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Aussie misses out on US title as Michigan break drought

Michigan have won their first US college basketball title since 1989 at the expense of Tasmanian Jacob Furphy and his University of Connecticut team.

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His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy?

Is Crockett Johnson’s Harold, of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” a child of color?

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Dan Hurley says he didn’t use the Lakers’ offer as leverage

Some feel Dan Hurley merely used the Lakers' head coaching offer as leverage to stay at the University of Connecticut, but he denies that.

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Cicadas Don’t Hibernate Underground for Years — It’s a Lot Weirder Than That

“Keep in mind, the cicadas are not underground doing nothing,” University of Connecticut entomologist John Cooley told Inverse in an email. They are quite busy in fact.

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Who might the Chicago Bulls draft at No. 11 overall this summer?

Is there any chance a player like University of Connecticut guard Stephon Castle or Tennessee wing Dalton Knecht could fall to Chicago's range?

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Hackers claim responsibility for sending hoax email claiming UConn's president had died

A shadowy hacking group has taken responsibility for sending an email Wednesday to the University of Connecticut community that claimed the school’s president had died

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UConn introduces new Siberian husky pup as school mascot

University of Connecticut officials welcomed a new celebrity to campus, and they say he’s a very good boy

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UConn introduces Siberian husky pup Jonathan XV as the school's next mascot

University of Connecticut officials welcomed a new celebrity to campus, and they say he’s a very good boy

The Independent UK

Blumenthal to leave hospital after surgery for parade injury

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is expected to be discharged from a hospital following surgery on a minor leg fracture he suffered during a victory parade for the national champion University of Connecticut men’s basketball team over the weekend

The Independent UK

Blumenthal to have surgery after breaking leg in parade

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal was scheduled to undergo surgery Sunday after breaking his leg during a parade in Hartford celebrating the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team.

Tribune News Service

Blumenthal breaks leg at UConn parade, to undego surgery

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut says he expects to undergo surgery to repair a broken leg he suffered Saturday during a victory parade for the University of Connecticut men's basketball team

The Independent UK

Back to the father: the scientist who lost his dad – and resolved to travel to 1955 to save him

After losing his beloved father when he was 10, Ronald Mallett read HG Wells and Einstein. They inspired his eminent career as a theoretical physicist – and his lifelong ambition to build a time machine

The Guardian - UK

Want to avoid heated arguments? Try this technique before having a difficult conversation

Listening to people talk about views that clash with your own can be galling. Families all over the world avoid controversial topics. In the UK, for example, mention Brexit and watch everyone in the room tense up.

The Conversation

Former college student pleads guilty to deadly sword attack

A former University of Connecticut student has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges for killing a man and severely wounding another with a sword in 2020 — one of two deadly attacks that led to a six-day manhunt in several states

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Most voters skipped 'in person on Election Day' when offered a choice of how and when to vote

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, state lawmakers, election administrators and others realized they had to move quickly. A presidential election was coming in just a few months, along with elections for every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, one-third of the U.S. Senate, and all sorts…

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How the threat of 'taxpayer-funded abortion' is being used to mobilize conservative religious voters

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the wave of state-level abortion bans that followed, it might appear that anti-abortion activists could declare victory and go home.

Tribune News Service

Police: Hornets' James Bouknight had gun, was passed out in car before arrest in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Additional details from a police report on Charlotte Hornets guard James Bouknight’s arrest from Sunday show he was found unconscious in his car in an uptown parking deck and had a gun. He was charged with driving while impaired, according to Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office arrest records.

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Hornets' James Bouknight arrested on impaired driving charge in Charlotte

Charlotte Hornets guard James Bouknight was arrested Sunday morning and charged with driving while impaired, according to Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office arrest records.

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UConn put on full-court press for fab-5 vibes with these 2023 recruits

That won't stop the University of Connecticut from trying.

Tribune News Service

Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi to be featured on NBA 2K23 WNBA Edition cover

SEATTLE — For two decades, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi have been intrinsically linked since winning the 2002 NCAA women's basketball national championship at the University of Connecticut.

The Guardian - UK

Patricia MacLachlan obituary

US writer of brief but intense accounts of family life for children whose best-known work was Sarah, Plain and Tall

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