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Former Patriots Cheerleader Shines On New Season Of Hit Netflix Dating Show 'Love Is Blind' Former Patriots Cheerleader Shines On New Season Of Hit Netflix Dating Show 'Love Is Blind'
Former Patriots Cheerleader Shines On New Season Of Hit Netflix Dating Show 'Love Is Blind' A former New England Patriots cheerleader with Boston roots is setting out discover if love is truly blind. Amber Desiree, who goes by "AD," is among the 30 men and women on Season 6 of the hit Netflix dating show "Love Is Blind," which aptly debuted on Valentine's Day. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amber Desiree (AD) (@amberdesiree) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amber Desiree (AD) (@amberdesiree) That of a dating experiment, cast members — who this season are all …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Ex-Flight Attendant On Boston-Bound Plane Filmed Children As They Used Bathroom: Feds Ex-Flight Attendant On Boston-Bound Plane Filmed Children As They Used Bathroom: Feds
Ex-Flight Attendant On Boston-Bound Plane Filmed Children As They Used Bathroom: Feds A former American Airlines flight attendant attempted to film a child as she used the bathroom and had videos of several other children using the plane's lavatory on his phone, authorities said.  Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was charged with one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography depicting a prepubescent minor, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  A 14-year-old aboard a Charlotte to Boston flight in September 2023 told her parents that Thompson had escorted her to the first-cl…

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by Josh Lanier
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Returning Jeopardy! Champion From CT To Make Second Appearance On Show Returning Jeopardy! Champion From CT To Make Second Appearance On Show
Returning Jeopardy! Champion From CT To Make Second Appearance On Show A Connecticut native will soon make her second appearance on Jeopardy! a day after winning big during her first round on the show.  Kate Campolieta, a corporate communications specialist from Simsbury in Hartford County, will appear on an episode airing on Wednesday night, July 5 at 7 p.m. on ABC.  The episode will mark Campolieta's second time on the show, following her first appearance during an episode that aired on Tuesday, July 4.  During this first appearance, Campolieta beat out her competition and was able to take home a whopping $11,513, making her a retur…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Man Charged After Attempting To Enter Elementary School In Fairfield County, Police Say Man Charged After Attempting To Enter Elementary School In Fairfield County, Police Say
Man Charged After Attempting To Enter Elementary School In Fairfield County, Police Say A man from out of state has been charged after police said he attempted to enter an elementary school in Fairfield County. Just after 1 p.m. on Friday, May 27, school administrators in Stamford from Davenport Elementary School on Newfield Avenue noticed a suspicious man on the school campus, and immediately initiated a lockdown, according to Captain Diedrich Hohn, Commander of Special Investigations for the Stamford PD. Stamford Police Units arrived within three minutes, and detained the man identified as Jamar Mikel Edwards, age 31. School administrators relayed that they o…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Two Lucky CT Residents Win $50K Each In State Lottery Two Lucky CT Residents Win $50K Each In State Lottery
Two Lucky CT Residents Win $50K Each In State Lottery A pair of CT Lottery players are feeling lucky after cashing in tickets worth $50,000 that were sold at area convenience stores. Lottery officials announced that in New London County on Monday, Jan. 10, Oakdale resident Russell Bowen cashed in a winning “Powerball” ticket worth $50,000 on a ticket sold at Henne Penny Hartford Road 23 on the Hartford Turnpike in Waterford. That same day, a Plainville resident in Hartford County won the top prize playing “$50,000 Win It All” on a ticket sold at the Dairy Mart on Bradley Avenue in Waterbury. According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch t…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport
Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport A man was bedbound for 19 hours after an airline broke his wheelchair in Boston and then refused to load it onto a plane in Charlotte, NC, he and his New Jersey wife said on social media. Matt Wetherbee, age 34, tweeted from a bed during a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that American's crew at Boston Logan International Airport had damaged his chair.  Then, the crew in Charlotte refused to load it onto the plane he was boarding with wife and Kaitlyn Kiely -- an Old Tappan, NJ native -- due to a lack of space. The couple made headlines in 2018, when Keily pushed Wetherbee…

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by Cecilia Levine