A bicyclist suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash in Farmington Tuesday night.

Farmington police said the adult bicyclist was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Route 177 and Morea Road around 9:45 p.m. The bicyclist was rushed to Saint Francis Hospital for treatment. The vehicle’s driver was not injured.

The North Central Municipal Accident Reconstruction Squad was called in to investigate. Anyone with information should contact Farmington Police Detective Hughes at 860-675-2461.

Route 177 and Morea Road were closed for the investigation but have since reopened.

An attorney for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with Donald Trump in 2006, has filed a motion seeking a deposition from the president and his attorney, Michael Cohen, in their ongoing dispute about a non-disclosure agreement.

The filing, submitted Tuesday by attorney Michael Avenatti, also seeks a jury trial for the case and for her team to request some documents from Trump's team. Daniels is arguing that she isn't bound by a non-disclosure agreement signed shortly before the 2016 presidential election because it wasn't valid, since it wasn't signed by one party: Trump.

Daniels received $130,000 in the non-disclosure agreement in exchange for not discussing the alleged sexual encounter, which the president has denied took place. But since the validity of the contract has been questioned, she has detailed what she said took place, most recently in a "60 Minutes" interview in which she said she was threatened to stay quiet about the alleged affair in 2011.

Cohen has contended she is violating the agreement, which is still in effect, and owes millions of dollars for doing so.

Avenatti is seeking a two-hour deposition with Trump and another with Cohen, as well as up to 10 requests for documents from Trump and Cohen relating to the agreement. He cited the precedent of President Bill Clinton being deposed in a lawsuit filed by Paula Jones, who accused him of sexually harassing her before he was elected.

"We are confident that after applying Supreme Court precedent from the Clinton matter, the Court will order the depositions and the trial to proceed. We expect to be placing the president and his fixer under oath in the coming months," Avenatti told NBC News.

Court filings show an April 30 hearing date. 

Cohen's attorney told NBC that the motion is politically motivated and "a reckless use of the legal system."

NBC News has also reached out to the White House for comment.

The payment, which Cohen has said came out of his own pocket without funds from the Trump Organization or Trump campaign, has separately raised the prospect of violating federal election law, since it might be seen as a campaign contribution far more valuable than the $5,400 limit an individual can give.

Lawyers in another case have said they want to depose Trump. Summer Zervos, a contestant on "The Apprentice," is suing Trump for defamation after he dismissed her claim that he initiated unwanted sexual contact with her in 2007 as made up. A judge recently said the case could move forward after Trump's attorneys sought to dismiss it. 

A video of a Shake Shack customer praising one of the restaurant's cooks has gone viral on Twitter.

In the video posted Saturday on Twitter, Marcus Jeffers and his friends are seen eating at a Shake Shack in Marlton, New Jersey, when Jeffers suddenly gets up, walks up to the counter, and demands to know who made his burger. 

"Hey yo, who made this burger, man?" Jeffers yells across the restaurant.

The restaurant falls silent as Jeffers repeats his question several more times. After some scrambling behind the counter, the chef is identified as Jason.

"Jason, you killin’ it, man!" Jeffers exclaims, prompting surrounding employees and customers to cheer and clap for the burger chef.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the video had been retweeted more than 190,000 times, and the Marlton Shake Shack kitchen team posted a response video introducing "The man, the myth, the legend, the Jason."

The New York City-based fast food chain also appears to have enjoyed the video, responding with a tweet of their own.

About a dozen Democrats running for Congress are signaling they won't back House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a way to stave off attacks from Republicans, NBC News reported.

Conor Lamb disavowed Pelosi and narrowly won his special congressional election this month in a part of Pennsylvania that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump.

Republicans have attacked Pelosi and tried to tie Democratic congressional candidates to her, including Lamb; the leader of one GOP super PAC has told NBC News that the party plans to "put Nancy Pelosi on trial" in the upcoming midterm elections.

Pelosi critic Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., said that the issue was on voters' minds when he talked to them while canvassing for Lamb: "The people want change not just with the Congress getting rid of Republicans, they want change in the Democratic Party as well."

Emergency crews were called to the Oakland Heights apartment complex on Oakland Street in Manchester Wednesday morning for a stabbing and a small fire.

Manchester police said the incidents happened around 3 a.m. at an apartment at 360 Oakland Street. The 26-year-old stabbing victim suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Few details were immediately available. It is unclear if the two incidents are related.

Police are investigating.

Grindr, a gay-dating app, suffers from security issues that can expose the information of its more than 3 million daily users, including the location data of people who have opted out of sharing such information, according to cybersecurity experts.

The security flaws were identified by Trever Faden after he created a website called C*ckblocked (the asterisk is part of the name of the service), NBC News reported. His website allowed users to see who blocked them on Grindr after they entered their Grindr username and password. Once they did so, Faden was able to see user data that is not publicly available on user profiles, including unread messages, email addresses, deleted photos, and the location data of users.

Grindr makes public the location of many of its users, but allows for users to opt out of this feature. Faden found that he could find the location of users who had opted out if they connected their Grindr profiles through his third-party website. 

In a statement issued to NBC News, Grindr said it was aware of the vulnerabilities Faden found and changed its system to prevent access to data regarding blocked accounts. The company did not change access to any of the other data or how its app sends location data openly over the internet and also warned people not to use their Grindr logins for other apps or websites. After Grindr changed its policy on access to data on which users had blocked other users, Faden shut down his website.

Parents in Middlefield plan to speak out against the planned closure of an elementary school after the Board of Education voted in favor of the plan.

The school board of Regional School District 13 voted Monday night to close John Lyman School in two years. They said a drop in enrollment and reduced state aid are to blame. The district already closed Korn School two years ago, and was reviewing a study to reduce the remaining schools to reduce costs.

However, Chairman of the Board of Education Bob Moore said the vote wasn’t originally scheduled, and that there was supposed to be a public meeting and a resident survey first. Additional discussion is planned at a meeting Wednesday.

"Many more steps in analysis, program development and integration, the merging of a contemporary and integrated day transition, engineering design, funding and approvals are needed in this process over the next two years before a school closure could occur," Moore said.

Parents caught wind of the news and reached out to NBC Connecticut. Right now the school houses about 240 students.

The public meeting is set for Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at Coginchaug Regional High School.

A building on Capitol Avenue in Hartford is evacuated for what police called an indoor hazmat situation. 

Police said the incident is at 490 Capitol Ave. and the scene is contained. 

Capitol Avenue will be closed between Putnam and Park Terrace for a while. 

People are asked to avoid the area. 

Drivers are urged to use Park Street; Russ Street or Farmington Avenue.

Plymouth is considering bringing a school resource officer back to the school district and a meeting was held Tuesday night to discuss the possibility.

The school resource officer position was eliminated two years ago due to budget cuts. Parents have been asking for the post to be restored and the school shooting in Parkland, Florida has brought the issue to the forefront again and the school district is giving the request serious consideration.

Parents of students in the Plymouth Public Schools District met with the mayor Tuesday to talk about bringing the safety officer back.

Martin Semmel, the superintendent of schools, said the plan under consideration would provide one resource officer for the district, which serves around 1,600 students. That officer would be based at Terryville High School and do work at other districts in the school as well.

Semmel said he supports the idea of bringing the position back and called the officers valuable, not only to respond to emergencies but also to provide support on campus.

Whether the district brings back a school resource officer will depend on budget.

The police department will present its budget proposal to the board of finance this week. In mid-April, the board will make recommendations about what goes in next year’s budget and the final budget will be set by early May.

Following the March for Our Lives gun reform rally in Washington last weekend, the Florida school shooting survivors are returning home to lives that have changed dramatically. Some seniors are delaying college so they can focus on activism full-time while many are trying to hold onto the moments that are supposed to be happiest: senior year, prom and graduation.

Julia Cordover, senior-class president at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is planning a prom, NBC News reported. The 18-year-old started planning last fall and continues finishing the details so she and her friends can "enjoy life" and "cherish every moment.

Between the constant travel for interviews and planning for marches and rallies, 17-year-old David Hogg said it hasn't been easy for him to balance national activism with the ordinary demands of high school life. He is postponing college to focus on activism.

Visual arts teacher Lauren Rosa said some of her students feel unsafe and have trouble focusing. So she sometimes asks them to set a 10-minute timer on their phones, encouraging them to think about getting through the day 10 minutes at a time, chunk by chunk. Rosa said she is no longer just a teacher but also a counselor.

Whoops. A Florida woman's husband and daughter ended up in a pool along with her car when she mistakenly thought she put the vehicle in park but it rolled into the water.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office posted photos of the car submerged in the pool Tuesday after deputies responded just after 2 p.m.

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Officials said the mom ran back into her apartment to grab money and thought she'd put the car in park but it didn't go all the way into park.

Her husband and daughter were in the car when it went into the pool but were able to make it out safely.

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Hundreds of dollars stuffed in ValPak's coupon-filled envelopes are going in the trash because customers think the checks are fake. Valpak says not so fast, the checks are real.

The company announced in December that it would begin inserting $100 checks in its blue ValPak envelopes nationwide in honor of the company's 50th anniversary. Its $100 Instant Win program began in 1988 in select markets, but has expanded to include all 150 markets in 47 states across the U.S. in 2018.

The unexpected bonus will show up in random envelopes each month this year. The chances of winning is about 1 in 50,000, the St. Petersburg, Florida-based company said. ValPak says customers can now "make easy money" in addition to saving money with coupons.

Lie Jensen, owner of the ValPak franchise in Grand Rapids, Michigan, told NBC affiliate WZZM that out of 36 checks mailed out in her market in 2017, only seven were cashed. It was not immediately clear how many checks have gone unclaimed so far this year since the company has expanded the Instant Win program.

Jensen said the next set of coupons goes out between April 7 and 10. She said lucky customers who find a $100 check in their envelope can just take it to any bank, sign the back and get it cashed.

"There's no catch," Jensen added. "None. We don't collect any info. It goes right into your account or pocket right then." 

A former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history is being promoted to a more prominent role in President Donald Trump's legal defense team in the Russia probe, NBC News reported.

Andrew Ekonomou, 69, was already part of the team helping Trump personal attorney Jay Sekulow handle matters related to the special consel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

He'll get a more significant role following the departure of attorney John Dowd, lawyers for the president said.

The team has seen more turmoil in recent weeks — Trump hired attorney Joseph diGenova only for Sekulow to add that move was scuttled due to "conflicts." Other attorneys have since turned Trump down.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) looking for a developer to partner up on the Seaside State Park project in Waterford.

The multi-million dollar project involves the creation of a new state park at the former Seaside sanatorium along the Waterford coast. DEEP is looking for a partner that can help work to reuse the historic structures already on site.

“Increasing public access to the Long Island Sound has been a primary goal of the Connecticut State Park system since the very first state park opened in 1913. Moving forward with the plan to preserve this property as a state park, while also creating a state park lodge is the best of both worlds for our residents and our tourism economy. We look forward to creating a public-private partnership to save these historic buildings and create a state park lodge that will be an asset to the town and the state,” said DEEP Commissioner Robert Klee.

The Seaside property was originally a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, then served as senior housing and a group home before closing in 1996. In 2014 Gov. Dannel Malloy made the property a state park, the first new one along the Long Island Sound in more than 50 years.

Since 2014 DEEP has been working on the planning and approval processes for the park. The agency is looking to create lodging, dining, a spa and other amenities using the historic buildings. There is over 107,000 gross square feet of buildings available.

DEEP is looking for a proposal that sets out to restore and preserve the historic assets, preserve and improve the ecology and habitat in the area, promote and improve passive recreation and public access to the Long Island Sound, and create an operating plan that is financially feasible. Any agreement with a private development partner would grant the rights to rehabilitate and manage the buildings and a leasehold area under contract, but ownership of the property would remain in the hands of the state.

The deadline for responses is July 27, 2018. For more information, visit the DEEP website by clicking here.

A new Department of Motor Vehicles location opened in West Haven Wednesday.

New signage at West Haven City Hall directs customers to the new DMV service in the basement.

This is the first DMV location designed to replace AAA satellite offices on the shoreline, which stopped offering licensing services.

The location is operated by the West Haven Chamber of Commerce, making it the first municipal-run DMV facility in the state.

The West Haven Service Center will only issue license and ID card renewals or changes.

The goal is for this new center to help alleviate congestion and shorten the lines at the busier regional offices in Hamden and Bridgeport.

The DMV commissioner said they’re considering a similar DMV office in Milford

“It’s been busy, it’s busier than I anticipated. We’ve already served 40 customers, there’s another 20 tickets out but it’s moving, we’re within the fire code, ever customer seems very happy, and the experience is much quicker,” said DMV Commissioner Michael Bzdyra.

This new DMV service center will be open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee with multiple prior violent convictions escaped custody Tuesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport, leaped into a yellow taxi cab and darted off, officials say.

The detainee, 31-year-old Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke, was at JFK for a layover -- having flown in from Detroit -- en route to his ultimate destination of Senegal at the time of the escape, law enforcement sources and ICE officials tell News 4.

Three ICE agents were escorting him through a security checkpoint in Terminal 4 and took off his handcuffs to comply with TSA regulations, the sources said. He then bolted, Port Authority police said.

Port Authority officials say a review of one of the airport’s cameras shows the detainee getting into the cab around 9 p.m Tuesday. He hasn't been seen since.

Mbacke has previous criminal convictions for multiple weapons and firearms offenses, according to an ICE spokesperson. He entered the country lawfully in 2005 before violating the terms of his status and was ordered deported in September 2015 by an immigration judge.  

State, federal and local authorities are all looking for Mbacke, who has been on the run for more than 12 hours. ICE says any civilians who spot him are advised not to approach him and to immediately contact authorities.

Mbacke is about 6 feet 3 inches tall, 190 pounds and was last seen wearing a black or purple shirt, jeans and sneakers. 

A police pursuit of a stolen car ended in a crash in New Haven Wednesday, according to New Haven police.

Police said officers first spotted the stolen car in West Haven. During the chase, the suspect vehicle crashed next to a package store at Columbus Avenue and West Street.

Two suspects are in custody. Several others fled the scene.

More details were not immediately available. Check back for updates.

Six Howard University employees were fired last year after an internal investigation found the financial aid office had misappropriated university-based grants to some University employees, the school's president said Wednesday. 

According to a statement from Wayne Frederick, Howard University president, an outside auditor found that several university employees received grants in addition to discounts on tuition that exceeded the total cost of tuition and kept the difference.

Frederick said he was told in December 2016 that there may have been "some misappropriation of university-provided financial aid funds," and launched an internal investigation.

The auditor found that between 2007 and 2016, university grants were awarded to some university employees who were also receiving tuition remission. The grants and tuition remission equaled more than the total cost of attendance, which allowed the employees to receive "inappropriate refunds."

The grants came from institutional funds that help low-income students pay tuition. Frederick said the grants came from the university and were not federal or donor funds. 

Tuition remission allows eligible employees or their dependents to receive discounted tuition at the university. Full-time employees eligible to receive tuition remission receive two classes per semester, according to the university's website. Tuition at Howard for the 2017-2018 school year was $12,061 per semester, not including room and board.

Frederick's statement comes after an anonymous post on Medium.com claimed financial aid employees at the university stole nearly $1 million in funds. 

Frederick did not comment on how much had been received by those individuals. 

Frederick said the issue was reported to the Department of Education in July 2017, and six employees were fired two months later for "gross misconduct and neglect of duties." 

The revelations follow a string of problems at the university. In March, Frederick drew criticism for his response to a student who begged him for help securing housing. He told her the "tone and tenor" of her email were inappropriate. In January, spring semester classes were delayed by more than a week because of campus-wide problems with the heating system. And last May, students filed a lawsuit saying the university failed to help students who were raped by fellow students and employees.

Read Frederick's full statement below:

Statement from Wayne A. I. Frederick, President of Howard University

In accordance with my commitment to continuous progress, in February 2015, I initiated a proactive review of the Howard University Office of Financial Aid to ensure the office was providing the best support to our campus community.

As part of this process, I was alerted in December 2016 that there may have been some misappropriation of University-provided financial aid funds. From the moment I was alerted that there may have been a misappropriation of funds, I have taken this situation extremely seriously. I immediately informed the Board of Trustees, and together we moved swiftly to begin an internal investigation. The University immediately engaged an outside auditor (RSM) to determine whether there had been any misappropriation of Howard University funds by staff in the Office of Financial Aid or elsewhere, and if so, the magnitude of that misappropriation. The auditors completed their investigation and reported the results to me in May 2017.

The investigation found that from 2007 to 2016, University grants were given to some University employees who also received tuition remission. The audit revealed that the combination of University grants and tuition remission exceeded the total cost of attendance. As a result, some individuals received inappropriate refunds. Note that University grants are institutional funds used to help support students with student charges. They are not federal funds or donor directed funds.

In July 2017, I self-reported this issue to the Department of Education and assured them we would provide regular updates on the investigation. 

An investigation of individual employee actions was completed in September 2017 and as a result, six employees have been fired for gross misconduct and neglect of duties. We will refer this matter for criminal prosecution, as appropriate.

Third Coast Higher Education, another outside expert, was also brought in specifically to determine if any misappropriation of federal funds occurred. At this point, Third Coast found no misappropriation of federal funds related to this issue. 

The financial integrity of Howard University’s operations is paramount and strong measures have been taken following the RSM investigation to ensure this never happens again. As part of these reform efforts, significant new policies and procedures have been implemented to strengthen Howard’s internal controls with respect to the awarding of financial aid, including:

• Annual budgets for each category of financial aid are now loaded into the University’s Banner student information system by the University Budget Office consistent with the University’s overall Financial Aid Budget.

• Approval for all awards of University Grants are now reviewed and approved by the Budget Office prior to being awarded by the Financial Aid Office

• Approval for all donor-designated scholarship awards are now reviewed and approved by the Controller’s Office prior to being awarded by the Financial Aid Office.

• Approval for all grant-funded financial aid are now reviewed and approved by the University’s Grant Accounting Unit prior to being awarded by the Financial Aid Office.

• Access to the Banner financial aid module has now been limited to a small number of appropriate senior University individuals, with adequate third-party review and appropriate segregation of duties.

• An annual reconciliation of awarded financial aid to approved financial aid is now being conducted.

• Management has established proper reporting relationships and segregation of duties within the Financial Aid Office.

• Management is in the process of hiring for all remaining open positions in the Financial Aid Office and enhanced training on policies and procedures will be provided both to new hires and continuing employees.

• A new Associate Provost for Enrollment Management and a new Chief Compliance Officer have been hired by the University.

While this has been a very difficult and disappointing situation, I know our campus community deserves better and I am committed to ensuring that each of our campus offices operate with integrity and are the best that higher education has to offer.

New Haven police are investigating a shooting in the area of Henry Street and Dixwell Avenue.

Officers responded to the scene after a report of multiple gunshots in the area around 11:15 a.m.

Police on scene confirmed one man was shot on Henry Street near Dixwell Avenue. Investigators believe the man was sitting in his car when another car pulled up and someone shot him.

The victim was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital by ambulance. He is in stable condition.

Police believe the victim was specifically targeted.

Detectives remain on scene investigating.

BounceU in Rocky Hill will be closed for the weekend after a fire Tuesday morning.

The company said the damage was minimal, but the facility will need cleaning, sanitizing and repairs.

BounceU plans to reopen at some point next week.

Updates will be posted on the BounceU Rocky Hill Facebook page.