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The 50 Greatest High School Point Guards of All Time: A Tribute to Legends
Sports Illustrated - New York
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August 3, 2025
Ranking the best high school boys basketball point guards of all-time, in order, would be an impossible task. Unless you were able to secure a time machine and actually see these guys and their teams matching up with one another, assigning them a...
Busta Rhymes, Mariah the Scientist, Jesse Uribe highlight Summer in the Park concert series in CT
Hartford Courant - Connecticut
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July 8, 2025
A star-studded three-week Summer in the Park outdoor concert series begin this week in Stamford’s Mill River Park with a July 10 double bill of iconic rappers Busta Rhymes and Fabolous followed by the pop duo Aly & AJ (of “Potential Breakup Song”...
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...
DOJ Seeking Voter And Election Information From At Least 19 States
HuffPost
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August 3, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — 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....
Michael Cardozo, 84, New York City’s longest-serving chief lawyer, dies
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“Some people thought I was going to be a lawyer from the day I was born,” he told Law.com. From 1996 to 1998, Cardozo served as president of the New York City Bar Association, which was established in 1870 to ferret out corruption in the court...
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...
No clowning — this circus skill is great for your brain health
New York Post
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August 3, 2025
Don’t drop the ball on this one. Boosting your brain health can be a real balancing act — one that involves regular exercise, a good diet, healthy amounts of sleep and plenty of mentally stimulating activities. But there’s one little trick that’s...
'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...
One is straight. The other is gay. Together, these best friends are reimagining masculinity
The Advocate
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August 3, 2025
They met in a Brooklyn theater nearly two decades ago — an audition, a role, a spark of camaraderie. Jonathan Gregg was a fresh face in New York City, auditioning for a production of Six Degrees of Separation. Tom Felix was the director. The two...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New York investor Brighton Park Capital opens London office
UK Tech News
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July 31, 2025
Brighton Park Capital, an investment firm based in New York, has opened a London office in the group’s first international expansion. With offices in New York, San Francisco and Connecticut, Brighton Park Capital has now designated its London...
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...