It would appear students can now give Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism a notorious "Medill F" after a typo appeared on dozens of diplomas this weekend.

Roughly 30 of the more than 250 diplomas handed out Saturday had an error, a school official confirmed to NBC Chicago.

The typo was first reported by Kit Fox, who was at the ceremony but did not receive one of the misspelled diplomas. Fox took a photo of a friend's diploma, which had the word "integrated" spelled "itegrated," and tweeted it out.

Fox said students were viewing the error as "humorous."

"We all took it in good humor," he said. "We're all really aware of the 'Medill F' so the jokes came easy."

The "Medill F" is a school tradition that gives students a failing grade for a factual error or misspelling.

"Maybe it was one last minute test for the grads to catch on their diplomas," Fox said, noting that the rule isn't quite as daunting as it sounds. 

"The best part about it is it seems really harsh when you come in as a freshman but what it’s really teaching you is really getting a 'Medill F' is smaller than getting a factual inaccuracy when you're out in the real world," he said.

Desiree Hanford, lecturer and director of undergraduate education at the school, said officials plan to issue new diplomas to the impacted students.

"The diplomas are issued by the university so we will work with the NU registrar's office Monday to provide new diplomas to these students," she said.

A mother’s happy return from Afghanistan this week was quickly shattered by news that her 27-year-old daughter was killed by a suspected hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning in Ocean Beach.

Military veteran Tammy Wilson said she learned her daughter Amber Schei had been found dead four days after Wilson returned from working overseas for two years as a counter narcotics contractor.

Now, instead of cheerful reunion, Wilson is mourning the “beautiful angel” she called “Amblers.”

“Fun-loving, carefree, just loved life,” Wilson said of Schei. “She was very smart.”

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Wilson told NBC 7 Schei moved out to San Diego to take computer engineering classes at ITT Technical Institute, seeking her associate’s degree.

She also moved in hopes of seeing more of her 10-year-old daughter, who lives with her father.

But Schei recently dropped out of school and was living in a sort of group home, according to Wilson.

"She was in a -- I wouldn't call it a half-way house -- but one of those homes that they have for... she was diagnosed with a disorder where she had assistance, where they gave her meds and assistance through the state," said Wilson.

But the mother said her daughter sounded fine during their last conversation, the day before Wilson’s return to the U.S.

"She said 'Mom, I just need a little bit of money, but I'm doing great. I'm skateboarding all the time, going to a skateboard park,’” Wilson said, “and she just was living life. She was enjoying herself.”

Wilson was even urging Schei to go back to school.

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However, Wilson is now making some very different plans, organizing services for her daughter in California, Panama City Beach and Virginia Beach.

A local ceremony is set for Friday at 11 a.m. at Santee Lakes.

Wilson is currently staying in Virginia Beach with her sister and plans to receive Schei’s ashes there.

She’ll then travel to Panama City Beach “where Amber was truly at peace and enjoyed life, living with me and her brother, Christopher, before he went to the Navy,” Wilson said. There, they will spread her ashes.

But even when ceremonies in her honor have ended, the investigation into Schei’s death will continue.

Her body was discovered early Saturday morning in the brush off the side of Nimitz Boulevard.

San Diego Police Sgt. Art Doherty said her injuries were consistent with being struck by a vehicle, so they believe she was fatally wounded by a hit-and-run driver.

Investigators gathered plastic car parts from the scene to try to determine what kind of vehicle may have hit Schei.

However, the investigation is hindered by additional debris in the area, as well as no independent witnesses in the case.

Doherty said if it was a hit-and-run, the suspect’s vehicle likely has significant damage to its front.

If you have information about the suspected hit-and-run, call the SDPD.

Soccer fans young and old kept their eyes glued to the TV watching the USA take on Portugal in their second match at the World Cup.

At Chicago Sam’s in Cromwell, fans went wild when the USA scored a second goal, pulling ahead of Portugal.

But it’s not just the bar crowd that’s invested in this game. At the Simsbury Farm Ice Rinks, young fans watched at an event organized by the Simsbury Soccer Club. Soccer Club President Tom Hayden said it was all about the excitement.

“USA spirit, why else? This is great. This is great,” he said.

Hayden estimated about 300 people attended the event, which sported a 27-foot outdoor screen to view the game.

“We love the USA and we want to support it,” Sophie Schwinger of Simsbury said.

Fans say that the game ending in a tie was a disappointment, but the increase in popularity makes up for it.

“I get excited about soccer. I like how soccer is growing in the United States,” Andy Curtiss of Simsbury said.
 

In the eleventh hour, U.S. Border Patrol stopped a controversial plan to fly hundreds of detained immigrants from Texas to California.

Border Patrol union representative Gabe Pacheco said he believes the change was made because of mounting public pressure.

The initial plan, which drew heavy criticism, was to fly two planes with 140 passengers each to San Diego and El Centro starting Monday. The flights were in response to a surge of Central Americans entering Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, where Border Patrol has made more than 174,000 arrests since October 1.

Border Patrol agents say their hands are full as 50,000 unaccompanied children have inundated the U.S.-Mexico border. So far this year, the San Diego sector has apprehended more than 700 unaccompanied kids.

Pacheco said the controversy over the plan has called attention to how overwhelmed Border Patrol agents are.

“What's going to happen is you're going to have these holes and these gaps where the agents aren't enforcing,” he said. “What's going to happen is you're going to have people taking advantage of those gaps.”

Agents worry that with their hands tied attending to these families, guns, drugs and communicable diseases may also enter the country.

“We cannot handle hundreds of people of with active TB coming across. The amount of manpower that would take to draw off the border enforcement to just watch these people that are in custody and the amount of money the public is paying for those facilities,” Pacheco said.

San Diego-based non-profit Border Angels said the problem is so devastating it is launching a campaign to collect food, clothing and donations to help.

“It's a sad situation because a society is judged on how we treat our children,” said Enrique Morones with Border Angels. “When we are out there putting water in the desert and working with the migrant community, we find something like this, this little shoe, this little toy. It just breaks my heart. These are children, and their parents just want them to have a better life.”

Border Patrol is canceling the plan for now, but the agency did not say it couldn't sill happen in the future.

If you have outstanding parking tickets in Hartford, you'll want to take advantage of the beat the boot program, which starts today. 

The city is offering a 20-percent discount for outstanding citations that were issued before December 31, 2013, except for those that are under adjudication.

The program goes through July 18.    

Beginning on July 21, the Hartford Parking Authority will start booting vehicles of people with five or more unpaid parking citations. If you don't take care of it in 24 hours, your car might be towed.

You can make payments online at www.hartfordparking.com.

If you prefer to pay in person, go to the Office of Parking Management, 160 Market Street in Hartford, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can also take care of fines by calling 866-425-3269.       

A comprehensive review of the lengthy investigation into convicted child molester and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky says state prosecutors and police took too long to bring the man to justice.

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The several hundred page report released on Monday morning by Pa. Attorney General Kathleen Kane found "crucial missteps and inexplicable delays" kept the serial molester from being arrested and charged for his crimes.

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It took prosecutors a year to recommend filing charges against Sandusky, an assistant coach with the venerable college football program led by Coach Joe Paterno, because basic tactics like interviewing him or searching his home were not performed, the report found.

An eventual search of Sandusky's State College house, where some of the victims were molested, uncovered several pieces of evidence including photographs of the victims and lists of campers, some with asterisks next to their names, attending his at-risk youth camp The Second Mile, according to the report. Moulton said some of the highlighted children on the list turned out to be victims.

Investigators also said prosecutors could have used this evidence to find victims years earlier.

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Sandusky was first investigated in 2009, but wasn't arrested until November 2011. He was later found guilty of sexually assaulting 10 boys over long-periods of time and is serving a 30-to-60-year prison sentence. Three Penn State administrators were also charged with covering up the crimes. Their cases are pending.

The review, led by Special Deputy Attorney General H. Geoffrey Moulton, Jr., also found senior state prosecutors dragged their feet for five months once charges were recommended based on the testimony of Victim 1. Jonelle Eshbach, the lead prosecutor investigating the case, was eventually told more victims would be needed to bring forth the case.

"The case sat inactive for months while a predator was on the streets and a victim waited for justice," Kane said of the findings. She called for the review after taking office in 2013. "The Grand Jury presentment, drafted and supported by the lead prosecutor, sat on someone's desk for five months...It is unfathomable why there was such a lack of urgency."

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Investigators said there is no direct evidence that top brass in the AG's office forced the delays, but Kane said that there are serious questions about the "lack of urgency."

Sandusky was first investigated during the tenure of then Pa. Attorney General Tom Corbett. Corbett, now governor of the Commonwealth, has defended his team's work. Moulton said Corbett did not appear to have had any role in the investigation other than failing to bring forth charges.

In a statement given shortly after the report's release, Corbett said the inquiry shows the complex investigation was conducted timely manner and that politics were not involved.

“I am proud of the hard work of men and women who joined in the effort to support and fight for these victims. It was, however, difficult to see their motives and professionalism called in to question," he said. "The release of this report reaffirms the integrity of their efforts."

Corbett is a Republican and Kane is a Democrat.

Police arrested two Glastonbury teenagers Sunday after receiving a complaint that someone was doing doughnuts in the Hopewell Elementary School parking lot.

Scott Schaffman, 19, and a 16-year-old took turns "driving recklessly in the parking lot and on the basketball court," damaging the pavement with tire marks, Glastonbury police said in a press release.

Police said that Schaffman had previously been warned not to skateboard on school grounds but that he did so in a "no skateboarding" area.

Police charged both teens with third-degree criminal mischief and reckless driving. Police did not release the identity of the 16-year-old because the individual is under 17.

Both teens received juvenile summons to appear in juvenile court on Broad Street in Hartford on June 30 and were released at the scene.

Google outted office workers around the world with a doodle that features the iconic "Google" letters sitting around a conference table watching a World Cup game.

The animated letters are seen switching from the game to a graph presentation when a stern looking letter "B" walks by with a clipboard in hand. Once the B-is-for-Boss is gone, the PowerPoint presentation switches back to what appears to be an exciting match as the Google letters cheer and fist pump.

Users who click on the Doodle were taken to coverage of Monday's Netherlands vs. Chile match.

Researchers have yet to calculate the estimated loss of work productivity during the 2014 World Cup, but the U.S. economy in 2010 took a $121.7 million hit due to the 21 million soccer-loving Americans who watched for 10 work minutes a day during the South Africa games, according to NBC News.

The Berlin Turnpike has reopened after a serious motorcycle crash on the Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield.

The northbound lanes were closed due to the crash north of Wells Road/Route 175 earlier in the day. after the 1:37 p.m. accident.

Aetna Ambulance Service sent two ambulances to the scene of a collision between a motorcycle and motor vehicle and took at least two individuals to Hartford Hospital, according to David Skoczulek, director of business development and community relations for for Aetna Ambulance.

Information on the nature of the injuries has not been released at this time. 

A former state police trooper accused of sexually assaulting an 81-year-old woman at a Windsor Locks Hotel will appear in court on Monday.

According to Windsor Locks police, Jeffrey LaPorto, 43, of Windsor, met the woman, who is not from Connecticut, at a bar at the Quality Inn hotel on Ella Grasso Turnpike/Route 7and went back to the victim’s room around midnight or 12:30 a.m. on Friday, June 6.

Windsor Locks police said the victim’s son called 911 around 2 a.m. to say his mother had been sexually assaulted.

Officers found the victim suffering from “extensive internal injuries” and brought her to an area hospital for treatment.

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LaPorto, a Navy veteran who served during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, maintains his innocence and has no prior criminal record, his attorney said.

LaPorto and the woman went to the room with consent, according to the attorney.

Court documents are sealed for two weeks.

A Hartford Courant story published in 2000 listed Jeffrey LaPorto as a recent state police trooper graduate. State Police Union President Andy Matthews said a trooper by that name was terminated in January 2011 and the decision was upheld by an independent arbitrator in 2012.

When he learned of the arrest, Matthews described the alleged incident as “shocking,” and said, “That’s not how troopers conduct themselves.”

LaPorto was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of first-degree unlawful restraint. He has been ordered not contact the victim.

The caregiver of an elderly patient with dementia is accused of using the man’s credit card and making around $15,000 in unauthorized expenses for her personal use.

Farmington police arrested Carrie Cooper, 33, of New Britain, on Saturday and said the charges stem from a case in February 2014.

The family hired Cooper to care for the man on Sundays and those were the days the charges were showing up, according to police.

Police took Cooper into custody at her New Britain home.

She was charged with 18 counts of first-degree identity theft, 18 counts of illegal use of a credit card, one count of second-degree larceny, 18 counts of illegally receiving goods and services and two counts of third-degree forgery.

She was held on $100,000 bond.
 

Police are investigating the armed robbery of a Cumberland Farms store at 819 River Road in Shelton.

Authorities said a man in a ski mask entered the store around 2 a.m. Sunday, brandishing a handgun, and demanded cash.

An employee handed over an unknown amount of money and the robber fled. Police said no one was injured during the incident.

Police said the suspect was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a black ski mask.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the Shelton Police Detective Bureau at 203-924-1544.

An 18-year-old New Haven man is facing a string of charges after officers found drugs and a handgun within reach of 8- and 14-year-old girls at an apartment where he was staying, according to police.

Police arrived at the apartment on Colby Court around 8 p.m. Friday to serve Alton Small with a warrant for his arrest. He was suspected of weapons violations including the illegal sale of a firearm and possession of a sawed-off shotgun, police said.

The two children answered when police knocked on the door. Officers went upstairs to find Small asleep in the bedroom. Police said he initially gave them a fake name and then admitted his real identity.

Officers found 14 grams of crack cocaine, a few grams of marijuana, drug packaging, a loaded .25-caliber handgun and a bag of bullets at the apartment, according to police. Authorities said the gun was accessible to the children.

Small was charged with the illegal sale of a firearm, possession of a sawed-off shotgun, risk of injury to minors and five drug-related offenses including possession with intent to sell.

The state Department of Children and Families was notified and the girls went to stay with a relative, police said.

A motorcyclist has died after crashing into a cement barrier on a ramp to Intersate 91 northbound in Hartford overnight, according to police.

It happened around 1 a.m. Monday on the Whitehead Highway ramp to I-91 north. Police said the motorcycle driver died of head injuries sustained in the crash.

That person has not been identified.

No additional information is immediately available.

Check back for updates.

A 30-year-old man is accused of repeatedly calling residents of Newtown, Conn. two days after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, saying: "This is Adam Lanza. I'm gonna kill you."

The Venezuelan man, who had been charged in a 2013 criminal complaint, was arrested Saturday as he traveled through Miami on the way to Mexico from Venezuela, federal officials said.

He allegedly called Newtown residents on Dec. 16, 2012, two days after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 children and six educators before taking his own life.

The suspect allegedly made 96 calls to the Newtown area from Venezuela, saying on one call: "This is Adam Lanza. I'm gonna [expletive] kill you. You're dead. You're dead. You hear me? You're dead."

On another, he is accused of saying: "This is Adam Lanza. I'm gonna kill you. You're dead. With my machine gun. You're dead."

Deidre Daly, U.S. attorney for the district of Connecticut, said in a statement that threatening grieving Newtown residents "is reprehensible and inhuman criminal conduct."

He faces up to five years in prison for the charge of transmitting threats in interstate or foreign commerce.

Police have issued a Silver Alert for 66-year-old Evander Thurman of Danbury, who has been missing for five days and may have been evicted from his home, according to police.

Thurman was reported missing Monday after he failed to show up for work, police said. According to police, Thurman’s employer called his estranged wife to say he had missed his shift.

Thurman’s wife reportedly told police the two are separated and haven’t spoken in a couple weeks.

Police went to Thurman’s residence at a low-income housing complex to find that he had been evicted. Authorities said he may have also been fired from his workplace and is now listed as homeless.

Thurman was convicted of driving under the influence and violating probation in 2012 and 2013, court records show. Police said he has a criminal history but did not elaborate.

He’s described as a black man with black hair and brown eyes. Police said Thurman stands 6 feet tall and weighs 175 pounds.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is urged to call Danbury police at 203-797-4611.

An 83-year-old Taftville woman has after she was struck by a car while walking in front of Huntington Elementary School in Norwich last Thursday, according to the medical examiner's office.

Beverly Brown was rushed to William Backus Hospital for treatment of serious injuries around 9:30 a.m. Thursday. She remained in critical condition for several days prior to her death.

Police said she's not a teacher, nor is she affiliated with the elementary school in any way. The school is located at 80 West Town Street.

The driver who hit her, 93-year-old Arthur Chmura, of Moosup, was not injured, police said.

Anyone who witnessed the crash is urdged to call Norwich police Officer Thomas Lazzaro or Andre Rosedale at 860-886-5561 ext. 6.

Authorities are investigating the crash.

Federal investigators have rescued a child from a New Haven sex trafficking ring as part of a nationwide initiative to address child prostitution, according to a release from the New Haven branch of the FBI.

The weeklong initiative, called Operation Cross Country VIII, rescued 168 children from prostitution networks and arrested 281 pimps nationwide, according to the release.

It’s part of an FBI undertaking established in 2003 in conjunction with the Dept. of Justice and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

“Operation Cross Country’s mission is to rescue sexually exploited children from the streets of America, children forced into despicable lifestyles of prostitution and forced to live in the most horrible of conditions,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Patricia Ferrick, in a release.

A total of 13 children have been rescued from prostitution in New Haven over the past year, the release says.

School is out, but work is just getting started for Dr. Beth Schiavino-Narvaez, who was selected as the new superintendent of Hartford Public Schools after an intense nationwide search.

“I am extremely excited and honored to serve as your superintendent,” Narvaez said Monday.

According to the Richard F. Wareing, chairman of the Hartford Board of Education, Narvaez was evaluated based on very detailed criteria.

“Beth is a strong manager, a strategic thinker, open and engaging,” said Wearing. “She is someone who has great experience in teaching and learning.”

Learning is exactly what Narvaez says she plans to do this summer.

As part of her entry plan, she is looking to meet with families, students, staff, elected officials and community leaders.

Narvaez has also established an 11-member transition team to guide the process. The team consists of national, state and local experts charged with compiling a broad assessment of Hartford Public Schools.

“We have five key areas of study we are going to undertake as part of the transition,” said Narvaez.

Those areas include: leadership and organizational culture, teaching and learning, operational effectiveness and efficiency, equity and family and community engagement.

“[Beth] is someone who is deeply committed on a personal level to deeper equity in the system. So every student from the best school to the lowest performing school have the opportunity to have a great education that will prepare them for college and for life,” said Wearing.

Narvaez vowed Monday that "every child will attend a high performance school, no exceptions."

For Narvaez, that promise means closing an achievement gap plaguing the school system, enhancing special education as well as English language learning programs.

A published transition of the team’s report is expected in October.

The peak of hurricane season is right around the corner, and state officials, utility companies and private sector partners have spent the past two days focusing on emergency preparation in a drill coordinated by Emergency Management and Homeland Security.

"What we learned is in the absence of a statewide drill every year is that people get rusty and they forget," said Gov. Dannel Malloy.

The governor has implemented yearly drills, and utility companies are making sure they're part of the plan.

"They are far more responsive, far more aware of the role they play," said Malloy.

Today, he and several agencies gathered in Milford, a place with a lot of experience when it comes to hurricanes.

"These exercises, I think, are extremely important, and I think we learned with five natural disaster declarations by the president in a relatively short period of time," said Malloy.

The state's Urban Search and Rescue traveled from place to place so teams could see what resources they have and understand what they can do to help.

"This is a good refresher to keep in mind what is out there for us to ask for," said Milford Fire Captain Greg Carman.

The focus on preparedness didn't stop with hurricanes. Police, fire and hazmat crews headed to Hartford's West Street Post Office on Saturday, practicing their responses to a potential chemical attack.

The drills allow the state to improve its response for disasters they hope never arrive.

"We're planning for the worst, hoping for the best. That's what we do," said Malloy.