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Connecticut’s governor delivered the news to 26 Sandy Hook families 10 years ago. It changed the national conversation around school violence and gun reform

HARTFORD, Conn. — On Dec. 14, 2012, 26 families huddled inside a firehouse in Newtown, holding onto their last fragments of hope that quickly drained from the cold, crowded space.

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In the wake of Sandy Hook massacre, a sense of duty to prevent further tragedy compelled Connecticut lawmakers to act on guns

HARTFORD, Conn. — As the initial shock and horror of the deaths of 20 young children and six female educators at a Newtown elementary school was still fresh in everyone’s mind, Connecticut’s top legislators decided they needed to do something.

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‘I don’t want people to forget Dylan’: Mother of Sandy Hook first-grader remembers her son as his legacy saves lives

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Nicole Hockley thinks about who her son, Dylan Hockley, would be today, a crush of questions begins to tumble through her thoughts.

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Sandy Hook siblings walked different, and sometimes difficult, paths to deal with the trauma of losing their younger brother

HARTFORD, Conn. — Erin Kowalski was 11 years old and in sixth grade when her little brother Chase died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Her sister Brittany was a freshman in high school.

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Sandy Hook families continue to break new legal ground with big court decisions over Infowars host Alex Jones and a major gun manufacturer

HARTFORD, Conn. — Relatives of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have won more than $1.5 billion in damages over the yearlong run-up to the 10-year remembrance of the murderous rampage at a Newtown elementary school.

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UConn finishes nonconference slate unbeaten, eases past Long Island, 114-61

STORRS, Conn. — Andre Jackson jumped into the passing lane and ripped the ball from Long Island’s Quion Burns at full speed. Tearing down the court in a footrace with Burns, Jackson went behind his back, sending Burns in the other direction, and landed a two-handed slam that got the…

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Dom Amore: Decimated by injuries, UConn women will have to get creative, dig deep to hang on to victories

STORRS, Conn. — The eerie silence was broken when Nika Mühl sat up and was helped to her feet. Then there was only clapping as Geno Auriemma and athletic trainer Janelle Francisco each took a shoulder and helped her take one step at a time.

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Bellator 289 discussion thread

Bellator 289 takes place Friday in Connecticut, and you can discuss the event here.

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Oral surgeon has help when drilling implants. Meet his robotic assistant

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Dr. Ryaz Ansari, a West Hartford, Connecticut, oral surgeon, knows how important it is to have teeth that are aligned and pain-free.

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Raufeon Stots, Danny Sabatello make weight for Bellator 289 main event

The Bellator 289 headliner is official in Connecticut. Check out video highlights of Raufeon Stots and Danny Sabatello's trips to the scale.

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Sandy Hook survivors join Biden in Washington to remember all victims of gun violence

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Jackie Haggerty was just 7 years old, she huddled by her cubby in her second-grade classroom as a gunman tore through neighboring classrooms, killing 20 of her schoolmates and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Dom Amore: Bowl-bound Huskies are ‘UConn-ference’ football champs

STORRS, Conn. — The UConn football team is in a league of its own — and won it.

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Bureaucratic incompetence among federal prison officials led to mob boss Whitey Bulger’s beating death in 2018, IG report says

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Justice Department’s inspector general has concluded that it wasn’t “malicious intent,” but rather “bureaucratic incompetence” that was responsible for mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s brutal beating death when prison officials transferred him to a violent West Virginia prison and housed him with rival gangsters in 2018.

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6 Connecticut toddlers died from fentanyl in 2021. Spike in illicit use, drug's potency have child advocates worried

HARTFORD, Conn. — Fentanyl, 50 times more potent than heroin, kills no matter what age its victim may be.

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Bellator 289: Make your predictions for Stots-Sabatello, Carmouche-Velasquez

We want your predictions for Friday's Bellator 289 event in Connecticut.

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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt; claims to have as much as $10 million in assets

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his…

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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, bringing all post-trial activity by Sandy Hook families to a halt

HARTFORD, Conn. — Infowars broadcaster and right-wing provocateur Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy in Texas on Friday morning, creating a new obstacle for the relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims trying to collect the nearly $1.5 billion they won in a suit against the conspiracy theorist for his claims…

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UConn beats Oklahoma State, 74-64, in Big East-Big 12 Battle for ninth consecutive victory

STORRS, Conn. — Fresh off a mesmerizing performance to win the Phil Knight Invitational Sunday night, Andre Jackson electrified the Gampel Pavilion crowd on UConn’s first offensive possession against Oklahoma State on Thursday.

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Dom Amore: ‘It tops the Rudy story.’ From his humbling beginning at Fairfield, goalkeeper Matt Turner has risen to the World Cup spotlight with Team USA.

HARTFORD, Conn. — It was playing out like a routine weekday afternoon college soccer match. Fairfield coach Carl Rees decided at halftime it was the right moment to give his athletic, but raw sophomore a chance to play in goal.

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Defense lawyer and prosecutors at odds over disqualifying one another in Jennifer Farber Dulos murder case

HARTFORD, Conn. — Michelle Troconis’ defense attorney, Jon Schoenhorn, and prosecutors argued again this week over their efforts to disqualify each other from her murder conspiracy case in a dispute over the handling of a contested letter.

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Animal hoarders live in deep denial, even as their lives come unraveled

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Kittens were being born at a home in Winsted, Connecticut, even as the Winchester Police Department removed some 200 cats from the dwelling that was infested with fleas, the stench of urine so strong that it was overbearing, even in a Hazmat suit and mask.

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Unbeaten UConn men win fifth straight, trounce Delaware State, 95-60

HARTFORD, Conn. — UConn men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley just wanted his team to “survive” the first five games of the season before tougher competition begins at the Phil Knight Invitational on Thanksgiving. On Sunday, the Huskies clinched win No. 5 with a 95-60 onslaught of Delaware State at…

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Jordan Hawkins, Andre Jackson provide sparks in returns as unbeaten UConn defeats UNC Wilmington, 86-50

STORRS, Conn. — The much anticipated return of Jordan Hawkins went perfectly according to plan on Friday night as his career-high scoring display led the No. 25-ranked UConn men’s basketball team to their fourth win of the season, 86-50 over UNC Wilmington.

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After disaster four years ago, U.S. men's soccer team aims to be World Cup spoiler

DOHA, Qatar — The soundtrack of the U.S. national team's failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup will always be Taylor Twellman's epic rant inside an ESPN studio in Bristol, Conn.

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Tristen Newton records triple-double as UConn men beat Buffalo, 84-64

HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn men’s basketball team used a triple-double from point guard Tristen Newton to beat Buffalo, 84-64, at the XL Center on Tuesday. Newton, a transfer from East Carolina, finished the game with 22 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, four steals and a block.

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