A human torso was found inside a fish tank at the San Francisco home of a man who had been reported missing, San Francisco Police announced Tuesday.

Residents on Clara Street in the city's South of Market neighborhood had been talking on Nextdoor about the mysterious absence of their neighbor Brian Egg since Aug. 2. Some neighbors say the last time they saw the 65-year-old on his daily walk with his dog Lucky was in early June.

A neighbor said he called police asking for a welfare check. He said a man who claimed to live at Egg's home told police and others Egg was on vacation, a story police appeared to believe until a few weeks ago.

At a news conference Tuesday, San Francisco police officials said authorities tried to contact Egg at his 228 Clara Street residence several times but no one answered the door. Egg's family filed a missing person report on Aug. 7, officials said.

"There was information left on his answering machine that he was out of town," SFPD said.

On Aug. 14, neighbors called 911 and reported a suspicious person outside Egg's home with a crime scene-cleaning truck. Police said they arrested two men, ages 52 and 39, the following day on charges of financial crimes, identify theft and homicide.

One of the men remained in jail Tuesday night wihle the other was released, police said.

On Aug. 17, a day after police obtained a search warrant for Egg's home, police located a person's torso inside a large fish tank in a concealed area of the residence, SFPD said.

Law enforcement sources previously said that a headless and hands-less corpse was found, but officials did not go into details Tuesday.

The search of the home took four days in total, officials said. Inside, police discovered cleaning products and a suspicious odor.

The medical examiner's office is working to identify the body, officials said. The investigation is still ongoing.

Neighbor Philippe Dunbar said patrol cars were parked outside the home in shifts for about two weeks.

"Another cop car would pull up, the first one would pull away, and the second one would pull into the same parking space," he said. "So there was always a cop in this alley for awhile." 

Dunbar added, "There were people going in and out with masks on."

One person was taken to the hospital to be treated for a leg injury after a construction accident in Derby on Wednesday morning.

Officials said crews were working on widening the intersection of New Haven Avenue and Derby-Milford Road when a vehicle rolled onto the driver’s left leg around 6:45 a.m.

First responders helped free the trapped driver.

The injured worker was conscious and has been transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital Trauma Center.

OSHA and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have been notified about the incident.

Millennials have a more positive outlook toward the Democratic Party than the Republican Party but are not overwhelmingly enthused to vote in the 2018 midterms in November, according to results from a new NBC News/GenForward survey.

A majority of millennials, 55 percent, say they will probably or definitely vote in the midterms, but 19 percent say they definitely or probably will not vote. Another quarter are uncertain about whether or not they'll vote.

Forty-seven percent say voting this year has about the same level of importance for them as past midterm elections, with white millennials driving that sentiment. Perhaps most enthused are Asian American millennials, with 47 percent saying voting this year is more important.

Only 16 percent of millennials say they have a great deal of interest in politics and elections. Thirty-eight percent say they have a fair amount of interest, but 31 percent say they have only a little interest and 13 percent have no interest at all. 

A day after clinching the Republican nomination in the race for governor in Florida, Rep. Ron DeSantis was under fire for saying during a Fox News interview that voters shouldn't "monkey this up" by electing his Democratic opponent, Andrew Gillum, the first African-American to win a major party nomination for the state’s top office. 

DeSantis, who won Tuesday’s primary by nearly 20 percentage points, made the comment after first describing Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, as an "articulate spokesman for those far left views" and a "charismatic candidate."

"We've got to work hard to make sure that we continue Florida going in a good direction. Let's build off the success we've had on Governor Scott," DeSantis said. “The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state.”

As the comment ricocheted across social media- with members of Congress along with the organization CAIR and even FOX News denouncing them - the chairwoman of Florida's Democratic Party, Terrie Rizzo, was among those decrying it as racist. 

"It's disgusting that Ron DeSantis is launching his general election campaign with racist dog whistles," Rizzo said on Twitter. 

DeSantis' campaign rejected that characterization.  

"Ron DeSantis was obviously talking about Florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that Andrew Gillum espouses," spokesman Stephen Lawson said. "To characterize it as anything else is absurd. Florida’s economy has been on the move for the last eight years and the last thing we need is a far-left Democrat trying to stop our success."

"As we say in Tallahassee, bless his heart," a Gillum representative told NBC News in a response.

Gillum, who shocked many by winning the party’s nomination in a field of five candidates that included former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham despite spending the least out of the group, has embraced many of the same policies and ideology as U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who ran for president in 2016.

Sanders had endorsed the 39-year-old and campaigned with Gillum in Florida during the primary season.

Gillum and DeSantis are competing for the office held by Rick Scott, who can't run for re-election because of term limits and is instead challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. After an easy win in Tuesday's GOP primary, Scott now joins a bitter — and expensive — showdown with Nelson that could play a decisive role in determining whether Republicans maintain control of the Senate.

The governor's race, in a state sure to be a battleground in the 2020 presidential election, will essentially be a referendum on Trump.

DeSantis based nearly his entire campaign around the president, and acknowledged after the victory that Trump's endorsement was the key.

"With one tweet, that kind of put me on the map," DeSantis said.

DeSantis entered the race a month after Trump's December tweet that he would make "a GREAT governor." Later Trump held a rally for him in Tampa. Suddenly, he was considered the favorite over Putnam, who seemingly spent his entire adult life building toward the run for governor.

Gillum was a 23-year-old Florida A&M student when he became the youngest person elected to the Tallahassee City Commission in 2003. He was elected mayor in 2014.

Gillum is a gifted public speaker and did well in debates, often receiving the most applause, but the FBI is investigating Tallahassee city hall for corruption. Gillum has said he's not a target.

The differences between the candidates are pronounced.

DeSantis is pro-gun, and anti-tax; Gillum boasts about beating the National Rifle Association in a lawsuit and is calling for an increase in corporate taxes.

While he didn't make race an issue, Gillum said during a recent interview that it would be "big" to be Florida's first black governor.

"I have been really slow to try to think on it because it's too big," he said. "There will absolutely be a part of this that I can't even put words to around what it might mean for my children and other people's kids. Especially growing up for them in the age of Donald Trump."

A 35-year-old Mansfield man has serious injuries after a motorcycle crash in Brooklyn Tuesday night, according to state police.

State police said Chad Robinshaw was driving a Kawasaki and went off Pomfret Road and into a small pond around 6:45 p.m.

He was transported to Day Kimball Hospital, then flown to another hospital.

The crash is under investigation and state police ask anyone with information to call 860-779-4900, extension 2007.

Police have arrested a 35-year-old Middletown man after a little boy wearing a T-shirt and diaper was found wandering alone on Main Street early Tuesday morning.

Police said officers responded to Main Street, near O’Rourke’s Diner, just before 7 a.m. Tuesday after a woman contacted police. She said she was driving in the area and saw a child alone walk onto Main Street, so she pulled over to check on him, according to the arraignment report.

The little boy, who had a full diaper, appeared to be healthy, but could not communicate with officers, so police began trying to figure out where the child lives.

People waiting at the soup kitchen across the street provided officers with information on which direction the child had come from, so police went looking for open doors or people who knew the child, but no one they talked to recognized him.

It turned out the child had walked around a tenth of a mile from his home alone, according to police.

Officers then contacted the state Department of Children and Families, who told them to bring the little boy to the emergency room.

While police were with the child at the hospital, the little boy’s mother called.

Police said the mother’s live-in boyfriend, 35-year-old Forrest Henderson, was supposed to be caring for the child.

When police spoke with him, Henderson told them another child informed him around 8 a.m. that the little boy was missing.

Henderson said he might have been sleeping when the child woke up, pushed a door open and left the apartment, according to police.

Once he learned the boy was gone, he went looking for him child and someone at the soup kitchen told him the boy was with police, according to the arraignment report.

Hours later, around 4:30 p.m., police went back to Henderson’s home and knocked, intending to follow-up and take him into custody, but didn’t get any response at first, according to the police report.

Officers then propped open the door and found three children under 8 years old alone on the first floor of the apartment, the arraignment report says.

Then police went upstairs. As they waiting for Henderson, the child who had been found wandering earlier came downstairs, carrying a bottle of Raid and police took it from him, police said.

Forrest was arrested, charged with risk of injury to a minor and released on a $25,000 bond. He is due in court on Sept. 7.

A stolen vehicle crashed into a house in Hamden Wednesday morning, according to police, and they are looking for the people who were in the vehicle.

Officers responded to 83 North St. at 9:10 a.m. and police said they learned that a Ford Escape that had been stolen earlier in East Haven was involved in a minor accident at Dixwell Avenue and Arch Street, then fled the scene, lost control and hit the house at 83 North St.

The house suffered structural damage.

Police said the people in the car, including a young male wearing a gray shirt and a young female wearing red scrubs and carrying a backpack, ran toward Warren Street.

Officers are looking for the people who fled and ask anyone with information is asked to call Officer David Falcigno of the Hamden Police Department Traffic Division at (203) 230-4036.

We may be sweltering in the heat of the end of August, but we're in for a brutal winter, if you put your faith in the Farmers' Almanac.

The publication puts out a long-range weather outlook each year and this year it's predicting a colder than normal winter with "plenty of snow" for New England.

In fact, the Farmers' Almanac predicts above-normal snowfall for us, as well as areas of the Great Lakes, Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest.

The bitter cold will kick in mid-February with an Arctic cold front ushering in bitter winds, the publication predicts.

According to its website, the Farmers' Almanac bases its forecasts on a mathematical and astronomical formula devised in 1818.

NBC Connecticut Chief Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan says modern forecasting models are much more reliable and that while the Farmers' Almanac is fun to look at, its predictions are not based on science.

Seventeen people in four states have come down with salmonella-related illnesses from kosher chicken, and one person in New York has died, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Wednesday.

The CDC said several of the ill people reported eating Empire Kosher-brand chicken before being sick.

Of the 17 cases, 11 are in New York, four are in Pennsylvania and one each happened in Maryland and Virginia. Those sickened with salmonella ranged in ages from 76 years old to less than a year old. 

The CDC said Tuesday the outbreak strain of Salmonella was identified in samples of raw chicken collected from two facilities, including one facility that processes Empire Kosher brand chicken.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) already issued a health alert on Aug. 24 about Empire Kosher raw chicken items.

The raw chicken products, which may include raw whole chicken and raw chicken parts, were packaged and sold to consumers from September 2017 to June 2018. 

Empire has not issued a statement on its website about the outbreak. A representative on the company's consumer phone line said inquiries would be referred to a different department.

The CDC did not tell consumers to stop eating kosher chicken or Empire Kosher brand chicken. The agency urged consumers who have purchased these products to properly handle and cook them by safely preparing the raw meat products, regardless if they are fresh or frozen, and only eat chicken products that have been cooked to a temperature of 165°F.

Consumers should take proper precautions when handling raw chicken products by washing their hands, counters, cutting boards and utensils thoroughly after handling raw poultry, meat and eggs, according to FSIS, adding that this step can reduce the risk of bacterial cross-contamination to other foods and kitchen surfaces. Additionally, one should wash counter tops and sinks with soapy, hot water.

Eating food contaminated with Salmonella can cause salmonellosis, one of the most common bacterial foodborne illnesses, according to the FSIS. The most common symptoms of salmonellosis are diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 12 to 72 hours after eating the contaminated product, according to the FSIS, which adds that the illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days.

While most people recover without treatment, others have such severe diarrhea that the patient needs to be hospitalized.

Additionally, the FSIS says, older adults, infants, and persons with weakened immune systems are more likely to develop a severe illness, however, any individual who is concerned about an illness should contact their health care provider.

Consumers can contact an Empire Kosher Specialist at 1-877-627-2803 with any questions.

Sixteen hours after President Trump tweeted about a right-wing media story alleging that China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private email server, an FBI official is refuting the report in a comment to NBC News. "The FBI has not found any evidence the (Clinton) servers were compromised," the official said. The FBI official, speaking for the bureau, also pointed to a report issued in June by the Justice Department inspector general that examined the FBI’s investigation of Clinton’s use of a private email server.

In the report, the IG noted that while the FBI assessed that it was "possible" that hostile actors gained access to Clinton’s private email server, the bureau "acknowledged that the FBI investigation and its forensic analysis did not find evidence that Clinton’s email server systems were compromised."

President Trump had tweeted: "Report just out: 'China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server.' Are they sure it wasn’t Russia (just kidding!)? What are the odds that the FBI and DOJ are right on top of this? Actually, a very big story. Much classified information!"

Trump's comment appeared based on a Daily Caller story citing two sources that alleged a Chinese-owned company operating in D.C. had hacked Clinton's private server and obtained nearly all her emails when she was secretary of state.

Police were searching for a naked 4-year-old boy who was reported missing near Candlewood Lake in New Fairfield and said he has been found safe and OK near his home. 

Blake Taylor was reported missing just before 1 p.m. and troopers from Troop A and New Fairfield police, as well as State Police K9 teams and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, were called in for the search.

The state Department of Public Health today announced two more Connecticut residents have tested positive for West Nile virus.

The most recent case involved a child in Newington and is the first case involving a child this season, according to health officials.

The child, who is between 5 and 10 years old, came down with fever and a headache earlier this month and lab tests confirmed it was West Nile virus, they said. The child was not hospitalized.

The other patient is a resident of Monroe and is between 50 and 60 years old. That person became ill with meningitis in the second week of August, according to the DPH. The patient is still in the hospital, but is improving, the health department said.

The two new cases bring the total number of human cases of West Nile virus in Connecticut to five.

Sen. John McCain will lie in state at the Arizona State Capitol Wednesday as part of a series of funeral events over the next four days. A memorial service will be held in Phoenix on Thursday and then McCain's body will be flown to Washington D.C. for a procession past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A funeral service will follow at Washington National Cathedral. McCain will be buried at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Sunday.

Susan Greene, a veteran investigative reporter and editor for The Colorado Independent was handcuffed and told to "act like a lady" by two Denver police officers after she attempted to film their badges.

A toddler who came across the border with her mother seeking asylum died after receiving inadequate medical care in ICE custody, according to lawyers for the woman.

Yazmin Juárez came to the United States in March with her 18-month-old daughter Mariee. In May, the little girl died. The Guatemalan mother and her lawyers now plan to file several lawsuits alleging that negligence and inadequate medical care when they were held in detention led to the toddler’s death.

"Mariee's tragic death resulted from the unsafe and unsanitary conditions in immigration detention at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, and the inadequate, substandard medical care Mariee received there," Arnold & Porter, the law firm representing Juárez pro bono, said in the claim.

A Southington father and real estate agent is accused of leaving his two children under the age of 5 alone in a car while he showed a home earlier this month.

Southington police said 38-year-old Karl Luberda was arrested following an incident on Aug. 22.

According to police, officers were called to a home in the Spring Lake Village complex after witnesses reported finding two children alone inside a locked vehicle. Just before police arrived, Luberda returned to the vehicle. Police said Luberda was a real estate agent and was showing a home in the complex while his daughters, ages 4 and 1, were inside the car.

Investigators estimate the children were alone in the car for around 20 minutes. The children were not hurt and they were taken home by their mother.

Police said the outside temperature was around 84 degrees.

Luberda was charged with two counts of risk of injury to a minor and two counts of unsupervised children under 12 years old. He was released on a $5,000 bond and is due in court on Sept. 4.

As students in Newington headed back to class, they heard the familiar sound of a ukulele.

Charles Robison is a former teacher who plays the ukulele. He comes back year after year.

“I brought it the first and last day of school,” Robison said. “I uke them in and I uke them out. I’ve always enjoyed that, so, it’s just a tradition.”

He retired nearly two decades ago, and he still never misses a first day of school.

“I’ve had a great life,” said Robison. “Working with kids and working in education has been such fun. As long as I’m able to travel and bring my ukulele with me, I’ll do it.”

He stands at the top of the stairs at Kellogg Middle School and plays.

“It really sets the atmosphere for cheerfulness and happiness,” Robison said.

“The kids love him, the staff loves him, the community loves him,” Jason Lambert, principal of Kellogg Middle School said. “He’s a special part of what makes Martin Kellogg a great place to come and learn.”

His message is simple, like the ukulele.

“You’re going to have a good year,” Robison said. “You’re going to have a ball. You’re going to learn things you didn’t know. Some of them about subjects, but you’re going to learn more about yourself.”

President Trump said he thought the U.S. “did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico” following Hurricane Maria despite a new study that said the death toll from the storm was in the thousands, not 64 as initially reported.

Allison Beitel is gearing up for her kids to go back to school this week. That means more than hitting the books. The Cheshire resident is always concerned about them getting injured from an accident at school.

“I worry every day,” said Allison Beitel.

Beitel has major medical coverage and doesn’t need anything extra. This week, she and other parents in the district received an email offering Student Accident Insurance, which families can voluntarily purchase.

“Well, I think it’s something to think about. Medical care unfortunately in this country can really bankrupt families, especially, if there’s major issues and people don’t have insurance,” said Beitel.

But it’s not the same coverage that you have with your own healthcare insurance. The student accident insurance doesn’t cover everything and it has policy exclusions which include suicide, treatment of a hernia, any injury resulting from a fight, and sickness, disease or any bacterial infection except one that results from an accidental cut or wound.

The Cheshire plan breaks down this way:

AT SCHOOL ACCIDENT COVERAGE – ANNUAL COST OF $18.00 - This option provides coverage for students for the hours and days when school is in session including when students are attending school-sponsored and supervised activities such as class trips.

DENTAL ACCIDENT COVERAGE – ANNUAL COST OF $11.00 - This option covers dental injuries to sound natural teeth that require treatment within 60 days of a covered accident.

AROUND-THE-CLOCK ACCIDENT COVERAGE – ANNUAL COST OF $93.50 - This option provides coverage around the clock, any place, anytime and anywhere. It becomes effective the day of enrollment and continues until the first day of school the following year.

But do parents really needed to buy it?

First, it’s optional and not required for your child to attend school.

Second, if you get it, it will provide some protection for accidents at school but not full medical coverage.

“Like every other insurance it’s an individual choice and it’s based on your individual needs,” said Gerard O’Sullivan, director of consumer affairs at the Connecticut Insurance Department.

O’Sullivan said many families can opt to go with their own healthcare plans. But if you have a high deductible health plan this could be a way to save money. Sullivan said the state is seeing more of these types of plans offered to families because of the out-of-pocket expenses.

“Read the policy and make sure you understand what’s covered and what’s not covered,” said O’Sullivan.

Cheshire school officials said the district has been providing this optional student accident coverage for many years as a service to the parents. They said the district receives no commission, compensation or any other consideration when a parent purchases a policy.

The district also promotes and provides information to parents throughout the year for a variety of products and services including school lunch, student pictures, yearbook and more.

Injuries have been reported as firefighters battle a fire at an apartment building in Stratford Wednesday.

Crews were called to an apartment building on Success Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Police said some injuries to residents have been reported, but the extent of those injuries was not immediately clear.

The scene remains active.

No other details were immediately available.