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Trump Unaware of Stormy Daniels Payment: Giuliani
Bombshell revelations from President Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, may place the president and personal lawyer Michael Cohen further into the crosshairs of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Giuliani said he disclosed the president’s payments to Cohen on Fox News to avoid having the information leaked later by federal investigators.
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AT&T Quits Venezuela as US Sanctions Force It to Defy Maduro
AT&T has decided to immediately abandon Venezuela’s pay TV market as U.S. sanctions prohibit its DirecTV platform from broadcasting channels that it is required to carry by the socialist administration of Nicolas Maduro
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Inside the Protest Lifestyle: One Woman's Journey and Struggle with MS
Taralei Griffin’s life got a lot more complicated with her recent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Here’s a look at one young woman’s life as a full-time protester during her stay in Philadelphia during the Democratic National Convention.
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CT LIVE!: Black Friday at Westfarms Preview
Spokesperson Amanda Sirica showed us the deals you can expect.
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Hulu Again Raising Prices for Online Live-TV Service
Hulu is again raising prices for its online TV bundle, as other streaming-TV providers do the same. Hulu’s service, like AT&T TV Now, Dish’s Sling and YouTube TV, are a replica of traditional TV but on the internet. They were once vaunted as a successor to traditional cable. But the market has lost steam as prices rise. One early entrant,...
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Jury Convicts Self-Proclaimed Cartel Hitman Who Killed, Mutilated Roommate and His Girlfriend
Hector Acosta-Ojeda, the North Texas man found guilty of capital murder in the fatal shootings and mutilations of his roommate and his roommate’s girlfriend has been sentenced to death.
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Justices Could Return Cable TV Race Bias Suit to Lower Court
The Supreme Court seems likely to overturn a lower court ruling in favor of an African-American media mogul and comedian who’s suing cable giant Comcast for racial discrimination. The justices appeared to be in broad agreement Wednesday that an appeals court applied the wrong legal standard in allowing business owner Byron Allen’s suit against Comcast to go forward. Allen has...
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Got a Weird Text? A Telecom Vendor Says It's to Blame
If you woke up to a weird text that seemed totally out of place, you aren’t alone. A mysterious wave of missives swept America’s phones overnight, delivering confusing messages from friends, family and the occasional ex. Friends who hadn’t talked to each other in months were jolted into chatting. Others briefly panicked. A telecom vendor called Syniverse said a server...
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AT&T Fined $60M for Misleading With ‘Unlimited' Plans
AT&T will pay $60 million to settle the government’s allegation that it misled customers of unlimited-data plans by slowing down service for heavy users. The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that AT&T will automatically provide partial refunds to customers who signed up for unlimited wireless plans before 2011.
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Freebies Are the Key Hook in New ‘Streaming Wars'
If you make it free, will they come? Apple, Disney and AT&T’s WarnerMedia want to jump-start their challenges to Netflix by offering freebies and deep discounts on emerging streaming plans. That includes a free year of Apple TV Plus for customers of new Apple devices and a free year of Disney Plus to higher-tier Verizon customers. Some existing HBO subscribers...
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AT&T Says HBO Max Streaming Service to Launch in May for $15
AT&T said Tuesday that its HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for $15 a month, joining a crowded field. The company has said HBO Max will become the “workhorse” for its video business as cord-cutting of traditional TV expands. It hopes to migrate people who pay for HBO in different ways today to the new platform. The service...
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AT&T Says HBO Max Streaming Service to Launch in May for $15
AT&T said Tuesday that its HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for $15 a month, joining a crowded field. The company has said HBO Max will become the “workhorse” for its video business as cord-cutting of traditional TV expands. It hopes to migrate people who pay for HBO in different ways today to the new platform. The service...
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Samsung's Folding Phone Hits the US
Samsung’s folding phone is finally hitting the U.S. Samsung will start selling the Galaxy Fold, a phone with a screen that folds together like a book, on Friday. There will be an AT&T version as well as an unlocked version sold at Best Buy and Samsung stores. The South Korean tech giant had put the Galaxy Fold’s launch on hold...
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NBC Names Its New Streaming Service ‘Peacock'
NBCUniversal’s new streaming service will be named “Peacock,” the company announced Tuesday. The ad and subscription-supported service will roll out in April with 15,000 hours of content including “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation.” The Comcast-owned company said it would announce pricing details closer to the launch.
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Simsbury Man Says Simple Cell Phone Cancellation Turned into Big Headache
A Simsbury man who switched cell phone service providers and decided to cancel still found himself stuck with a bill. He reached out to NBC Connecticut Responds to tackle the problem and get it resolved.
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Simsbury Man Struggles to Cancel Cell Phone Service
What was supposed to be a simple cell phone service cancellation became a headache for a Simsbury man.
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How to Help Victims of California Wildfires
Dozens of people have died and tens of thousands of Californians have been forced from their homes as huge wildfires continue to rage in the northern and southern ends of the state. The Camp Fire in Northern California’s Butte County has become the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in recorded state history. The Woolsey Fire north of Los Angeles, meanwhile,...
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T-Mobile's $26.5B Sprint Deal OK'd Despite Competition Fears
U.S. regulators have approved T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint, despite fears of higher prices and job cuts, in a deal that would leave just three major cellphone companies in the country. Friday’s approval from the Justice Department and five state attorneys general comes after Sprint and T-Mobile agreed to conditions that would set up satellite-TV provider Dish as...
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AT&T Will Soon Automatically Block Annoying Robocalls
AT&T said this week that it will soon block spam calls or alert customers of suspected spammers. The blocking will first activate for new lines and will then be applied to all existing accounts, the carrier said on Tuesday. The feature will be on by default but can be turned off by users who don’t want it, per rules set...
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AT&T to Pull ‘Friends' From Netflix for HBO Max Streaming Service
AT&T is pulling “Friends” from Netflix to beef up its own upcoming streaming service.
The wireless company, which owns the WarnerMedia entertainment business, said Tuesday that its service will be called HBO Max. It will launch widely in spring of 2020.