Temperatures on Saturday morning made it down to near record cold in parts of Connecticut.

Bridgeport tied the record at 22 degrees. Windsor Locks came close to a record. The record at Windsor Locks was 19 degrees and the low temperature made it to 20.

Despite a lot of sunshine for the day today, high temperatures will only get to the upper 30s and lower 40s.

The average high temperature for this time of year average into the lower 50s.

Temperatures for Sunday and Monday will warm into the lower 50s.

Another blast of cold is forecasted for the middle of next week.

You can get the latest forecast anytime here.

A 7-year-old boy with special needs was critically injured after falling out a window in the Bronx, the NYPD said.

The child fell out the window of a Bronx River Houses building on Harrod Avenue in Soundview around 10:50 a.m. Saturday, police said.

Police believe the boy may have popped an air conditioning unit out of the window before he fell.

It wasn’t immediately clear which floor the window was on or how far he fell. An investigation is ongoing.

Connecticut lawmakers want to explore ways to reduce health care costs, including efforts taken by neighboring Massachusetts.

The General Assembly's Insurance and Real Estate Committee plans to hold an informational forum on Thursday at the Legislative Office Building.

They're expected to discuss three major policy concepts, including a possible state-funded reinsurance program, prescription drug importation and the benchmarking of health care costs to a statewide target, similar to a Massachusetts initiative.

Besides the committee members, the Office of Health Strategy, health care advocates, health insurers, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, and other stakeholders are expected to participate in a series of panel discussions.

Connecticut lawmakers say they hope the high cost of health care will be addressed in the new regular legislative session, which begins in February.

Cromwell police have arrested a man who is accused of breaking into a home, taking keys to a vehicle that belonged to the resident and taking the vehicle for a ride early Saturday morning.

Officers responded to a 911 call from a resident who said they returned home to find an unwanted man inside their home.

When police arrived, they said the man, later identified as 22-year-old Zachery Ellish, of Bristol, began to fight with officers as they attempted to arrest him. Officers were able to get control and he was taken into custody.

Investigators later determined that Ellish had forced entry into the home, where he found keys to the resident's vehicle. Police said he then went for a ride in the vehicle before returning and re-entering the home.

Ellish is facing multiple charges including burglary, stalking, criminal mischief, criminal violation of a protective order, criminal trespass and assault of a public safety officer.

He is being held on a $250,000 bond and will be in court on Tuesday.

More than 150 Marines were welcomed home on Saturday after a 7-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Organizers began preparing for the troops at 6:00 a.m. Their goal was to finish all the final touches for a homecoming celebration.

The troops are known as the Fox Company 2nd Battalion. They arrived at the U.S. Naval Reserve shortly before 8:00 a.m.

The bone-chilling temperatures didn’t stop family and friends from cheering, holding up signs or waiting out in the cold for the Marines.

Nadia Dias and her family said they’ve waited for this day since her son was deployed 7 months ago.

“I can’t explain it, I’m shaking from head to toe, I’m so grateful to God to have him back home,” said Dias. “I’m so proud of him and I’m definitely the proudest Mom ever.”

Pablo Conde said this is a day that he’s prayed for and is looking forward to the quality time with his mother, father and sister.

“Every day and every night, I was thinking about them,” said Conde. “It’s what kept me pushing and I’m grateful to be reunited with them.”

Family members began waking up at 3:00 a.m. just to travel to meet their loved ones in Plainville.

Kristin Stevens said that her husband has served in the Marines for 9 years.

“Having him away for so long was very challenging,” said Stevens. “I think going through this provides a sense of pride.”

The support for the Marines goes beyond family and friends. There were also service men who said they couldn’t miss the special homecoming.

Bob Beveridge is a Vietnam veteran who wanted to show his support for the troops.

“I knew how it was when we came and I, along with the community, wanted to support and say thank you to the troops for all that they have done,” said Beveridge. “It’s amazing to see the troops reunited with family and friends.”

The Marines will have the next four days off the enjoy their families and enjoy the Veterans Day holiday.

Police have identified the woman who was killed in a crash in Hartford on Friday afternoon.

Officers were called to a crash with injuries at the intersection of Blue Hills Avenue and Pembroke Street around 3:30 p.m.

When police arrived, they said they found a two-car crash involving a Honda Accord and a Dodge Challenger.

The passenger in the Honda Accord, later identified as 54-year-old Karen Small-Rodgers, of Hartford, was transported to St. Francis Hospital. She was later pronounced dead, authorities said.

The drivers of both vehicles were transported to the hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.

A South Carolina restaurant owner was sentenced to 10 years in prison for enslaving, physically beating and threatening a black employee with intellectual disabilities, NBC News reports.

Bobby Paul Edwards, who is white, for five years "used violence and other coercive means" to make the victim, John Christopher Smith, work at Edwards' restaurant for more than 100 hours a week without pay, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release.

Edwards, 54, pleaded guilty in June 2018 to one count of forced labor. He was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison and was ordered to pay Smith more than $272,000 in restitution.

A man was arrested in Danbury after he was pulled over for speeding and later told police a gun was in his car.

The incident happened on Interstate 84 West at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Police said they pulled over 30-year-old Leon Spady after they observed him with his cell phone directly in front of his mouth and clocked his speed at 20 miles per hour over the speed limit.

During the stop, the police officer said he smelled marijuana coming from the passenger compartment of the car.

Spady told police in an interview that a nine millimeter handgun was in the car at the time of the stop.

Police later found the gun, which was stolen from Atlanta, Georgia.

Spady was arrested without incident and charged with possession of half an ounce of marijuana. 

Spady also faces charges including possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, carrying a pistol without a permit and stealing a firearm.

Troopers are at the scene of a "serious injury" crash in Chester Saturday afternoon.

The accident occurred on Route 9 South at exit 7, according to police.

The number of people involved in the accident and their conditions are unknown at this time.

Troopers warn drivers to use alternate routes if traveling in or around the area.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

A proposal before the Trump administration that food trucks, Wi-Fi and Amazon deliveries be allowed in campgrounds at national parks got a thumbs-down this week from some visitors at Yosemite National Park, NBC News reports.

The idea comes as the Department of Interior considers recommendations from an advisory committee to modernize and privatize the operation of campgrounds, including adding running water, tent and cabin rentals and extended family sites at select parks.

The recommendations were made public online last month, and no decisions have been made, a National Parks Service official said.

"We're basically suggesting that would be a way to improve overall camping experiences," said Derrick Crandall, vice chairman of the Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee, in an interview last month with the Associated Press. "Are we talking about pricing people out of national parks through this? Not at all."

Some visitors at Yosemite National Park in California told NBC News this week that they don’t think amenities like Wi-Fi are necessary at the famed attraction. "Not sure why you would need Amazon packages to get delivered to you when you're in a national park," said visitor Jen Storie.

"This is where you can connect with the Earth and what's here," said Dan Farquhar, of Roseville, California. "You don’t want a lot of outside interference.

A month-long child pornography sting in Central Florida ended with 17 arrests, including two Disney World employees.

In a press release, Polk County Sheriff's Office says during the operation, one man was caught attempting to meet a child for sexual favors, two different men pursued nude pictures from two different 13-year-old girls and one man admitted that if he did not look at child pronography, he would sexually batter a child.

“The people arrested during this operation prey on the most innocent and vulnerable among us---our children. The undercover detectives who investigate these crimes have to see things that nobody should have to see, and no child should have to experience. Each one of these arrests has removed a predator from our streets, and the internet,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says.

The ages of those arrested ranged from 19 to 77 years old.

According to police, 52-year-old Donald Durr Jr. was a custodian at Walt Disney World Resorts. They say an electronic tablet seized by authorities contained three images of child pornography.

Durr described himself as "a pervert but not a monster," police say.

40-year-old Brett Kinney was a Guest Experience Manager at Disney World, police say. In a statement, authorities say Kinney admitted to having an addiction to child pronography.

In total, all 17 men face 626 charges.

A self-driving Uber car that struck and killed an Arizona woman was not able to recognize that pedestrians jaywalk, the National Traffic Safety Board revealed in documents released earlier this week.

Elaine Herzberg, 49, died after she was hit in March 2018 by a Volvo SUV, which had an operator in the driver's seat and was traveling at about 40 miles per hour in autonomous mode at night in Tempe, NBC News reports.

The fatal accident came as a result of this automated Uber not having "the capability to classify an object as a pedestrian unless that object was near a crosswalk," one of the NTSB documents said.

Because the car could not recognize Herzberg as a pedestrian or person — instead alternating between classifications of "vehicle, bicycle, and an other" — it could not correctly predict her path and concluded it needed to brake just 1.3 seconds before it struck her as she wheeled her bicycle across the street a little before 10 p.m. at night.

Uber told the NTSB that it "has since modified its programming to include jaywalkers among its recognized objects," but other concerns were also expressed in NTSB's report.

Central Connecticut State University junior linebacker Mike Mushaw welcomed 1-year-old Eleanor to Arute Field on Saturday.

Mushaw entered in a bone marrow registry as part of the nation-wide “Be The Match” program and matched with Eleanor in 2018, helping save her life. She accompanied Mike on the field for the coin toss during the Blue Devils’ game against Saint Francis.

“We learned his name in July and finally being able to put my arms around him and just give him the biggest hug in the world and say thank you was a rewarding experience,” said Eleanor’s mother.

Eleanor’s parents say they’re lucky to have a happy ending and hope that more people will take part in the “Be The Match” program so others can be as lucky as them.

Cheshire’s Lights of Hope luminary event continues to grow, helping more people in their community.

Luminaries illuminated one mile of Route 10 and half of the streets in the town on Saturday night.

The Lights of Hope fundraiser started small in one Cheshire neighborhood 15 years ago, but after the Petit family home invasion tragedy it became a town-wide event.

More than 100 volunteers help the event come to light each year. On Saturday morning, lots of high school students set up some of the 50,000 luminaries that were expected to be sold this year.

That money will benefit Cheshire Community Food Pantry and Cheshire Youth and Social Services, the Petit Family Foundation and two scholarships for high schools seniors invested in volunteer work.

“I mean the symbolism of light in the darkness for hope is so important in this day and age. We have so many people out there who need help,” said Cheshire’s Lights of Hope President Don Walsh.

“It is really awesome to see the kids in the high school and at a young age really understand how good it is volunteering and to give back to the community,” said Cheshire High School senior Brendan Grove.

Since 2005, the community has pitched in to help the nonprofit raise more than $915,000 for local charities.

A man who allegedly groped a female airline passenger, leading to an emergency landing, is facing federal charges for criminal sexual misconduct, NBC News reports.

James Clayton Cholewinski-Boyd, 32, who is listed in some court records as Cholewinski-Boy, was charged in connection to an incident on a flight earlier this week from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Salt Lake City, according to a statement by U.S. Attorney Trent Shores of the Northern District of Oklahoma on Friday.

On the American Airlines flight on Tuesday, Cholewinski-Boyd sat next to a woman and her daughter, according to a federal complaint. Shortly after takeoff, he began touching the woman’s arm. The woman repeatedly pushed his hands away from her. Cholewinski-Boyd "then forcibly grabbed her by the crotch," the complaint said.

The 32-year-old man then put his hands up and said “sorry.”

The Hero Boxes group in New Britain is making sure American service members overseas know that we all thank them for their services.

Volunteers from the Hero Boxes group gathered at the Veterans of Foreign Wars wall to organize, pack and sip cazre packages to nine different soldiers overseas.

Those nine soldiers will then distribute the packages to everyone in his or her unit right before the holidays.

"It's a little piece home. It makes their deployment a heck of a lot easier and we're so proud to do it," Founder of the Hero Boxes group Karen Cote said.

Over the years, Hero Boxes has sent out over 1,000 boxes to Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

Clearing inflammable brush and creating defensible space have long been recognized as key preparation for buildings near wildland to give them a better chance of surviving wildfire.

But how best to do what can be difficult and challenging work on steep slopes?

For a hilltop treasure--the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley--authorities have long called on teams so skilled at clearing brush they can do it while eating lunch.  Fact is, that's pretty much how a herd of goats does it--chowing down on dry groundcover, treating potential fire fuel as if it's a salad.

"It benefits the goats, but it certainly has benefited us," said supervisory curator Randle Swan, among those convinced the goats deserve to share at least a portion of the credit in helping firefighters protect the Library last week as the Easy Fire burned uphill toward the hilltop on which it sits.   Incident Command made protecting it a priority for both air tankers and firefighters on the ground.  At the same time, Library leadeership and Ventura County Fire Department officials had confidence in the defensible space provided last May by a herd from 805 Goats.

This was one of the first big jobs for the Conejo Valley based goat grazing service, launched just a year ago, and stepping into the hooves of brush clearers that in years past had been brought in from farther away.

"I knew what the goats had done, but I was hoping there wouldn't be much re-growth," said Scott Morris, the owner of 805 Goats. "We had a nice firebreak that was there, and the goats did their job."

Clearance of 13 acres around the Reagan Library, along with another critical site in Ventura County on the north side of Ojai, is arranged by the Ventura County Fire Department.  This year 805 Goats was the only local company to bid.

Morris and his co-founder wife both have day jobs--she's a teacher, he an employee benefits consultant--but he said they saw need for a local herd dedicated to serving the Conejo Valley area.   Their herd has grown to some 140 goats.  He touts them as an eco-friendly solution, quieter than weed-wackers. 

Assuming responsibility for naming the goats, the Morris children have paid tribute to artists as they display a flair for puns, as in Vincent Van Goat, Goatzart, and Selena Goatmez.   

Goats aren't just ideal candidates for brush clearance because they love to eat -- they're also skilled and tireless climbers. To keep them from discovering the client's roses and other delectables, they do need to be contained with flexible fencing, which the herder will reset during the course of the day as the goats are guided from pasture to pasture.

The cost runs about $1,000 to $2,000 per acre, depending on conditions. The past week, they have been clearing 15 acres on a private ranch on the south slopes of the Simi Valley.  It was their second visit to the property this year, returning to trim back what had grown and dried since spring.

"Seems like a great way to go," said Greg Manke, the ranch's contractor who made the arrangments with 805 Goats.

Months before the October Easy Fire surrounded the Reagan Library, goats had been deployed to chew through brush that sprouted after the wet winter months. During the morning, flames could be seen through the floor-to-ceiling window inside the library's stunning Air Force One pavilion.  As it was, the fire split and burned around the library on both sides, shrouding the complex in thick smoke and raining the structures with ash and  embers. 

Firefighters were positioned near the library, which was closed to visitors for the day. Flames came to within about 30 yards of the complex, but several water drops and firebreaks helped protect buildings.

The exterior of the library has scorched in spots, but no significant damage was reported.

"Everything worked the way it was supposed to," Swan said after the fire. "The buildings are unharmed." 

That's due to the efforts of firefighters, including those with four legs and a healthy appetite for fire protection.

Police are investigating after a car crash in Plainfield Saturday afternoon.

The incident happened at approximately 11:55 a.m. on Prospect Street just east of Squaw Rock Road.

Police said a man was waiting for the red light to turn green when a woman struck his car from behind.

The man was transported to Day Kimball Healthcare in Putnam with minor inuries.

The woman was issued an infraction for failure to drive a reasonable distance apart, according to police.

The crash remains under investigation.

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.

Election Day Tragedy

The chairman of the Manchester Republican Town Committee was hit by a car and killed on Tuesday evening. John Deeb, 75, was crossing Hartford Road on his way to an Election night watch party when he was hit. The driver remained at the scene and was cooperating with police. See more on the loss for the town here.

Restaurant Death

A worker at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Burlington, Massachusetts died on Thursday after a chemical incident at the restaurant. He was overcome by fumes from a cleaning agent, according to fire officials. Ten other people were sickened. The restaurant was closed for the night. For more on what led to the worker's death, click here.

Dog Attack

A 95-year-old woman died Wednesday after being bitten by a dog at a home in Suffield. Police were called to the Thrall Avenue home and found the victim suffering from life-threatening injuries. She later died at the hospital. See more on the incident here.

Grave Concerns

Police are investigating after workers at a Jewish cemetery in Hartford noticed a grave had been disturbed and it appeared that the remains had been stolen. The workers found the scene on Wednesday, but police believe the remains were taken a few days earlier. For more on the investigation, click here.

Family Secrets Revealed

With more and more people using home DNA test kits, some families are learning surprising details about themselves that may never have been otherwise known. That's true for two brothers who learned a deep, dark secret their mother never wanted them to know. See what their DNA results revealed here.

Planning on riding Amtrak this upcoming holiday season? A little-known policy change now makes it harder for you to sue if something goes wrong.

The change in Amtrak's arbitration clause happened earlier this year, but has received almost no attention. It denies passengers the right to present complaints in front of a judge or jury. Instead, riders would enter arbitration with Amtrak directly.

The clause came on the heels of a legal settlement following the 2015 train derailment near Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood. Eight people died and more than 200 riders were injured.

As a result, Amtrak was ordered to pay $265 million one year later.

"It is hard enough for average consumers to seek redress against large corporations like Amtrak when it comes to something like a lost bag or what I’ll call a minor injury, but this is a company that in recent years has had not just one train but multiple trains derail, leave the track, causing catastrophic injury and death," Chip Becker, an attorney with Kline and Specter, which represented passengers from the deadly derailment, said.

"For Amtrak to insert so quietly in tiny little print on the back of their ticket ... is anti-consumer in the most profound way," said Becker. 

Amtrak did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But according to a story that first appeared in POLITICO, Amtrak made the change to streamline claim resolutions.

POLITICO also reported that this new policy change will be the subject of a Congressional hearing next week.

"You’re paying for a service for people to keep you safe," passenger Deron Carew said. "If there’s an accident, they’re not doing their job."

Last week, Amtrak reported record ridership and revenue figures for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.

The government-owned passenger railroad said it provided 32.5 million passenger trips, an increase of about 800,000 over the previous fiscal year.