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Holmgren scores 30, Thunder clinch NBA's best regular-season record in 128-110 victory over Clippers
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (298+ words) Jalen Williams scored 18 points for the NBA champion Thunder (64-16), who will have homecourt advantage throughout the postseason in their title defense after holding off San Antonio (61-19), which is on an 18-2 run since February. Oklahoma City has won seven straight and…...
Stonington girls basketball coach Paulla Solar retires with over 500 wins, 3 CIAC titles
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (661+ words) Stonington head coach Paulla Solar during their CIAC Division IV girls basketball final game against Morgan Sunday, March 22, 2026 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. STONINGTON" Paulla Solar walked away the only way a coach of her stature could, with…...
Google agrees to $135 million settlement over Android data collection allegations
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (319+ words) Google logo during World News Media Congress at ICE Krakow Congress Centr in Krakow, Poland, on May 5, 2025. Android users may be eligible to receive a payment from Google's $135 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit against Google alleges the…...
Philadelphia's 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador
1+ day, 43+ min ago (1372+ words) Menika Dirkson, Morgan State University (THE CONVERSATION) In the midst of a civil war, married couple Ernesto and Linda Fuentes fled their home country of El Salvador and headed for Philadelphia, via Mexico, in November 1983. Ernesto was an activist who…...
A Tik Tok dance, a Maori tribute and 1 new banner: UCLA's title night at Pauley Pavilion
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (625+ words) This team is going to go down in history," Betts said. We've earned it." Betts, Gabriela Jaquez and Charlisse Leger-Walker capped the party by hitting the court to perform their Tik Tok dance with the championship trophy in the background....
Stratford's Second Hill Lane school interim principal promoted to permanent role
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (278+ words) Second Hill Lane Elementary School in Stratford. STRATFORD " Qiana Taylor, who has been serving as Second Hill Lane Elementary School's interim principal since January, recently was appointed as the permanent leader of the'Stratford school.' Taylor previously served as assistant principal…...
Shelton school officials warn sports, kindergarten, 70+ jobs could be cut under mayor's budget
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (661+ words) Shelton Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Saranich speaks at the Shelton High School Commencement on June 6, 2025. Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti speaking in Trumbull on Wednesday, November 10, 2025, urges Eversource Energy to scrap its plans to sell Aquarion Water to the South Central…...
Danbury's plan to build a dog park near Candlewood Lake would be city's third in 10 years
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (232+ words) Hatters Park in Danbury may be home to the city's third dog park. A grassy area in the northern part of Hatters Park in Danbury, where the city is proposing a new dog park. The dog park would be on…...
Connecticut softball twins at the heart of Brookfield's quest for CIAC, SWC championships
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (894+ words) Sisters Haylie and Sydney Miller of Brookfield at Waveny Park in New Canaan on April 7, 2026. The bond between Sydney and Haylie Miller has always been unmistakable. At times, Brookfield coach Alyssa Lionetti jokes, it looks like the senior twin sisters…...
Pro-Iran groups have used AI to troll Trump and try to control the war narrative
10+ hour, 15+ min ago (655+ words) Pro-Iran groups have used artificial intelligence to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against the U. S. and Israel and foster opposition to it. "This is a propaganda war for them," Neil Lavie-Driver,…...