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Five takeaways from the first two games of WNBA Finals between the Sun and Aces

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Sun knew they were the underdogs entering the WNBA Finals against the Las Vegas Aces, but they were confident in their ability to prove everyone wrong after doing just that in the semifinals against Chicago.

Tribune News Service · Sep 15, 2022

Connecticut judge sanctions Alex Jones as Sandy Hook trial starts

HARTFORD, Conn. — The judge presiding over Alex Jones’ defamation trial in Waterbury imposed another punishing sanction even before evidence began Tuesday, prohibiting him from using analytics of his website sales to argue to jurors that he didn’t profit from his denial of the Sandy Hook school massacre.

Tribune News Service · Sep 13, 2022

At Alex Jones trial, an FBI agent breaks down as he describes the scene at Sandy Hook

An FBI agent struggled to control his emotions as he described seeing bodies inside Sandy Hook elementary school — a scene that the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones later claimed was staged by actors.

WEKU · Sep 13, 2022

Sun forward Brionna Jones wins 2022 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year award

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones has been named the 2022 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year, the league announced Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

Dom Amore: ‘Assistant coach’ Paige Bueckers keeping positive, staying committed to her UConn women’s basketball family

STORRS, Conn. — Paige Bueckers went up for a layup and came down hard, awkwardly. And she knew, as an athlete almost always knows when it is bad. She went to the training room and remembers her frustration poured out.

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

Yale psychiatrist loses attempt to get her job back after assertions about then-President Trump’s mental health

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Yale psychiatrist who was not reappointed after she called now former President Donald Trump “delusional” and responsible for spreading a “shared psychosis” among his followers has lost an attempt to win back her position.

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

A sudden homecoming for one of the people sent back to prison with no warning

Hours after a story aired on NPR's Morning Edition last week, a federal judge found "extraordinary circumstances" that called for Eva Cardoza's release from a federal prison in Connecticut.

WEKU · Aug 31, 2022

Jeffrey Epstein's mentor — who once ran a Ponzi scheme — was found dead. He was 77

Steven Hoffenberg is believed to have died at least seven days before his body was found this week in Connecticut by police, who responded to a request to check on his welfare.

WEKU · Aug 26, 2022

Sun blow out Wings, 93-68, to open WNBA playoffs

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The third-seeded Connecticut Sun coasted to a 93-68 win over the sixth-seeded Dallas Wings in Game 1 of a first-round WNBA playoff series on Thursday night at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Tribune News Service · Aug 19, 2022

Inquiry begins in court over whether confidential medical records of Sandy Hook parents ended up in the wrong hands

WATERBURY, Conn. — Text messages and email correspondence about the transfer of confidential medical records were produced in court this week at an inquiry by the judge presiding over the Alex Jones defamation trial into how, or even if the highly personal records were improperly disclosed by Jones’ lawyers.

Tribune News Service · Aug 19, 2022