Month: April 2024

Westport News: Young Women’s Minuteman Race

(Westport, CT) On Sunday, April 28th, the Westport Young Women’s League will be hosting their annual Minuteman Race from 7:00am to 11:00am. The road race begins at Compo Beach and uses many of the roads in the Compo Beach area. Organizers are expecting approximately 1300 participants. Roads in the area will be open to vehicular traffic, but motorists are advised to travel through the area safely as therewill be a significant increase of pedestrians on the roads during this event.

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Stratford News: Porch Fire

2024-04-27@1:14pm--#Stratford CT--Firefighters just began laying into a structure fire on Freeman Avenue when the alarm for a fire in the 700 block of Honeyspot Road for a porch fire. Stratford immediately called Bridgeport to assist. Both fires were extinguished quickly. No reported injuries. The fire marshal was called to both scenes to investigate the cause.

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Stratford News: House Fire

2024-04-27@1:11pm--#Stratford CT-- Firefighters were called to a structure fire on Freeman Avenue. The fire was towards the rear of the building and extended to a second structure and a brush fire. Everyone made it out of the building safely. A couple minutes after arriving to this fire another alarm of fire was called on Honeyspot Road. See our second report.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG URGES UNITEDHEALTH GROUP TO HELP PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS HARMED BY CYBERATTACK ON CHANGE HEALTHCARE

(Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong announced today that he has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients harmed by the recent catastrophic outage of Change Healthcare. UnitedHealth Group is the nation’s largest health insurer and the parent company of Change Healthcare. On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare experienced a cyberattack by ALPHV/Blackcat, which crippled its platform. In the intervening weeks, providers, pharmacies, and facilities have reported catastrophic disruptions to care infrastructure, inability to verify coverage or obtain prior authorization, and inability to process claims or obtain reimbursements. Patients report delayed or denied access to…

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Bridgeport News: Man Shot

2024-04-27@12:45am--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are investigating a shooting in the 300 block of Orchard Street (near Boston Avenue). The man was shot in the back. Police said in a statement "At 12:45am hrs, ECC received multiple calls of a shooting incident at the 300 block of Orchard Street. Upon arrival, officers found one individual down.  The victim was promptly transported to Bridgeport Hospital.  No further updates on the victim’s condition at this time."

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Update on

State police in Bridgeport released body camera footage showing a trooper injured during a traffic stop on I-95. The trooper, Robert Coyne, and the driver, Gamalier Mitchell-Millan, sustained non life-threatening injuries. Mitchell-Millan faces charges including failure to meet insurance requirements and failure to maintain a proper lane.

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