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WATCH: Full Opening Statements From Trump Impeachment Hearing
The first open hearing in the impeachment investigation into President Donald’s Trump dealings with Ukraine started on Wednesday morning. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and the ranking Republican on the committee, Rep. Devin Nunes of California delivered opening remarks. Click through to watch their full statements.
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ShopRite in West Hartford to Close its Doors
ShopRite in West Hartford announced it will officially close its doors after operating for nearly a decade.
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Lawmakers Want to Borrow Money for Church, Mosque, Synagogue Security
A bipartisan group of lawmakers joined with faith leaders as they rolled out a $5 million plan to provide funding to help protect houses of worship across Connecticut from violent attacks.
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Massive Fire Engulfs Beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
A massive fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris’ soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. The blaze collapsed the cathedral’s spire and spread to one of its landmark rectangular towers, but Paris fire chief...
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Fire Engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral; Spire Collapses
A massive fire engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, toppling its spire and sending thick plumes of smoke high into the sky.
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15 Yale Students Cited at Sit-In Over Investments
Fifteen Yale University students have been cited for trespassing following a demonstration in which they called for the university to divest from fossil fuel companies and companies that hold Puerto Rican government debt.
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Ginsburg's Absence From Supreme Court Not as Long as Others'
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has missed a month of Supreme Court arguments as she recovers from lung cancer surgery. But she’s not the first justice to be away for a while and her absence hardly compares with those of some of her predecessors. The day before the Supreme Court began its term in October 1949, Justice William Douglas broke 14...
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Get NBC Connecticut on Roku; Available Now
NBC Connecticut is now available on Roku.
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‘Me Voting in 2016 vs. Me Voting in 2018′: Hilarious Memes Reflect Voters' Attitudes
Angry, fired up and anxious. This is how some voters feel about voting in this year’s midterm elections. They took to Twitter, comparing how they cast their ballot in 2016 during the presidential election to how they’re doing it in 2018. One post compared a shirtless Leonardo Dicaprio gleefully holding a water gun to the actor portraying fur trapper Hugh...
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Analog Charm of World Cup Sticker Book Endures Among Fans
Eighth-grade teacher Ari Mascarenhas could have picked high-tech gadgets or modern apps to help his students learn Portuguese, but he instead went old school with the World Cup sticker book.
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Trump Transition Hires Hardline Anti-Immigration Advocates
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team includes some of the most conservative opponents to illegal immigration, NBC News reported. Kris Kobach, Kansas’ secretary of state, who is a champion of tough anti-illegal immigration laws and ideas, has been hired as part of the team. According to a document obtained by The New York Times, Danielle Cutrona is leading the “Immigration Reform...
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Chloe Kim's Victory Lap: SI Cover, Kellogg's Box and Fallon Selfies
Snowboarder Chloe Kim put on quite a show at the Olympics on behalf of Team USA and now she’s back in the States, taking a well-deserved victory lap.
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‘Go Get ‘Em': Yamaguchi Roots for ShibSibs, Mr. T Watches Olympics Curling
Mr. T pities the fool who doesn’t watch curling at the Olympics! The actor was among a group of celebrities and former Olympians watching the 2018 Winter Games and expressing their admiration and support for Team USA.
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Canadian Hockey Player Removes Silver Medal, Later Apologizes After Loss to US
An Olympic silver medal is something to be proud of. Unless you’re this Canadian hockey player. U.S. women beat Canada Thursday 3-2 in the first shootout in an Olympic women’s hockey final, snapping the Americans’ 20-year gold medal drought and ending Canada’s bid for a fifth straight title.
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In Photos: Johnny Weir And Tara Lipinski's Style in Pyeongchang
NBC’s primetime figure skating announcers Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski promised to wear lots of bling and high heels at the 2018 Olympics Winter Games. Oh, how they’ve delivered. Halfway through the Pyeongchang Games the former Olympians have dazzled the audience with their sparkly and coordinating outfits, courtesty of their many suitcases. Weir debut ensemble in the commentator’s booth last...
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‘It's a Skill': How Slopestyle and Halfpipe Judges Use Short-Hand to Rank Runs
While snowboarders and free skiers soar in the air, doing back flips, twists and gravity-defying leaps at the Olympics, on the ground judges are feverishly recording the tricks and details of the athletes’ runs on a steno sheet. To an untrained eye, their short-hand notes may look like scribbles in a foreign language or a mathematical equation. But to a...
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Shirtless Canadian Skiers Cheer on Teammate in Pyeongchang
It’s been frigid at the Pyeongchang Games but the cold didn’t deter three Canadian moguls skiers from cheering on their fellow skier sans shirts.
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Back to the Future? Ski Ballet Gets Its Moment Online
If you thought curling was an amusing Olympic sport, you probably haven’t seen ski ballet. Ski ballet, a hybrid of figure skating and gymnastics, made its Olympic debut as a demonstration sport at the Calgary Games in 1988. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, ballet remained in the demonstration category while other freestyle skiing disciplines– moguls and aerials–...
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Get NBC Connecticut on Your Apple TV
NBC Connecticut is now available on Apple TV. Our new Apple TV app lets you browse current news, get the most up-to-date forecast from the First Alert Weather team and watch our top stories on your TV whenever you want. The app refreshes with new videos throughout the day, giving you access to the latest local stories, breaking news,...
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North Korean ‘Army of Beauties' Cheers on Unified Korea Women's Hockey Team
Unified Korea women’s hockey team lost their Olympics debut match to Switzerland on Saturday in Pyeongchang, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of North Korea’s cheerleaders. “Go for it, go for it, our players, go for it,” chanted the cheerleaders, sporting coordinated red outfits and waving the unified Korea flag. Switzerland dominated the joint Korean hockey team 8-0. Chanting elevated...