The "Fearless Girl" is on the move.

The statue that inspired millions with her message of female empowerment has been plucked from her spot opposite Wall Street's "Charging Bull" and will be reinstalled in front of the New York Stock Exchange by the end of the year, officials said Wednesday.

The Boston-based financial services firm State Street Global Advisors said the sculpture of a defiant-looking young girl was moved Tuesday night. No date for her reinstallation at the stock exchange was given.

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A plaque with two footsteps marks the girl's former spot on a traffic island near the tip of Manhattan. "Fearless Girl is on the move to The New York Stock Exchange," the plaque reads. "Until she's there, stand for her."

The hands-on-hips bronze statue was intended as a temporary display when State Street installed it in March 2017 to encourage corporations to put more women on their boards. City officials extended her stay after she became a favorite with tourists, who lined up for selfies with the 4-foot (130-centimeter) bronze celebrity.

One person who was not a fan of the statue was Arturo Di Modica, the artist who created "Charging Bull" and installed it in lower Manhattan in 1989 without permission. Di Modica complained that his 11-foot-tall bull was meant to embody "strength, power and love," but having "Fearless Girl" face off against his work had turned the bull's message into something negative.

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"The girl is right in front doing this, 'Now I'm here, what are you going to do?'" Di Modica said last year.

City officials, meanwhile, announced in April 2018 they would move both statues about three blocks away to the stock exchange because the crowds of pedestrians clustered around the statues presented a traffic hazard.

A spokeswoman for Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio said details on when the 11-foot-tall (3-meter-tall) bull would be moved and where exactly it would be placed were not available.

An attorney for Di Modica did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the bull's potential relocation.

"Fearless Girl" sculptor Kristen Visbal did not immediately return a call seeking comment on her statue's move.

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Six people, including four children, were killed in a house fire in Logansport, Indiana, early Wednesday, according to multiple reports.

Just before 2 a.m., fire officials responded to the fire at a home on Pottawatamie Road along the Wabash River, NBC affiliate WTHR reported.

Four children, between the ages of two months old and 10 years old, and two adults died after being trapped inside the home, the sheriff's department told WTHR.

Two people, a man and a woman, were able to escape the flames and were hospitalized in an unknown condition, authorities said.

"We began attacking the fire with a couple large attack lines, attempting to get the fire knocked down to where we could possibly do a rescue," said Steve Crispen, a lieutenant with the New Waverly Fire Department. 

Without any nearby fire hydrants available, firefighters had to transport water in to battle the flames in below-freezing temperatures, officials said.

By 6 a.m., the fire had been struck out but the structure of the home had largely collapsed. A deputy at the scene said he did not hear smoke alarms upon arrival at the scene.

The fatalities were not immediately confirmed by the county coroner's office, and further details, including the victims' identities, were not available.

The cause of the fire was under investigation and authorities remained on the scene. 

"It’s just devastating," Crispen said. "We want to try and help anyone that we possibly can - anyone that’s involved in a fire service - and save everyone that we possibly can and it just didn’t happen this morning." 

Logansport is located roughly 80 miles north of Indianapolis, in Cass County.

A Hawaii man claims the false ballistic missile alert earlier this year caused him to suffer a heart attack, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. 

The botched alert was sent to cellphones on Jan. 13, claiming a missile was headed toward Hawaii, causing mass panic, NBC News reported. James Sean Shields and Brenda Reichel, listed as plaintiffs in the complaint, were living in Honolulu at the time. They both "believed this message to be true and were extremely frightened and thought they were going to die," according to their complaint.

Around 8:15 a.m. local time, as the couple was calling loved ones, Shields felt a "severe and painful burning in his chest area," the complaint says. It took the state 38 minutes to correct its mistake. But the couple had arrived around 9:30 a.m. to Straub Medical Center, where Shields went into cardiac arrest and received life-saving CPR, defibrillation and surgery. The couple was unaware a second alert had been sent to correct the false alarm.

The suit names the state of Hawaii, the former administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and other unnamed defendants. Shields' and Reichel's attorney did not immediately return a request for comment made by NBC News.

A man believed to be in his 50s has been found dead in a Windsor Locks apartment on Main Street and police said they believe the body is that of a man who was reported missing on Thanksgiving.

Police said they received a call around 7 p.m. Tuesday reporting a foul odor in a residence at 74 Main St. and found the man's body. They are calling the death suspicious and an autopsy is scheduled for today

No additional information was immediately available.

Check back for updates.

A 14-year-old boy was robbed, pushed down and slapped while waiting for a school bus in Windsor Wednesday morning. 

Police said the boy was standing at the corner of Philip Henry Circle and Ford Road, waiting for the school bus, when a four-door black sedan pulled up around 6:40 a.m. 

Two teens who appeared to be around 16 years old got out of the car, pushed the boy to the ground, slapped his head several times and took the victim’s cell phone, according to police. Police said the victim was not injured. 

Two neighbors who were outside saw what happened and ran toward the victim and one of the assailants ran on Ford Road toward Windsor Avenue, police said. 

Windsor police detectives are investigating and anyone with information is asked to call police at (860) 688-5273, extension 512. 

This is the second incident in Connecticut in which a teen was robbed while waiting for a school bus. A 13-year-old middle school student was robbed Monday morning while waiting for a school bus in Wethersfield. 

The federal government's National Climate Assessment says that climate change will unleash heat waves that make Chicago feel like Las Vegas, bring disease-carrying mosquitoes to Florida year-round, warm oceans enough to drive lobsters from Maine and more, NBC News reports.

This version of the report, released over Thanksgiving weekend, gives many examples of the impact of climate change on the local level both today and what it's projected to do in the future, something critics said the last version lacked.

Among the findings for if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the same pace: Chicago could see about as many 100-degree days by the end of the century as Las Vegas did on average between 1981 and 2010.

The report projects that wildfires in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where the Camp Fire killed at least 88 people this month, could burn as much as three times the area between 2071 to 2100 compared to 1961 to 1990.

A bill that would have protected special counsel Robert Mueller was blocked by Senate Republicans Wednesday over the objections of one member of the party threatening to hold up judicial nominations, NBC News reported.

The effort to safeguard Mueller and his probe into Russian election meddling gained new momentum this month after President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replaced him with a loyalist who criticized the Russia probe before joining the administration.

Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., threatened to withhold his key vote on the judiciary committee for Trump judges unless the bill got a vote, saying on the Senate floor, "To be so sanguine about the prospects of (Mueller) being fired is folly for us."

But his fellow Republican, Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, objected to a request for unanimous consent to proceed on that full vote, dashing hopes that the bill would progress.

President Donald Trump's lawyer has acknowledged that he received briefings from attorneys for Paul Manafort while Manafort was cooperating with Robert Mueller, an unusual development that legal experts say raises the specter of witness tampering and obstruction of justice.

Trump's chief defense lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told the Associated Press that Manafort's attorneys had been briefing him, a fact first reported by The New York Times, to whom Giuliani also confirmed the briefings.

"They share with me the things that pertain to our part of the case," Giuliani told the AP. He declined to make the same acknowledgement to NBC News, but he did not dispute the reporting.

North Haven police have arrested a caregiver who is accused of stealing from an immobile elderly woman who has dementia and leaving the woman alone for hours at a time.

The victim, a 79-year-old woman, was in need of 24-hour care, according to police, and 24-year-old Mariah Sparks, of West Haven, is accused of leaving the woman alone at home for hours at a time and stealing $6,000 worth of checks from her.

Police said the victim’s conservator noticed the theft after the checks were cashed.

Sparks was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with larceny in the second degree, reckless endangerment, conspiracy and cruelty to persons.

She was held on a $35,000 bond, according to a Facebook post from police.

Traffic is backed up on Interstate 84 West in the Vernon-Manchester area. 

The CT Travel Smart Website says there was a two-vehicle crash between exits 64 and 63 and the left lane is closed. 

The traffic camera on the highway shows only one lane getting by in the area of the crash. 

No additional information was immediately available.

President Donald Trump left open the possibility of pardoning his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, in an interview with The New York Post on Wednesday, telling the publication that the option is "not off the table."

"It was never discussed, but I wouldn't take it off the table," Trump told The Post. "Why would I take it off the table?"

A car crashed into a Bristol pet store Wednesday, causing significant damage when it smashed 14 feet into the store.

The crash happened at Pet Supplies Plus on Farmington Avenue. Store owner Jason Humphries said no one was hurt.

The driver, who was sober, according to Humphries, claimed she sneezed and hit the gas instead of the brake.

There is significant damage to the store. Humphries hopes to reopen in a week.

The animals in the store have been moved to another location in Bishop’s Corner in West Hartford.

A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when they were struck by a vehicle in Vernon Wednesday, according to police.

Vernon confirmed the crash in the 600-block of Talcottville Road (Route 83).

The victim has not been publicly identified and their condition was not immediately clear.

The road is closed between Regan Road and Windsorville Road while the accident reconstruction team investigates. Drivers should avoid the area.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

An East Hartford pediatrician is accused of selling oxycodone prescriptions and certifications for medical marijuana cards.

Dr. Sheikh Ahmed, 55, of Orange, was arrested Wednesday on federal charges.

According to the US Attorney’s Office, Ahmed operated a practice called East Hartford Medical Center at 580 Burnside Avenue in East Hartford. Officials said while he is a pediatrician, it does not appear he focused on children.

Prosecutors allege that between October 2017 and May 2018, the DEA investigated Ahmed using an undercover agent and an individual cooperating with authorities. During visits, Ahmed prescribed oxycodone and received cash, generally $500, for the prescription. Investigators said Ahmed did not conduct the appropriate medical examination when writing the prescriptions and offered tips on what dosage would be least likely to attract the attention of regulators and what pharmacies were lax about monitoring prescriptions.

Prosecutors also allege that during one visit, Ahmed certified the patient for a medical marijuana card for $250 without asking the patient about whether he suffered a condition that required it. 

Ahmed has certified approximately 165 patients for medical marijuana cards, most often using the diagnosis of “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.”

Ahmed was charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and aiding and abetting the possession of controlled substances outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. He was released on a $200,000 bond.

A public hearing was held at the Metropolitan District headquarters Wednesday.

The big issue on the table is a proposed hike on water rates.

Eight Hartford-area communities are members of the MDC. People in those cities and towns could see their bills go up soon.

The MDC is considering raising the water and sewer rates about $100 for the average customer.

Company officials said that will help cover rising costs, including for previously neglected repairs.

But several people spoke out against the increases that are still being debated.

"My opinion is I don’t think I should have to pay more money. Right now I pay 65 to 70 dollars a month for a water bill," said Hartford resident Esther Mapp.

Hartford resident Richard Heldmann understands some of the hike will pay for an important project to help deal with storm water overflows. But he said the increases make things difficult.

“People can’t afford all these increases. Not just water, but electric, food costs have gone up tremendously," Heldmann said.

A representative of the MDC was not available to talk with NBC Connecticut on-camera.

The District Board would still have to approve the rates on Dec. 10 before they’d go into effect.

The MDC has dropped an idea to offer a discount to super-water users after facing backlash and concern its own rules won’t allow it.

A new tenant is moving into the former Goodwin Branch of the Hartford Public Library.

A unique partnership plans to bring new life to the old building.

In order to cut costs, the Hartford Public Library closed the branch on New Britain Avenue earlier this year, leaving the 1950s brick building vacant.

"The moment the NRZ heard that the library was closing, our members were determined that something had to be done to make sure our community members still had library space and community space," said Kathy Evans of the Southwest and Behind the Rocks Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Association.

The library announced that CO:LAB, a Hartford-based marketing and design firm, will lease the space and create a new community center, called the Free Center, at the same time.

"Today represents the transition from this being a space that’s just sitting here, to what it will be, which is a dynamic, community center with a thriving business at its heart," said Hartford Public Library CEO Bridget Quinn-Carey.

CO:LAB offices will only occupy about a third of the space. The rest of it will be used for neighborhood meetings programs and performances.

"We want to keep it as open as possible so that the community can teach us about how it wants to use this space," said Rich Hollant, CO:LAB principal.

"I’m looking forward to seeing what great things come from these facilities," said Hartford City Councilman Jimmy Sanchez.

Since the library will still own the building, the people behind the project say the public-private partnership is the best solution to a difficult situation.

"This is something that Hartford could use. This is something that could be a model for other parts of the city," Evans said.

Crews are battling a fire on Treatment Street in New Britain.

New Britain Fire Chief Raul Ortiz confirmed a fire at 234 Treatment St. No injuries have been reported.

More details were not immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

East Lyme officials are warning some residents to boil their water before using it after two water main breaks on Boston Post Road.

East Lyme Public Safety said the boil water order affects residents on Boston Post Road and adjacent side streets from Lovers Lane east to Flanders Four Corners at the Route 161 Intersection and south to Society Road on Route 161.

Customers in that area should boil their water for at least two minutes before use, and may see discolored water while crews work to repair the mains and flush the system.

There is some bottled water available at the Flanders Fire Department.

A driver was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after a crash involving a truck in Vernon Wednesday night.

Police said a car and the tractor of a tractor-trailer collided near 1100 Hartford Turnpike (Route 30). The driver of the car suffered critical injuries and was taken to Hartford Hospital.

The road is closed in the area while the accident reconstruction team investigates.

This is the third serious crash in Vernon in under 24 hours. A woman was killed when she was struck by a pickup on Route 83, and four people were hurt in a crash on I-84 west near the Manchester line Wednesday afternoon.

No other information was immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.