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Man uses screwdriver to kill wife, daughter at Minnesota daycare MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man used a screwdriver to fatally stab his wife and their 7-year-old daughter at a daycare before killing himself, police said Thursday. Officials released a search warrant in connection with Wednesday morning’s attack in the Minneapolis suburb of Hopkins. The warrant identifies the man as 41-year-old Nathan Brown. Police say he attacked his wife, Kristen Brown, and their daughter, Evie, at the daycare Kristen Brown operated from the family’s basement. Nathan Brown then fatally shot ...

Connecticut is counting bears

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As it would for the typical U.S. Census taker, the work of counting bears in the woods starts with a clipboard and a blank piece of paper. Armed with this equipment — along with bear spray and, perhaps more importantly, tick repellent — a team of researchers has been fanning out to hundreds of survey stations set up across western Connecticut this summer to collect data on the area’s resident population of black bears. Their goal is to conduct the first scientific survey of the state’s bear population in over a decade. The project is a collaboration between the state Department ...

Weathersfield places moratorium on fiber optic installation permits

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WEATHERFIELD — The township has joined other communities in placing a 12-month moratorium on fiber optic installation along township roads. Trustee Ed Whittaker said at the August meeting there is nothing against any specific company that has done the installation work in the township. However, there is a concern on the way the fiber optics have been installed. “We want to make sure protocols are in place and are being followed,” Whitaker said. Trustees this week passed legislation under emergency measures that impose the 12-month moratorium on the installation of underground ...

Boardman residents bring flooding problem to Canfield trustees

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CANFIELD TOWNSHIP — A delegation of Huntington Ridge residents attended this week’s trustees meeting looking for a solution to a major flooding problem. Heavy rains have destroyed a retaining wall in the development that will be a costly endeavor to repair. “We don’t want to fix a wall that will cost a lot, just to end up fixing it again next year,” spokeswoman Julie Troup said. She said the reason they were addressing trustees is because the flood waters are flowing across Tippecanoe Road from the Ohio Turnpike in Canfield and flooding the Huntington Ridge area, which ...

Nero’s Bridge emerges from Tiber River as Rome faces water crisis

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ROME (AP) — The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge. The bridge — known as Nero’s Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor — once connected Rome’s city center with the Tiber’s right bank. “Nero is the most famous person linked to this area, because precisely in Nero’s circus, where the Vatican is now located, the Apostle Peter was martyred,” said Antonella Bonini, an archaeologist at Rome’s cultural heritage superintendency. “However, ...