The prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is being indicted by the country's attorney general on corruption charges, NBC News reported.

Netanyahu faces a single count of bribery and two counts of fraud and breach of trust following a two-year investigation. Police had recommended indicting him in three cases.

In one case, Netanyahu confidants allegedly promoted regulatory changes that would benefit a telecommunications company in exchange for positive press coverage from a news site that belongs to the company.

Netanyahu, in his third consecutive term as prime minister, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and referred to the investigation as a witch hunt.

Boston police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who is now considered a person of interest in the mysterious disappearance of a 23-year-old Boston woman.

Jassy Correia was last seen over the weekend following an outing with her boyfriend and friends at Venu Nightclub in the city’s Theater District. 

Authorities said Correia was seen on surveillance footage with an unknown man around 12:15 a.m. on Sunday. She was later captured on camera getting into what is believed to be a red Nissan Altima with the same man.

"If I don’t see my daughter, I don’t know how I’m going to live," the woman’s father, Joaquin Correia, said in tears. "I feel bad. She told me, ‘Daddy, I’m going to go out.'"

The woman’s brother, Joel Correia, tried to reach her on Monday but was unable to get in contact with her. Jassy’s father last saw her on Friday night. He called her on Tuesday for her birthday but got no response.

The missing woman’s family then began to fear for the worst. A missing persons report was filed for the woman on Wednesday.

Correia, who is the mother of a 2-year-old daughter, was last seen wearing an orange jumpsuit and a jean jacket with a picture of pink wings and red lips on the back. She was also wearing large hoop earrings at the time of her disappearance. Correia is about 5'7", according to officials.

Anyone with knowledge of Correia’s whereabouts or who has seen the woman is urged to call Boston detectives at 617-343-4275. Anonymous tips can be made by contacting CrimeStoppers at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting ‘TIP’ to 27463.

Actor Luke Perry has been hospitalized after the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to his Sherman Oaks home Wednesday morning for an “unspecified medical request,” his spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.

The “Beverly Hills: 90210” star, who played Dylan McKay in the 1990s teen drama, was treated by paramedics and is “currently under observation at the hospital," the spokesperson said.

It was not immediately clear what the medical emergency was and his spokesperson did not provide any additional information on Perry's condition.

Perry, who currently stars on the drama series "Riverdale," is not slated to join the rest of his former "Beverly Hills, 90210" co-stars in the Fox revival of the soap opera.

One firefighter was taken to the hospital after responding to a fire in Waterford, according to the Twitter account for Waterford firefighters.

A basement fire broke out at 32 Vivian Street and burned through the stairs, according to the Twitter account. The firefighter was taken out of the building through the bulkhead and transported.

Embattled New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor soliciting charges in Florida and is requesting a non-jury trial, according to court paperwork filed by his attorneys on Thursday.

Police in Jupiter, Florida, announced last week that the 77-year-old Brookline, Massachusetts, resident was caught on video allegedly engaging in sex acts in an illicit massage parlor with alleged ties to a human trafficking ring.

Affidavits released on Monday allege that Kraft visited the Orchids of Asia Day Spa twice on the weekend of the AFC championship game, including hours before the game's kickoff.

The documents described Kraft going to the illicit massage parlor during the afternoon on the Saturday before the conference title game and the morning of the game.

The case, which involves dozens of other alleged johns, has put a spotlight on the issue of human trafficking. Kraft is not accused of being involved in human trafficking.

Prosecutors have said he faces up to a year behind bars, but legal experts tell NBC10 Boston that it's unlikely he'll end up in jail. However, they did add he may face some other legal problems and issues regarding his legacy.

The NFL said Monday that it will act based on the facts, which it was still gathering.

Kraft, who has not been arrested, has previously denied the charges. His first court date in relation to this case is March 27.

A Rhode Island man wanted in connection with the kidnapping of a 23-year-old Boston mother has been taken into custody, according to law enforcement sources.

The details will be forthcoming.

Thirty-two-year-old Providence resident Louis D. Coleman III had been wanted in connection with the kidnapping of Jassy Correia, who was last seen leaving Venu Nightclub just after midnight on Sunday and getting into a red car with a man, believed to be Coleman, near Tremont and Herald streets.

She was reported missing on Wednesday after her family couldn't get a hold of her on her birthday on Tuesday.

Authorities say Coleman had last been seen in the Providence area on Thursday. He was believed to have been driving a red car, possibly a Nissan Altima, according to investigators.

Providence police confirmed with NBC10 Boston they're working on the kidnapping case with Boston police, and investigators are at an apartment building at Chestnut and Clifford streets in downtown Providence, which is Coleman's last known address.

Correia, a mother of a 2-year-old girl, told her family she was going out on Saturday night, and didn't respond to messages on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, which is when her family began to fear the worst.

"If I don't see my daughter, I don't know how I'm going to live," Joaquin Correia, her father, told NBC10 Boston.

Students at Southington High School are working together in an effort to become more culturally open and aware and some say these conversations are especially important right now. 

Students in the Intercultural Competence Committee put on a new program that promotes peer-to-peer conversations by having teens lead the classroom discussions. 

It comes at a time when two students in Simsbury recently made headlines for a controversial photo that appeared to show teens in blackface. It also comes months after an investigation into a racist video a Southington High School student made in December. 

“It's very important to talk about diversity. Questions of identity and cultural identity specifically, because with the demographic we have here it's important that all students of all backgrounds can reach across that divide and make sure these conversations are being had,” Aliya Sarris, a senior at Southington High School, said. 

The lessons are all part of Social Justice Week. 

With an investigation into a racist video by a Southington student last year, other students said this week’s conversations are especially important. 

“With the video, it kind of makes this week even stronger and may even make it more powerful to students that may have been affected by it or insulted by some of the comments,” Abby Lo Presti, a senior at Southington High School, said. 

While Social Justice Week isn’t a response to the incident in December, it is a great way for students to get their peers to open up. The school also brought in members of the Capitol Region Education Council to help. 

They are teaching students how to have sensitive conversations about race, immigration, sexual orientation and political or religious differences in everyday life. 

“I really like it. I have gotten to know myself better, as well as my peers,” Sawera Saeed, a junior at Southington High School, said. 

“We can create a message that it's OK to talk about issues like this whether it’s in public or in private,” Jio Rodriguez, a junior at Southington High School, said.

A man is accused of smoking marijuana in a vehicle near an infant in Glastonbury and police said the baby’s father did nothing to stop him.

Officers responded to the area of Hebron Avenue and Western Boulevard on Sunday after someone reported men smoking marijuana in a car with an infant inside.

They said 21-year-old Angel Martinez, of Hartford, had smoked marijuana in the vehicle while the child was in the car seat.

The child’s dad, 24-year-old Raymond Martinez, of Hartford, was in the front passenger seat and did nothing to stop Angel from smoking in the car, police said.

In the vehicle, police found marijuana, packaging materials, and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle.

Angel Martinez was charged with use of drug paraphernalia, risk of injury to a child, operation of a drug factory and possession of less than half an ounce of cannabis.

Raymond Martinez was charged with risk of injury to a child.

The child's mother was in the back seat of the vehicle and was charged with interfering with police.

There have been another eight flu-related deaths in Connecticut this season. 

The state Department of Health has released flu statistics from Aug. 26 through Feb. 23 and 37 deaths have been reported over that span of time. 

Of the 37 flu-associated deaths, 23 were people over 65 years old, 10 have been people 50 to 64 years old and three have been people between 25 and 49 years old. 

Flu remains elevated in the state, according to the Connecticut Department of Public Health. See the full statistics here.  

To date, 1,927 patients have been hospitalized in Connecticut with influenza this season. 

A total of 5,295 positive influenza lab tests have been reported this season: 

• New Haven: 1,551
• Hartford County: 1,285
• Fairfield: 1,129
• New London: 345
• Middlesex: 319
• Litchfield: 285
• Windham: 195
• Tolland: 101
• Unknown: 85

Police have identified the two young men who died in a house fire in New Britain Sunday.

The victims have been identified as 17-year-old Elijah Little and 29-year-old Shaheen Davis, who both lived at 73 Elam St. 

The chief state medical examiner’s office determined the two men died of smoke inhalation and said their deaths were accidental.

The New Britain Fire Department responded to 73 Elam Street on Sunday and found heavy fire engulfing the house. The fire department received reports of two people trapped in the building so they made an "aggressive, interior attack," Fire Chief Raul Ortiz said.

The two men were trapped on the second floor of the home, according to Ortiz.

A cause of the fire has not yet been determined and the state fire marshal and city fire investigators are investigating. 

Suffield police are trying to identify the person who left a dog tied to a tree during Wednesday’s snowstorm.

Police said the dog was “left out to die” overnight off a trail in Stony Brook Park. The dog’s leash was wrapped around the animal’s back legs, cutting off circulation.

The dog’s fur was severely matted and there were icicles hanging from it when the dog was found, police said.

The dog is currently being treated. Anyone with information should contact Animal Control Officer Ryan Selig at 860-668-3870 or Rselig@suffieldct.gov.

You've probably seen the terrifying nightmare fuel: a woman's face elongated into a beak, with bug eyes and stringy black hair.

You might have seen it shared on Facebook with a warning from parents or local police, accompanied by the scary story that some kids have been sent the image with a challenge to take drugs, hurt or even kill themselves. And you've seen coverage of those police warnings on NBC10 and other local news stations.

But is the Momo Challenge real? And is it something you need to be concerned about?

Under all the hype, it's hard to find any proof that the "challenge" is more than an urban legend. But that image has gotten plenty of attention, and it has frightened some kids.

In the latest round of coverage, some parents claimed on social media that Momo messages were being inserted into children's videos on YouTube, including Peppa Pig and Fortnight videos.

This led Kim Kardashian West to take to her Instagram story Tuesday with a plea asking YouTube to help. "Parents please be aware and very cautious of what your child watches on YouTube and KIDS YOUTUBE," she said.

Kardashian West's Instagram has more than 129 million followers. It didn't take long for YouTube to issue a response. The company said they had seen no evidence of the challenge on its site.

YouTube also noted that anything that encourages self-harm violates the platform's policies and "would be removed immediately."

The Atlantic and fact-checking website Snopes have both looked into the Momo challenge. They found no evidence that Momo pops up in Peppa Pig and found no evidence the Momo challenge has led anyone to harm themselves or to kill themselves.

Despite reports of suicides, the Today show reported that so far, no law enforcement officials have reported any injuries or deaths related to the so-called challenge. 

But here's where things get complicated, especially for parents. Just as scary urban legends have spread at sleepovers long before the internet began (Bloody Mary, anyone?), the "Momo" image is something that many kids have heard about -- and may have seen.

NBC10 spoke to a young New Jersey boy who was sent the photo by a classmate. The Cape May Police Department had enough concerned parents reaching out that they posted a Facebook message to parents warning, "This 'game' is believed to be a way for people to hack accounts and is psychologically manipulative towards kids and teens."

Local police in Gloucester, Massachusetts posted a similar warning Tuesday. A mom in Lowell told the local NBC station that her 10-year-old had seen the image.

"I said, 'Evan, do you know who this is?'" the mom said. "And he said, 'Don’t show me. Don’t show me.' He knew exactly who it was. He had seen it before."

Just this week, Today interviewed a mom who said her three-year-old knew that Momo was the "scary lady" with "big eyes, long black hair and a white face."

The Momo image is actually a cropped photo of a sculpture created by the artist Keisuke Aisawa for Japanese special-effects company Link Factory, the Atlantic reported. It's called "Mother Bird" and was displayed at a Tokyo gallery that specializes in horror art in 2016.

Someone snapped photos for Instagram, a Reddit called "Creepy" picked them up -- and Momo was born, ready to alarm parents and get shared around by teens.

Even if Momo is more viral than vicious, the picture can be scary.

Meghan Walls, a pediatric psychologist, told NBC10 that parents should take preemptive action and gently ask their younger children if they know about the image.

"Say something like, 'There's some scary things that pop up on phones and tablets, and if you ever see something like that, come get me,'" Walls said.

Residents in one Glastonbury neighborhood hope their persistence pays off in their quest to put a sidewalk on their street.

The concrete stops and starts along Neipsic Road. Neighbors say it’s hard to walk or run in the street without worrying about the vehicle traffic on that road.

“I have to drive up downtown or up over in East Glastonbury to go for a walk because I’m afraid to get hit by a car,” explained Thomas Schreindorfer.

Schreindorfer said he’s complained about the lack of sidewalks on his street since he moved in a decade ago.

His neighbor has started a petition to put sidewalks in just over a half mile of Neipsic Road from Karen Lee Road to Wickham Road, areas where the street’s sidewalks end.

“Most people here walk on the grass, you know. It’s not safe,” Schreindorfer said.

There are 10 criteria the town looks at for projects like this, including access to a school, heavy pedestrian use, access to parks and other public facilities, and a high traffic area. Town Manager Richard Johnson considers Neipsic Road a high priority project because a sidewalk would give people better access to schools and a park. It's also a high traffic area.

“It is a high priority but there’s a few others that are equally as highly rated,” said Johnson.

In fact, Johnson said there are 50 other projects in the queue for the council to consider and usually only $200,000 to $300,000 allocated to the town’s sidewalks each year. The Neipsic Road sidewalk carries an estimated price tag of $290,000.

“What we try to do is look at how much money can reasonably be made available to us and what’s the biggest bang for the buck we can get,” Johnson said.

This year, the town is working on a $1 million project to connect Main Street to South Glastonbury.

“They have plenty of sidewalks there. I don’t have any,” said Schreindorfer.

Michelle Bowden has lived in her home on narrow Neipsic Road for almost 30 years, but she’s not too concerned about not having a sidewalk.

“There’s lots of things that we really need to pay for in town like people who need help with food and fuel and school upgrades.”

Bowden says she’s more concerned with the safety of her street.

“The police are always out here monitoring the speed because come down that hill at like 45-50 miles per hour,” said Bowden. “I think I would be worried about the safety of the people walking on the sidewalk because the road is so narrow and people tend to drive kind of fast.”

Glastonbury police said they regularly monitor the traffic in the area. With very few stop signs, Lt. Corey Davis said drivers tend to speed down Neipsic Road. However, he said there have not been any pedestrian accidents according to recent data. In the last six months, there have been two car accidents, both in November. One involved two vehicles at an intersection, and the other a car and a mailbox.

“I’m really afraid when I go out to get my mail because everybody’s trees sticking out and when I step out to get the mail I’m afraid because people come so fast and they’re really close to you,” said Bowden.

If the town council does approve the project, the earliest construction would start is the summer of 2020.

Growing up, Faith Santiago bounced between her mother’s house and foster care and eventually landed in a detention center.

There she was paired with her first Department of Children and Families worker who referred her to LISA Inc., or Living in Safe Alternatives, which provides programs for teenagers in state custody.

“My life pretty much changed from there,” said Santiago, 23, from Waterbury.

At LISA Inc., young adults are taught how to pay bills and do laundry. They also learn communication skills aimed at helping them get and keep a job. The non-profit organization in Southington was created 45 years ago in the memory Lisa Steinberg, who died of abuse at the hands of her adoptive parents. 

“LISA Inc. serves young people who have unfortunately been spending most of their lives in the foster care system,” said Kim Selvaggi, executive director of Lisa Inc. “By no fault of their own they have been abused, neglected or abandoned by their families.”

A new Life Skills Academy is being launched to provide these same programs to teens who are not in state custody. The academy will include courses on how to pay bills, do laundry, prepare meals and stay on a budget. Teens will also learn how to properly manage medications and substance abuse prevention techniques.

Teachers, coaches, parents and peers can refer those in need to the program. Lisa Inc. hopes to raise the enrollment in their its programs by 20 percent by including the teens from surrounding communities.

“Maybe there’s troubles at home, maybe there’s some family struggles, there might be substance abuse or parents just working so much that they don’t have time to really attend to the kids’ needs,” said Selvaggi.

Teens entering the new academy will spend six months in group and one-on-one sessions, learning the life skills they need to become successful adults.

"Don’t be scared, they will help you out," said LISA Inc. graduate Marcus Pastuszak. "I know some kids are a little afraid of coming in but don’t be, it’s going to help you out in the long run and just have fun with it."

Pastuszak spent a year and a half working with LISA Inc. Santiago was there even longer and now works for Waterbury Youth Services, helping young people who are dealing with the same situations she once found herself in.

They both believe they would be in very different places if it weren’t for the program.

"Personally, I think I would be on the streets trying to find my way around," said Pastuszak.

"Probably in jail or - I would say dead," said Santiago.

If you know a teen who may benefit from these programs or you would like to volunteer, you can find out how at www.lisainc.org.

Two people were hurt in a shooting in New Haven Thursday, according to police.

Police said it happened in the area of Eldert and Pendleton streets around 4:28 p.m. Two victims turned up at Yale-New Haven Hospital a short time later. A 30-year-old victim was hit multiple times by gunfire, and a 29-year-old victim was hit in the hand. Neither victim has been identified and their conditions were not immediately clear.

The case is under investigation. Anyone with information about the shooting should contact the New Haven Police Department Detective Bureau at 203-946-6304.

Colchester is the latest Connecticut town to fall victim to hackers, according to the town's first selectman.

Colchester First Selectman Art Shilosky confirmed that computers on the town networks are infected with ransomware. He would not say how many departments are affected or when the issue was discovered, but said that Connecticut State Police and their insurance carriers are investigating.

Colchester is far from the first town to suffer a cyberattack. Back in October, the City of West Haven paid $2,000 in digital currency to unlock its servers.

A local tech expert said money is the main motive behind attacks like these

"They're not taking the files. They're basically leaving the files where they are. They're encrypting those files, making them inaccessible until the ransom is paid,” explained Lon Seidman.

Last year, a dozen state agencies were hit by ransomware attacks, but no sensitive data was compromised.

Seidman said the best defense against a ransom attack is a good backup system.

He also said it’s important to train employees on how to spot suspicious emails, because that’s usually how malware gets into a system.

New Haven Mayor Toni Harp presented her fiscal year 2020 budget Thursday, proposing $9.5 million be added to the city’s budget.

The mayor’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2020 does not include a mill rate increase.

The proposed $556.6 million budget includes $4.5 million more set aside for the police and fire pension plans. The city has budgeted to add new jobs in city services and parks and recreation including tree trimmers, tree farmers and a tree foreman along with traffic and parking department positions and positions for the Commission on Equal Opportunity. It’s a budget Harp says maintains essential public safety, public education and social services programs.

“We send a clear signal to city residents, it’s property owners, business operators, private sector investors and everyone else that New Haven stands tall,” Harp said.

The budget also includes a slight increase to the Board of Education’s funding and a two-year capital borrowing program which city leaders say will save New Haven funding on what it costs the city to borrow funds.

The proposed budget will now head to the Board of Alders which will spend the next few months reviewing the budget in committee meetings and public hearings. The deadline for them to decide on the budget is early June.

If passed the budget will go into effect July 1.

“It was really a crisis it was a voting crisis,” Timothy White said.

Nearly four months after what he would call a November nightmare, Yale student Timothy White can still see the long lines that plagued New Haven City Hall on Election Day.

“Students, friends and people posting on Facebook about how insane it was, lines reaching three to four hours long,” White said.

“A lot of people were in that line because their absentee ballots were not received from other states,” White said.

While White was able to get his vote in, dozens of other voters, including many Yale students, who waited to register to vote on Election Day didn’t.

“It’s really clear to me that we need to have more people here for election day registration,” Mayor Toni Harp said.

This is not the first time the Elm City has had this issue - they had long lines for same-day registration in 2014 and 2016.

Harp announced on Thursday some additional funding to the registrar in her proposed 2020 fiscal budget, suggesting more staffing for the next Election Day.

Harp also suggested a push for additional locations for students to register to vote including on campuses.

"When your city is like ours that has so many young people who are new to our community that want to be able to register and vote on that day then maybe having more than one place that they can do that is a real solution,” Harp said.

White was back at City Hall Thursday night to tell alders what improvements he’d like to see especially come November 2020.

“I urge the registrar’s office to make sure that there are more people on site on that day to register people,” White said.

A second Harford police officer has made a sexual harassment complaint, following another sexual harassment complaint that raised questions about the overall culture at the department.

In the first case, female officer sent a memo to HR several weeks ago following up to a previous complaint that alleged a sergeant made inappropriate comments to her. That memo, which was brought to the attention of the Hartford City Council, claimed the sergeant made inappropriate comments on multiple occasions, and that despite the complaint previously filed on her behalf, nothing was done over the course of nine months.

The memo said that this lack of action is representative of a larger problem at the department, and went on to say the officer felt the accused may be protected because he is a supporter of Mayor Luke Bronin.

Officials say they received a complaint from a second Hartford police officer Wednesday, and per new procedures put in place in response to the first complaint, an independent firm is investigating. There is no indication that the complaints are related at this time.

Hartford Police Chief David Rosado provided NBC Connecticut with the following statement in response to the new complaint:

“This is a serious allegation, and the city has asked an independent investigator to begin looking at this complaint. As a department we have also taken steps to minimize contact between the officer and the individuals mentioned in the complaint, and we have met with the officer to outline the process and let her know she will be kept apprised of the investigation throughout.”

Mayor Luke Bronin also released a statement:

“We take all allegations of harassment seriously. When we received this complaint yesterday afternoon, our Human Resources Department reached out to the officer immediately in order to let her know about the investigative process and offer any support she needs. We have asked an independent firm to begin investigating this complaint swiftly and thoroughly.”

The mayor has instituted new procedures in response to the original complaint, including use of an independent investigator for any such complaints, work to implement a formal communication process for all city employees in the case of a harassment complaint, and monthly reviews by the Chief Operating Officer on the status of pending EEO complaints to ensure they are being addressed in a timely manner.

Dale Betts of Stratford keeps a watchful eye on the weather reports. If there’s snow and ice, he worries about more than just the hazardous roadways, like what he will find at his storage facility.

Betts said after a snowstorm ice prevents him from going in and out of his units in West Haven.

“I think it’s dangerous,” said Betts.

Betts showed NBC Connecticut Responds pictures of the ice blocking part of the entrance into the storage facility. He calls it a safety risk.

“There was all ice on the ground and I was afraid I was going to break my neck,” said Betts.

After a snowfall, Betts said he noticed that the pavement was plowed, except for the area in front of his two units. But if the temperatures dip, that’s when he sees the ice form.

“It’s very unnerving. It is because it’s just a liability,” said Betts.

Betts rented the storage units four months ago to protect his $3,000 14-foot kayaks. He said he started to notice a problem with the snow removal after the first weather event.

He told NBC Connecticut Responds he complained to customer service multiple times on the phone and in person to find out who’s responsible for the snow removal.

According to Betts, he received a call from the district manager saying she wanted to offer him an indoor storage unit. He mentioned to her that an indoor unit wouldn’t work for his 14-foot canoes. She went on to say that the company plowed and salted the area, just not all the way up to the unit.

We looked into Betts’ contract and didn’t find any language in the documents or on the company’s website stating the snow removal responsibility in front of the units.

NBC Connecticut Responds reached out to the storage’s corporate office multiple times through email and phone messages. We’re still waiting to hear back.

So, what can you do, so you don’t find yourself in a situation like Betts?

Here are some general rules you should consider before renting a storage unit:

• Check out a few facilities before deciding on one.
• Ask how they maintain the grounds in the summer and winter.
• Ask if the renter has any responsibilities.
• Inquire about temperature control, access to the unit, and how they will keep your belongings secure.