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Connecticut deals with more than 100 brush fires as historic drought persists: officials

More than 100 brush fires have broken out across Connecticut as state officials warn that the threat of more outdoor blazes could continue into next year if the historic spell of dry weather persists. As of Sunday night, officials were actively addressing five fires in Berlin, Bristol, East Lyme, Oxford and Roxbury, according to Richard Schenk, a...

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Daniel Penny labeled ‘the white man’ by prosecutor at racially charged manslaughter trial

On day two of his manslaughter case, Daniel Penny ceased having a name. He became merely “the white man.” During the prosecution’s opening statements on Friday, they asked why Penny, 26, did “not see Mr. Neely’s humanity.” On Monday, the Marine Corps veteran — facing 15 years for the subway chokehold that killed mentally ill...

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