East Lyme Police assisted in rescuing two passengers in a capsized boat on Saturday.
Crews responded to a capsized 25 foot Grady White boat approximately half a mile off of Black Point.
A civilian's boat was in close proximity to the capsized boat and was able to bring the operator and his passenger on board to safety.
No injuries were reported.
A calm response soon gave way to looting and violence after the lights went out a year ago today in New York in 1977, throwing the city into darkness.
New Haven Police are investigating after a shooting incident Saturday night.
The incident took place on Blatchley Avenue at Peck Street in the Fair Haven neighborhood, according to police.
Police said the victim is a 31-year-old male who was shot in the chest. He was transported to the hospital and is in stable condition.
Witnesses are asked to call detectives at (203) 946-6304.
Police are investigating after a motorcycle accident in East Lyme sent a person to the hospital Saturday night.
The incident occurred on Route 156, also known as Main Street, near the Waterford Town Line, according to police.
The motorcycle driver was transported to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, then flown to Hartford Hospital by Life Star.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.
Anyone with information regarding the accident is asked to call police at (860) 739-5900.
Harford police and city leaders reminded folks looking to enjoy seven major events in the city to get downtown early.
From what we witnessed, it appears people listened.
Sure there was some congestion, but the capitol city truly was the place to be Saturday night.
From Whalers Alumni Night at the Hartford Yardgoats game, “It’s a fun night. It’s a beautiful night and we’re enjoying it,” Brian Marchese of Springfield, Massachusetts said.
There was Wiz Khalifa performing at Xfinity and ConnectiCon too.
And, how could you forget the historic night at Dillon Stadium?
The debut of the Hartford Athletic, “It was incredible. Normally wouldn’t make it out to a game, but definitely was a priority to see the inaugural game.”
Hartford Police were estimating about 65,000 people were going to be in the city to enjoy seven big events and, of course, other Saturday night fun.
Police in uniforms were on almost every busy corner we stopped at.
They were patrolling the events, directing traffic and helping crowds cross busy streets.
Local high school football players were wisely taking advantage of all the activities, raising cash for future college visits.
“It’s really good to see people actually giving us a change to go see places like Clemson, UConn, Alabama. It’s really nice,” Emanuel Silva, a soon-to-be-senior at Capitol Prepatory Magnet School said.
Some families we spoke to are pleased to see so much hubbub in Hartford.
It makes them look forward to the future here for their kids.
“I know it’s exciting because Hartford usually doesn’t have a lot going on so just with this experience to have a choice makes a big difference for the city,” Curtis Mighty of South Windsor said.
On a historic night in Hartford, the city ended the evening with a bang, with Riverside Fireworks.
We did witness some families spooked by groups of teens sprinting through the Riverside firework crowds causing some chaos, but Hartford Police’s public information officer says there were no issues they were aware of.
Aside from typical traffic, all events went smooth.
Weakened but still potent, Barry inundated the Gulf Coast but appeared unlikely to deluge New Orleans as it continued its slow advance, but brought fresh fears of flash flooding to Mississippi's capital city Sunday morning.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Saturday night urged residents across south Louisiana to stay "vigilant," warning that Barry could still cause disastrous flooding across a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast overnight.
"This storm still has a long way to go before it leaves this state," Edwards said. "Don't let your guard down."
In Mississippi, up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) of rain had already fallen in the Jackson area before dawn Sunday — and more was on the way. That prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning for the city and some of its suburbs.
New Orleans had been braced for heavy rains Saturday, but instead had intermittent bands of moderate showers and occasional sunshine.
Though Barry will continue to dump rain throughout the weekend, forecasters downgraded rainfall estimates for the city through Sunday to between 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters). Forecasters had earlier said New Orleans could get up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain, raising concerns that water pumps strengthened after Hurricane Katrina would be overwhelmed.
National Weather Service forecaster Robert Ricks cautioned, however, that it was too early to say for certain that New Orleans was in the clear. "We're about at the (halfway) mark of the marathon right now," he said Saturday evening. Heavy rainfall from the storm would be concentrated overnight in a wide area centered around Lafayette, he said. The city is about 120 miles (193 kilometers) west of New Orleans.
Late Saturday night, authorities were trying to rescue a family of five who was trapped by high water in the south Louisiana town of Franklin, according to KTBS-TV . The National Guard had to halt its initial rescue mission because waters were too high to safely reach the family's home. Franklin is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Lafayette.
In other parts of Louisiana on Saturday, Barry flooded highways, forced people to scramble to rooftops and dumped heavy rain, as it made landfall near Intracoastal City, about 160 miles (257 kilometers) west of New Orleans. Downpours also lashed coastal Alabama and Mississippi.
After briefly becoming a Category 1 hurricane, the system weakened to a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center said. By early Sunday, its maximum sustained winds had fallen to 45 mph (72 kph), the National Hurricane Center said in its latest briefings.
In Mandeville, a city on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain across from New Orleans, storm surge and choppy waters sent waves pushing over the seawall and into nearby communities. Dozens of people waded through knee-high water to take a look at the pounding surf.
Roughly a block away, water was covering Lisa Keiffer's front yard and the road in front of her house. It wasn't in danger of going in the house, where Keiffer has lived for 22 years, but she was worried about her nearby business. She and her husband own The Candy Bank — a candy store a few blocks away in the lakefront community featuring homemade fudge, jars filled with gummy bears, chocolate-covered espresso beans and other candies.
Earlier Saturday the lake's waters were lapping at the door, forcing her and her husband to scramble to raise everything off the floor.
"The problem with slow-moving storms or even tropical storms around this area is that it's unpredictable," she said. "It's very stressful because you don't know if you're going to flood, so you go all through the trouble of picking things up, raising things, moving things, and then it looks like it's not going to flood, and then 10 minutes later it looks like it's going to flood."
Elsewhere, Coast Guard helicopters rescued a dozen people and two pets from flooded areas of Terrebonne Parish, south of New Orleans, some of them from rooftops, a spokeswoman said. Those rescued included a 77-year-old man who called for help because he had about 4 feet (1.2 meters) of water in his home.
None of the main levees on the Mississippi River failed or were breached, and they were expected to hold up through the storm, Edwards said. But a levee in Terrebonne Parish was overtopped by water for part of the day, officials said. Video also showed water getting over a second levee in Plaquemines Parish, where fingers of land extend deep into the Gulf of Mexico. Terrebonne Parish ordered an evacuation affecting an estimated 400 people.
In some places, residents continued to build defenses against rising water. At the edge of the town of Jean Lafitte just outside New Orleans, volunteers helped several town employees sandbag a 600-foot (180-meter) stretch of the two-lane state highway.
"I'm here for my family, trying to save their stuff," volunteer Vinnie Tortorich said. "My cousin's house is already under."
Many businesses were also shut down or closed early in Baton Rouge, and winds were strong enough to rock large pickup trucks. Ricks said forecasters also downgraded their rainfall estimates for Baton Rouge to between 6 and 10 inches (15 to 25 centimeters) through Sunday, with up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) in some spots.
Oil and gas operators evacuated hundreds of platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
More than 140,000 customers in Louisiana and another more than 4,000 customers in Mississippi were without power early Sunday, according to poweroutage.us.
Barry was expected to continue weakening and become a tropical depression Sunday, moving over Arkansas on Sunday night and Monday. But forecasts showed the storm on a path toward Chicago that would swell the Mississippi River basin with water that must eventually flow south again.
In Alabama on Saturday, flooding closed some roads in low-lying areas of Mobile County in Alabama, and heavy rains contributed to accidents, said John Kilcullen, director of plans and operations for Mobile County Emergency Management Agency.
Authorities closed floodgates and raised water barriers around New Orleans. It was the first time since Katrina that all floodgates in the New Orleans area had been sealed.
Associated Press writers Kevin McGill, Rebecca Santana and Sarah Blake Morgan in New Orleans; Jay Reeves in Baton Rouge; Juan Lozano in Lafayette; Rogelio Solis in Morgan City; Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina; Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia; and Sudhin Thanawala, Lisa Adams and Jeff Martin in Atlanta contributed to this report.
To help keep you informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we'll revisit 5 stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates.
Sex Charges
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has been indicted on federal sex trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking charges for allegedly abusing dozens of underage girls at his mansion in Manhattan, where an "extraordinary volume" of nude photos apparently showing minors were found during a weekend raid, and estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Epstein pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Monday. See more on the charges here.
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Death Investigation
The father of Boston Celtics rookie Tremont Waters was found dead in a West Haven motel room on Thursday. West Haven police have labeled the death of 49-year-old Ed Waters as "untimely" and are investigating. Police said Waters was found dead at the Super 8 Motel just after noon on Thursday. For more on the investigation, click here.
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War of Words
The attorney for Fotis Dulos has a simple message for author Gillian Flynn: "Be gone, girl." Norman Pattis made the comments after the "Gone Girl" scribe said she was "absolutely sickened" by the suggestion that missing Connecticut missing mother Jennifer Dulos could have staged her own disappearance in a revenge scheme to frame her estranged husband. See more on the back and forth here.
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Barry Bashes Gulf Coast
Louisiana took the brunt of Barry as it came ashore. The massive storm made landfall on Saturday and soaked the region with as much as 20 inches of rain in some places. For the latest on Barry, click here.
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Sorry Charlie
Charming Charlie announced it would close all of it's U.S. stores after filing for bankruptcy last week. The company has 261 stores, including four in Connecticut. Those stores are in West Hartford, Plainville, South Windsor, and Guilford. See more on the closures here.
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NBC Connecticut First Alert meteorologists are tracking another week of heat and humidity.
High temperatures are expected to be at or above 90 degrees starting Tuesday, lasting into next weekend.
Comfortable air will start the week with low humidity lasting through Tuesday. The humidity begins to increase out ahead of tropical moisture by Wednesday and Thursday.
The remnants of what was hurricane “Barry” will likely spread showers, storms and high humidity into the state by Thursday.
Once that system passes, 90s still look likely with lower humidity lasting into next weekend.
You can get the latest forecast in your area anytime here.
With immigration raids expected to begin Sunday in at least nine major cities, some U.S. citizens are taking precautions, including carrying their American passports at all times, to avoid being mistakenly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
The wary Americans, often Latinos, said they don't want to get swept up in the planned roundups announced by President Donald Trump, NBC News reported.
"I was born in this country," said David Cruz, communications director for the League of United Latin American Citizens. "I’m a third-generation Texan. I’ve been carrying a passport since the day he was elected."
Passports, used by international travelers to return to the United States, are legal proof of citizenship.
A Los Angeles journalist from Latin America, who did not want his name used out of fear his passport would be flagged, said he began carrying the document with him this weekend. Naturalized in the 2000s, he said recent stories of citizens mistakenly detained by ICE made him think he could be wrongly targeted.
He said it poses a particular quandary for naturalized citizens with accents because ICE agents may believe they are in the U.S. illegally and not afford them the rights of Americans, including due process, access to a lawyer and leaving their homes without proof of citizenship.
A package that was found on the Branford Town Green on Sunday has been deemed not suspicious by fire officials.
Officials said someone saw a box near the American flag on the town green and called 911.
Crews responded to the scene and cordoned off some of the area while they investigated.
Shortly after, the package was deemed not suspicious, fire officials added.
Authorities reiterated that if you ever see something out of the ordinary, you should always call 911.
North Haven police have arrested a teenager and a juvenile who are accused of breaking into at least six vehicles early Sunday morning.
Officers said a resident reported two men attempting to enter unlocked vehicles in the parking lot of an apartment complex on State Street around 4:45 a.m.
Police responded and said they found 18-year-old Diego Garro and his juvenile friend, both of North Haven.
According to authorities, the two entered at least six vehicles.
Garro and the juvenile are facing charges including burglary and trespassing.
A Silver Alert has been issued for a woman who is missing from Vernon and police said they are concerned for her well being.
Officers are actively searching for 50-year-old Doreen Starkweather on Sunday.
Authorities said they are concerned and want to check on her well being after her belongings were found scattered on a local hiking trail. Starkweather is believed to be homeless.
Starkweather is described as a woman who is approximately 5'2" with brown hair and hazel eyes. Police did not provide a photo of her.
Anyone with information is urged to call Vernon Police at (860) 872-9126.
President Donald Trump trails the top Democratic contenders in hypothetical matchups, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll’s first ballot tests of the 2020 general election.
Former Vice President Joe Biden leads the president by 9 points among registered voters, 51 percent to 42 percent — outside of the poll’s margin of error of plus-minus 3.5 percentage points, NBC News reports.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is ahead of Trump by 7 points, 50 percent to 43 percent.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., holds a 5-point advantage, 48 percent to 43 percent. And Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is ahead by just 1 point, 45 percent to 44 percent — a jump ball.
At the end of June, Marisa Rivas went to the Los Angeles LGBT Center in West Hollywood to talk to a doctor about going on “low-dose” testosterone, known colloquially as “microdosing.” Rivas hopes to achieve a sharper jawline and a more androgynous physique without overtly masculine features like facial hair. The goal is an appearance that is not clearly male or female, NBC News reports.
“I still want to be somewhere in the middle,” Rivas said.
Hormone microdosing is of growing interest to some nonbinary people like Rivas who want to masculinize or feminize their bodies in subtle ways. There is little research on the technique’s prevalence, but doctors who treat transgender and nonbinary people say the medical community should consider the needs of those who want to change their bodies without medically transitioning fully to the opposite gender.
Not all nonbinary people seek medical transition, and it’s unclear how many do, since medical systems in the United States typically only track sex assigned at birth. But for those who want to move toward a more gender-neutral appearance, microdosing is an increasingly discussed option. Several YouTube videos describing the experience have received thousands of views.
Nearly 13,000 pounds of diced beef and chicken products are being recalled due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Sunday.
The products related to Fieldsource Food Systems, Inc., based in Brea, California, contain wheat, which is not listed on the product labels, FSIS said.
The uncooked, marinated, diced beef and chicken products were produced from June 9 through July 10, 2019, FSIS said.
The following products were identified as the subjects of the recall:
In addition, the beef products subject to recall have establishment number "EST. 45141" and the chicken products have establishment number "P-45141" inside the USDA mark of inspection, FSIS said.
FSIS said there were no confirmed reports of reactions due to consumption of the aforementioned products but shared concerns about products being stored in refrigerators and behind the deli counter in grocery stores.
The recall is a Class II recall, which means there is a remote possibility of adverse health consequences from the use of the product.
Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. The online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/reportproblem.
The Trump administration has begun immigration raids as part of an operation expected to target 2,000 immigrants over the few days, a senior U.S. official told NBC News on Sunday.
So far, the pace has started slow; the official confirmed a handful of arrests had taken place, but the exact number was not immediately clear. The raids are expected to take place in as many as 10 cities.
Earlier Sunday afternoon, there was little evidence of massive immigration enforcement operations, as immigrant communities prepared for their arrival.
Two senior Department of Homeland Security officials told NBC News last week that the raids, which had been postponed several weeks ago, were scheduled to take place on Sunday. But the administration altered its plans from a large-scale sweep to a smaller set of arrests over the coming week after news reports informed immigrant communities about the raids, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing several current and former Department of Homeland Security officials familiar with the operation.
President Donald Trump has told aides and allies that he is considering removing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross after a stinging Supreme Court defeat on adding a citizenship question to the census, multiple people familiar with the conversations told NBC News.
While Trump has previously expressed frustration with the 81-year-old Ross, in particular over failed trade negotiations, Ross's long personal relationship with the president has allowed him to keep his job. And after the departure of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, the Cabinet’s only Hispanic who resigned on Friday amid questions about his role in a controversial 2008 plea agreement with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Ross may yet receive another reprieve.
But some White House officials expect Ross to be the next Cabinet secretary to depart, possibly as soon as this summer, according to advisers and officials.
The White House declined comment.
