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Talk Shows and Podcasts
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On this episode of Audacious, hear from a guy who went viral for throwing plungers onto store signs, a Harlem Globetrotter on his slam dunk from 13,000 feet, and other people's trick shots!
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The Nose looks at James Franco as Fidel Castro, Nathan Fielder’s ‘The Rehearsal,’ Marvel’s ‘I Am Groot,’ and more.
LATEST CONNECTICUT NEWS
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The Puerto Rican Festival of New Haven will return this Saturday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut it down for two years.
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Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim testified before the Standing Committee on Recommendations for Admission to the Bar on Tuesday in an attempt to get his law license back. Ganim lost it after he served 7 years in federal prison.
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A judge has ordered a Texas attorney representing Infowars host Alex Jones for a hearing in a Connecticut court. Jones was sued for defamation in Texas and Connecticut by families of victims killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. An attorney for one family suggested in court this week that Jones’ attorneys shared confidential psychiatric records and depositions of the nine named plaintiffs in a Connecticut lawsuit against Jones — records an attorney for the plaintiffs in Texas say Andino Reynal shouldn’t have.
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Connecticut launched a website and telephone hotline on Friday designed to link people seeking abortions with resources in the state.
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Connecticut is spending more than $5 million to upgrade hospital infrastructure at the campus of the state’s Department of Veteran Affairs in Rocky Hill.
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Infowars host Alex Jones is on trial in Texas and Connecticut for saying that the Sandy Hook school shooting never happened. A jury now has the Texas case, while the Connecticut case is in bankruptcy court. Defense teams representing Jones face more problems stemming from a dramatic moment in court Wednesday that featured the appearance of a text message representing the type of record Jones swore he didn’t have.
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Griner's attorney was quoted by Russian news agencies on Monday as saying the appeal was filed, but the grounds of the appeal were not immediately clear.
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Some historically Black colleges and universities have seen increases in application and enrollment numbers after years of decline.
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An art-school dropout seizes control of her life and livelihood by branching out into credit card fraud in this Los Angeles noir. Plaza is both vulnerable and fierce as a woman on the take.
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This is the first time in U.S. history a former president has been investigated for possibly violating the 1917 law. But it's not the first time the Espionage Act has been under scrutiny, experts say.
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R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago is starting. The singer faces a slew of legal battles and was already sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering.
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Zimbabwe's elephant population is growing, but climate change makes rainfall unpredictable. Animals travel further in search of water now, and often end up clashing with villagers for scarce resources
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