Connecticut rapist nabbed in Florida after 44 years on the lam and assuming dead child's identity

Florida sheriff’s deputies released body-camera footage of a deadly shooting in which a police officer was injured and a suspect killed during a chase over the weekend. The chase began around 4 p.m.

A car chase in Florida led to a harrowing rescue Thursday when the fleeing driver crashed into a pond with two children in the back seat.   Deputies attempted to stop the car over a window tint violation on U.S. Highway 19 in Pasco County at 3:15 p.m., but the suspect drove into the nearby Ja-Mar mobile home park, passing several residents and hitting a dead end before losing control.

Tyler Hubbard says his brief social media divorce from Florida George Line partner Brian Kelley was political.

A Florida man who strapped a light pole to the roof of his car on a highway has been arrested on charges of grand theft, authorities said. Douglas Allen Hatley, 71, was pulled over on a Tampa roadway on Monday after another driver reported that a maroon Toyota Camry was hauling a metal pole – nearly double the length of the car – on its roof, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Florida Georgia Line singer Tyler Hubbard reunited with his family after quarantining in a tour bus due to testing positive for the coronavirus weeks ago. The musician confirmed his diagnosis earlier this month on social media ahead of the CMA Awards, which he then had to skip.

Storms hammered New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Sunday night, even sparking tornado warnings. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of New York and Connecticut as the storms battered the area.

A surveillance video from a Florida restaurant shows a drunken man beating up two women. Hollywood police responded to a call at the Capone’s Flicker Lite Bar & Pizza Restaurant after a man entered the establishment, clearly inebriated, and became violent after staff refused him service.

A Connecticut woman called a “great mom” was behind bars after being accused of shooting two of her three children, killing one of them, according to reports. The violent scene Friday evening shook residents of the small town of Plymouth, it was reported.

MIAMI – In a twist of events, Miami Republicans flipped seats in two South Florida congressional districts, an outcome neither party was expecting. Observers across the country wonder if this election could mean lasting changes in Florida — and for a Republican Party reinforced by Hispanic voters.  Former Spanish-language journalist Maria Elvira Salazar will represent Florida’s 27th congressional district after slightly outperforming Democratic Rep.

A Connecticut college settled a lawsuit over the death of an aspiring social worker who choked on pancakes during an on-campus charity event three years ago. Sacred Heart University in Fairfield agreed to undisclosed terms with the mother of Caitlin Nelson, a 20-year-old student who died days after the pancake-eating contest, which had been set up by a sorority to benefit Prevent Child Abuse America.

There have been serious injuries in an explosion at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut, an official said Friday. State and federal investigators are responding to the VA Medical Center in West Haven, Brian Foley, a top aide to state Public Safety Commissioner James Rovella, said in a text message to The Associated Press.

A Florida firefighter responded to a blaze at his own home but was unable to save his wife, who died in the raging inferno. Miami-Dade firefighter Corey Logan raced to the scene as smoke filled his Homestead home on Tuesday afternoon, the Miami Herald reported.

He did not romaine calm. A Florida man was arrested after causing a commotion in a Checkers drive-thru, throwing a fit over the lack of lettuce for his sandwich.

Cracker Barrel has issued an apology after a customer at a Connecticut location spotted what appeared to be “nooses on the ceiling.” The restaurant chain later clarified that the “noose” was just the wrapped cord that was attached to one of the location’s décor items, but said it was still “completely unacceptable” that employees failed to notice the resemblance before it was put on display.

Florida Georgia Line is reportedly still a united front after a day of rumored drama. The country group is made up of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley and is known for their hits "Meant to Be" and "Cruise." Fans began to worry that a feud had developed between the two when some noticed that Hubbard, 33, and his wife Hayley had unfollowed Kelley, 35, on Instagram.