A Silver Alert has been canceled for a teenager who was reported missing from Colchester.
According to police, 14-year-old Adam Andersen had been missing since Thursday.
Police canceled the alert Monday night.
Flu season is now well underway and based on the number of sicknesses last year, doctors are urging your family to get your flu shots, if you are able.
Depending on the type of flu shot you receive this year, it will protect you from three or four viruses that research suggests are most common this year.
Doctors say you should be vaccinated sooner rather than later because it takes about two weeks for the vaccination to take effect. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends getting your flu vaccine by the end of the month.
The Central Connecticut Health District is hosting nine flu clinics this month, including one in Wethersfield on Tuesday.
If you are interested, bring your insurance card to receive your vaccination for free. Depending on your carrier, you may need to still pay $25.
The iconic West Cornwall covered bridge on Route 128 was closed to cars and pedestrians from Sept. 4 but has reopened.
The state Department of Transportation said a 12-mile detour would be in effect during work to rehabilitate the structure of one of the last covered bridges in Connecticut.
The bridge, built in 1864, crosses the Housatonic River at Route 7 and Route 128 in Litchfield County. It was featured in the 1967 film "Valley of the Dolls."
The nearly $1.4 million project was awarded to Mohawk Northeast, Inc. on Nov. 6, 2017, and is scheduled to be completed Nov. 10, 2018.
An attempted burglary in Suitland, Maryland, went all wrong when the suspect's brick ricocheted off bulletproof glass and smashed into his head.
Police are calling him the "Bad Luck Bandit."
The suspect shattered the front glass to get inside a waiting area of a takeout restaurant, police said. Surveillance video shows him then trying to break through a window to a back room.
The suspect lobbed the brick once, then twice, but the bulletproof glass resisted. He wound up his pitch for a third attempt and flung the brick to the window. It bounced back.
The suspect flinched, but it was too late.
The brick smacked him in the head, sending him to his hands and knees.
He tried to pick himself — and the brick — up again, before realizing the extent of his pain. Video shows the suspect rolled back, lay down on the restaurant floor and stayed there.
Police say he was on the ground for several minutes before giving up and leaving.
Prince George's County police are looking for the suspect. He was in the area of the restaurant in the 4000 block of Suitland Road in Suitland, Maryland, in the early hours of Sept. 20, police say.
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer will be speaking at Sacred Heart University in November.
He will be the next speaker in Sacred Heart University’s Distinguished Leaders Series.
A news release from the university says copies of his book, The Briefing, will be available for sale and Presidents Donald Trump's former spokesperson will sign purchased copies after his talk.
The event will take place Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in SHU’s Martire atrium and the public is invited.
Spicer, a Rhode Island native and Connecticut College graduate, is the founder and president of RigWil LLC, a strategic consulting firm.
The husband and father of two now lives in Virginia.
A woman who was allegedly beaten and tied up in her Wisconsin home by her ex-boyfriend was saved last week when a Domino's Pizza delivery driver noticed she was in distress, NBC News reported.
What seemed like a normal delivery turned into a rescue mission for deliveryman Joseph Grundl after he noticed the woman had a black eye, he said.
"She mouthed 'help me' to me and then after when the guy left to get money and she mouthed 'call the police.' This was just as I was about to leave," he told NBC News, confirming a Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department incident report.
Grundl called 911 when he got back to the restaurant. Deputies arrested Dean Hoffman after seeing him try to keep the woman from leaving and hearing her yell "help me."
Lance Bass will be speaking at Sacred Heart University later this month.
The *NSYNC member will speak as part of SHU’s Student Affairs Lecture Series.
The show is at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 15 at Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts at Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Ave. in Fairfield.
Tickets for the general public are $15.
You can buy tickets online at edgertoncenter.org or call the box office at 203-371-7908.
At least two envelopes found Monday inside a mail processing center on the Pentagon's campus are suspected to contain ricin, according to initial testing, a federal official tells NBC News.
The mail processing center is located on the Pentagon campus but not within the Pentagon building itself.
Security officials found a suspicious substance during mail screening, Pentagon spokesman Col. Robert Manning III said Tuesday afternoon.
"On Monday, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency detected a suspicious substance during mail screening at the Pentagon's remote screening facility," Manning said in a statement.
The FBI said tests on the envelopes were being conducted Tuesday.
A federal official told NBC News that a field test indicated the presence of ricin. Those tests can be unreliable, the official said.
Information was not released on who might have come in contact with the envelopes.
All mail received at the facility was quarantined and poses no threat to Pentagon personnel, Manning said.
Ricin is a poison found in castor beans. It can be a mist, a powder or dissolved in water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If inhaled or ingested, it can be deadly.
Stay with NBC for more details on this developing story.
The NBC Connecticut meteorologists are monitoring the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms this evening and overnight and have issued a First Alert.
Most of the afternoon will feature cloud skies with an on and off mist in the air throughout the day.
Storms are expected to move into the state during and after the evening commute.
Storms will enter western CT between 6 and 8 p.m. and will move to the east through the state.
A few storms could be strong to even severe with damaging winds being the greatest threat.
Weather conditions improve drastically as drier air works in the state for Wednesday.
Get a more in-depth forecast here.
Police responded to Hartford Public High School on Tuesday afternoon for a large fight in the cafeteria.
The fight was between students, according to Hartford police.
School officials confirmed three students were involved in the fight, which happened in the cafeteria during lunchtime. It is not clear what prompted the fight.
A security guard was scratched while trying to break up the fight, police said. School officials said no injuries were reported.
The school restricted students' movements for a little over an hour while the situation was brought under control. Police responded to investigate. There was an increased security personnel for the rest of the day, and school let out 10 minutes early. There will also be extra security on site Wednesday, officials said.
An unattended package at the Fairfield train station caused delays on Metro-North and Amtrak Tuesday afternoon.
Metro-North was warning of delays of up to 40 minutes on the New Haven line. Officials from MTA said the cause was an unattended package.
Amtrak Tweeted that all service between Bridgeport and Stamford was stopped because of law enforcement activity and trains 2163, 2158, 2160 and 86 were stopped. The tracks have reopened.
Dunkin' and Harpoon Brewery have officially released their anticipated fall malt beverage: The Harpoon Dunkin' Coffee Porter.
The porter premiered Sept. 27 at Harpoon's Dunk-toberfest. Beginning Monday, the porter will be available throughout the fall, in 12 ounce bottles and on draft at select retail locations across the Eastern United States.
According to Dunkin', the porter is 6 percent alcohol and is "a malty tasting brew with aromas of espresso and dark chocolate."
"Our brands have such passionate, loyal fans who start their busy day with a cup of Dunkin’ coffee and end it by enjoying one of Harpoon’s famous craft beers," said Tony Weisman, Dunkin' U.S. chief marketing officer. "We're thrilled to now finally bring the two together, partnering with one of the most respected craft breweries in the country to offer coffee lovers and beer enthusiasts alike a classic new taste to celebrate the season."
The partnership is the second time Dunkin' has worked with a brewery, with the first being Worcester-based Wormtown Brewery.
To find a Dunkin’ Coffee Porter near you, go to the Harpoon Brewery beer finder website.
A board game called "Deportation Time" that was created by students at a North County San Diego middle school has sparked a backlash from some students and parents.
Four seventh- and eighth-grade students at César Chávez Middle School in Oceanside created the game as part of a class project that asked students to design a game themselves.
The goal was to be the first player to cross the border into the United States and reach an American flag. Players could deport each other with a dice roll.
"This type of game is humiliating," said Christina Santiago, a parent of a student at the middle school.
The project "was intended to develop collaboration, decision-making and learning to divide workload," Superintendent Dr. Julie Vitale said in a statement from the Oceanside Unified School District.
Santiago told Telemundo 20 her son raised concerns the game was racist, yet the teacher still approved the project.
In her statement, Vitale didn't address the parent's claim but said, "while their intention may have been to leverage a current event, we believe it is our responsibility as educators to help them understand that the theme is potentially painful and hurtful to many people."
The family of each student has been contacted and the district is using the incident to teach students, "an important life lesson" about "unintended consequences," OUSD said.
The death toll has grown to more than 1,200 following the catastrophic 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia's central island of Sulawesi on Sept. 28.
About 62,000 people have been displaced with fuel and food running out in the aftermath of the natural disasters, which come less than two months since another earthquake struck Lombok Island.
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Here's how you can contribute to organizations working to address the disaster:
Red Cross Society: Indonesia's Red Cross currently has over 175 volunteers and staff working in the region, conducting search and rescue efforts, offering medical support, and dispersing goods. They will continue doing so for months. Jan Gefland, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said the Red Cross' "biggest challenge at the moment is getting access to all communities, and then bringing large quantities of vital relief supplies into the disaster zone." You can donate by mailing a check to your local Red Cross chapter, by writing "Indonesia" in the memo field. Also, here's the IFRC's Sulawesi Tsunami specific donation page.
CARE: The humanitarian non governmental relief agency, which partners with USAID, is collecting donations to provide clean drinking water, emergency family shelter, and resources including hygiene kits.
UNICEF: The United Nations Children's Fund has taken their humanitarian efforts to Indonesia. They are now collecting donations on their website for issues specific to children, including reuniting children with their families and providing clean water.
International Medical Corps: On Friday, the relief agency announced its emergency response team was being dispatched to Indonesia, providing victims with care and supplies. The ask for donations here.
Project HOPE: On the ground in Palu, the humanitarian organization is collecting general donations. Note, donations appear to support Project HOPE's overall organization and are not specific to Indonesia.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: The relief organization is assessing the region's specific needs. A donation, the organization writes, would contribute towards the organization providing emergency medical care, supplies and psychological support.
Food for the Hungry: The international relief and development organization, founded in 1971, has a page for direct donations, for "faithfully answering God's call to respond to suffering." The organization is a charter member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
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West Haven police have arrested a man believed to be part of a group that rode dirt bikes, quad and motorcycles recklessly through city streets in August.
West Haven police arrested 22-year-old Aaron Soto Tuesday. Investigators say Soto was part of a group of dirt bikes, motorcycle and quad riders seen riding through the city streets on Aug. 26.
According to police, Soto was seen doing wheelies and other stunts, driving on the other side of the road, and purposely cutting off and taunting other drivers.
West Haven and other towns and cities have an ongoing problem with these kinds of rides. It is illegal to ride dirt bikes, ATVs and quads on city streets and stunts can put riders and other vehicles in danger.
Soto was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, interfering/resisting an officer, disobeying the signal of an officer, and breach of peace.
The investigation is ongoing and police are looking to identify other riders. Anyone with information is asked to contact C.R.O. Beutel at 203-937-3900. Tips can be made anonymously.
What should you do when you are in a tornado warning?
During the spring and summer here in Connecticut, we get a lot of thunderstorms but occasionally the atmosphere is ripe and the storms have the potential to become severe.
The key is whether your family would know where to go and what to do
when the big one potentially hits.
The American Red Cross said that no matter how you get a severe weather warning -- from television, the radio or your smartphone or tablet -- it’s time to spring into action once you see a tornado warning.
That means going to the safest spot in your home or office. An underground or windowless space is the best possible place to be in a tornado.
If you don’t have a basement, the safest place to be is in a small, interior room, a closet bathroom or an interior hallway on the lowest floor of your house.
It’s also important to realize that not all basements are safe, especially walkout basements with sliding glass doors.
Shipman said the glass could come flying at you. He also warned that any lawn furniture will become a projectile.
“You want to be in a strong, reinforced space,” Shipman said.
When coming up with a safety plan for you and your family, putting together a safety kit is a good idea.
That should include a flashlight, bottles of water, a few snacks, work gloves, extra batteries and cash.
If you are on any kind of prescriptions, have a week's supply for yourself.
How to Prepare: Tips from the Red Cross
Watch for Tornado Danger Signs:
What to Do During a Tornado
Stay in the car with the seatbelt on. Put your head down below the windows, covering with your hands and a blanket if possible.
If you can safely get noticeably lower than the level of the roadway, exit your car and lie in that area, covering your head with your hands.
A Newington woman felt she was left in the dark after the Shine Studio shut down without notice.
Elizabeth Delgado said she and her daughter paid $10 each to attend an aerial yoga class in June.
"The lights were dimmed. Everything was lit with little tea lights and you saw the scarves hanging from the ceiling," she said.
Delgado and her daughter loved the class and looked forward to going back. She said they each paid $35 in cash for a 30-day membership.
When Delgado checked the studio’s website to sign up for another class, she said there were none available. Two weeks later, she learned the studio was closed for good.
"I started emailing. The emails got kicked back. I started text messaging and calling, and no responses," Delgado said.
Delgado thought other customers were probably in the same situation, and asked NBC Connecticut Responds to help.
We reached one of the owners of Shine Studio by phone. He declined an on camera interview, but provided a written statement on behalf of Shine Studio Management.
“In the near two years of Shine Studio's existence, we had the pleasure of fostering a strong community that will continue to thrive beyond Shine's time. Shine's community has always been our priority and continues to be even as we close our doors. We are aware some members still have a balance on their account and we are in the process of refunding those members accordingly in the order of highest balance to lowest balance. We have already refunded more than half of the total unserviced balance. We aim to complete the remaining refunds in the coming 4-6 weeks. Our Facebook page and phone lines are open and actively monitored as we welcome and urge all members to reach out to us with any questions or concerns regarding their account. We appreciate the community's support and patience as we cease operations. We'd also like to take a moment and thank each and every one of you that has reached out with messages of support. We realize this is a moment of regretful circumstances and we appreciate your understanding and patience.”
The statement was also posted to the Studio’s Facebook page. It’s the first post since July.
Elizabeth Delgado said she received a call from one of the owners after Responds contacted him. She said he promised to overnight her a refund check.
"The staff was really friendly, accommodating. It was just really sad it had to turn out this way," Delgado said.
Riggs Street in Oxford is closed after a car crashed into a pole.
Fire officials said it happened between Greenbriar Road and Douglas Drive. Officials said the crash is serious, but provided no other details.
The road is expected to be closed for four to six hours. Drivers should avoid the area.
Route 15 northbound is closed in New Canaan due to downed trees, according to Connecticut State Police.
The highway is closed between exits 37 and 38.
While police have not confirmed if the damage is storm-related, there are multiple reports of trees and wires down and some localized flooding as severe storms move through the area.
Drivers should use caution and seek alternate routes if necessary.
