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Griner sentence sparks show of solidarity, calls for US action

Los Angeles (AFP) - Phoenix Mercury and Connecticut Sun players linked arms in 42 seconds of silence before their game Thursday in solidarity with WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was sentenced earlier to nine years in prison in Russia.

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Alex Jones v Sandy Hook: Why the false flag conspiracist is being sued by the victims’ families

Far-right conspiracy theorist claimed that the mass shooting that killed 26 young children and staff at a Connecticut school never happened

The Independent UK

Mouse Chasing Fox Got Wheel Stuck

A passerby saw the poor thing with its head trapped in the hub of the abandoned car wheel and called the police.

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Connecticut man chases off bear that wandered into his home

The bear in question entered Bill Priest’s property on three separate occasions

The Independent UK

Newcomers will represent 16% of Connecticut’s state legislative districts next year

Thirty state legislative districts up for election in Connecticut this year are open, meaning no incumbents filed to run. This represents 16% of the state’s legislature, an increase compared to recent election cycles.

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Connecticut monkeypox vaccination clinics see strong demand on 1st day

The response was heavy to the opening of Connecticut’s monkeypox vaccine clinics Monday, according to representatives of the sites designated by the state.

Tribune News Service

A Connecticut lawyer has gotten 522 years taken off prison sentences. He’s not done

HARTFORD, Conn. — There aren’t a lot of attorneys who are making it their mission to get inmates out of prison before they’ve served out their sentences.

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Alex Jones' media company files for bankruptcy during defamation damages trial

Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy amid the trial underway seeking to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook attack.

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Alex Jones' media company files for bankruptcy amid trial

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems has filed for bankruptcy, but his attorney says it shouldn't disrupt the defamation damages trial underway in Texas that seeks to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the 2012…

The Independent UK

Dom Amore: Sue Bird’s Connecticut farewell is another indication she’s leaving basketball in style

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sue Bird tried to make like it just another day, another game and another fond farewell as her season of fond farewells winds down.

Tribune News Service

Cannabis Regulatory Update: South Dakota, Colorado, Tennessee, Connecticut, D.C.

The First State-Licensed Medical Marijuana Dispensary is Now Open in Hartford, South Dakota

Benzinga

Auto review: Dancin' in the rain with the nimble Subaru BRZ

LAKEVILLE, Connecticut — The last time I drove the Subaru BRZ was at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut, one of America’s great race tracks. I flogged the rear-wheel-drive skateboard mercilessly around the 1.5-mile circuit (and accompanying infield autocross track), rowing the gears to 100-plus mph on the front straight, pushing…

Tribune News Service

Connecticut Governor Declares Today ‘Sue Bird Day’ in State

The former UConn great made a memorable stop on her farewell tour.

Sports Illustrated

Death of mother and three young children in Connecticut is murder-suicide, police say

‘A truly horrible event,’ Danbury Mayor Dean Esposito says

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Alex Jones didn’t personally verify false Infowars stories about Sandy Hook, trial told

Jones is being sued by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, died in the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut

Chicago Sun-Times

After a tragedy like Highland Park mass shooting, communities must mobilize to deal with trauma

I am from Newtown, Connecticut, where Sandy Hook happened. I send kudos to Highland Park for quickly responding to the mental health needs of their residents.

The Independent UK

Alex Jones v Sandy Hook: Why the false flag conspiracist is being sued by the victims’ families

Far-right conspiracy theorist claimed that the mass shooting that killed 26 young children and staff at a Connecticut school never happened

WEKU

A Washington man makes calls across the country threatening racial violence

The federal criminal complaint details other threatening calls allegedly made by the suspect over the past year to businesses in California, Maryland, Connecticut and Washington state, officials say.

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Alaska experiencing wildfires on a scale it’s never seen; climate change seen as the key cause

More than 530 wildfires have burned an area in Alaska that’s about the size of Connecticut. And the period that’s usually the worst of Alaskan fire season is still ahead.

The Independent UK

Catholic hospitals' growth impacts reproductive health care

Across the U.S., numerous Republican-governed states are pushing for sweeping bans on abortion

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All Connecticut U.S. House incumbents file to run for re-election

The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Connecticut this year was June 7, 2022. Eleven candidates are running for Connecticut’s five U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and six Republicans. That’s 2.2 candidates per district, down from 2.6 in 2020 and 2018.

Daily Mirror

Inside Ivana and Donald Trump’s first mansion worth £31M and ‘dripping in gold leaf’

Former president Donald Trump and his late ex-wife Ivana purchased the Connecticut property for $4million in 1982 and decorated it with chandeliers and a gold leaf finish

The Independent UK

Jill Biden, education chief to kick off summer learning tour

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona are kicking off a summer learning tour this week with stops in Connecticut, Georgia and Michigan over two days

The Conversation

To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution

Midsummer is the time for forecasts of the size of this year’s “dead zones” and algal blooms in major lakes and bays. Will the Gulf of Mexico dead zone be the size of New Jersey, or only as big as Connecticut? Will Lake Erie’s bloom blossom to a human health…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signs executive order to protect abortion-seekers traveling from other states

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania has joined New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in offering protections for out-of-state women seeking reproductive health services, including abortion, as roughly half of U.S. states ban or work to impose restrictions on abortion.

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