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Former UConn, NBA player Ben Gordon arrested on weapons charges following ‘bizarre’ incident at Connecticut juice shop

HARTFORD, Conn. — Former UConn men’s basketball star Ben Gordon was arrested Tuesday, just a day after his former college team won the national championship, following a bizarre incident in which he allegedly threatened multiple people with a knife at a juice shop in Stamford.

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He once hated Crocs. Now he has 2,077 pairs and hopes to set a world record

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Doogie Lish Sandtiger, 32, is known as the “Croc hunter,” but it’s not as risky as it sounds because he’s in pursuit of the trendy, rubber-like shoes.

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Archdiocese of Hartford investigating report of possible miracle at Connecticut church

HARTFORD, Conn. — A reported occurrence under investigation by Archdiocese of Hartford as a possible miracle at a Roman Catholic church in Thomaston has similarities to Jesus’ miracle of multiplying the loaves and fishes, which itself resonates with the Last Supper, according to the chaplain of Albertus Magnus College.

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Conn. lieutenant governor launches Reproductive Freedom Coalition, a ‘firewall’ for abortion rights

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz launched a Reproductive Freedom Coalition Monday composed of lieutenant governors from 22 states and territories who plan to act as a “firewall” against diminishing reproductive freedoms in the U.S.

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Woman tied to disappearance of Conn. mother says she’s being wrongly denied secret court records

HARTFORD, Conn. — A lawyer for Michelle Troconis, the woman accused of conspiring with her former boyfriend Fotis Dulos to commit murder, tried to persuade the Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday that her legal team has been wrongly denied access to records of a divorce case in which a judge…

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5 Connecticut youths killed in fiery crash in New York

HARTFORD, Conn. — Five children and teenagers from Derby, Connecticut, were killed in a fiery crash in New York on Sunday morning, police said.

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Ann Uccello, first female mayor in Connecticut, dies at 100

Antonina “Ann” Uccello, the first woman elected a mayor in Connecticut when she won an upset victory in Hartford as a Republican in 1967, has died

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Lawmakers clash over Connecticut Gov. Lamont’s gun bill in Second Amendment battle

HARTFORD, Conn. — With thousands of shootings already this year nationwide, Connecticut lawmakers clashed Monday over Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposals to restrict the purchase and use of guns.

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Showing of George Floyd documentary at Connecticut university canceled after protest

HARTFORD, Conn. — A group of Central Connecticut Student University students and allies protested the screening of the documentary “The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM,” to be hosted by the Turning Point USA student chapter, which ultimately canceled the public screening on Thursday night.

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No. 14 UConn cruises to 88-59 victory over DePaul in final home game of season

HARTFORD, Conn. — March couldn’t have started any better for the UConn men’s basketball team.

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‘It’s not sustainable’: How everything caught up to No. 4 UConn women in loss to St. John’s and where the Huskies go from here

HARTFORD, Conn. — Women’s basketball fans across the country may have been shocked to see No. 4 UConn upset by St. John’s on Tuesday night, but head coach Geno Auriemma wasn’t. Just like he wasn’t surprised when the Huskies fell to Marquette on the road two weeks ago.

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Reigning PGA Tour Player of Year Scottie Scheffler latest big name to join Travelers Championship field

HARTFORD, Conn. — The field at what is expected to be a stacked Travelers Championship continues to grow, as reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year Scottie Scheffler has committed to play at TPC River Highlands this summer.

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Defending champion Xander Schauffele commits to Travelers Championship for 2023

HARTFORD, Conn. — Xander Schauffele will return to the TPC River Highlands to defend his Travelers Championship title next June, joining what is expected to be a star-studded field.

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Dom Amore: UConn’s Jim Mora knows first hand the character of Super Bowl Sunday combatants

HARTFORD, Conn. — The game-time temperature was 17 degrees and the 26-mph wind whipping through Philadelphia brought the wind-chill factor down to zero.

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UConn offers powerful reminder of how good it can be with wire-to-wire 87-72 win over No. 10 Marquette

HARTFORD, Conn. — Plenty had forgotten why the UConn men’s basketball team was once ranked No. 2 in the nation and how they’d gotten to that point.

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Connecticut family whose daughter was murdered fights to keep inmates like her killer in prison

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Elizabeth Carlson’s parents agreed to a plea agreement to send their daughter’s killer to prison for 42 years, they thought it was iron-clad.

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Dom Amore: UConn-Tennessee means history for Geno Auriemma, while his players stay in the moment

HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma gathered his players this week and tried to explain the history behind what is about to happen. When UConn and Tennessee play in women’s basketball, it is a tradition like no other.

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A Connecticut lawmaker wants the state to create a bear-hunting lottery system as the population creates ‘a public safety issue.’

The black bear population in Connecticut has gotten so large and aggressive, particularly in Litchfield and northwest Hartford counties, that one state legislator has proposed a bear-hunting lottery system.

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Breanna Stewart wants to help pay for charter planes for WNBA players

HARTFORD, Conn. — Breanna Stewart’s impending free-agency decision is quite possibly the biggest storyline in the WNBA this offseason, but the UConn women’s basketball legend is looking to draw attention to another issue as well.

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A Connecticut veteran is evacuating Afghanistan refugees more than year after headlines faded away

HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Plitsas never gives up.

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Dom Amore: On this given Sunday, UConn men add up all the inches for the confidence and the win they needed

HARTFORD, Conn. — Dan Hurley, his bout with COVID just about behind him, made it back to practice Saturday, and the looks on the faces he saw were enough to make a coach want to lift the mask over his eyes.

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UConn men dominate Butler for much-needed win, 86-56, in Hartford Sunday

HARTFORD, Conn. — The sliding UConn men’s basketball team needed a win on Sunday. Badly.

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Breanna Stewart’s cryptic tweet has WNBA fans obsessing over free-agency decision that could change league

HARTFORD, Conn. — Breanna Stewart’s emojis carry a lot of weight.

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Recharged UConn coach Geno Auriemma opens up after a month of grief and sickness, talks about finding a new perspective

HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma was a curious kid growing up. The UConn women’s head coach is now an 11-time national champion and Hall of Famer, but back then he used to work alongside older Italian men, helping the stonemasons and bricklayers and carpenters as they went about their days.…

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Appeals Court grants Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis postponement in law license suspension

HARTFORD, Conn. — In the latest twist in the fight over his law license, the state appellate court at the close of business Thursday postponed the imposition of a six-month suspension of Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis — at least temporarily.

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