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Six Connecticut nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health for violations that resulted in injuries to residents.Montowese Health and Rehab Center in North Haven was fined $1,740 after a resident suffered a calf laceration needing 10 stitches on March 23 while being moved from a wheelchair to a bed.

MIDDLETOWN, (AP) >> Police say a man whose dog died after he left it in his car on a hot summer day has been charged with animal cruelty.Police in Middletown, Connecticut, say it's the second time a dog belonging to the man died after being left in a car.Seventy-nine-year-old David Beveridge told police he meant to bring the Labradoodle named Jennie to a pet care center around noon Tuesday before going to work.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) >> The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says rare right whales will be considered for disentanglement from fishing gear on a "case by case basis" in the future.The agency suspended efforts to free whales tangled in fishing line last week after a Canadian rescuer was killed by a right whale after freeing it.

HARTFORD (AP) >> A study of racial profiling by Connecticut police has taken closer look at nine departments previously identified as having an issue with pulling over a disproportionately large number of minorities.

NEW HAVEN>> A 14-year-old has died as a result of a shooting Sunday on Bassett Street, police confirmed Thursday morning. The victim died Wednesday night, Police Chief Anthony Campbell said Thursday morning.

NEW HAVEN >> Nury Chavarria, mother of four U.S. American citizen children, was denied a stay of deportation Wednesday and is scheduled to get on plane to Guatemala Thursday.The news was issued by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal's office just before 7:30 p.m., after multiple interviews were arranged with Chavarria, followed by a press conference and a protest on the New Haven Green.

NEW HAVEN >> A New Haven pastor has been sentenced to serve three years in prison for second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor.Walter Williams, who was 59 at the time of his arrest last July, lives in Northford section of North Branford. He is senior pastor at the

NEW HAVEN >> The state's budget chief has told the Department of Transportation that its environmental impact review of the proposed garage for Union Station fails to address community and neighborhood concerns.Ben Barnes, secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, recently sent a

NEW HAVEN >> It's known as the "summer slide": when school is not in session, children who do not stay engaged with reading often fall behind and lose literacy achievements they had made throughout the school year. The phenomenon, which has a larger impact on lower-income students who lack the same resources as their wealthier peers, exacerbates the reading achievement gap.

NEW HAVEN >> Three men were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for allegedly trafficking more than a ton of marijuana into the state by plane.Robert Capelli, 31, of Milford; Scott Bodnar, 38, of Ansonia; and Donald Burns, 59, of Milford, were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, an offense that carries a minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison.