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Target To Close Stores In 4 States, Citing Theft, Organized Retail Crime
Citing incidents involving violence and theft, Target announced it is closing nine stores in four states, including one in New York.
The New York store is in Manhattan, at 517 E 117th St.
Three other stores are in California, in the San Francisco/Oakland market, and three in Oregon, in Portland.
The other two stores are in Seattle, Washington.
"We cannot continue operating these stores because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests, and contributing to unsustainable business performance," the company said in a statement released Tuesday afternoo…
High-Speed Head-On, Wrong-Way Crash Kills CT Woman, State Police Say
Connecticut State Police is seeking witnesses and dashcam video footage in a wrong-way fatal crash that left an area woman dead.
The late afternoon crash, killed a New Haven County woman around 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, on I-691 in Hartford County in Southington, when she slammed into a tractor-trailer at a high-speed driving in the wrong direction, state police said.
According to state police, Sharon L. Knight, age 54, of Waterbury, was driving a 2004 Mercedes Benz west in the east lane when she struck the tractor-trailer head-on.
At the time of the crash, the road's surface was dry a…
