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Connecticut is epicenter of gun violence prevention movement. Advocates ‘are at the forefront because we had to be’

HARTFORD, Conn. — Among the many that gathered at the University of Hartford for the National Safer Communities Summit last week were dozens of activists whose work to bring about federal gun reform legislation is rooted right here in Connecticut.

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Biden causes confusion after signing off speech ‘God Save the Queen’

President used the phrase as he finished talking at National Safer Communities Summit in Connecticut

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Biden, speaking near site of Sandy Hook shooting, renews call for assault weapons ban

HARTFORD, Conn. — Highlighting Connecticut’s role as a national leader in gun safety, President Joe Biden traveled Friday to West Hartford to hail the most comprehensive gun law in the past three decades and renew his call for a federal ban on assault weapons.

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New UConn guard Cam Spencer was once a recruit from Baltimore nobody wanted

HARTFORD, Conn. — Cliff Rees, the former head basketball coach at Boys Latin School of Maryland, has had several former players go on to play in college, but none like Cam Spencer.

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Biden will mark the anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre

President Joe Biden will speak at a summit in Connecticut to mark the first anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre

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Dom Amore: The Whalers left Hartford, but the hope of bringing them back never goes away

ROCKY HILL, Conn. — As Governor Ned Lamont was on his way in to the ballroom to make some remarks to the Small Business Summit, he was stopped bright and early Tuesday by a sportswriter with an on-topic question.

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Commentary: My Catholic mother-in-law didn’t rush to accept me as her gay son’s partner. But we surprised each other

My mother-in-law died on June 3. We first met in her Wallingford, Conn., kitchen the day after Christmas in 1987. This was a few years after her son Al, my partner (now husband) of 36 years, first disclosed to her that she had a gay son. She was accepting but…

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Connecticut House approves major gun control bill as Republicans blast attack on ‘citizens’ rights’

HARTFORD, Conn. — One day after the one-year anniversary of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Connecticut legislators passed the state’s most comprehensive gun-control package since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings more than a decade ago.

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UConn men’s basketball team to make fifth White House visit Friday

HARTFORD, Conn. — The last time the UConn men’s basketball team visited the White House, the Huskies had company.

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Dom Amore: Taj McWilliams-Franklin, honored by the Sun, remains an inspiration

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Taj McWilliams-Franklin got off a plane in Connecticut 21 years ago, and immediately noticed one thing. It was cold.

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Dom Amore: If Big 12 calls, UConn will have to choose between Big East love and Power Five money

HARTFORD, Conn. — The head follows the money. The heart wants what it wants.

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Return of the Whalers? Connecticut Gov. requests meeting with NHL over Arizona Coyotes’ future.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The NHL’s Arizona Coyotes may soon have a new home, and Gov. Ned Lamont and Mayor Luke Bronin would like it to be Hartford.

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Vatican investigates potential miracle at Connecticut church

If the miracle is ‘verified’ by the Vatican, it could result in a sainthood for the founder of the Knights of Columbus

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Dom Amore: Trust between Dan Hurley and Andre Jackson Jr. goes right to UConn men’s championship core

STORRS, Conn. — In the exhilaration of the post-championship locker room, Andre Jackson Jr.’s heartstrings were pulled hard in one direction. He won two championships in high school, and he wanted to do the same at UConn.

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12-year-old girl killed, 3 others injured in drive-by shooting in Hartford

HARTFORD, Conn. — A 12-year-old girl was killed Thursday night after she was shot in the head during a drive-by quadruple shooting in Hartford in which police say she happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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12-year-old girl killed, 3 other people injured in drive-by shooting in Hartford

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With the help of a UConn business professor, Adama Sanogo is one step closer to his dream of building schools for kids in Mali

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Adama Sanogo started working with Championship Labs, a class within UConn’s Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation that helps student-athletes with navigating name, image and likeness opportunities, he had to start building his own personal brand.

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Republicans block effort to replace Feinstein on Judiciary panel

Senator Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican, said GOP senators opposed Democrats' effort to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who is recovering from shingles.

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UConn’s Adama Sanogo announces he’s entering NBA draft

HARTFORD, Conn. — Adama Sanogo, who was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four after leading the UConn men to the national championship, is putting is name in for the NBA draft.

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McConnell will return to Senate Monday after recovery from injuries - Roll Call

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will return to work on Monday following a fall last month at a fundraising event.

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He says it was hard to ‘come out’ about his cancer. Here’s why he wants to tell everyone now

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Iran Brugueras, a longtime fixture on Hartford’s Park Street as owner of Hip Stop clothing and shoe store, is going on a journey. Actually, Brugueras is on three different journeys.

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Why is UConn’s Jordan Hawkins ranked so low on some NBA mock draft boards?

HARTFORD, Conn. — UConn fans who saw Jordan Hawkins play this season know that he’s got what it takes to be very good at the next level.

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Sophomore star Jordan Hawkins leaving UConn, headed for NBA draft

HARTFORD, Conn. — Fresh off helping the UConn men’s basketball team to a national championship, superstar sophomore Jordan Hawkins declared for the NBA draft, he announced Friday sitting alongside head coach Dan Hurley on ESPN’s NBA Today.

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Connecticut Gov. calls Houston ‘butt ugly’ after visiting for Final Four; Texas does not take it well

HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn men’s basketball team was the talk of Houston after cruising to a national championship on Monday, but Houston’s attention has turned from the brilliance of the Huskies to the perceived ignorance of Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont after comments he made about the host city.

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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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