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These Places Will Be Best To View 'Most Visible Eclipse For US In 100 Years': Here's When These Places Will Be Best To View 'Most Visible Eclipse For US In 100 Years': Here's When
These Places Will Be Best To View 'Most Visible Eclipse For US In 100 Years': Here's When It won't be long now. In just over two months, what's being called the astronomy event of the decade will occur when a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Mark your calendar now for Monday, April 8 with four-minute totality duration beginning at 3:13 p.m. Eastern time. A total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and earth, completely blocking the face of the sun and the sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk. According to space.com, it will be "the longest and most visible for the US in 100 years," w…

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Hamden Man Tries To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria: Here's His Sentence Hamden Man Tries To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria: Here's His Sentence
Hamden Man Tries To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria: Here's His Sentence A 30-year-old Connecticut man will spend more than a decade in prison for trying to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS, federal officials announced.  New Haven County resident Kevin McCormick of Hamden was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 21 to 12 years in prison for trying to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.  Earlier Report - 'I Gotta Fight Bro': Hamden Man Tried To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria, He Admits According to …

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'I Gotta Fight Bro': Hamden Man Tried To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria, He Admits 'I Gotta Fight Bro': Hamden Man Tried To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria, He Admits
'I Gotta Fight Bro': Hamden Man Tried To Join ISIS, Fly To Syria, He Admits A Connecticut man is facing prison time after admitting to trying to fly to Syria in order to fight for ISIS.  New Haven County resident Kevin McCormick, age 29, of Hamden, admitted to trying to join the terrorist organization in Bridgeport Federal Court on Thursday, Jan. 12, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.  Between August and October 2019, McCormick repeatedly told others of his desire to travel to Syria to lend support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).  In one of these conversations, he said, "I gotta fight br…

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ISIS Wannabe From Connecticut Not Mentally Fit For Trial ISIS Wannabe From Connecticut Not Mentally Fit For Trial
ISIS Wannabe From Connecticut Not Mentally Fit For Trial A Hamden man who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and attempted to fight for the terrorist organization is not mentally fit to stand trial.  Kevin Iman McCormick, 27, was charged with a felony for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in October 2019, according to the office of United States Attorney of Connecticut John H. Grisham.  Based on a medical assessment given by Dr. Hassan M. Minhas, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, U.S. District Court, Connecticut, Judge Kari A. Dooley said McCormick is not mentally prepared to be tried. Dooley …

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