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Stress is wrecking your health: how can science help?
Nature
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George Slavich recalls the final hours he spent with his father. It was a laughter-packed day. His father even broke into the song ‘You Are My Sunshine’ over dinner. “His deep, booming, joyful voice filled the entire restaurant,” says Slavich. “I...
AT&T boosts speeds across Connecticut with two new cell sites
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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July 7, 2025
In Connecticut, we invested nearly $500 million in our network infrastructure from 2020-2024 to connect more people to greater possibility. Photo courtesy of AT&T AT&T has improved the speed of its wireless cell network throughout Connecticut in...
Justice Department seeks election information from 19 states
Texarkana Gazette - Arkansas
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August 3, 2025
NEW YORK -- The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls. The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election information from the states. Over...
Tesla’s First Showroom in Western Massachusetts is Coming to Springfield
Tesla North
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August 3, 2025
Image: @Joes_kicks on X Tesla is expanding its retail and service network in New England with a brand-new showroom and service center opening soon in Springfield, Massachusetts (via @Joes_kicks). This marks Tesla’s first such location in Western...
I Am Legend 2 Release Date Confirmed? Latest Updates
The GWW
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August 3, 2025
It is official, I Am Legend 2 is being made. Since 2007, fans have been waiting for a sequel, and now it’s finally happening. Will Smith is coming back, and Michael B. Jordan is joining him. The movie will not follow the original ending, but the...
AV/IT Team, Class of 2025: University of Connecticut, Storrs
AVNetwork
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July 7, 2025
AV/IT TEAM: David Kaplan, associate athletic director for Broadcast and Video Services; Evan Feinglass, associate director of athletics, Facilities Management and Planning; Jeff Mele, chief commercial officer at Metinteractive and project...
What to know about the earthquake that shook the New York area Saturday night
SRN News
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August 3, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix A relatively mild, 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. Here’s what to know. The earthquake hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights at about 10:18 p.m. Eastern time at a depth...
'She's a trooper': Four-year-old battling leukemia hosting fundraiser for research
Daily Herald - Illinois
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July 7, 2025
The family of Kinsley McLamore, center, pictured with friend, Brooklyn, left, and little brother, Cooper, held their first Kinsley Crushes Cancer benefit in June 2024 at Lindy’s Landing in Wauconda. The fundraiser returns July 12. Courtesy of the...
AP News Summary at 3:19 p.m. EDT
Mankato Free Press - Minnesota
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Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 aid-seekers killed in Gaza DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A far-right Israeli minister has visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, sparking regional...
Texas, DARPA to Establish Testbed to Use Autonomy to Fight Wildfires
Design and Development Today - Wisconsin
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July 31, 2025
DARPA is partnering with the Texas A&M University System’s George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) to advance capabilities for autonomous wildland firefighting. The initiative will tap key technology developed under the Aircrew Labor...
ICYMI: A rare fish spotted in Rhode Island waters, an unlikely friendship, and more
WJAR - Rhode Island
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(WJAR) — In case you missed it this week, East Providence leaders debate where money from school zone speed cameras should go, a rare fish was spotted in Rhode Island waters, a Connecticut man strikes up an unlikely friendship, a research...
Making Waves Against Cancer: Hundreds Swim To Raise Nearly $1M In Swim Event
Daily Voice
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August 2, 2025
This milestone event raised a staggering $950,000, pushing the event’s lifetime total past $15 million for cancer research and care. It’s not just a number — that money directly supports life-saving work at hospitals and research centers across...
Matt Rife Became The ‘Legal Guardian’ Of The Possessed Annabelle Doll After Buying Her House
HuffPost
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August 2, 2025
Comedian Matt Rife announced Friday he purchased famed demonologist Ed and Lorraine Warren’s Connecticut home, which houses several haunted items, including the supposedly possessed Annabelle doll.“We are the legal guardians and caretakers of all...
CT state trooper involved in incident with YouTuber to retire
Hartford Courant - Connecticut
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August 1, 2025
A state trooper who was involved with an incident in which he went and got a gun when a popular YouTuber came to his house is retiring as of today, Friday, Aug. 1, Connecticut State Police confirmed. Connecticut State Police Sgt. Bryan Fahey, who...
Matt Rife buys infamous Annabelle doll’s house and reveals plans for its future
The Independent
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August 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
“And Morgan Wallen is his best friend” - Internet reacts as Drake laughs at Anthony Fantano via IG story following backlash over his racist past
Sportskeeda
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August 3, 2025
Drake recently shared his response to the viral videos of Anthony Fantano that grabbed attention on social media amid the racism allegations against the latter. One of them featured Fantano saying the n-word, and it was shared by DJ Akademiks...
New Hampshire Bans Puberty Blockers for ‘Trans’ Minors
PJ Media - Virginia
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August 3, 2025
New Hampshire has become the first New England state to ban harmful puberty blockers and “top surgeries” specifically for kids who identify as “transgender.” New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, signed the legislation this week after it...
AG Kaul, Coalition Announce Restoration of Previously Withheld Education Department Funding
Urban Milwaukee - Wisconsin
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MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today responded to official confirmation that the U.S. Department of Education has released previously withheld education funding to Wisconsin. AG Kaul joined a coalition in filing a lawsuit in July...
'It feels like home': Camp Strawderman, a summertime tradition for generations of girls
Northern Virginia Daily
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August 3, 2025
EDINBURG — For almost 100 years, Camp Strawderman has been more than just a summer camp; it’s been a rite of passage where girls ages 6 to 17 discover their confidence, forge unbreakable bonds and become part of a legacy that lives on far beyond...
The Smarter Choice for Parents: Simple Toys Over Electronic Gadgets
The Good Men Project - California
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August 2, 2025
Because our tech-obsessed world favors two-dimensional screens over three-dimensional manipulative objects, many assume that young children need to play with electronic gadgets. That assumption is flatly false. So wrong, in fact, it distracts...