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Rhode Island woman killed in crash in Connecticut
A woman has died after a crash on Route 2 in Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon. State police said 51-year-old Danielle Helen Tessier, of Providence, Rhode Island, was driving a 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio on Route 2 East, near exit 22, just after 3 p.m. when she went off the road and hit a bridge abutment. Tessier died at the scene,…
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Maine's $1.35B lottery winner sues mother of his child over anonymity
A man who won one of the largest lottery payments in U.S. history has filed a federal lawsuit against the mother of his child in an attempt to keep his identity concealed. The man won a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot earlier this year after purchasing a lottery ticket at a gas station in Lebanon, Maine. He has sued his…
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After-school Satan Club at Connecticut elementary school raises eyebrows in town
“There’s just a lot of people that just don’t want to hear what we’re about. They don’t want to hear what we believe,” June Everett said. Everett is the campaign director for the after-school program of the satanic temple. She said they view Satan as a literary figure. “We look at Satan as a symbol of being the ultimate...
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Grief counseling being offered at high school in Lebanon, Conn. after death of student
Grief counselors will be available at Lyman Memorial High School in Lebanon on Monday to help the community process the death of a student over the weekend. State police initially said they responded to a crash on Norwich Avenue after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday. They later said they were contacted by family members who were concerned after a loved one…
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High school student identified as victim of incident off road in Lebanon, Conn. Saturday
A Lebanon high school student has been identified as the person who died in an incident off Norwich Avenue in Lebanon early Saturday morning. State police initially said they responded to a crash after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday. They later said they were contacted by family members who were concerned after a loved one didn’t return home late Friday...
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Person reported missing found dead in crashed vehicle off road in Lebanon, Conn: state police
One person died in a crash in Lebanon late Friday night or early Saturday morning. According to state police, Troop K in Colchester was contacted by concerned family members around 1:30 a.m. Saturday who reported a loved one had not returned home. Troopers began searching for the missing person, who had been traveling in a vehicle. Troopers located the vehicle…
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Reuters videographer killed in Lebanon
Issam Abdallah was part of a crew providing a live signal as part of ongoing coverage.
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Lebanese authorities to investigate shots fired outside US Embassy in Beirut
An unknown gunman opened fire outside the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon late Wednesday night.
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3 rescued from boat lodged on NH dam amid fast-flowing water
A pontoon boat on a fast-flowing river was swept onto a New Hampshire dam Wednesday and all three people on board had to be rescued, officials said. Video of the rescue shows crews helping a boater off the boat and up onto a ladder just feet from the lip of Mascoma Dam in Lebanon, with white water raging just downriver….
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Vermont man arrested after striking officer in New Hampshire
A Vermont man was arrested after he fled from police and struck an officer in Lebanon, New Hampshire on Tuesday. According to Lebanon Police, the man’s black Cadillac was stopped for not being registered and having defective equipment. Police say the man did not have a license and refused to provide his name. When he was asked to step...
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Ex-NH Charity Director Gambled Away Thousands of Embezzled Funds, Feds Say
The former executive director of a New Hampshire charity has been charged with embezzling nearly $250,000 from it, then gambling away much of the money at a Massachusetts casino. Kyle Fisher, a 42-year-old now living in North Carolina, took over $230,000 from the Lebanon-based charity he ran through unauthorized checks to himself as well as PayPal transfers to his bank…
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Israel Launches Rare Air Strikes in Lebanon and Gaza as Netanyahu Vows to Extract ‘Heavy Price'
Israel struck targets in southern Lebanon early Friday and resumed air strikes in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said, marking a further escalation in the region following violence this week at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.
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Winner of Maine's $1.35B Mega Millions Jackpot Comes Forward Through LLC
A person has claimed the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot won at a Maine gas station last month, the Maine State Lottery revealed Wednesday. They didn’t share the person’s name — they accepted the state’s first ever Mega Millions jackpot win, from Friday, Jan. 13, through a limited liability company called LaKoma Island Investments. They chose the pre-tax cash payment…
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Maine's $1.35B Mega Millions Jackpot Mystery: What We Know (and Don't)
The small town of Lebanon, Maine, just made someone a billionaire. Now the question is: who is it? No one had ever won the Mega Millions with a ticket bought in Maine until this Friday, the 13th, with a ticket worth $1.35 billion. Maine is not one of the states that lets winners stay anonymous, so if someone claims the…
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Syrian Official Says at Least 77 Dead in Migrant Boat Sinking
At least 77 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sank off Syria this week, the country’s health minister said Friday, amid fears the death toll could be far higher. The incident was deadliest so far as a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have been trying to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea for a better…