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MIDDLEBURY — A Waterbury driver was cited for several motor vehicle violations following a traffic stop on Interstate 84 east Sunday afternoon.

PLYMOUTH — The Housing Authority is scheduled to hold a hearing at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Town Hall regarding its proposal to purchase a residential property at 2 Field St.

WINSTED — An 18-year-old Torrington man who was seriously injured Saturday in a crash on Route 8 remained in critical condition Monday at Waterbury Hospital, according to a hospital spokesman.

NAUGATUCK — Naugatuck police charged two women in separate alcohol-related incidents over the weekend.

NEW YORK — Did boisterous celebrations over an Olympic victory by the world's fastest man lead to a false alarm about gunfire and a panicked evacuation of Kennedy Airport?

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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The state's attorney general was convicted Monday of all nine counts against her in a perjury and obstruction case related to a grand jury leak.

LOWER LAKE, Calif. — A wind-whipped wildfire roared through a Northern California town threatened by a devastating blaze a year ago, wiping out more than 100 homes and businesses and forcing thousands of people to flee, authorities said Monday.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Thousands of people in southern Louisiana hunkered down in shelters Monday, forced out of their homes by intense flooding that took many people by surprise.

SANAA, Yemen — An airstrike hit a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in northern Yemen on Monday, the international humanitarian group said, killing at least 11 people and wounding at least 19 others.

LOURDES, France — Watched over by French soldiers and police, Catholic pilgrims from around the world prayed together for healing and peace Monday at a grotto shrine in Lourdes where exceptional security greeted the spiritual travelers due to recent extremist attacks.