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ABC News Reporter Rachel Scott Goes Viral For Grilling Trump Over VP Harris' Race ABC News Reporter Rachel Scott Goes Viral For Grilling Trump Over VP Harris' Race
ABC News Reporter Rachel Scott Goes Viral For Grilling Trump Over VP Harris' Race A clip of former President Donald Trump saying Vice President Kamala Harris "turned black" to court the African American vote has gone viral, and it happened because of someone familiar to many in the region. ABC News' Rachel Scott, a 32-year-old former reporter for WTNH News 8 in New Haven, moderated a discussion with Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago on Wednesday, July 31.  She opened the panel by pressing the former Republican president on his party's attacks on Harris as a "DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) hire." Harris is of mix…

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by Josh Lanier
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Shark Attack Update: Details Emerge On Connecticut Woman Who Lost Part Of Leg In Caribbean Shark Attack Update: Details Emerge On Connecticut Woman Who Lost Part Of Leg In Caribbean
Shark Attack Update: Details Emerge On Connecticut Woman Who Lost Part Of Leg In Caribbean New details have emerged days after a young Connecticut woman lost part of her leg when she was attacked by a shark in the Caribbean. The 22-year-old was snorkeling near a resort around 3 p.m., Wednesday, May 24 in the Turks and Caicos Islands when the rare attack happened, authorities said. The Turks and Caicos Islands Police Department told Daily Voice it did not know what type of shark was involved in the incident. The woman has now been identified as a resident of the town of Darien in Fairfield County. On Saturday, May 27, the Turks and Caicos Sun reported she is a recent graduate of…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Sports Legend, Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Running For Mayor Of His Hometown Sports Legend, Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Running For Mayor Of His Hometown
Sports Legend, Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Running For Mayor Of His Hometown Baseball legend Bobby Valentine is looking to go from a seat in the dugout to a seat in City Hall. Valentine, 70, the former Major League Baseball player and manager who currently serves as the athletic director at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, announced on Friday, May 7 that he plans to run for mayor the second largest city in Fairfield County - his hometown of Stamford. A three-sport high school star in Stamford, Valentine made the announcement on social media that he plans to run as an independent candidate against incumbent David Martin and State Rep. Caroline Simmo…

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by Zak Failla
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Estranged Husband Goes For Jog Day After Posting $500K Bond In Missing Mom Case Estranged Husband Goes For Jog Day After Posting $500K Bond In Missing Mom Case
Estranged Husband Goes For Jog Day After Posting $500K Bond In Missing Mom Case Click here for an updated story: Police Search Lake In Missing Mom Investigation Fresh out of jail, Fotis Dulos, wearing a T-shirt, shorts, headphones and GPS ankle monitor, went out for a jog early Wednesday, June 12, while K-9 dogs and police continued their search for his missing wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos. Dulos, who is out on $500,000 bail on charges of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and hindering prosecution, ignored shouted questions from reporters as he ran along Deercliff Road in Avon, where he lives in a $4.3 million mansion, WTNH News 8 reported. Fotis …

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by Kathy Reakes