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Three college roommates in Bridgeport are getting national attention for chasing after a porch pirate. It led to a conversation with our crime prevention expert about how to protect yourselves from porch pirates, especially during the holiday season.

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Millions of students apply each year for financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid also known as FAFSA. Since the 2023-24 rollout, we’ve heard about many delays and tech issues causing problems for families. We asked the state how Connecticut is handling FAFSA and what we can expect with the updated rollout later this year. We spoke with Ajit Gopalakrishnan, State Department of Education Chief Performance Officer.

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Two street takeover situations happened in New Haven just days apart. As we reported, over the weekend three people were arrested in the Elm city for a street takeover, and late last month, a viral video shows a street takeover on the Q-bridge! Sgt. Luke Davis with the Connecticut State Police.

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November is month tied to the theme of “giving back” and we want to focus on people with food insecurity. It may surprise you how many people in Connecticut don’t know where their next meal will come from on a regular basis. Jason Jakubowski, President and CEO of Connecticut Foodshare, gave us real-time statistics to show just how dire the situation is in our state.

For more information: https://www.ctfoodshare.org/

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Ahead of Election Day, Mike Cerulli chats with some of his News 8 colleagues including Jeff Derderian (0:00), and Dennis House (41:34), along with Connecticut State Comptroller Sean Scanlon (1:00:00) Senator Richard Blumenthal (1:22:47), and former state senate minority leader John McKinney.

Host Paul Pacelli wrapped up another busy week on "Connecticut Today" - getting closer to Election Day - by looking at the latest controversy surrounding a statement by former President Donald Trump (00:23)

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Host Brigitte Quinn kicked off a new month and Friday installment of “Newsline” with an interview with Patricia Bonis, who just wrote a new memoir called “Jeddah Bride,” a true story about Patricia herself, who married a charming man—it seemed to be the fairytale romance—until he kidnapped their two young children, whom she did not see (or have contact with) for the next 14 years (00:00). Brigitte also spoke to Lonnie Quinn, Chief Forecaster of CBS 2 New York, about the unseasonable weather we’ve been having (16:28). Finally, theater and movie reviewer Ed Katz joined the program to discuss a new M. Night Shyamalan horror/thriller film, “Trap,” as well as the Netflix series “The Lincoln Lawyer” and thoughts on the upcoming papal-related movie “Conclave” (28:41)

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A new audit report reveals more than $22,000 was spent on a fun-filled day for agency workers and their families, even though it was dubbed an annual meeting day of work. But what does this one day of alarming spending say about the lack of transparency in where our tax dollars go to state government? We spoke with investigative reporter, Jeff Derderian, about the audit and what he discovered.

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After accusations surfaced against the Fairfield Republican Town Committee regarding a letter to Fairfield University students, we heard from RTC Chairwoman, Laura Devlin. She shared the details of that letter and gave a rebuttal to the attacks from the other side.

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The Fairfield Democratic Town Committee is sounding the alarm over a letter sent to Fairfield University students ahead of the election. The letter was sent by the Republican Town Committee and it’s being called a shocking breach of privacy sent as an unsolicited mass political email to students. We get a better look at the accusation from the DTC Chairman, Steven Sheinberg.

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