Former Obama White House photographer Pete Souza took to Instagram Wednesday to announce he has a new book coming out called "SHADE: A Tale of Two Presidents."

Publisher Little, Brown and Company wrote about the book on their website: "When Souza left the White House in 2017, he didn't know what it meant to 'throw shade' — but soon learned he was doing it, by posting photographs on Instagram from the Obama years along with captions that vividly define the contrast between the Obama and Trump administrations."

The picture book is slated for release in October. Souza's first book, "Obama: An Intimate Portrait," was a New York Times bestseller.

To contrast the social media posts by President Donald Trump after he took office, Souza began subtly commenting on the Trump administration and offering a dissenting view of Trump via his Instagram posts. His images and captions represent the President Barack Obama years in the White House. Using the word "citizen" to describe himself in his Instagram bio, Souza's Instagram following ballooned to nearly two million followers since he began his social photo commentary.  

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"I have worked for two presidents in my life–one Republican (Reagan) and one Democrat (Obama)," Souza wrote on Instagram. "I spent almost every day with President Obama during his two terms, watching how hard he worked on behalf of all Americans. He was–and still is–someone who respected people from all walks of life. He made decisions based on facts. He respected democracy and the rule of law. Unlike his successor, he respected the office of the presidency."

He went on to say: "My commentary on Instagram has been subtle, sometimes humorous, and certainly more respectful than his (Trump's) commentary on Twitter. Through my photographs and commentary, SHADE will vividly show where we are as a country contrasted with where we were."

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New York City's yellow taxi drivers were once fiercely competitive with each other, but these days, they have Uber, Lyft and other competition to worry about — competition, they say, that has pushed many cabbies to the brink of financial ruin, with their expensive medallions now hardly worth anything. 

Some fear that desperation is the reason one of their fellow drivers is missing. Kenny Chow has been gone 11 days as of Tuesday, and his brother Richard Chow has been posting fliers near where Kenny's abandoned taxi was found, near the corner of 86th Street and East End Avenue.

"I was looking around the park. He never showed," said Richard Chow. "I'm very, very worried about my brother." 

Richard said his brother owed $700,000 on the loan for his medallion, working 14-hour shifts without a partner. The missing man's wife was also recently diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. 

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance organized a rally on the Upper East Side in the wake of Kenny Chow's disappearance, and the anger of the roughly two dozen drivers was palpable. Asked to raise a hand if they were in financial trouble, everyone's hands went up. 

Then, fear and frustration spilled out. 

"No one really seems to give a damn," one driver said. "I invest in this city."

Nicolae Hent, who immigrated from Romania in 1988, angrily disparaged Uber, Lyft and Juno — the ride share companies are only loosely regulated in New York City, compared to yellow taxi drivers — saying, "I may speak with an accent, but I'm not stupid."

Hent's best friend was one of four cab drivers to recently die by suicide. He believes app-based services like Uber are driving taxi drivers into desperation. Taxi medallions were worth over $1 million in 2014; now, they sell for as little as $175,000, according to The New York Times. Once a guaranteed livelihood and retirement fund, especially for new immigrants, the value of the medallion has nosedived amid the rise in ride-sharing apps. 

Kenny Chow himself purchased a medallion in 2010, after turning to driving as a profession in 2008, according to the New York Taxi Workers Alliance. He'd been a jeweler for 20 years before that, but had to change professions when his employer closed shop. The "devoted" father and husband worked hard to rebuild his life with the hope of having stable work "but instability of the past five years caused him increasing anxiety," Hent said. 

Hent said "nothing's being done to help," adding that he believes it's because of "pressure from up above."

He points to Mayor Bill de Blasio's failed 2015 proposal to cap new permits, something that current City Council Speaker Corey Johnson conceded on WNYC Radio was a mistake not to support. 

"I’ll give myself some demerits for not understanding the depth of this and grasping the issues that we would come to face over three years ago. I was skeptical at the time. I didn’t sign on as a sponsor of that bill," Johnson said. 

He now tells News 4 the Council is looking at several bills to regulate the for-hire industry.

"The City Council understands that the taxi industry is going through a seismic shift right now, one that has caused a lot of pain for drivers who are worried about their livelihoods," he said in a statement. "The Council is looking at several bills to regulate the for-hire vehicle industry, both to protect drivers and to cut down on congestion, as they go through the legislative process."

But that might be too late for a driver like Janna Stroe. The 60-year-old still owes $500,000 on her medallion.

"I have to live another life to pay this loan," she said, adding that losing her husband to cancer piled onto her debt. 

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance says bills to regulate ride-sharing app companies notwithstanding, the group's main economic concerns remain unaddressed — like regulating one minimum fare rate across the industry so that no one company can go lower.

A spokesman for Mayor de Blasio recently told The New York Times that new regulations on for-hire vehicles were being discussed again: "The mayor has been clear about the need to re-evaluate our options in the face of explosive growth we're seeing in the industry," spokesman Austin Finan said. 

The Chicago City Council voted Wednesday to approve plans to build the Obama Presidential Center on the city's South Side.

The council signed off on construction of the project in Chicago's Jackson Park by a vote of 47 to 1 after public comment and a spirited discussion among aldermen, days after the plan earned approval from the Chicago Plan Commission. 

The Plan Commission moved forward with the center on Thursday amid demonstrations both in favor and against the construction - an outpouring of public comment and debate that once again took place in front of the full Council at City Hall on Wednesday. 

"I can’t understand why we as the city of Chicago does not want the Obama library here," 8th Ward Ald. Michelle Harris questioned, adding, "I’m really passionate about it."

Ald. James Cappleman of the 46th Ward quoted former President Barack Obama himself in discussing the plans, saying, "true democracy involves compromise."

The project calls for three buildings, including a museum that's more than 200 feet high, surpassing all other presidential libraries in scale and magnitude.

The center carries a $500 million price tag though it's unclear where all the funding will come from.

Funding was a concern raised Wednesday by 17th Ward Ald. David Moore, the only "no" vote who said the price tag "disturbs him," particularly when it comes to asking taxpayers to foot the bill over other projects. 

Proponents say the grandiose plans for the library, civic center, museum and more will attract more tourists, with 14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke predicting the center "will also become a dramatic investment for this great city" and that it is "destined to become a destination." 

"It’s important not only to this generation but future generations," Burke continued, urging his fellow Council members to support the plan. 

However, critics of the project argue it will compromise a treasured, historic site.

Area residents have repeatedly asked that plans be put on hold, seeking a city ordinance to guarantee that 30 percent of new and rehabilitated housing in the area be designated for low-income tenants, as well as a freeze on property taxes for longtime residents.

Ald. Pat Dowell of the 3rd Ward raised that issue Wednesday, saying her "one concern" is housing, asking for a promise to "ensure those who live adjacent live out their lives not in fear of this project."

Neighbors also want a promise that local workers would be hired for the new presidential center.

The City Zoning Committee has already approved a necessary land transfer to make the project happen.

Wednesday's vote was seen as more of a procedural approval, a rubber-stamped green light - but that doesn't mean it's a done deal.

The project still needs federal approval as Jackson Park is on the national register of historic places.

Lockdowns have been lifted at three New Haven schools after a shooting and search for a shooter in the area of Townsend and Henry streets Wednesday, according to police. 

Police said officers responded to 37 Townsend St. at 12:31 p.m. and found a 25-year-old man who’d been shot in the leg. The victim, identified as Dave Simons, was in stable condition at the scene and was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital. The injury is not life-threatening.

Simons told police he was sitting on the porch of 128 Henry Street when he heard gunfire. He realized he'd been shot and headed to his home on Townsend Street, where he called for help.

The shooter is still at large and no suspect description is available, police said.

Hillhouse High School at 480 Sherman Parkway, Wexler Grant Community School at 55 Foote St. and Dr. Reginald Mayo School at 185 Goffe St. were all locked down during the investigation, police said. The lockdowns have been lifted.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting should call police at 203-946-6316 or Text-A-Tip. Text “NHPD plus your message” to 274637 (CRIMES).

More charges have been filed against a Windsor Locks woman who is accused of hitting a 65-year-old pedestrian who later died.

Ladonna Davis, 37, of Windsor Locks, was initially charged with driving under the influence and has now been charged with second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle.

She is accused of hitting 65-year-old Francis Franco, of Windsor Locks, on Old County Road at 12:04 a.m. on May 3, according to police.

Officers who arrived at the scene found Franco in the road and Davis comforting him, police said.

Franco suffered a head injury and was alive but unresponsive, but later succumbed to his injuries at St. Francis Hospital, according to police.

Davis was given a field sobriety test, which police said she did not perform to standard. She was then given two breath tests, which showed her blood alcohol content to be above the legal limit, according to a news release from police.

Bond for Davis has been set at $75,000 and he is due in court on May 29.

Stop & Shop is recalling 16-ounce packages of Private Brands Frozen Broccoli Cuts due to the discovery of listeria in a sample of the product.

The Foods and Standards Division of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection detected Listeria Monocytogenes during routine testing of the broccoli from the Stop & Shop at 1739 Ellington Road in South Windsor.

Stop & Shop immediately issued a voluntary recall, according to the Department of Consumer Protection.

"We are incredibly proud that our staff was able to catch this during a routine sampling," said Consumer Protection commissioner Michelle Seagull.

The recalled packages include the code UPC 068826700926 and code BEST BY MAR 15 2020.

Customers may return the packages for a full refund.

More information can be found at the Stop & Shop website.

So-called sunscreen pills are fakes and people should not fall for the scam, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday, NBC News reported.

“There’s no pill or capsule that can replace your sunscreen,” FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said in a statement.

The agency specifically called out the companies that make Advanced Skin Brightening Formula, Sunsafe Rx, Solaricare and Sunergetic, saying they should stop claiming people are protected from the sun's rays.

None of the companies contacted by NBC News for comment responded immediately.

The first American woman to go to space will be immortalized on the Forever stamp in a dedication ceremony Wednesday, the United States Postal Service announced.

The Sally Ride Forever stamp will be dedicated at the University of California, San Diego, where Ride was a physics professor after her time with NASA.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King, a friend of Ride's, was expected to speak at the ceremony, along with Ride's long-time partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy.

The celebrated astronaut launched for the first time on June 18, 1983, aboard the space shuttle Challenger. During the mission, she helped launched communication satellites and became the first woman to operate the shuttle's robotic arm.

Ride, who died in 2012, continued breaking records during her career. She also becoming the first American woman to travel to space twice when she launched on another Challenger mission in October 1984.

“Sally Ride’s history-making journey has made it easier for young girls to dream of one day being an astronaut, an engineer, a physicist or a mathematician," U.S. Postal Service Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President Kristin Seaver said. "Today, girls don’t just dream. Because of trailblazers like Sally Ride, they have been empowered to do.”

Ride was also the only person to serve on the accident investigation boards for both the Challenger and Columbia disasters. And in 2009, she participated in the committee that helped define NASA's spaceflight goals.

In addition to her involvement with the space program, she wrote several science-related books, some co-authored with O’Shaughnessy. Ride and O’Shaughnessy went on to found the education company Sally Ride Science, which aims to narrow the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math. O’Shaughnessy now serves as the organization's executive director.

A Forever stamp will always be in equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.

Connecticut State Police have identified the body found in the Connecticut River in Chester earlier this month as a Portland man.

The deceased has been identified as 56-year-old Steven Detoro.

Detoro’s body was found in the area of the Chester ferry landing on the morning of May 8.

Police said there is no criminal aspect to the death.

Farmington-based United Technologies Corp. plans to hire 35,000 people, including thousands in Connecticut. UTC also plans to make investments of more than $15 billion in research and development and capital expenditures in the United States over the next five years, the company announced Wednesday.

“United Technologies is growing globally and growing the fastest in the United States,” Gregory J. Hayes, chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corporation said in a statement.

United Technologies employs more than 200,000 people in more than 75 countries. That includes 67,000 employees in the United States and more than 18,000 in Connecticut. UTC said it had added 3,000 jobs in Connecticut in the last three years, which is more than in any other state.

The company said most of the 35,000 positions expected in the U.S. over the next five years will be through workforce retirements, but they also expect several thousand to be new jobs that do not exist today.

Those openings are expected to be across all 50 states with the greatest hiring needs in Connecticut, Florida, and Georgia, a news release from the company says.

In Connecticut, the company plans to grow the actual number of jobs by 2,000 in the next five years, but will hire more than 9,000 people.

Half of the hiring is expected to be in production and maintenance roles while the other half will be professional and managerial positions.

United Technologies said it also expects to invest $15 billion in research and development and capital expenditures over the next five years, with about $9 billion going toward R&D and $6 billion going toward capital expenditures.

Hayes said the recent federal tax reform is driving the $15 billion investment.

"The U.S. now has the most competitive tax regime around the world," he said.

Among the company’s recent R&D investments is an expanded $60 million United Technologies Research Center “innovation hub” in East Hartford, which houses a $75 million Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence and a $40 million Engine Compressor Research facility, the company mentioned in the new announcement. 

With the Memorial Day weekend only a few days away, our First Alert Weather team of meteorologists is giving us a look into the all-important holiday forecast.  Rain is possible during the course of the weekend.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be largely filled with sunshine and temperatures in the upper 70s and low to mid 80s.

Saturday is the pick of the weekend with abundant sun and highs well into the 80s inland.  Temperatures inland on Saturday could even reach 90.  The shoreline and beaches will see temperatures around 75 degrees.

Sunday and Monday will feature a chance for showers or thunder.  It's important to note that right now, neither Sunday nor Monday appear to be washouts.  No severe weather is expected for the holiday weekend.

Cooler temperatures are probable for Sunday and Monday.

If you are traveling to the southeastern part of the country, keep your eye on the possibility for flooding rains due to tropical weather.  There is a chance some of that moisture could sneak up here next week.

For your updated First Alert Weather forecast for your town, click here.

A family receiving rental assistance from the State of Connecticut is accused of causing extensive damage to several of the homes they were placed in.

The NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters spoke to three landlords in West Hartford and one on East Hartford about their experiences working with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and one particular tenant.

Laura Guilmartin said she was contacted by a DMHAS employee in 2016, who said his clients were interested in renting her home near Bishop’s Corner.

The clients were a family of eight enrolled in the Shelter Plus Care Program, which is funded through a federal grant.

The program provides housing and support services to homeless clients with a history of psychiatric disability, substance addiction, or who are HIV positive.

Guilmartin said she had some concerns about renting to a family with six children, but believed signing a lease with a state agency offered a certain level of protection. As a result, Guilmartin said she did not conduct her usual background check.

“I never imagined that the state would allow them to destroy my home,” she said.

DMHAS paid Guilmartin $2,000 a month in rent on behalf of the family.

Guilmartin said she only went inside the house twice while the family was living there. Most of the problems she noticed were on the outside.

The Troubleshooters obtained copies of seven citations that were issued by the West Hartford Zoning Office during the family’s tenancy in Guilmartin’s home.

The violations show the family failed to obtain a permit for a temporary pool, and did not have the required fencing around it. There was also a large boat in the driveway and goats and roosters in the backyard.

The fines totaled more than $4,000. Guilmartin said the citations were addressed to her, but mailed to the rental property. She said the tenants never told her about them. She learned about the violations when she called Town Hall to ask if the tenants needed to move the boat.

Eventually, Guilmartin told DMHAS she wanted the tenants out of her home. After they moved out, a DMHAS employee conducted a walk-through of the home with Guilmartin.

“It was overwhelming. There was bleach thrown on the carpets,” said Guilmartin. “All the doors were broken, all the appliances were broken. The walls were brown from the garbage [they burned] in the fireplace,” she said.

Even the doorbell was ripped out, she said.

In addition, Guilmartin found furniture piled up in the bedrooms and garage that she says was too heavy to remove on her own. She had to chop it up and toss pieces out of the window into a dumpster.

Guilmartin said the DMHAS employee who conducted the move out inspection initially told her DMHAS would pay for the damages. But the next morning, she said DMHAS told her it would only pay $4,000, significantly less than she says it will cost to cleanup and repair all of the damage.

According to HUD, Shelter Plus Care funds may be used “in an amount not to exceed one month’s rent to pay for any damage to housing due to the action of a program participant will be paid.”

Connecticut law also entitles the landlord to keep the security deposit.

Guilmartin said DMHAS pro-rated December’s rent because the family moved out early in the month. After she complained, DMHAS paid her for the remainder of the month.

The Troubleshooters have learned this family has a history of similar behavior. We tracked down their previous landlord in East Hartford who had a similar experience with the family.

He asked not to be identified but told the Troubleshooters by phone that the tenants were the worst he’s ever had and that he ended up evicting them.

He said he spent $20,000 to fix up the home in order to sell it.

The landlord also expressed remorse that he was unable to warn Guilmartin before she entered into a lease with the tenants.

As for Guilmartin, she found out where the family moved after they left her home, and contacted that property owner, Dritan Dalipi, who lives in California and owns a home in West Hartford. Dalipi told the Troubleshooters he was contacted by a DMHAS employee who saw his rental ad online.

According to Dalipi, DMHAS told him upfront how much it would pay for any damages the tenants caused.

Although Dalipi said he did ask for references, he said he did not receive them. His real estate agents reviewed the lease before he signed it.

Dalipi said entering into an agreement with DMHAS gave him a false sense of security.

“It didn’t take more than two months for [the tenants] to turn everything upside down, making me evict them,” Dalipi said.

Dalipi has a strict no pets policy. It is spelled out in the lease and Dalipi said he also discussed it with DMHAS before agreeing to rent his property to the clients. He later learned the family had cats, fish and dogs. When he asked them to rehome the pets, Dalipi said the family refused.

He agreed to let the pets stay for an additional fee. Dalipi said the tenants again refused. He told DMHAS the family was no longer welcome in his home.

“This was the only thing I wanted to avoid. Dealing with eviction, dealing with repairs, dealing with damages,” Dalipi said.

Dalipi said he spent a week cleaning and repairing what he could himself. He hired professionals for the rest.

Dalipi presented DMHAS with a tally of repairs and lost items. It includes items he claims the tenants stole. He also filed a theft report with the West Hartford Police Department.

The report shows an officer located two of Dalipi’s dressers in the family’s new home and ordered the tenants to return them.

In response to the Troubleshooters’ questions, a DMHAS spokesperson said the agency is unable to discuss specific clients, but told us, “DMHAS is responsible for using HUD grant dollars to provide payment to the landlord for eligible clients. DMHAS does not vouch for tenants or conduct background or credit checks.” They added, “As the lease agreement is between the landlord and the tenant, damages in excess of one month’s rent are to be handled as any other landlord-tenant dispute in the State of Connecticut.”

The Troubleshooters also asked DMHAS why the clients have not been kicked out of the program. The agency did not answer.

According to HUD, participants can be terminated from the Shelter Plus Care Program “if they violate program requirements or conditions of occupancy, which in turn could be breaking the lease agreement or the law.”

A representative for HUD told the Troubleshooters the Hartford Field Office received a complaint in January from a West Hartford property owner concerning damages to the home.

HUD said DMHAS followed up with the property owner by mail, “informing of HUD regulations and any other possible recourses.”

Guilmartin and Dalipi said by continuing to assist the clients, DMHAS is encouraging their behavior.

“They shouldn’t have even placed them in my house with their history,” Guilmartin said.

“I feel bad for the next guy. And for the next one. And for the next one,” said Dalipi.

The family moved out of Dalipi’s home in March. DMHAS found them another home in West Hartford.

The Troubleshooters have learned that the landlord at that home has started the eviction process.

Kettletown State Park in Southbury will reopen Friday, just in time for the holiday weekend.

The park had been closed for cleanup after powerful storms, including tornadoes, came through Connecticut and caused extensive damage.

Crews worked furiously through the weekend and continue work through the week to clear up Kettletown which was hit by a downburst. The park will reopen at noon Friday.

“We are pleased to announce that Kettletown State Park will reopen in time for the Memorial Day weekend,” said DEEP Commissioner Robert Klee in a statement. “This is truly a credit to the hard working women and men of DEEP who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to get this park ready for holiday weekend.”

Two other state parks, Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden and Wharton Brook State Park in Wallingford, remain closed. The Squantz Pond State Park and Candlewood Lake State Park Boat Launches, both in New Fairfield, are also closed.

DEEP Environmental Conservation police are doing extra patrols to enforce closures.

For a full list of Connecticut State Parks, click here.

A 14-year-old girl from Griswold is about to graduate from college.

Aurora Dziadul has earned an associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences from Quinebaug Valley Community College in Danielson. She told NBC Connecticut that it’s only the beginning.

“I should graduate with my bachelor’s degree by 16 before I can even drive. Then want to get a law degree and a PhD in psychology,” she said.

Dziadul said despite her accomplishments, she is just a regular teenage girl.

“I’m pretty much a normal 14-year-old. I like to go shopping,” she told NBC Connecticut.

Although she said she’d never thought of herself as different, Dziadul has been advanced since as early as first grade.

“I learned to read pretty early I was reading novels at that point,” she said.

She attended public school for a few years, then started homeschool.

“When I was in middle school, I was in fifth grade and after a couple months they wanted to skip me up to sixth grade. So when I went up to there, after couple months they wanted to start skipping me up more,” she said.

She enrolled in Quinebaug at age 11, and advisors said she excelled.

“She has a 3.98 GPA. She’s had an A in every single subject except for ceramics she had an A-,” said Sarah Henderick, who works admissions at Quinebaug.

Dziadul is now the commencement speaker and the theme of her speech is something she said is near and dear to her.

“Acceptance. That’s been really important to me while I’ve been here at the college being younger you know it’s kind of difficult to fit in with the older students but they’ve all been very accepting of me,” she said.

Video released by Milwaukee Police shows officers tasing and detaining Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown.

Milwaukee’s chief of police said officers “acted inappropriately” during a January arrest of Bucks guard Sterling Brown, that included use of a stun gun, and apologized to the NBA player.

Chief Alfonso Morales’ apology came as the department released body-camera footage of the arrest, which occurred around 2 a.m. on Jan. 26 in a Walgreens parking lot. Brown was tased and arrested during a routine parking violation, Morales said. No charges were ever filed against Brown.

“The department conducted an investigation into the incident, which revealed members acted inappropriately and those members were recently disciplined,” Morales said at a brief news conference Wednesday.

The video released by police shows an officer pulling up to a Mercedes sedan parked horizontally across two handicapped parking space outside the drug store. As the officer gets out of his cruiser and approaches the car, Brown can be seen walking out of the Walgreens and towards him.

The officer asks Brown for his driver’s license and then repeatedly tells him to "back up" from the car, video shows. 

"For what? I ain't did nothing," Brown responds.

The conversation between the two is testy. The officer notes that "everything I'm doing is on camera," and points to the recording device on his chest. Brown asks the officer not to touch him, to which he responds: "I'll do what I want, I own this."

"You don’t own me,” Brown says in the video.

Several more officers respond to the parking lot. The situation escalates when one of the officers asks Brown to take his hands out of his pockets. 

“I’ve got stuff in my hands,” Brown says.

Several officers are then seen swarming Brown, and one yells "Taser, Taser, Taser" before a pop is heard. Brown is heard groaning on the ground, but is not clearly visible from the camera's viewpoint.

Later in the video, after officers used the stun gun, Brown can be heard speaking to someone off-camera, telling them "they tased me for no reason." An officer talking to a colleague about what happened says "he was being an a-- and trying to hide something."

"And now he's like, 'I'm a Bucks player, blah, blah, blah. So what," the officer said.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett told the Milwaukee Journal Sential Tuesday, a day before the video was released, that what he saw was "disturbing" and the actions of officers in the video was "disconcerting."

The Milwaukee Bucks signed the 6-foot-6 guard from Southern Methodist University last summer in a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Brown issued a statement on the NBA website saying what happened to him was wrong and "shouldn't happen to anybody."

"What should have been a simple parking ticket turned into an attempt at police intimidation, followed by the unlawful use of physical force, including being handcuffed and tased, and then unlawfully booked," he wrote. "This experience with the Milwaukee Police Department has forced me to stand up and tell my story so that I can help prevent these injustices from happening in the future."

Brown said situations like his happen in the black community every day. He said police rarely see any reprecussions for inappropriate actions.

"Black men shouldn’t have to have their guard up and instantly be on the defensive when seeing a police officer, but it’s our reality and a real problem," he said. "There must be mutual respect and both sides have to figure out how to accomplish this."

Morales described a similar hope for officers and citizens treating one another with respect.

“When I took office, I vowed to rebuild trust between the Milwaukee Police Department and the community,” he said. “We are doing that.”

Morales said the department has hundreds of interactions with citizens each day that end positively.

In his statement, Brown called for a peaceful response to the video from the community. 

"I know many of you will share my anger and frustration, but for our community to progress and grow, we need to build on what we already have and not destroy it," he said.

He also said he would take legal action against the Milwaukee Police Department.

Brown mentioned by name black men who were killed by police officers across the country in high-profile cases, including Laquan McDonald who was killed by Chicago police in 2014.

"I am speaking for Dontre Hamilton of Milwaukee, Laquan McDonald of Chicago, Stephon Clark of Sacramento, Eric Garner of New York, and the list goes on," he said. "These people aren’t able to speak anymore because of unjust actions by those who are supposed to “serve and protect” the people.

A female victim was killed when she was shot in the head in Hartford Wednesday, according to police.

Police said it happened in the area of 121 Enfield St. The Major Crimes Division is investigating.

More information was not immediately available.

Anyone with information should contact Lt. Cicero at 860-757-4179.

You might not be able to see them, but ticks are out there!

Healthcare workers in Connecticut are already seeing a stream of people into their offices to be treated for bites.

And they warn it's just at the beginning of the busy season for ticks.

“We make sure that we don’t have anything,” said Eric Lynch of Farmington.

Lynch and Kelley Dwyer know the drill: a tick check after walking at the West Hartford Reservoirs.

They try to be careful out here.

“We stay out of the areas that have the ticks in them. We try to stay on paths,” said Dwyer.

For many people time enjoying the outdoors ends up with a trip for medical help, including to Hartford HeathCare-GoHealth Urgent Care in Newington.

“We have been seeing the tick season in full force. We see several patients a day that either have been bitten by a tick or still have the tick embedded,” said Samara Ambrosio, nurse practitioner.

Ambrosio has seen it all, including the ticks’ hiding spots.

“If we can see a rash straight away, a bull’s eye-type rash or large erythematous patch then often times we treat straight away for presumed Lyme disease,” said Ambrosio.

Ambrosio advises a wait and see approach if there’s simply redness and the tick was on for less than 36 hours.

What you’ll need to keep an eye out for are that bull’s eye rash and flu-like symptoms

About ten years ago, Kelley Dwyer says she was prescribed antibiotics after coming down with Lyme disease.

“I was fine after that. So I caught it quick. I got symptoms, typical symptoms. But again, not everyone does,” said Dwyer.

So the key is covering up when you’re outside and a complete body check when you return.

If you find a tick, gently take it out with tweezers.

Experts tell us the high-risk time is starting now through July, though this year is predicted to be more typical than last year’s bad season in the state.

A van carrying children from a Florida Catholic school plowed into a pizzeria in North Miami Wednesday afternoon.

The crash happened at G's BBQ & Pizza at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 122nd Street.

Police said the van was cut off by another car and the driver swerved in an attempt to avoid a collision, but crashed into the building.

Officials said the 10 students from St. James Catholic School inside the van were were not injured. Their ages were not immediately known.  

The van's driver and patrons and employees inside the restaurant also escaped without injuries.

The owner said he opened the restaurant just two weeks ago and hopes to reopen soon.

Norwalk police are trying to find a missing 89-year-old man.

Police are trying to locate Robert Gannon, who was last seen at approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday. Gannon has a medical condition, police said. A Silver Alert has been issued.

Gannon is 6-foot, 150 pounds, with white hair, blue eyes, last seen wearing a blue jacket and white t-shirt. He was last seen driving a gray 2006 Toyota Camry with Connecticut plate AN37562.

Anyone who spots Gannon is asked to call 911 immediately.