2019-11-27@6:58pm–#Bridgeport CT– A police officer was called to check on the traffic light at North and Park Avenue. He is reporting that he cannot get the lights to do what they are suppose to and it is causing a big traffic backup. Avoid the area. They may make it a 4-way stop which should be entertaining….
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2019-11-27@5:40pm–#Bridgeport CT– A pedestrian was struck and transported to the hospital with unknown injuries on State Street near Howard Street in front of the bakery. The driver did remain on scene and is cooperating with police.
2019-11-27@5:11pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police are investigating a crash where a car hit the Pequonnock Iron Works at 621 Pequonnock Street. The driver of the car that struck the building was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.
2019-11-25–#Fairfield CT– Monday night Brenda Kupchick became the second woman to lead the town as first selectwoman. Former U.S. Representative Christopher Shays swore her in to the town’s top position. State representative Laura Devlin and former state senator John McKinney acted as emcees. Twenty Nine other town officials were also sworn in.
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WASHINGTON, DC– Following alarming reports of Google’s efforts to obtain the health records of millions of Americans without their awareness or consent, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) wrote Google today demanding answers to the serious questions and concerns raised by “Project Nightingale.”
“We write with concern over reports that Ascension has entered into a partnership that provides Google with the health records of tens of millions of Americans without their awareness or consent,” the senators wrote. “Health information and records of medical care are exceptionally sensitive information that, when mishandled, expose patients to embarrassment, discrimination, exploitation, and other harms. Based on prior privacy violations and security failures from the company, we have substantial concerns about how Google will handle patient data and use health records for other purposes.”
Google’s “Project Nightingale” allowed the company access to the personal health data of 50 million or more patients – all reportedly provided without their knowledge or the ability to opt-out of the data sharing. In today’s letter, Blumenthal, Warren, and Cassidy demanded Google provide substantive responses to how such a vast amount of private, personal health data was surreptitiously collected, and how Google plans to use it. Continue reading Blumenthal Wants Answers
2019-11-27@1:04am–#Bridgeport CT– Police have one in custody and a firearm recovered after a foot pursuit on Logan Street near Hollister Avenue. EMS need for a taser deployment on the suspect and one police officer is having difficulty breathing.
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2019-11-26@10:25pm–#Bridgeport CT– #cttraffic– A crash on I-95 northbound just before exit 28 in the left lane.
UPDATE: Detour if you can, police saying the highway is shutdown at the crash site.
2019-11-26@10:25PM–#Farifield CT– A report of a rollover accident on the Merritt Parkway southbound between exits 44 and 42, closer to Congress Street according to radio reports.
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2019-11-26@8:15PMish–#Bridgeport CT– Witnesses told me that the Greater Bridgeport Bus hit the back of a pickup truck as it was turning into the gas station at Main and Overland Avenue. The driver of the truck was transported to the hospital, and a passenger on the bus was being evaluated by EMS when I left the scene.
