from several stab wounds. 

The victim told police that he gave a male a ride from Albany Avenue and Garden Street and the man asked for money. 

When the victim refused, the other man stabbed him in the face and the neck, police said. 

The victim got out of his car and ran and the assailant ran toward Brook Street, police said. 

The victim went to St. Francis Hospital and went through surgery. He is in stable condition. 

Police are investigating.

Fire broke out at Sai Foods in Manchester early Friday morning and the building sustained water and smoke damage. 

Fire officials said they received a call about fire at 1131 Tolland Turnpike at 3:15 a.m. and found fire near an electrical outlet. They said the fire affected a storage shelf where food is kept and sprinklers in the building went off and kept the fire under control until crews arrived. 

There is water damage and smoke damage to the restaurant, as well as buildings on the left and right. 

No one was hurt. The building was unoccupied at the time of the fire.