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An infant boy who was cut from a Chicago woman's womb with a butcher knife died Friday at a hospital where he had been in grave condition since the April attack that killed 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa, a family spokeswoman said.

"It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of baby Yovanny Jadiel Lopez," family spokeswoman Julie Contreras said in a statement. "He passed away this morning, Friday, June 14, 2019 from his severe brain injury."

"Please keep his family in your thoughts & prayers as they go through this difficult time," her statement continued, adding that the funeral would be a private event for family only.

Yovanny had been hospitalized and on life support for weeks after authorities say he was cut from Marlen Ochoa's womb on April 23, the day she went missing and prosecutors alleged she was brutally murdered.

Prosecutors say 46-year-old Clarisa Figueroa claimed she had given birth to the baby when she took him to the hospital.  Figuero and her 24-year-old daughter, Desiree Figueroa, have been charged with murder in Ochoa's death. Clarisa Figueroa's boyfriend, Piotr Bobak, has been charged with concealing a homicide.

Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Friday that he expects both women will now also be charged with murder in the baby's death.

Authorities contend that not long after Clarisa Figueroa's adult son died of natural causes, she told her family she was pregnant. They say she plotted for months to acquire a newborn, and that she posted an ultrasound and photos of a room decorated for a baby on her Facebook page. In March, she and Ochoa connected on a Facebook page for pregnant women.

Prosecutors alleged the mother-daughter duo lured Ochoa to their home, where they offered to give her clothes and other items for her unborn child. As Desiree Figueroa was showing Ochoa a photo album of her late brother to distract her, Clarisa Figueroa sneaked up behind her and strangled her with a cord before her baby was cut from her womb.

Later that day, Clarisa Figueroa called 911 claiming that her newborn baby was not breathing. When first responders arrived, the child was blue. They tried to resuscitate the infant and took him to Christ Medical Center, where he remained until his death.

The Illinois Department of Public Health opened an investigation last month on Christ Medical Center after the Cook County sheriff's office questioned whether the hospital violated state law by not immediately reporting that a woman who claimed to be the mother of a newborn showed no signs of giving birth. 

Prosecutors said that Clarisa Figueroa was examined in a birthing center at the hospital and "showed no signs consistent with a woman who had just delivered a baby." A technician at the hospital reported cleaning blood from her arms, face and hands, but according to prosecutors, it was unclear if anyone verified that she had actually given birth. 

Police found Ochoa's body last month outside Clarisa Figueroa's Chicago home.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A car hit a pole on East Dudleytown Road in Bloomfield Friday morning, causing a fire, according to police. 

It somehow also caused a small fire in a mechanical room at Jacobs Vehicle Systems and firefighters were able to put the fire out quickly, police said. 

The road is closed while police investigate the crash and crews make repairs. 

The driver was not injured.

The College Board Opportunity Scholarships is a national program open to all students, starting with the class of 2020, and the state of Connecticut has teamed up with the College Board to launch a supplemental pool of scholarship funds available to students from lower-income families, according to the governor’s office.

As of June 1, eligible students who join the national College Board Opportunity Scholarships program are eligible for an additional $40,000 in scholarships per year, according to the governor’s office.

Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut State Department of Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell made the announcement Friday.

“These scholarships offer a great opportunity for high school students who are pursuing higher education and struggling with the growing costs of college,” Lamont said in a statement. “I want to thank the College Board for partnering with our state on this important initiative – it will result in many more students being able to access the necessary opportunities that will help them advance their career goals.”

They said the College Board has committed $25 million over five years to the new program and has already awarded more than $1 million in scholarships to more than 1,000 students across the country, including 15 in Connecticut. 

All students can earn opportunities for scholarships by completing any or all of the following six steps:

1. Building a college list
2. Practicing for the SAT
3. Improving their SAT scores
4. Strengthening their college list
5. Completing the FAFSA
6. Applying to college

By completing each step, students earn a chance for scholarships ranging from $500 to $2,000 and doing all six steps will earn students a chance for $40,000 for their college education.

“The six actions in the College Board Opportunity Scholarships are the critical steps that many students, especially low-income students, don’t pursue, limiting their college prospects. Through CSDE’s leadership, more students in Connecticut will know about and take these crucial steps,” Priscilla Rodriguez, executive director of Scholarships Strategy at the College Board, said in a statement.

The additional scholarships available to Connecticut students will be awarded monthly through random drawings among all eligible students, beginning with the class of 2020, according to the governor’s office.

“At CSDE, we have been committed to outreach efforts to engage and encourage more students to participate in rigorous coursework while increasing their access to college-level material and college-entrance exams, especially for students of color and those from low-income families,” Wentzell said in a statement.

College Board Opportunity Scholarships can be used at any accredited two-year or four-year college and are open to all students, regardless of citizenship status, according to a statement from the governor’s office.

Find out more here.  

A 50-year-old mother of five from New Canaan has been missing for two weeks and her estranged husband and another woman have been arrested in connection to her disappearance.

Here is a look at a timeline of events on the investigation into Jennifer Dulos's disappearance.

On Friday, May 24, Jennifer Dulos dropped her children off at the New Canaan Country School. After that, police said she missed multiple appointments before friends reported her missing around 7 p.m.

Later that day, officers said they found her abandoned black SUV on Lapham Road by Waveny Park.

By Wednesday, May 29, the search for the missing mother intensified at the popular park in New Canaan. That day, officers said they were treating this as a missing person case, while also launching a criminal investigation to determine if Jennifer had been the victim of foul play.

Jennifer's close friend and family spokesperson Carrie Luft spoke with NBC Connecticut and said, "The children are safe and they are doing well given the circumstances. They, of course, miss their mother incredibly."

On Thursday, May 30, six days after Jennifer vanished, police said the search expanded across the state line to a property in Pound Ridge, New York.

NBC Connecticut also obtained court documents from the divorce case of Jennifer and her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos.

In the initial 2017 affidavit, she wrote she was “terrified for (her) family’s safety” and said her “husband has a history of controlling, volatile and delusional behavior.”

But in a court filing from his attorney, Fotis denied those allegations. And the day before being served with divorce papers in June of 2017, he called 911 with his own concerns.

“I’m worried about my wife and kids because they left to go to New York and I haven’t been able to get in touch with them,” Fotis said in a 911 call.

Jennifer moved from their shared home in Farmington to New Canaan around the same time she filed for divorce.

On Friday, May 31, authorities put out a new missing person poster. Officers continued seeking tips from people driving by Waveny Park in New Canaan.

“If you happen to remember anything, just call our tip line. It’s all anonymous,” police said.

By Friday afternoon, state police confirmed the search for clues moved to multiple locations in Hartford including on Milford Street, Albany Avenue, Homestead Avenue and Sigourney Street.

Then on Saturday, June 1, New Canaan Police said they were securing search warrants in their criminal investigation.

On Sunday, June 2, New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski announced Fotis and Michelle Troconis had been arrested in Avon on Saturday night around 11 p.m.

Fotis and Troconis are each facing charges including tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and hindering prosecution in the first degree, according to authorities.

Both appeared in court on Monday, June 3 and bond was set at $500,000.  If they post bond, they will be subject to GPS monitoring and will be required to turn in their passports.

They have also been ordered to have no contact with each other, with Jennifer or her family.

Troconis has surrendered her passport and posted bond Monday. She was seen leaving court with a GPS monitoring device on her ankle.

On Tuesday, June 4, state police were at the Materials Innovation Recycling Authority (MIRA), a trash facility in Hartford, in connection with Jennifer's disappearance. A source with knowledge of the investigation told NBC Connecticut that state police contacted MIRA on Friday about a garbage truck that made a collection on Tuesday, May 28.

Also on Tuesday, Jennifer's mother, Gloria Farber, filed a motion in court for custody of the children. At a status hearing Wednesday, there were no changes made in custody. 

On Wednesday, June 5, police executed search warrants properties owned by Fotis, including his home on Jefferson Crossing in Farmington and a property at 61 Sturburdge Hill Road in New Canaan.

On Thursday, June 6, the attorney representing Fotis in the divorce and custody dispute filed a motion to withdraw from the case.

The motion, filed Thursday by attorney Micheal Rose, states that considerations other than compensation will prevent the firm from continuing to represent Fotis.

Also on Thursday, Michelle Troconis and her attorney met with investigators.

Officers said both the missing person and criminal investigations are active and dynamic.

As the criminal investigation progresses, authorities said additional criminal charges are expected.

Jennifer has not been located and the search for her is ongoing, police added.

On Friday, June 7, state police were back at Fotis's home on Jefferson Crossing in Farmington. NBC Connecticut crew saw a silver BMW matching the description of the one Troconis and her attorney were seen in at the home.

Also on Friday night, Fotis hired prominent lawyer Norm Pattis to handle his case.

On Saturday, June 8, troopers continued to search for evidence related to Jennifer's disappearance at MIRA in Hartford. A source tells NBC Connecticut that troopers are specifically looking for evidence that might have been picked up by a garbage truck and shredded inside the facility days after Jennifer disappeared.

Also on Saturday, an employee at MIRA told NBC Connecticut that some of the clues related to Jennifer's disappearance may have been burned before police had the chance to search the facility.

Fotis Dulos and Troconis appeared in court on Tuesday, June 11 and both entered not guilty pleas. Later in the day, Fotis Dulos walked out of court in an orange jumpsuit after posting bond. An NBC Connecticut crew witnessed Fotis return to his Jefferson Crossing neighborhood in Farmington. 

The same night, Jennifer Dulos' family released a new statement reminding the public not to lose sight of the "human cost" of the case, and asking anyone with information to contact investigators.

On Wednesday, June 12, police said the state police dive team is searching a body of water on Old Farms Road in Avon in connection with the investigation. New Canaan police said state police are still at MIRA in Hartford as they search for evidence related to the disappearance of Jennifer.

On Friday, June 14, police started searching a body of water at Fisher Meadows on Old Farm Road in Avon. They also continue to search at MIRA, the trash facility in Hartford.  

Sarah Huckabee Sanders will leave her post as White House press secretary at the end of the month having lost credibility as she tried to defend Trump’s misstatements, exaggerations and falsehoods in increasingly testy exchanges with reporters. 

Sanders’ relationship with the press had so deteriorated by the end of her two-year tenure that once frequent press briefings had become nonexistent. Her last formal briefing was on March 11 unless you count the "kids-only" briefing in April held for "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day." 

Sanders took over the lectern in the West Wing’s briefing room on July 23, 2017, after her predecessor, Sean Spicer, resigned. Initially Sanders joked with reporters, deflected questions she did not want to answer and even got a shout out from the White House communications director in the Obama administration, Jen Psaki. But she also accused reporters of deliberately putting out information that they knew to be untrue and as Trump made demonstrably false statements, she criticized journalists by name and called them the “enemy of the American people.”

Journalists weren't the only ones who questioned her truthfulness, in turn. Special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed that Sanders' had made up comments in defending the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

On May 10, 2017, Sanders said "countless" FBI agents had told the White House they had lost confidence Comey, but Mueller determined that Sanders' "comments were not founded on anything."  

"Sanders told this Office that her reference to hearing from 'countless members of the FBI' was a 'slip of the tongue,'" Mueller's report said. "She also recalled that her statement in a separate press interview that rank-and-file FBI agents had lost confidence in Comey was a comment she made 'in the heat of the moment' that was not founded on anything." 

Following the release of Mueller's report, Sanders continued to defend her evidence-free remarks, apologizing only for not being "a robot like the Democratic Party." 

The daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sanders made other headlines at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April 2017 when she was subjected to a scorching roast by comedian Michelle Wolf, who joked that Sanders burns facts and uses the ash to create “a prefect smoky eye,” and again in June of that year when the owner of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, asked her to leave. 

Trump described her on Thursday as a "warrior" while Sanders, for her part, said she would remain a loyal supporter to the president. 

With Sanders on her way out the door to return with her family to Arkansas -- where she may run for governor -- here is a look back at some of her top contentious encounters with reporters covering the White House.

Confrontations With CNN’s Acosta
Sanders was accused of tweeting out a doctored video in November 2018 that made it appear that CNN’s White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, had touched a White House intern who was trying to take a microphone from him. Acosta’s press pass was suspended after he refused to relinquish the microphone to the intern during a heated exchange with Trump during a press conference.

Sanders said Acosta put “his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job,” an assertion that did not appear to be supported by the original version of the video.

Sanders already had a difficult relationship with Acosta, who earlier had asked her to disavow President Donald Trump’s characterization of the media as “the enemy of the people.” She deflected the request and instead said, without offering evidence, that “The media has attacked me personally on a number of occasions, including your own network. Said I should be harassed as a life sentence, that I should be choked.”

The White House quickly reinstated Acosta’s press pass after CNN filed a lawsuit and a federal judge ordered his pass be restored temporarily. 

Arrests at the Border
Sanders admitted that she misspoke when she said that Customs and Border Protection officers in 2018 arrested 4,000 known or suspected terrorists who came across “our southern border.”

“I should have said 4,000 at all points of entry, not just at the southern border,” she said in January.

NBC News wrote that the 4,000 figure was from 2017 not 2018 data and referred to stops made by the Department of Homeland Security across the globe, mostly at airports, in the 2017 fiscal year not 2018. The Department of Homeland Security prevented nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists from "traveling to or entering the United States."

No immigrant has been arrested on the southern border on terrorism charges in recent years.

Hush Money to Stormy Daniels
After Rudy Giuliani revealed in May 2018 that Trump had reimbursed his personal lawyer for a $130,000 payment to hush up Stormy Daniels, Sanders struggled to explain her comments echoing Trump’s assertions just a month earlier that he did not know about the payment.

“We give the very best information that we have at the time,” she responded on May 3, 2018. “I do that every single day and will continue to do that every day I’m in this position.”

One reporter asked: “Were you lying to us at the time? Or were you in the dark?”

Daniels has claimed a sexual encounter with the president, which Trump denies.

In April 2018 aboard Air Force One, Trump responded “no” when asked if he knew about the payment. As to why his lawyer, Michael Cohen, had made the payment if there was no truth to the allegation, Trump told the reporters that they would have to ask Cohen. He also claimed that he did not know where Cohen had gotten the money from to make the payment. The next month Giuliani, without first warning Sanders, admitted on “Hannity” on Fox News that Trump had reimbursed Cohen.

That August, as Cohen pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws, he implicated the president in the payments, saying “a candidate for federal office” (in other words Trump) had directed him to make them.

Trump Tower Meeting
Sanders refused to explain in June 2018 why she told reporters Trump “certainly didn’t dictate” the statement released by his son Donald Trump Jr. about the 2016 meeting in Trump Tower between Trump’s campaign, a Russian lawyer and others — when in fact he did.

The president’s lawyers in a letter to Special Counsel Robert Mueller wrote that Trump “dictated a short but accurate” statement.

Donald Trump Jr. agreed to the meeting after he was promised “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, but later said the meeting was about adoptions.

The lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, reportedly focused on efforts to repeal the Magnitsky Act, which has been used to impose sanctions on Russians officials believed to be responsible for human rights violations. Their assets have been frozen and they are banned from entering the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin retaliated when the law was passed in 2012 by banning adoptions of Russian children by Americans.

In January 2019, Veselnitskaya was charged by federal prosecutors in Manhattan of obstructing a separate investigation into money laundering. She is not in the United States.

African American employment
Last August, Sanders said that Trump, in his first year and a half in office, had tripled what President Barack Obama had in eight years for African American employment. Politifact.com called her statement false. Sanders said Trump had created 700,000 new jobs for African Americans compared to only for 195,000 for Obama, but the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that under Obama, African American employment rose just under 3 million.

Sanders later tweeted a correction. 

Vetting of Diversity Visa Applicants
In a press briefing in November 2017, Sanders claimed a day after a terrorist attack in New York City left eight people dead, that diversity visa applicants were not vetted.

“You can’t randomly select people and not have them thoroughly vetted and not have the ability to know whether or not these people want to do good things or bad things when they get here,” she said.

PolitiFact.com noted that those eligible for a visa through the diversity lottery must undergo a review of their passport, police and medical records and education or work experience.

Chicago Gun Violence
Sanders, in a claim after the massacre in Las Vegas that PolitiFact.com called “Pants on Fire,” said that Chicago provided evidence that gun control laws do not work.

"I think if you look to Chicago, where you had over 4,000 victims of gun-related crimes last year, they have the strictest gun laws in the country. That certainly hasn’t helped there," Sanders said.

Chicago does not have the toughest gun laws in the United States, PolitiFact.com wrote, and called some Illinois’ laws lenient.

More on James Comey’s Firing
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Sanders repeated the assertion from the White House that Trump fired FBI Director James Comes in May 2017 on the recommendation of the attorney general and the deputy attorney general.

“I think he’s heard from the rank and file of the FBI, but particularly someone who had done a thorough review and someone who has the respect and reputation that the deputy attorney general has, he took that seriously,” FactCheck.org quoted Sanders as saying in the May 10, 2017, interview. “He took the recommendation seriously. And he made a decision based on that.”

The next day Trump undercut Sanders and other White House officials by telling NBC’s Lester Holt that he was going to fire Comey regardless of the recommendation and that “this Russia thing with Trump and Russia” played into his decision.

"Substantial evidence indicates that the catalyst for the President’s decision to fire Comey was Comey’s unwillingness to publicly state that the President was not personally under investigation, despite the President’s repeated requests that Comey make such an announcement," Mueller wrote in his report, which was released to the public in a redacted form on April 18, 2019. 

Mueller determined that "the President and White House aides initially advanced a pretextual reason to the press and the public for Comey’s termination."

State police are investigating a carjacking in Haddam and they are looking for a Gray 2014 Hyundai Tucson.

State police said the vehicle has Connecticut plate 1AGKK3 and was taken from the area of Killingworth Road.

The man who stole the car was wearing a baseball cap with blue shorts, state police said.

The vehicle has damage to driver’s door and last seen headed toward Higganum Center.

No injuries are reported.

Police are canvassing the area and they ask anyone who sees the vehicle not approach it. They urge people to avoid contact with the driver and call state police at Troop F in Westbrook at 860-399-2100. 

No additional information was immediately available.

With the first Democratic primary debate set for late June in Miami, the field's two dozen candidates are trying to define themselves to voters by highlighting variations of their past accomplishments, personal histories, leadership traits and plans for what they want to do for the future.

With about eight months before the first primary votes are tallied, candidates want to present whatever will stand out because name recognition will help them do well in polls, and, in turn, at the voting booths, according to Hans Noel, an associate professor of political science at Georgetown University.

“There are a lot of candidates, so they need to work hard to distinguish themselves from the pack,” Noel said in an email.

This presidential field is the most diverse in history, including women, African Americans, Asian Americans, a Latino and veterans, as well as Jewish and Hindu contender and an openly gay candidate.

Here are some the ways the candidates have been broadly presenting themselves to voters so far.

THEIR LIFE STORIES
All of the candidates have been running on the benefits that their life experiences will bring to them as president, but some at this early stage have focused especially intensely on their biographies.

Candidates want their biographies to appeal to voters because, in a primary, voters don't have much to go on, Noel said. Most policy proposals only have minor differences between them.

Voters "want a candidate who will connect with them in some way, perhaps by reflecting in a common identity or background," Noel said. 

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has been in the public eye since entering the U.S. Senate in 1973, benefits from national name recognition for serving under President Barack Obama for eight years. His campaign has so far run on his reputation as a Democratic politician who works with Republicans and, thanks to family roots in Scranton, Pennsylvania, can connect with working class Americans.

But critics on the left have also pointed to his long record in the Senate to challenge some of his past positions, including his long support of the Hyde Amendment, which banned federal funding for abortion services except in cases of rape, incest and saving the life of the mother — a position Biden reversed last week, saying he changed his mind after seeing abortion rights are being taken away in some states.

Biden has also been criticized for supporting the 1994 federal crime bill, which critics say disproportionately harmed African Americans, and for not directly apologizing to Anita Hill for how he handled her accusation of sexual harassment during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Clarence Thomas. Still, Biden has a significant lead in most early polls.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, has talked about how her family's economic struggles as she was growing up have informed her progressive policy platform. Her father suffered a heart attack when she was 12, leaving him out of work. She dropped out of college at age 19 to get married and have her first child, but went on to become a professor at Harvard University.

Before she announced her candidacy, Warren faced criticism for her claims of Native American ancestry. She later apologized for taking a DNA test to support her claim. 

Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, whose last name is pronounced "Boot-Edge-Edge," has encouraged supporters to refer to him as "Mayor Pete." An openly gay veteran under 40, he has argued that it should be the member of a younger generation who takes America forward.

Julián Castro, who served as Housing and Urban Development secretary in the Obama administration, is the son of a single mother who grew up on the West Side of San Antonio, Texas. His grandmother immigrated to the United States when she was 7.

Author Marianne Williamson has run a campaign on one of the central themes of her books: love. 

APPEALING TO TRUMP VOTERS
Noel said that winning over Trump voters is crucial for candidates, since those who can do so can also tell Democratic primary voters that they are electable, something voters care a lot about this year.

"It is important for Democrats to win some of the Midwest states they lost in 2016 — Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania," he said. 

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York have talked about winning support from districts in their states that voted for President Donald Trump.

Klobuchar has proposed a $1 trillion infrastructure project and has plans to support agriculture and family farmers, which are issues Trump has also emphasized to voters. 

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, from El Paso, Texas, has argued that he has appeal in Trump country as well, after coming within three points of unseating Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in 2018's midterm elections. 

Other candidates have been running as businessmen turned politicians, just as the president did in 2016. This includes Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has appealed to Trump voters as well, noting he is the only Democrat running for president to have won statewide in a place that went for Trump in 2016. One of the last to join the field, he was unable to secure a spot in the first Democratic primary debate, which presents a challenge for building up his name recognition. 

BOLD POLICY PROPOSALS
To stand out and connect with voters, many candidates have at this early stage created major policy proposals as a signal of what they would prioritize as president.

• Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont running as a Democrat, is running in 2020 under a similar Democratic socialist platform to his campaign in 2016, advocating for Medicare for All. He is also focusing on issues such as college-for-all, eliminating big money from politics, a $15 minimum wage and a green jobs program.
• Warren has also put out many policy proposals, with a campaign refrain that she "has a plan for that." Warren has said she wants to, among other things, end Washington corruption with a series of lobbying reforms, enact new antitrust laws that would break-up “Big Tech” and forgive student loan debt. 
• Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has laid out a plan for gun violence prevention that targets loopholes for gun sales and gun manufacturers. He has also outlined a plan to make housing more affordable by giving tax credits to people who pay more than 30 percent of their income on rent, and setting up "baby bond" savings accounts that children could use to purchase a home when they grow up. 
• Sen. Kamala Harris, of California, has plans to give teachers a raise at an average of $13,500 per year, prevent gun violence with actions such as universal background checks, have companies obtain “Equal Pay Certifications” and for end-to-end criminal justice reform.
• Klobuchar also launched her campaign with a new plan for mental health prevention and intervention initiatives.
• Gillibrand has been campaigning on getting rid of dark money in politics, improving the economy, raising wages and implementing national paid family leave.

Several candidates have made campaign finance reform the focus of their campaigns, including Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, from Hawaii, and Bullock, believing that untracked political contributions are having a negative influence on the political system. Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran, is also campaigning to end "wars of regime change." 

Climate change is the central message for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. His plan would invest $9 trillion over 10 years for a clean energy economy with the goal of net-zero climate pollution before 2045. O'Rourke has a plan to combat climate change with a big price tag as well, calling for $5 trillion in green investments and a guarantee of net-zero emissions by 2050. With climate change a major issue for all of the candidates, here is a look at where they stand.  

Candidates who've served in the House of Representatives have been articulating policy agendas to voters as well.

• Castro has been promoting what he calls a "People First" policy that would end over-aggressive policing and establish a roadmap for citizenship for undocumented workers. 
• Rep. Tim Ryan, from Youngstown, Ohio, has an agenda that includes an agriculture program for sustainable farming practices. 
• Former Rep. John Delaney, of Maryland, has an agenda that includes a plan to prepare for the artificial intelligence revolution.
• Rep. Seth Moulton, of Massachusetts, is a veteran who has made military service the core of his campaign. He wants to restore American leadership with allies, implement a new bill modeled after the GI Bill to urge young people to serve and raise awareness for mental health issues. Moulton was also among the three Democrats who failed to qualify for the first primary debate. 
• Rep. Eric Swalwell, from Northern California, has plans for universal health care, background checks for purchases of guns and ammunition and for greater transparency from political donors.

TAKING THE FIGHT TO TRUMP
Candidates have gone after the president and his policies in different ways, hoping to show they can take on the president in a general election. Many have said they support the beginning of an impeachment inquiry, if not impeachment itself. 

Biden launched his candidacy by saying the nation is in a battle for its "soul" with Trump in office. He grabbed the president's attention in recent speeches in Iowa, where the president was campaigning as well. 

Warren was the first to come out in favor of impeachment after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. It found that no members of the Trump campaign conspired with members of the Russian government but did outline 10 instances of possible obstruction of justice activities and said that Mueller's team wasn't able to bring charges in those cases due to Justice Department policy.

Harris said, if she were president, her Department of Justice would have "no choice and that they should" prosecute Trump for obstruction of justice.  

Buttigieg also said he would support a future criminal investigation against Trump.

Castro has gone after the president's policies for undocumented immigrants. He believes the administration vilifies immigrants and sabotages America's principles. 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has gotten into a public feud with Trump since entering the race, calling him "Con Don" and saying he "must be stopped." The president has responded by tweeting de Blasio is "considered the worst mayor in the U.S." 

UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS
2020 candidates have been grabbing voters' attention on social media. 

O’Rourke used livestreams to create nationwide appeal while he was campaigning for the Senate in Texas in 2016. But so far that prowess hasn't translated to success in his campaign for president, with his poll numbers languishing around 1%.

Warren has teamed up with social media star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., releasing a video criticizing Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin for his role in the decline of the Sears department store chain. They also released a video in which they chatted about how the finale of "Game of Thrones" could have used "feminist analysis."

Buttigieg has powered his campaign by giving an interview to almost anyone, hoping it will spread his message and show off his abilities.

Yang has also made a name for himself by staking out positions on unconventional issues, like universal basic income and getting rid of the penny. His campaign has also attracted a large online presence, known as the "Yang Gang," on social media platforms such as Reddit and 4chan. 

The search has expanded again for Jennifer Dulos, a mom of five from New Canaan who has been missing for three weeks.

Police and a dive team are at a body of water at Fisher Meadows, on Old Farms Road in Avon Friday in connection with the investigation, according to authorities.

On Wednesday, police were at another area of Old Farms Road, where the search for the 50-year-old was focused on a pond popular for water skiing.

Jennifer Dulos has been missing since May 24. She was last seen that morning when she dropped her children off at school in New Canaan but she missed doctor’s appointments that day and her friends could not get in touch with her. She was reported missing that night. 

When police officers went to her home on Welles Lane, they found blood stains on the garage floor and “evidence of attempts to clean the crime scene,” according to court documents. 

What officers saw led them to suspect that Jennifer was the victim of a serious assault. 

READ THE TIMELINE ON THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JENNIFER DULOS 

Police are also searching at Material Innovation Recycling Authority, or MIRA, a trash facility in Hartford for the 12th day in a row. 

A source with knowledge of the investigation told NBC Conneticut that state police contacted MIRA about a garbage truck that made a collection on Tuesday, May 28.

Police said they have received more than 600 tips for all over the world and nearly 80 responses to requests for surveillance video from homes and businesses in New Canaan.

They are asking anyone with information to call the tip line at 203-594-3544, email tips to FindJenniferDulos@newcanaanct.gov or submit anonymous tips online at www.FindJenniferDulos.com. 

Jennifer Dulos’ estranged husband, 51-year-old Fotis Dulos, of Farmington, and his 44-year-old girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, have both been arrested in connection with her disappearance and pleaded not guilty Tuesday to evidence tampering and hindering prosecution. 

Fotis Dulos had been in police custody since his arrest on June 1 but was released after posting bond and turning over his passport. He has been ordered to wear a GPS-monitored ankle bracelet.

Key Locations in the Jennifer Dulos Investigation

A 50-year-old mother of five from New Canaan has been missing for three weeks and her estranged husband and another woman have been arrested in connection to her disappearance. Here is a look at the locations tied to the investigation.

United Illuminating customers are urged to check their bills after UI posted the wrong rate on the Energize CT website, according to the attorney general and Consumer Counsel. 

The inaccurate rate was posted from May 3 to May 23. 

Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Counsel Elin Katz said around 3,500 customers either switched from UI's standard service rate to a third-party supplier or switched suppliers during that period, believing they would be saving money, and some of those customers might have unintentionally selected a higher rate than the standard service offer. 

Customers who switched to a third-party supplier during the period when the inaccurate rate was posted will get a notice in the mail from UI providing accurate rates and a phone number to call for assistance. 

The new rates are scheduled to go into effect on July 1, so no one has yet been overcharged, according to the attorney general.

UI's standard service rate in effect until June 30, 2019 is 11.23 cents per kWh, and will decrease to 8.35 cents per kWh for the period July 1 – Dec. 31, 2019. 

"Electric rates are too high as it is, and no one should be paying more than they need to due to this error. United Illuminating customers who switched to a third-party supplier last month should check their bills right away. If your next cycle rate is above 8.35 cents per kWh, you may not be getting the lowest rate possible. Consumers who want to switch back to the standard service rate can and should ask United Illuminating to reimburse them for any early termination fee," Tong said in a statement. "The Office of the Attorney General is here to assist anyone who needs help reviewing their bill and correcting any errors." 

Consumers with questions could also contact the Attorney General's Consumer Assistance Unit at 860-808-5240, or the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority customer assistance line at 1-800-382-4586. 

If you have general questions about your bill for UI, call 1-800-7-CALL-UI. 

West Haven Police are attempting to identify two persons of interest in a gas station robbery that happened earlier this week.

According to police, a man and a woman are persons of interest in a robbery that happened at the Best Gas Station on Boston Post Road on Tuesday morning around 1:30 a.m.

Officers said they are asking the public to help them identify the two people who can be seen in surveillance photos.

The man appears to be wearing a dark-colored jacket while the woman can be seen wearing what looks like dark pants and a light colored zip-up jacket.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Conlan at (203) 937-3912 or email at wconlan@whpd.com. You can reference CN 19-36514.

After months of work by state employees and volunteers, Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden is finally back open to the public in time for Father’s Day weekend.

Hiking up the main Tower Trail, scars from the destructive storm ago are still noticeable.

“It looked like a desert when they finally cleared it off,” said Regina Banos, owner of nearby Wentworth’s Homemade Ice Cream.

This Saturday marks 13 months since the Hamden tornado on May 15, 2018 turned into a microburst with more than 100 mile per hour winds that forever changed the landscape of Sleeping Giant State Park.

“It was a little sad at the beginning because there’s so much decimation of the trees,” Maria Piscionieri told NBC Connecticut on Friday afternoon, “but once we got going, yeah it was all the good feelings came back.”

The park is a symbol of Hamden, appearing on the town seal. But its many visitors come from near and far.

“This is a destination,” Hamden Mayor Curt Leng (D-Hamden) said. “People come here from all over the state so it's going to have an absolute positive impact on small businesses that are surrounding the area.”

Banos said her business took a hit the past 13 months, so she is thrilled Sleeping Giant is back open for the summer season.

“This whole community was fractured. It affected everybody, be it the person who lost their roof, the people who lose their business,” Banos said, “but we’re whole again and that’s the best feeling, period.”

Since the gate was unlocked Friday morning, hikers have been taking advantage of the weather and returned to the trails.

“I was elated this is one of my favorite places in the state to come hiking,” Piscioneri said.

State officials said 75 percent of the $735,000 spent to restore the park should be reimbursed by FEMA.

Volunteers from the Sleeping Giant Park Association (SGPA) also worked for months to render the trails safe.

“It’s our first day of summer break, so it was the perfect way to spend it,” said Lisa Lamonico, who brought her daughters to the park.

Mayor Leng said he thought the park might not open until the Fourth of July.

"My plan is to come and spend Father’s Day and get up to the castle and check it out,” he said.

The SGPA put out a PSA on Facebook to “respect the taped off areas in order to let the grass grow.”

Laurel Austin documented her son Jeremy’s first dosing of chlorine dioxide on YouTube. In the 30-second video, Jeremy, 27, sits at a kitchen table as his mother narrates his mood. Then his arms seem to involuntarily twist around one another and he screams into his forearm before taking a bite of a banana, NBC News reports.

“Here’s to hoping and praying,” she says.

Austin, 51, is a photographer in Lenexa, Kansas, and a mother of six, four of whom are adults with autism. For the last year, according to her social media posts and documents from a police investigation, Laurel Austin has been giving two of her adult sons, Jeremy and Joshua, chlorine dioxide. The Food and Drug Administration warns the solution amounts to industrial bleach, and doctors say it can cause irreparable harm when ingested, including damage to the digestive system and kidneys.

Since January, when Bradley Austin learned that his ex-wife was using chlorine dioxide on their sons, he’s been trying to stop her. But the local police, the state’s division of adult protective services and a medical doctor treating Jeremy have all declined to intervene. A police spokesman said there wasn’t enough evidence that chlorine dioxide was dangerous; a caseworker with the Kansas Adult Protective Services told police that she didn’t see the situation as serious enough for the state to take action.

The Austins’ case illustrates the ways in which online health misinformation can become so pervasive that it begins to sway not only those on the fringe who are seeking alternate treatments and explanations but also authorities.

Some big changes could be in the works in Mystic at its impressive Mystic Seaport Museum. For visitors and locals alike, it is a Connecticut gem.

“It’s an outstanding place,” said Craig Hutula of Tolland. “It’s idyllic.”

“It’s wonderful,” said Beth Arp, who was visiting from New York. “It shows everything that it used to be and then they have all the people that are trained to tell you about it.”

While the maritime museum is anchored in heritage, its president said he wants to make sure it continues to be relevant.

“We can’t just be one-dimensional, not solely about the past but also making the present much more relevant to that history,” explained President and CEO Steve White.

The proposed plan, which is in the conceptual phase, calls for the demolition of Latitude 41° Restaurant and Tavern along Route 27 and the construction of a hotel and event space.

“The Greenwich Hospitality Group is building a building that will provide both a boutique hotel experience as well as fine dining on the river,” White said.

White said the plan also calls for an underwater research and education center to make the learning experience even more hands-on.

“If you can imagine a ROV in the Pacific Ocean on certain coral reefs and then beaming all that via satellite right here to mystic seaport museum for school groups to witness.”

While people said they can appreciate a vision for something more modern, they said they hope the museum holds on to its charm.

“We’ve gone to some places that are historic, but they’ve been updated with technology and it makes it more engaging,” said Hutula.

“They still have to keep it the old-fashioned,” said Arp. “I mean they have plenty of hotels here.”

According to museum officials, the proposal to the Town of Stonington was submitted on Thursday. If approved, construction on the hotel and restaurant would begin next year.

It has been a long journey for dozens of newly naturalized U.S. citizens. Seventy-four people from all over the world were sworn in at the Mystic Seaport Museum on Friday.

Among them was Gladys Sanchez, who was beside herself with excitement. She told NBC Connecticut she has been dreaming of this day for 25 years.

“I’m very happy, happy. I’m very happy,” she said.

One after another, each member of the group stood up with pride representing 38 countries. Following the moving ceremony, they embraced their families, smiled and snapped photos capturing the end of a journey.

“I feel blessed,” said Arta Begolli of Albania. “Amazing.”

Begolli, who has been in the United Stated for 14 years, was surrounded by her husband and four children.

“We’re here for the flag and Flag Day is today so it’s great.”

“I’m excited,” said Argent Jimmy Begolli, Arta’s husband. “She’s finally joining us now.”

Some said while they believed this day would come, it wasn’t without worry in a nation polarized over immigration.

“We had a little before when all that was happening with immigration and stuff, so we were thinking all the time that it might not happen, so it’s happening today and I’m really happy with it,” said Abdelleh Achibne of Morocco.

The son of a New York City woman who died celebrating her birthday amid a spate of reported illnesses and deaths in the Dominican Republic is blaming the Caribbean country for her death, NBC News reported.

Leyla Cox, 53, an MRI technician from Staten Island, was staying at the Excellence resort in Punta Cana when she died Tuesday, just a day after her birthday, according to her son.

Leyla Cox had been to Punta Cana twice before at the same hotel and was excited to celebrate her birthday there, Will Cox told NBC's "Nightly News."

It’s been nearly a week Donald Wassell has tackled the Farmington River for his favorite fish.

“Came down here, I saw the sign posted and I said just forget it,” Wassell said.

The advisories are still posted from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection warning people not to eat fish caught in the Farmington River near Poquonock Avenue south toward the Connecticut River.

On Sunday, DEEP warned that a firefighting foam that contains a chemical called PFAS was found in the river after it was released from a hangar at Bradley International Airport.

“It’s really unfortunate that we can’t go fishing down here and take the fish out,” Chris Jamilkowski said.

Officials from DEEP told NBC Connecticut that testing and evaluations from the river continue. Photos show the boom DEEP put in place to catch the foam, which it said contained most of the discharge and that dredging is not on the table.

But environmental advocates are now calling for state lawmakers to take action. “We urge Connecticut officials to move quickly to prevent further harm to the river and all of the state’s precious water resources by taking common sense steps to safeguard the public and the environment from PFAS contamination,” Executive Director of the Farmington River Watershed Association Bill Dornbos said.

“I won’t do it again, I will not do it again,” Wassell said.

For fisherman like Wassell, it's what could be in the water that will keep him away from here for good.

A spokesperson for the Connecticut Airport Authority, which runs Bradley International Airport said the firefighting foam containing PFAS is mandated by the FAA.

In a statement, they said in part, “We are undergoing a thorough review of all tenant facilities and we are reiterating the importance of these containment measurements with a requirement that all CAA tenants take steps to ensure that such release does not occur in the future.”

A Maine man accused of raping and strangling an 11-year-old girl in 1986 is being brought back to Connecticut to face murder and kidnapping charges.

Fifty-three-year-old Marc Karun agreed not to fight extradition during a court appearance in Bangor, Maine, on Friday and was expected to be brought back to Norwalk, Connecticut, later in the day to be booked into jail. He's expected to be arraigned Monday at Norwalk Superior Court.

Kathleen Flynn was killed on Sept. 23, 1986, while walking home from her school in Norwalk.

An arrest warrant says that although DNA testing on Karun came back either negative or inconclusive, Kathleen was killed in a similar fashion to four other attacks on females of which Karun was convicted.

Messages were left for Karun's lawyers on Friday.

A Silver Alert has been issued for an 87-year-old man who police said has been missing from New Haven for more than a week.

Officers said Fletcher Chavis has been missing from New Haven since June 4.

He was last seen wearing a black coat, navy blue pants, a blue baseball hat and white and red sneakers, according to authorities.

Chavis is 5-foot-5 and weighs 110 pounds and has grey hair and brown eyes. Police did not provide a photo of Chavis.

If you know of Chavis' whereabouts, you're asked to contact New Haven Police Department at (203) 946-6316.

There was an incredibly emotional moment at the graduation for Wethersfield High School on Friday.

A mother accepted an honorary diploma for her son, Vincent Basile.

Basile died during his junior year after police said he was shot by another teen.

“When you have a child and picture the moment of them graduating, I just pictured him there with a bright light on him,” said Lorena Frusciante, Basile's mother.

“It was amazing. I think it’s awesome that the teachers and everybody let her do that for him,” said Victoria Unick, a friend of Basile’s.

In November 2017, Basile, a Wethersfield High junior, was killed.

Police said Noah Hendron was playing with a gun, pointed it at Basile and fired a shot.

He’s pleaded not guilty to charges including murder and awaits trial.

Now more than a year after the death of Basile, the yearbook has a page in memory of the boy who would have turned 18 in about two weeks.

“He was just an overall nice person. He wasn’t mean to anyone. Cared about everyone,” said Abby Sywenkyj, a friend of Basile’s.

And his family, his friends and the community showed their support at the graduation where Basile would have received his diploma.

“I know he’s here. I believe there’s an afterlife. I’m very spiritual. He keeps me going with signs,” said Frusciante.

His mom says the diploma will become part of a shrine to her son in her home.

A reminder of his caring soul and all his dreams once he left high school.

“It makes me sad. It’s bittersweet because he should be here. And it makes me sad because this isn’t the last kid that’s going to be lost through gun violence,” said Frusciante.

No word yet when a trial in the case will take place.