Protesters gathered in Hamden Friday, marking a fourth day of rallies after a police-involved shooting that injured a 22-year-old woman on Tuesday.

According to Connecticut State Police, who are running the investigation, police officers from Hamden and Yale opened fire on a man and woman inside of a car Tuesday morning on Argyle Street in New Haven. The woman was hit and taken to the hospital for treatment. The man was not hurt.

A group made up of several organizations gathered at Hamden Plaza Friday afternoon to send a message to city leaders in both Hamden and New Haven, as well as Yale, that they won't accept what happened the other day. They planned to march to the Hamden Police Department later in the evening. Some said they intend to be out all night to get the message out.

"We want both of these officers fired. Because how can you do this and still walk the streets of your community? Everyone is in danger from these officers still being out there," said Jeannia Fu of New Haven, a member of the group Justice for Jayson.

Police have identified the officers involved in the shooting as Yale police officer Terrance Pollock, a 16-year veteran of the department, and Hamden police officer Devin Eaton, who has been in law enforcement for more than four years, including nearly three years with Hamden police.

Pollock and Eaton were both been placed on leave from their departments amid an investigation into the shooting. No New Haven police officers were involved in the incident.

Connecticut State Police said Friday evening that they expect to release more information, including body camera footage, sometime next week. 

Hamden's interim police chief said the department has agreed to make changes, including bringing in an urban trauma specialist to train officers.

According to New Haven police, the shooting happened after Hamden police received a 911 call at 4:19 a.m. Tuesday about the attempted armed robbery of a newspaper delivery person at the Gas and Go gas station at 144 Arch St. in Hamden.

Eaton and Pollock located a vehicle at Dixwell Avenue and Argyle Street. According to state police, "the suspected party exited the vehicle in an abrupt manner and turned toward officers." Both officers opened fire on a man and woman inside the car.

Surveillance video that apparently captured the incident does not show those movements. Witnesses said they saw police ordering both the man and woman to get out after they stopped shooting. State police said no weapon was found in the car.

Since the shooting, protesters have been putting pressure on city leaders to release body camera footage of the shooting.

Leaders from both cities and Yale have promised full cooperation and transparency in the investigation.

State Police are continuing their investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact them.

GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter is facing backlash for pretending to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, NBC News reports — something his Democratic opponent says would have violated the terms of the congressman's parole stemming from federal charges of misusing campaign funds.

The California lawmaker posted a video on social media on Thursday claiming to be "15 meters" from the U.S.-Mexico border before walking over to a fence he alleged was the only thing separating migrants seeking asylum from entering the U.S. by foot. Border Patrol officials told The Times of San Diego that the official border is the Colorado River, which is further away from the vehicle barrier Hunter crossed.

Ammar Campa-Najjar, a Democrat who unsuccessfully challenged Hunter for his seat last November, slammed Hunter for the video on social media. "This is what happens when you’ve been stripped from all your committees & have too much time on your hands," he tweeted.

Michael Harrison, a spokesman for Hunter, told The Times of San Diego that the accusation of him violating his parole by leaving the U.S. is a "non-issue typical of someone desperate for a headline."

The family of a 5-year old boy who was thrown off a third-floor balcony by a man at the Mall of America last Friday say their son is "showing real signs of recovery," despite remaining in intensive care for over a week, NBC News reported.

"We have good news to share with you on this good Friday. Our miracle child is showing real signs of recovery. New test results have been positive, though he remains in intensive care with a long road ahead. Our faith in God and our Savior Jesus remains strong and we are gaining more reason for optimism day by day. We continue our appeal for privacy as we focus on our son, and thank you for respecting our wishes. Just know that we absolutely feel your overwhelming love, prayers and support, for they seem to be working. Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts," said attorney Stephen Tillitt, on behalf of the boy's family.

According to authorities, suspect Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, flung the boy over a railing, dropping him nearly 40 feet, after choosing him at random because he was "looking to kill someone" at the mall.

He said he had planned to kill an adult standing near the railing, but picked the young victim instead, according to the criminal complaint.

The boy, identified as Landon, suffered severe head trauma and several broken bones as a result of the intense fall.

A Waterbury high school teacher has been charged with sexual assault, accused of having a relationship with a student.

Jeffrey Lucian, 49, was arrested Thursday. He is charged with fourth-degree sexual assault.

Police confirmed Lucian was a teacher at Kennedy High School.

The investigation began when school district officials reported concerns. Investigators believe Lucian was having a relationship with a 16-year-old student and that it started sometime in the last few months. No other details were available.

NBC Connecticut has reached out to the school district for comment but has not yet heard back.

New Haven police are trying to identify the person who is accused of stabbing a man during a fight on Friday afternoon.

Officers were called to Grand Avenue around 1:22 p.m. after getting a report of an assault. Police said a 37-year-old man suffered a non-life threatening stab puncture to the side of his torso and was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment.

Witnesses told police that a group of three other men, the victim and two women were outside fighting when the victim was stabbed.

According to police, the witnesses said they believe the suspect is a resident of the Fair Haven neighborhood.

Officers detained a man in handcuffs in front of the U.S. Post Office on Grand Avenue. After a brief investigation, police said they released him without charges.

Anyone who witnessed the altercation is asked to call police when they see the person accused of stabbing the man. The New Haven Police Department can be reached at (203) 946-6316.

When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the "dominoes gang" in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza.

Turns out it was a group of men in their 60s and 70s who held a standing game night — which included sex with one another. They showed up at her clinic infected with syphilis, NBC News reported.

That has become Schrage’s new normal. Pregnant women, young men and teens are all part of the rapidly growing number of syphilis patients coming to the Choices Medical Services clinic in the rural southwestern corner of the state. She can barely keep the antibiotic treatment for syphilis, penicillin G benzathine, stocked on her shelves. 

Public health officials say rural counties across the Midwest and West are becoming the new battleground. While syphilis is still concentrated in cities such as San Francisco, Atlanta and Las Vegas, its continued spread into places like Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma creates a new set of challenges. Compared with urban hubs, rural populations tend to have less access to public health resources, less experience with syphilis and less willingness to address it because of socially conservative views toward homosexuality and nonmarital sex.

In Missouri, the total number of syphilis patients has more than quadrupled since 2012 — jumping from 425 to 1,896 cases last year — according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of new state health data. Almost half of those are outside the major population centers and typical STD hot spots of Kansas City, St. Louis and its adjacent county. Syphilis cases surged at least eightfold during that period in the rest of the state.

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Notre Dame Burns

Fire broke out inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday. The flames toppled the church's steeple and destroyed most of the lead roof of the 950-year-old cathedral. Heroic efforts by firefighters saved Notre Dame's two bell towers. More than $1 billion has already been pledged to restore the cathedral. See more on the fire here.

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Police Shooting Sparks Outrage

A woman was shot during a police-involved shooting in New Haven early Tuesday morning. She suffered non-life threatening injuries. The incident took place in New Haven, but it was a Hamden police officer and a Yale University police officer that both fired their weapons during the traffic stop, according to state police. Both of those officers have been placed on leave. The shooting spurred protests from Black Lives Matter and community activists. For more on the shooting and its fallout, click here.

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When Bobcats Attack

State environmental officers euthanized a bobcat after the animal injured a golfer in Baltic on Thursday morning. The same bobcat is believed to have attacked a horse nearby about an hour earlier. The person was taken to the hospital to be treated. State experts were testing the bobcat for rabies. See more on the attacks here.

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Tiger Roars Again

Tiger Woods won the 2019 Masters, his first green jacket since 2005 and first major win since 2008. Woods' victory in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday has been called by some as the greatest sports comeback stories of all time. It marks Tiger's fifteenth major victory. See more on Tiger's win here.

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Stop & Shop Strike Continues

More than a week after going on strike, Stop & Shop workers are still on the picket lines across Connecticut. The union employees say they are concerned about proposed changes in their health benefits and take-home pay. Click here for more on the ongoing strike.

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The woman who admitted to being a secret agent for the Russian government last year is asking to serve no additional prison time when she is sentenced April 26.

Maria Butina, the American University graduate student and gun rights activist who was accused by federal prosecutors of working as a covert and unregistered foreign agent for Russia, is asking for a time served sentence after her legal team says she has learned her lesson and served over nine months in three different detention centers.

Butina pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign official in December 2018 and was arrested in July after prosecutors said she used her contacts with the National Rifle Association and the National Prayer Breakfast to gather information for Russia.

Federal prosecutors also alleged that Butina used her enrollment at American University as a cover for her spying activities.

But Butina’s lawyer says she has “always been willing to cooperate with the government,” according to a sentencing memo submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by her lawyer.

“Maria’s cooperation has been full, transparent, and complete. Yet, what makes her case especially noteworthy is that, as a young Russian national who has accepted that deportation will be part of the resolution of her case, Maria has willingly cooperated with the United States despite the geopolitical tension between the two countries,” the memo reads.

Butina’s lawyer also criticized the “public shame” and “embarrassment” Butina experienced when prosecutors alleged that she “traded sex for access” to political figures. Those prosecutors later backtracked that allegation in September.

“As the court is aware, subsequently withdrawn allegations made by the government in pleadings and open court fueled this negative coverage. And notwithstanding the government’s later acknowledgment of its errors and abandonment of certain assertions, that bell cannot be unrung,” Butina’s lawyer wrote. “In the age of the internet, these allegations, which resulted from this prosecution, will follow her wherever she goes.”

The FBI on Saturday arrested a man allegedly connected with an armed group that has been detaining migrants in New Mexico, the state attorney general’s office said and NBC News reported.

Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, of Flora Vista, New Mexico, was arrested for allegedly being a felon in possession of a weapon, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas and the FBI said.

The arrest comes after New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, demanded that members of a militia group, some of whom are armed, stop detaining migrants at the New Mexico-Mexico border.

"This is a dangerous felon who should not have weapons around children and families," Balderas said in the statement. "Today's arrest by the FBI indicates clearly that the rule of law should be in the hands of trained law enforcement officials, not armed vigilantes." 

A section of the Silas Deane Highway is closed in both directions in the area of Maple Street for a police investigation. 

Wethersfield Police are asking people to avoid the area while the investigation continues. 

State Police are also headed to the scene. 

No other information concerning the nature of the investigation was made immediately available. 

This story in developing, NBC Connecticut has a crew headed to the scene and will update this story as more information become avaialble. 

The measles outbreak in Rockland County is continuing to grow, with 194 confirmed cases as of Friday, according to data posted by the county. 

Earlier this week, county officials outlined a new plan to combat the measles outbreak the area has been grappling with for months.

More than 80% of the cases have impacted those 18 years of age or younger. Officials say they believe there are many more that are unreported.

Officials announced Tuesday the new order that calls for anyone who contracts measles or who is unvaccinated and exposed to measles to stay home for a determined amount of time, while being banned from public indoor and outdoor places. If they violate this order, they could be subject to a $2,000 per day fine.

According to officials, there have been a number of complications related to the disease. Five people are in intensive care, including an infant, due to measles. Additionally, officials say, there has been one premature birth because of the disease.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day enacted a 30-day order on March 26 that banned unvaccinated people under 18 from gathering places including schools, stores and churches.

A state judge issued a preliminary injunction against the county's emergency order April 5.

Transportation experts are recommending that the D.C. Council studies how to protect ride-hailing service drivers who cope with low pay, debt and on-the-job dangers.

In a study released by Georgetown University, researchers found that half of the drivers they interviewed had monthly incomes below the federal poverty line.

"After you add insurance, gas and just general maintenance you're really not earning the money you think you are," former Uber driver Kim Hall said.

The researchers interviewed 40 Uber drivers over two years about health, safety and financial issues. They found that every driver they interviewed had difficulty calculating their actual compensation from Uber, and a third took on financial risk or debt because of their work for Uber.

The report asserts that driving for Uber is like a "casino where drivers must pay-to-play the game of work."

Dr. Katie Wells, a post-doctoral fellow at Georgetown University, co-wrote and presented the report to the D.C. Council. 

"It’s a bit of a gamble when they get into the car," Wells said. "It’s a mystery, they’re not sure how much they’re gonna earn."

A spokesperson for Uber told News4 that Uber is making it easier for drivers to make money. In their statement, Uber listed tipping, a redesigned driver app, Instant Pay and new rewards programs as ways they’re improving the driving experience.

Difficult Conditions
According to the report, Uber drivers are not just in financial peril: Almost one in three of the drivers surveyed said they had been assaulted or had a physical safety concern while on the job.

Those dangers are on top of the long hours drivers frequently must work to make ends meet. In fact, some drivers reported working as much as 15 hours per day just to pay the bills.

Henok Wondrac, a driver for Uber, says he is locked into driving for ride-hailing services for the foreseeable future because he has to pay off the new SUV he purchased for the job. He said he wouldn’t mind seeing additional safeguards put into effect.

"Definitely that would help a lot of the drivers because that would offset some of the additional costs and the expenses," Wondrac said.

Despite these troubling statistics, many drivers apparently still see value in the gig. According to the report, half of the drivers surveyed would recommend the job to a friend.

The researchers' recommendations include a publicly funded commission to understand the impact of ride-hailing services, establishing a minimum wage and requiring ride-sharing companies to publish public data on their working conditions.

The "Uber Workplace in D.C." study is ongoing, and is funded by the D.C.-based Urban Studies Foundation. Researchers at Georgetown University, City University of New York and George Washington University contributed to the report.

Over the course of former President Barack Obama’s presidency, artist Rob Pruitt took it upon himself to paint a portrait of the politician within the context of a significant event that transpired that day, every day for eight years while he was in office.

In honor of the 10th anniversary of President Obama’s first inauguration, an exhibit at the Rebuild Foundation’s Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago displays a series of "Obama Paintings"—a total of 2,922 portraits to be exact.

“At the end of a presidency, everybody scurries about trying to figure out what that president’s legacy will be. I did not want to highlight big moments – moments like the signing of the Affordable Care Act, the Iran Nuclear Deal, or the capture of Osama bin Laden – I wanted to depict a very measured, intellectual, capable statesman who showed up to work everyday and led; a leader with a long list of accomplishments we, as a nation, would be proud of.” – Rob Pruitt

The quote above is highlighted in large lettering, front and center inside the exhibit.

The artist said the idea was first sparked 10 years ago when Obama was just a candidate. Pruitt said although he doesn’t consider himself a “political junkie,” he was so moved and inspired by Obama’s message that he began to sign up for community events near where he resides in lower Manhattan.

“It was such a thrill when Obama was elected and I thought to myself, ‘what am I going to do with all of this energy from the campaign that I still had?’” Pruitt explained. “It felt to me, like the first time in my life…that I really connected with a politician.”

The background of each painting is based on a gradient fade of the American flags’ colors and Pruitt said each portrait is meant to showcase “a dedicated, public servant who showed up to work every day and made important decisions to make sure that all of our health and safety was protected.”

Pruitt made sure to capture not just the moments while in office, but also the regular, friendly, everyday family man.

The "Obama Paintings" debuted Thursday and the new Chicago exhibit is scheduled to run through August 25, 2019. Stony Island Arts Bank is set to host programming in conjunction with the exhibition, according to a statement released, including an artist's talk, workshops, and special performances exploring the relationship between art and civic engagement. All events are free and open to the public.

Pruitt said the end goal is not so much about the sale of the paintings but rather preserving the art in a safe space and more importantly, that young individuals and students are able to learn and understand Obama's time in office.

“I hope that it just reminds each of us of the importance of the presidency and what it means even in our own lives to wake up every morning, to do a good job,” he said.

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Mueller Report Released

The Department of Justice released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and concluded that there was no evidence that anyone on the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian actors who carried out the interference. The report did evaluate 10 episodes for possible obstruction of justice and Mueller detailed how President Trump tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president. Read the full report here.

Fowl Arrest

Police arrested a man who is accused of leaving decapitated chickens outside a home in Westport. The home had been the target on several occasions of the dumping of boxes or bags containing headless chickens, police said. Investigators were able to use surveillance video to lead them to the suspect. See more on the arrest here.

Columbine Scare

Just days before the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Columbine massacre, the school and others in the Denver area were closed after police deemed a woman posed a threat to those schools. Sol Pais, 18, was obsessed with the shooting at Columbine, according to police, and traveled from Florida to Colorado, where she then purchased a gun. Police began an all-out search for Pais and found her dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. For more on the bizarre saga, click here.

Paranormal Passing

Famed paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren, of Monroe, died Thursday. Warren and her husband, Ed, founded the New England Society for Psychic Research. The pair investigated many hauntings, including the home in Amityville, New York, which inspired the movie "the Amityville Horror." See more on Warren's death here.

Prescription Cancer Concern

A multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical company has expanded its national recall of a prescription drug used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure for the fourth time since December after trace amount of a possible carcinogen were detected, federal officials announced Thursday. Torrent Pharmaceuticals, based in India, expanded its U.S. recall to include thousands upon thousands more losartan potassium and losartan potassium/hydrochlorothiazide tablets due to the detection of an "unexpected impurity" -- N-Methylnitrosobutyric acid (NMBA) -- in an active ingredient. See more on the recall here.

At least 190 people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday, officials said, the worst violence to hit the South Asian country since its civil war ended a decade ago.

With a curfew imposed, police conducted a search operation on the outskirts of Colombo, where the latest of eight blasts took place. After police moved into Dematagoda, at least two more blasts occurred, with the occupants of a safehouse apparently blasting explosives to prevent arrest.

Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena described the attacks as a terrorist incident, and blamed religious extremists. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he feared the violence could trigger instability in the country and its economy.

Since the end of the country's 26-year civil war, in which the Tamil Tigers, a rebel insurgency from the ethnic Tamil minority, sought independence from ethnic Sinhala Buddhist majority Sri Lanka, there has been sporadic ethnic and religious violence.

But the scale of Sunday's bloodshed recalled the worst days of the war, when Tigers and other rebels set off explosions at Sri Lanka's Central Bank in downtown Colombo, at a busy shopping mall, an important Buddhist temple and tourist hotels.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's blasts.

Wickremesinghe said his government would "vest all necessary powers with the defense forces" to take action against those responsible for the attacks, "regardless of their stature."

Two of the blasts were suspected to have been carried out by suicide bombers, a senior official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with reporters. Worshippers and hotel guests were among the dead, the official said.

A National Hospital spokesman, Dr. Samindi Samarakoon, told The Associated Press that they received 47 dead there, including nine foreigners, and were treating more than 200 wounded.

Chinese state media report that a Chinese citizen has died in the Sri Lanka attacks.

Earlier, China's embassy said four Chinese nationals were hospitalized and in stable condition. It is not clear if the deceased was among them.

And Portugal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that one victim was a Portuguese citizen.

The ministry in a Twitter post offers condolences to the family.

Countries around the world condemned the attacks, and Pope Francis added an appeal at the end of his traditional Easter Sunday blessing to address the massacre.

Speaking from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Francis said, "I want to express my loving closeness to the Christian community, targeted while they were gathered in prayer, and all the victims of such cruel violence."

"I entrust to the Lord all those who were tragically killed and pray for the injured and all those who are suffering as a result of this dramatic event," the pope added.

Sri Lanka, an island nation at the southern tip of India slightly larger than West Virginia, has a long history with Christianity. Christian tradition holds that St. Thomas the Apostle visited Sri Lanka and southern India in the decades after the death of Christ.

The majority of the island's Christians are Roman Catholic.

St. Anthony's Shrine and the three hotels where the blasts took place are in Colombo, and are frequented by foreign tourists.

Local TV showed damage at the Cinnamon Grand, Shangri-La and Kingsbury hotels.

The Shangri-La's second-floor restaurant was gutted in the blast, with the ceiling and windows blown out. Loose wires hung and tables were overturned in the blackened space.

A police magistrate was at the hotel to inspect the bodies recovered from the restaurant. From outside the police cordon, three bodies could be seen covered in white sheets.

Alex Agieleson, who was near St. Anthony's Shrine, said buildings shook with the blast, and that a number of injured people were carried away in ambulances.

Other blasts were reported at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, a majority Catholic town north of Colombo, at Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa and at a guesthouse in Dehiwala. St. Sebastian's appealed for help on its Facebook page.

The explosion ripped off the roof and knocked out doors and windows at St. Sebastian's, where people carried the wounded away from blood-stained pews, TV footage showed.

The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, called on Sri Lanka's government to launch a "very impartial strong inquiry" and to punish those found responsible "mercilessly because only animals can behave like that."

There was an outpouring of condemnation from around the world following the attacks.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned the "devastating" attacks, and referred to the March 15 shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch in which 50 died.

"New Zealand condemns all acts of terrorism and our resolve has only been strengthened by the attack on our soil," Ardern said. "New Zealand rejects all forms of extremism and stands for freedom of religion and the right to worship safely."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the blasts "an assault on all of humanity," while Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced them as "cruel and cynical."

British Prime Minister Teresa May said on Twitter, "We must stand together to make sure that no one should ever have to (practice) their faith in fear."

Foreign tourists on the Classic Sri Lankan tour hurriedly took to their cellphones to text family and loved ones around the world that they were OK after the blasts.

The group was on a 15-day tour of the tropical island nation, seeing sites including huge Buddhist monuments, tea plantations, jungle eco-lodges and famed sandy beaches.

The tour started last week in Negombo, a majority Catholic town north of Colombo where one of the blasts hit a church. It was to end in Colombo, but tour operators said the group may change its itinerary and decide to skip Colombo in light of the attacks.

As the nearest major town to the country's main airport, Negombo is a gateway for many travelers visiting Sri Lanka. Although not among the country's top beach destinations, it is home to plenty of hotels and resorts popular with foreign visitors.

Sri Lankan security forces in 2009 defeated Tamil Tiger rebels who had fought to create an independent homeland for the country's ethnic minority Tamils. The U.N. initially estimated the death toll from 26 years of fighting to be about 100,000 but a U.N. experts' panel later said some 45,000 ethnic Tamils may have been killed in the last months of the fighting alone.

Government troops and the Tamil Tigers were both accused of grave human rights violations, which prompted local and international calls for investigations.

Officials are responding to an incident at Boston Logan International Airport.

According to officials, 16 sick passengers were transported from an American Airlines flight that arrived from Miami via Ecuador on Sunday morning. The group had all eaten lasagna while in Ecuador and is not believed the group got sick from anything on the plane.

The passengers were reportedly part of a school group, with 13 students and three chaperones being transported.

Officials say all of the passengers are U.S. citizens.

Plainfield Police have arrested a woman who they said was found under the influence in a car with a 2-year-old on Saturday night.

Officers were called to Hank's Dairy Bar on Norwich Road around 5:30 p.m. after getting a report of a woman who was slumped behind the wheel.

When police arrived, officers said they made contact with a woman who was sleeping with her head resting on her chest, keys in the ignition with the vehicle running. The woman was identified as 33-year-old Tabitha L. Hall, of Moosup.

After officers opened the door to check on Hall, police said she woke up and became upset.

According to police, officers noticed what appeared to be drug paraphernalia between her legs and a baggie was clinched in her right hand. Officers later determined the baggy was previously used to hold cocaine.

There were also numerous empty "nip" bottles of vodka seen in plain view inside of the vehicle, police said.

Hall submitted several field sobriety tests and officers said she was determined to be impaired.

During the encounter with Hall, police said her 2-year-old daughter was asleep in the rear passenger portion of her car. The girl was later released to the custody of a family member.

Hall was transported to the Plainfield Police Department where she was processed and was released on $5,000 non-surety bond. She is facing charges including operating under the influence and risk of injury to a minor. She is due in court on May 6.

Two people were admitted to the hospital with severe injuries after a stabbing at a restaurant in Newington early Saturday morning, according to police.

Officers were called to Plaza Azteca on the Berlin Turnpike around 2:45 a.m. after getting a report of an assault.

Police said dispatchers told them that a local hospital had just admitted two patients for severe, but non-life threatening stab wounds that were most likely sustained at the restaurant.

According to police, the incident is believed to have happened around 2 a.m. and involved numerous people. At least four people were injured including the two people who were stabbed.

Newington Police are looking to talk to anyone who may have witnessed the incident. If you have information, you're urged to contact Det. L. DeSimone at (860) 594-6239 and refer to case 19-7013. You can remain anonymous.

The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

The Fire Marshal is working to determine what sparked a fire at an apartment complex in Norwalk on Sunday.

Firefighters were called to an apartment on Soundview Avenue after getting a report of a structure fire.

When crews arrived, they said they found the third floor apartment well involved with fire.

Two hose lines were stretched to the apartment to help extinguish the flames, firefighters said.

Multiple rooms in the apartment had extensive fire damage and two others were damaged by heat and smoke. The apartments on the first and second floors also sustained water damage, according to fire officials.

Firefighters said the building has been deemed unfit for occupancy and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

No injuries were reported.

Despite the Easter morning drizzle, families gathered at Westmoor Park in West Hartford on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

"He is the son of God and he is raised from the dead and we just come out here. And as the sun, our earthly sun, the sun that God created comes up, it's just a wonderful time to be here and remember that," said Pastor Erik Johansen, of the Grace Church in West Hartford.

Across town at Conard High School, Calvary Fellowship also celebrated with services and one of the biggest Easter egg hunts in the state.

"This is a big event, yes, we're gonna have 20,000 eggs distributed today across the two services so huge and lots of fun for the kids," said Calvary Fellowship Serving Director Nicholas Leadbeater.

Usually the hunt takes kids of all ages outside, but this year the Easter Bunny had to take a more practical approach.

"The show must go on! We're going to be operating our rain plan, which is going to have the kids out of the two gyms rather than getting all wet and muddy," Leadbeater added.

It's not just about the eggs for the hundreds of kids celebrating at Calvary Fellowship.

"The surprises inside the eggs are really special and we can be really excited about those, but the biggest surprise of all is that Jesus was resurrected and that Jesus is alive. That's what we're celebrating today," said Calvary Fellowship Children's Ministry Director Heather Bruschino.

Once the Sunday School lessons were over, the egg hunting, which more of an egg dash this year, commenced.