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Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) drives the ball past Minnesota Lynx forward Bridget Carleton, right, in the first half in a WNBA basketball game Friday, May 16, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.
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Paige Bueckers looks forward to moving on after getting much-hyped WNBA debut out of the way

Paige Bueckers’ hometown in Minnesota took on her name for a day as a tribute to her WNBA debut. The team from her home state wasn’t quite as accommodating. Bueckers scored the first point...

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    Housing May 16

    Growing challenges to find and afford starter homes in Connecticut

    It can be especially daunting for those considering buying their first home and to see the costs surging. Karess Cannon is ready to stop renting and is searching for her first home somewhere in central Connecticut. “I realize there’s no perfect time, but as rents keep going up, it just makes sense to actually be putting money into something.....
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    Hartford May 16

    Officials, service providers in CT decry proposed cuts as DC tries to find budget deal

    Connecticut officials are warning about cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and heating assistance in Congressional Republican’s budget proposal.   Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves said the cuts will be devastating for the state’s lowest income residents, some of whom rely on several programs.   “This is a full-on...
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    New Haven May 16

    New Haven's Spring Night Market returns to Downtown 9th Square

    New Haven’s Spring Night Market makes its return for the 10th time! The one-night event happens on Orange Street in Downtown New Haven’s Ninth Square District until 10 p.m on Friday. The event which began back in 2018, is being put on by the Town Green District. People will get to enjoy shopping, live music, food, drinks, and arts...
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    Vernon May 16

    ‘We've all lost this': Vernon woman says pre-paid funeral funds are gone

    Some people in northern Connecticut are on alert after learning about allegations of a funeral home owner embezzling their pre-paid funeral funds. Philip Pietras was arrested on a larceny charge in April, accused of mishandling more than $80,000 of pre-paid accounts. Based on Pietras’ case on the Connecticut Judicial website, a plea has not been en...
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    Stonington May 16

    Child riding bicycle hit by school bus, seriously injured in Stonington

    A child on a bicycle was seriously injured when they were hit by a school bus in Stonington on Friday afternoon. It happened just after 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Palmer Street and Courland Street, according to police. The child was taken to the hospital to be treated for serious injuries, police said. No one on the school bus…

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    Southington May 16

    Southington teens go viral for act of kindness at Hartford Hospital

    A video of an act of kindness at Hartford Hospital is going viral on TikTok. Liliana Vera and Evan Jekubovich, seniors at Southington High School, spent a date night in April making other people’s day. “I saw a TikTok that was like similar, and we had nothing to do, and I really wanted to do it as our four-month...

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    Bethany May 16

    Report details alleged failures by Bethany first selectman, state police amid sex assault investigation

    A new report details the failings of the Town of Bethany’s first selectman, its Parks and Recreation director, and state police prior to the arrest of a town employee accused of sexually assaulting five girls at summer camps or after-school programs. Anthony Mastrangelo was first arrested in May 2024 and charged with sexually assaulting one v...
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    South Windsor May 16

    South Windsor teen named Connecticut's Youth of the Year

    Earlier this month, 16-year-old Emani Lee was named Connecticut’s Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford. The South Windsor High School junior has been a member of the Southwest Club for the past six years. She will now represent the state at the regional Youth of the Year competition in New York City this June....

  • May 7, 2025; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers poses for a photo during the 2025 Dallas Wings Media Day.
    UConn May 16

    How to watch Paige Bueckers' WNBA debut

    Paige Bueckers will make her WNBA regular-season debut on Friday night as the Dallas Wings host the Minnesota Lynx to open the season. The occasion is being marked in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota, with a renaming of the city in her honor and a local brewery’s offering of “Paige’s 3-Point Pale” ale. The 2025 first-overall pick from the.....
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    Paralympics May 16

    After Paralympic medals, Ali Truwit paying it forward for others

    NBC Connecticut first introduced you to swimmer Ali Truwit about a year ago. At that time, she was one year out from surviving a shark attack that took her foot, and in the process of qualifying for the Paralympics. Since then, she qualified, won two silver medals for Team USA in Paris, and has started a foundation that has already…

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    Animals and Wildlife May 16

    Baby owl that fell from branch in Woodbridge is rescued

    A baby owl that fell from a tree in Woodbridge has been rescued. Woodbridge Regional Animal Control said they rescued the bird of prey on Thursday. They received a call that a baby owl fell off its perched branches, so animal control called A Place Called Hope and they guided animal control through the rescue. The baby owl did not…

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    Trumbull May 16

    Crews respond to glycol leak, then fire at Trumbull High School

    Firefighters responded to Trumbull High School twice between Thursday night and Friday morning. First, it was for a glycol leak, then for an electrical fire hours later. The school had a three-hour delay on Friday. Volunteer firefighters responded to a hazmat call at the high school around 8:24 p.m. Thursday and found more than 100 gallons of glyco...
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    Waterbury May 16

    Support group for family of homicide victims at risk of losing federal funding

    Survivors of Homicide, a Connecticut-based nonprofit that supports families of homicide victims, is at risk of losing a huge chunk of their funding that comes the federal government. The nonprofit has been around since 1983 and receives about $138,000 from Crime Victims Fund, established under the Victim of Crime Act. Jessica Pizzano, the director ...
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    West Hartford May 16

    One injured in West Hartford fire

    One person was taken to the hospital to be treated for burns after a fire in West Hartford on Thursday night. Firefighters responded to a single-family house on Fennbrook Road just after 10:30 p.m. and found heavy smoke and fire visible on the back side of the residence. No one was in the home, but one adult was burned while…

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