To help keep you informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we'll revisit five stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates.

ISIS Leader Is Dead

U.S. Special Forces raided a compound in Syria leading to the death of the world's most wanted terrorist, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. President Trump made the announcement from the White House on Sunday. The ISIS leader retreated to an underground tunnel and eventually detonated an explosive vest, killing himself. For more on the raid, click here.

Halloween Storm

Tens of thousands of customers were left without power after a powerful storm moved through Connecticut Halloween night and into Friday morning. High winds toppled trees and ripped down power lines statewide. See more on the damage left behind here.

Teacher Arrested

A teacher at a Waterbury elementary school was arrested Thursday morning in New Haven and charged with driving under the influence, as well as additional charges. Jessenia Figueroa was arrested in the area of Middletown Avenue and Foxon Boulevard around 7 a.m. on Thursday, according to police. Officers said Figueroa failed field sobriety tests. For more on what police say happened when they tried to place Figueroa under arrest, click here.

Congresswoman Resigns

California Rep. Katie Hill used a blistering speech on the floor of the U.S. House to blast what she called a double standard for women in government before resigning. She admitted to having what she called an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer. Hill also said she has been the victim of revenge porn after nude photos of her were released to certain media outlets. See details on the situation here.

Girlfriend Indicted in Boyfriend's Suicide

A former Boston College student has been indicted in connection with the suicide of her boyfriend. Inyoung You, 21, of South Korea, is facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of 22-year-old Alexander Urtula, who was also a student at Boston College. The district attorney claims You was "physically, verbally and psychologically abusive" to Urtula. Read the story here.

If you are in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or reach out to the Crisis Text Line by texting 'Home' to 741741.

Today will be a chilly, but is a nice fall clean-up day before temperatures cool down tonight.

High pressure will build into the northeast today, which means lighter winds and lots of sunshine.

With high pressure overhead, we will see another cold night tonight with lows in the 20s and 30s.

A weak system may bring an isolated shower late this evening in eastern parts of the state.

There will otherwise be quiet weather for the first weekend of November.

Get the latest forecast anytime here.

The clean-up continues more than two days after a strong storm moved through the state and thousands of people are still in the dark on Saturday.

The powerful storm moved through Connecticut Halloween night into Friday morning. High winds brought down trees and ripped down power lines across the state. At times, winds gusted to more than 60 miles per hour, according to NBC Connecticut First Alert meteorologist Bob Maxon.

On Saturday around 10 a.m., Eversource reports more than 8,000 people are still without power including hundreds in Coventry, East Haddam, East Hampton, Killingly, Mansfield and Woodstock.

Governor Ned Lamont said during a news conference on Friday morning that the severe storm had knocked power out to close to 100,000 people.

Eversource said it has called in private electrical contractors and tree contractors to assist with repairs, as well as additional help from New York, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.

On Tuesday voters in Hartford will head to the polls to cast their ballot for mayor. Among the six candidates throwing their hat into the ring is Michael Downes.

This election marks the fifth time Downes has run for Hartford’s highest elected office. He first ran for mayor in 1995.

“One thing I’ve always been running for is benefits for part-time workers,” said Downes.

The 77-year-old is the president of the Hartford Federation of Substitute Teachers. A substitute teacher for 44 years, he said his top priority is education.

“The most important issue facing Hartford today is the failure of Hartford to bring back the vocational-technical education in the city,” said Downes.

According to Hartford Public Schools, 59 percent of the district’s high school graduates go onto college. Downes said there aren’t enough options for those who don’t and believes that’s pushing some of Hartford’s youth into a life of crime. He said he believes the solution starts in school, with more training in the trades and more male minority teachers in the classroom.

“I think it is very important to see someone who looks like you or speaks your language,” said Downes.

Between January 1, 2019 and the week of September 21 there were 20 homicides in Hartford, a 67 percent increase from the same time period three years ago. Downes said he believes the crux of the problem is drugs. However, he also thinks that Hartford has a gun problem.

“Absolutely. That goes with crime. There’s a gun problem throughout the country,” said Downes.

His solution is putting more police on the streets.

“The true community policing where we need policeman that walk the beat, we need policeman that ride bicycles, we need policemen that occasionally ride horses,” said Downes.

When it comes to the city's finances, Downes said he believes Hartford is moving in the wrong direction.

“The first thing that we should have done is file for bankruptcy instead of calling the state in to give us money,” said Downes.

Hartford accepted a $500 million bailout from the state to avoid bankruptcy in 2018. Downes said he believes those who work in the city but live in the suburbs share some of the burden. He suggested taxing those workers as a way to bring more revenue to the city or even encourage more people to move in.

“You pay a commuter tax. We have a lot of large corporations in here that employ a lot of people and they employ in the suburbs,” said Downes. “If the people are going to live in suburbs and come into Hartford to work, then you pay a tax.”

If Downes is successful in his bid for mayor he says at the end of his term, “I’d like to see it better than it is now. I think that’s all you can hope for.”

When he lost in the September primary, former Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez said the voters had spoken. However, he’s decided to keep his name on the ballot and stay in the race for mayor.

“I am not going to walk away from my ability to contribute to the long-term future of Hartford in a positive way,” said Perez.

The Democrat may not have won the endorsement of his party, but he said there’s still hope for his campaign.

“I’ve got enough sense that Hartford wants me to continue to be engaged whether it’s as mayor or as dog catcher they want me to be involved,” Perez stated.

The 62-year-old’s political plans came to a screeching halt in 2009. He was arrested and later pleaded guilty to bribery and extortion and resigned from office.

“I knew this was going to be a big challenge to become mayor,” he said. “I let people down. I made a mistake and I’ve asked people to forgive me,” admitted Perez.

Perez, who works as a transportation coordinator for the Capitol Regional Education Council, said education is the answer to Hartford’s biggest problems from crime to commerce.

“I would like to see our school system rank in the top 10 to 15 percent of achievement in our state,” said Perez of one of his goals. “As long as you have a failing school system you’re always going to have to deal with why these kids failed. The first thing is you have a good school system and if you have a good school system kids graduate from a school system and either off to higher education or go into the workforce.”

Perez said if elected he’ll focus on raising moral on the police force.

“We’ve beat up on officers and there’s no champion for officers,” said Perez. “You can’t have an absentee leader and then tell cops to do the toughest job that public service requires them.”

Perez also said he would increase officers’ wages in an effort to retain members of the police department.

“We have to be able to compete with the rest of the suburbs and we can’t under compensate,” he said.

He suggested a cost sharing agreement for public safety, public works, and other services in the greater Hartford area.

“We do heavy lifting on the part of every community in the greater Hartford area and I think we should be thinking of ourselves as a region,” said Perez.

In 2018, the state gave Hartford $500 million to avoid bankruptcy.

“I don’t consider it a bailout. I consider it part of responsibility,” said Perez.

It’s a responsibility he said also includes a state obligation to share more of the cost for educating Hartford students and payments to the property poor city for all of the state buildings, hospitals, and churches that don’t have to pay property taxes to call Hartford home.

“If those were fully funded in the city of Hartford and all of our urban areas the first 12 largest communities in the state, all those communities who are always struggling with economic vitality would be able to control their own destiny,” said Perez of the In Lieu of Taxes program.

Perez said win or lose, he will continue to try to make a difference in Hartford.

“There have been tougher times in the city and the only way we’re going to continue to improve is that the residents of this city have to believe in themselves and believe if they join hands we will be stronger,” he said.

World Cup and Olympic champion Megan Rapinoe is hosting two soccer clinics in Greenwich on Saturday.

Rapinoe is coaching some of the state's up and coming players at the clinics at Sacred Heart Greenwich.

About 500 soccer players from Fairfield and Westchester counties are expected to participate in the clinics.

This is Rapinoe's second trip to Sacred Heart. School officials said after she met with the school's varsity team last year, they went on to win a Fairchester Athletic Association regular season championship this year.

Some towns are hosting Halloween festivities tonight because of the windy and rainy weather on Halloween day.

In East Lyme, trick-or-treating will take place tonight. First Selectman Mark Nickerson said he felt it was necessary to move trick-or-treating to the weekend.

“We have, especially in the rural part of town, we have some streets that don’t have sidewalks and that don’t have a lot of street lights,” explained Nickerson.

The town of Naugatuck also chose to move Halloween festivities to tonight. According to police, there will be dedicated police presence and road closures in the Millville area of town.

Officers said in a Facebook post earlier this week that due to weather forecasts and community concern, Halloween festivities, especially the ones on Millville Avenue, were postponed to tonight.

Walingford their Halloween festivities on North Main Street to tonight. They did so "out of the interest of public safety." 

North Main Street will be closed to traffic between North Street and the end of North Main Street at the north end of Dutton Park. This closure will be in effect from 5-9 p.m., according to Wallingford police.

In East Windsor, some veterans were in for a treat ahead of the national holiday.

East Windsor’s Historical Society celebrated veterans at their Museums on the Green.

This event featured a flyover of vintage planes by “The Stars and Bars Team."

After the flyover, the planes were on full display at the Skylark Airpark for fans to get an up-close look at the details of the aircraft.

The museums will also be hosting special exhibits, including an Iwo Jima and WWII Traveling Museum and a reproduction of a 1942 BMW German Army Sahara model sidecar motorcycle.

This is one of the first times fans got to witness the permanent military display which spans from the Civil War through Vietnam.

Participants also got to take part in the “Share your Story” table for veterans and their families to recount their experiences. A video of oral histories were available to watch over coffee and sweets.

The "Stars and Bars Team" dedicated the fly-over as a small measure of gratitude by paying tribute to veterans by remembering their sacrifices and heroism.

The team respects all veterans and armed forces by preserving their dedication to the conflicts they participated in.

Bill Kulle is a vintage plane pilot who travels with the team and has been flying for more than 20 years.

“It feels good every time I go in the air,” Kulle said. “It’s great showing planes, we love to fly them and we give rides all the time.”

The "Stars and Bars Team" are a group of men who call the sky their true home.

Most of them not only share a deep passion for the freedom and expression of flying as an occupation, lifestyle or recreational sport; they believe in the preservation, restoration, operation and education of history and historical artifacts that make us remember lessons of history.

The aircraft flew over the Museums on the Green to represent all armed services and those who have or do presently serve.

The aircraft are all over 80 years old and served and trained aviators during WWII between 1935 and 1945.

Their goal is to educate visitors about the history and stories of our veterans who served.

An accident in New Haven sent one person to the hospital Saturday afternoon.

The incident took place at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Ferry Street.

A police officer at the scene said the operator of one of the vehicles involved was taken to the hospital.

The driver of the other vehicle is OK, according to the officer.

The extent of injuries is unknown at this time.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Police are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend in Middletown Saturday morning.

Police responded to the domestic violence incident at approximately 4:20 a.m.

The woman told police that her boyfriend, 27-year-old Timothy Walker, assaulted her with a knife and then fled the scene.

Police said Walker is a 5'9" black male who weighs 260 pounds. He has black braided hair to shoulder length, a spotty beard and brown eyes.

Walker was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a white North Face logo and black jeans. 

Police said he may be headed toward Hartford. If you see him, police warn not to approach because he is considered dangerous.

There is a warrant for Walker's arrest for first degree assault, four counts of risk of injury, possession of a dangerous weapon, interfering with an emergency call and sixth degree larceny.

The woman is in stable condition, according to police.

If you see Walker, contact Middletown Police at 860-347-2541.

Police in Enfield are looking for a woman who went missing after a Silver Alert was issued on Nov. 1. 

Ondine Frohberg was last seen at the Olive Garden in town at 1:30 p.m.

Frohberg suffers from medical conditions and cognitive disabilities, according to police.

She was last seen wearing a red and orange vertical striped shirt and navy blue pants.

Enfield Police have teamed up with Vernon and South Windsor Police to aid in the search. They used drones to search large portions of woods and farmland, but didn't find anything.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 860-763-6400. 

Derby Police are looking for a man after an assault that occurred on the Derby Greenway Saturday afternoon.

The incident took place near the Route 8 underpass at around 1:30 p.m.

Police said the suspect is described as a 6'2" black male wearing a long black coat. 

The man may have been acting "erratically" and waiving his arms, according to police.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 203-619-1906. All calls may be made anonymous or confidential.

The effort to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns is heating up as the president and his administration battle coast to coast to prevent them from falling into hostile hands and potentially being made public, NBC News reports.

In New York, the president seeks to prevent Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance from obtaining his tax information as part of an investigation into the pre-election payoffs to women who alleged affairs with Trump. In Washington, D.C., the president is trying to prevent the House Oversight Committee from obtaining his financial records while also seeking to block the House Ways and Means Committee from utilizing a new New York law designed to give the panel access to Trump's state tax returns should the Treasury Department refuse to turn them over (another battle that is playing out in court.)

And in California, he's battling a new state law aimed at having him make public the returns in order to appear on a primary ballot. Those cases don't include the various Emoluments Clause-related suits currently going through the federal system, which could lead to the president's returns being disclosed through discovery.

Trump's employing a wide range of legal arguments to prevent his returns from being disclosed. Among them is the argument that authorities can't investigate a sitting president for anything — even if he shoots someone in the middle of 5th Avenue in New York City, and that immunity provides blanket cover for his business, his family members and his business associates.

The first full week of November will feature much cooler air and even a chance of wintry weather. 

While the average high temperature is 57 degrees temperatures throughout the workweek will likely be much cooler than that. 

The week will start out on a quiet note with Monday featuring sunny skies and highs in the low 50s. 

A cold front will move through the region on Tuesday bringing scattered showers by the afternoon. 

Wednesday is quiet before our next potential storm system arrives in the state by Thursday.

Our model guidance is all over the place for the end of week storm potential. 

The computer model that has been without a doubt the most accurate in recent years (European) brings a decent winter storm to the state with several inches of snow possible.

Of course that is only one comptuer model and as meteorologists we look at several models.

The other guidance either brings the storm far to our south having to affects to Connecticut or bringing the storm north of Connecticut which would result in primarily rain.

Therefor there is obviously a lot of uncertainty and by no means is a storm locked in for the end of the week. We will fine tune the forecast going forward.

To help keep you informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we'll revisit five stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates.

Impeachment Probe Update

Democrats swept a rules package for their impeachment probe of President Donald Trump through a divided House Thursday, as the chamber's first vote on the investigation highlighted the partisan breach the issue has only deepened. Learn more about the numbers here. All voting Republicans opposed the package. Every voting Democrat but two supported it. Learn more about the probe's status here.

Trooper Sued Over Off-Duty Crash

A Connecticut woman and her 19-year-old daughter have filed a lawsuit alleging an off-duty state police sergeant was intoxicated when he drove his unmarked cruiser through a stop sign and smashed into their car. The same week, Connecticut State Police released body camera footage from the incident. Learn more about the lawsuit and see some of that video here. 

Puppies Abandoned

Police in southeastern Connecticut are looking for the person who abandoned 10 dogs in plastic bags in multiple towns. The incident happened in September, but this week, police said the suspect was driving a dark-colored sedan that may have been an Acura. See what happened to the puppies after being rescued here.

Razor Blades in Halloween Candy Bags

Parents - always check your children's Halloween candy. Waterbury police arrested a 37-year-old man after at least two children found razor blades in their candy bags on Halloween Thursday night. Investigators determined the blades came from the same home on Horseshoe Drive and arrested Jason Racz. Click here for more.

Teen Saves Life of Boy Hundreds of Miles Away

Quick thinking by an East Hampton teen who was just trying to play video games may have saved a life. Reilly Howard, who is 14, was playing a game when a friend he’d become acquainted with through gaming over the last few months called, and eventually said he was thinking of ending his own life. Howard kept the teen on the line and convinced him to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Read more about his heroic actions here.

If you are in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or reach out to the Crisis Text Line by texting 'Home' to 741741.

Two adults were injured in a shooting in Hartford early Sunday morning.

Police were investigating the shooting on Meadow Street around 3 a.m.

According to police, two adults suffered non-life threatening injuries in the shooting.

Officers said persons of interest were detained and a firearm was recovered.

The shooting remains under investigation.

Every year, about 250 children in the state of Connecticut are diagnosed with cancer.

On Sunday, over a thousand people laced up their running shoes to raise funds for the vital cancer research at Connecticut Children’s that so many of those kids rely on.

The 10th annual Jamie’s Run kicked off at Standish Park in Wethersfield at 9.a.m. with their 5K, 3K and Kids Fun Runs.

The event was inspired by Jamie Knotts, who was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer at 11 weeks old and lost her battle in 2010 at just 5 and a half months.

Her parents, Kurt and Kelly, started Jamie’s Run to celebrate their daughter’s life, raise those vital funds for research, and give other families going through what they went through a sense of hope.

“We were so moved by the care that we received there, and the other families that we met, that we really felt that we needed to give back,” Kurt Knotts said.

“We were devastated,” said Jamie’s grandmother, Jan Knotts, of her granddaughter’s passing. “It was amazing because it turned out to be such a happy time because Connecticut Children’s and their staff and family and friends just created this warm blanket. And it makes me cry to think about it.”

Jamie’s Run has raised over $400,000 over the years.

The drop in temperature this weekend didn’t stop 25 brave people from sleeping out in the cold in South Windsor all night on Saturday night to raise awareness about homelessness.

The event was hosted by the charity “Hartford Bags of Love” and State Senator Saud Anwar. It kicked off with a public forum at Nevers Park on Saturday night, where residents discussed the issue with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

Participants were then invited to spend the night at the park.

Bags of Love is a charity that hands out bags full of basic essentials to the homeless and was started by now-12-year-old Tiernan Cabot, of South Windsor, when he was just 9.

"Sleeping out in the cold for one night is nothing compared to what homeless have to deal with every single night. Really, it’s not too much of a challenge. And I think the people who stepped up were brave, but at the same time I’m glad that they were here because it shows that there are people who understand and I’m hoping that people leave here with a new sense of empathy, said Cabot.

"What’s happening right now is a lot of people from many of the towns feel that they are not responsible for addressing this and we are trying to raise the awareness and I’m so glad this town of South Windsor, people join in to say that they are going to participate in the solution across the state," added State Senator Anwar.

Attendees were asked to donate sleeping bags and other items to help those who deal with homelessness every day.

The South Windsor Parks and Recreation building will be closed for a few days for an inspection and repairs after a natural gas incident on Sunday.

Firefighters were called to the old Wapping Elementary School, which is currently the Parks and Recreation Building, around 8:20 a.m. after getting a report of a fire alarm.

While firefighters were heading to the scene, they said they learned about a possible issue in the building.

Investigators said they later learned there was a natural gas incident in the basement boiler room of the building. There was no residual smoke or fire.

One person who was in the room at the time of the incident was evaluated by paramedics, but authorities said he refused medical treatment and was not injured.

Officials investigated the rest of the building and said they found no structural damage or residual emergencies.

The building is expected to be closed for a few days so authorities can inspect and conduct repairs, firefighters added.

If you have any cancellations or schedule changes to programs, you're urged to contact South Windsor Parks & Recreation.