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Jury reaches verdict of nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook trial

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ordered broadcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims and a law enforcement first responder to compensate them for a decade of abuse from people who believe his…

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UConn women’s basketball: Five storylines to watch with less than a month until start of 2022-23 season

HARTFORD, Conn. — The wait is almost over. The UConn women’s basketball season officially starts in less than a month.

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Alex Jones’ lawyer compares him to ‘a mad prophet,’ but says he deserves fair verdict in Sandy Hook defamation trial

HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Jones built a media machine that generated enormous profit by spreading conspiratorial lies and the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims who were among his targets deserve millions of dollars in compensation, the family lawyers told the jury as their defamation case against Jones neared an…

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VP Kamala Harris defends abortion rights in Connecticut with US Rep. Jahana Hayes 34 days before election

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — With 34 days before the election, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to New Britain on Wednesday to show her support for the most controversial issue in the divisive campaign — abortion rights.

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Alex Jones says he will not put on defense ; both sides rest cases in Sandy Hook defamation trial

WATERBURY, Conn. — Both sides rested their cases Wednesday in the Sandy Hook defamation case against far-right broadcaster Alex Jones, who began trying almost immediately in a post-trial motion to limit the tens of millions of dollars in damages he could be ordered to pay families of victims of the…

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UConn expecting Azzi Fudd to make big leap in her sophomore season

HARTFORD, Conn. — Though she showed glimpses of greatness, Azzi Fudd didn’t feel at all like herself in her freshman season at UConn. The 5-foot-11 guard dealt with a foot injury all year which hampered her movement and limited her effectiveness.

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Figure tied to disappearance of Conn. mother is back in custody after allegedly tampering with GPS monitor

HARTFORD, Conn. — Kent Mawhinney, who is charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection to the disappearance of Connecticut mother Jennifer Farber Dulos, was brought back into custody this week after a judge increased his bond to $1.5 million, according to court records.

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Sandy Hook mom testifies that Alex Jones followers told her: ‘Watch your back, we are watching you.’

HARTFORD, Conn. — The mother of one of the murdered Sandy Hook children described Wednesday how her life and her husband’s changed a decade ago when deniers of the school shooting twisted and abused her husband’s attempt to record what was intended to be a tender remembrance of their murdered…

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Parents of a murdered Sandy Hook child describe decade of stalking and harassment. ‘It was targeted,’ a mom says

HARTFORD, Conn. — The parents of one of the first graders murdered in the Sandy Hook school shootings described Tuesday how nearly a decade of harassment by followers of right wing broadcaster Alex Jones has shattered their sense of security and left them looking warily over their shoulders at strangers.

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Judge puts Alex Jones trial on hold until next week; defendant promises more testimony, says ‘they weaponized the judiciary’

HARTFORD, Conn. — Right-wing provocateur Alex Jones said he won’t continue testifying until next week in the defamation suit against him by families of Sandy Hook victims and then blasted the lawyers pressing the suit and again called the judicial process itself rigged.

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Alex Jones appears briefly outside court, attacks judge and proceedings

WATERBURY, Conn. — A combative Alex Jones arrived at the courthouse in Waterbury where he is being sued for defamation and attacked the presiding judge, who he said is trying to force him to lie about what he believes and has said about the Sandy Hook school massacre.

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Chelsea Gray leads the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title

Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4 on Sunday.

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Las Vegas Aces 2022 WNBA Champions

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Guard Chelsea Gray scored 20 points and had six assists Sunday in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals to help the top-seeded Aces defeat the No. 3 Connecticut Sun 78-71 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville Connecticut.

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Misson accomplished: Aces win WNBA title with win over Sun

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Five years ago, A’ja Wilson made her WNBA debut at Mohegan Sun Arena as a member of the Aces.

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Jones, Thomas Power Sun As Fast Start Leads to Finals Game 3 Rout

Connecticut got out to a first-quarter lead and didn’t look back, thanks to the play of its two All-Stars.

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Alyssa Thomas Revives Sun in Must-Win Game 3

Relying on pure will, Thomas turned in a triple-double performance to help keep Connecticut alive in the WNBA Finals.

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Alyssa Thomas leads Sun to elimination Game 3 victory over Aces

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Alyssa Thomas flexed under the basket and let out a celebratory roar as the Mohegan Sun Arena crowd rose to its feet and joined her in unison.

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Aces' A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum named to All-WNBA first team

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Aces forward A’ja Wilson and guard Kelsey Plum were named to the All-WNBA first team Thursday.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘She sets the pace, and we follow her:’ Connecticut woman competes in a 5K road race at age 100

HARTFORD, Conn. — At age 99, Marion “Mic” Roberts completed her first road race.

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Sun extend WNBA semifinals series against Sky with 104-80 rout in Game 4

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Championship windows only come around so often. And when they do, they only stay open for so long.

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‘Show the world what we can do’: How UConn women’s basketball is regrouping for 2022-23 season following Paige Bueckers’ ACL tear

STORRS, Conn. — Azzi Fudd’s stomach dropped as soon as Paige Bueckers called and told her the news in early August. The UConn star point guard had torn the ACL in her left knee.

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Conn. governor hopeful Bob Stefanowski doubled income in a year, earning millions for campaign

HARTFORD, Conn. — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski earned $29 million during 2020 and 2021 — helping fuel his current run for governor.

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