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Aces, Liberty, Sun and Wings set for WNBA semifinal playoff clashes
NEW YORK (AP) — A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces cruised through the opening round of the playoffs and now stand six wins away from becoming the WNBA's first repeat champion in over two decades. Next up for the defending champions are the Dallas Wings — a team that handed the...
Editorial Roundup: New England
Hearst Connecticut Media. September 15, 2023. Editorial: Editorial: CT’s ‘kids cabinet’ has potential to help address mental health crisis Connecticut’s lawmakers are in a race with children, and they have a lot of catching up to do. Children...
FactSet: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $65.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Norwalk, Connecticut-based company said it had profit of $1.68. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains...
Thomas and Bonner help the Sun advance to their fifth straight WNBA semifinals
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alyssa Thomas tied a career-high with 28 points, DeWanna Bonner had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Connecticut Sun beat the Minnesota Lynx 90-75 on Wednesday night to advance to their fifth straight WNBA playoff semifinals. Connecticut will play the New York...
Surveillance video prompts Connecticut elections officials to investigate Bridgeport primary
Surveillance videos of a woman making multiple early morning trips to stuff papers into an absentee ballot drop box prompted Connecticut election officials to open an investigation Wednesday into possible fraud in the mayoral primary in Bridgeport, the state's largest city. The...
Former federal prosecutor who resigned from Trump-Russia probe says she left over concerns with Barr
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor who helped investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe said Wednesday she left the team because of concerns with then-Attorney General William Barr’s public comments about the case and because she strongly disagreed with a draft of an...
Connecticut agrees to a $25 million settlement in the Henry Lee evidence fabrication case
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's attorney general has agreed to a $25.2 million settlement with two men who spent decades in prison for murder, based partly on evidence presented by famed forensic scientist Henry Lee that a judge later found was fabricated. Ralph “Ricky”...
Liberty advance to WNBA playoff semis for first time since 2015 with 90-85 win over Mystics in OT
NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 27 points and the New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics 90-85 in overtime on Tuesday night to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs for the first time in eight years. New York hadn't won a playoff series since 2015. ...
Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home
Alisha Alderson placed everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases as she prepared to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon. The only maternity ward within 40 miles abruptly closed in August, so she would be staying at her brother’s house in...
Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home
Alisha Alderson placed her folded clothes and everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases. She never imagined she would have to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon just weeks before her due date. But following the abrupt closure in August of the...
