At first glance, CSCU — which includes four regional universities, the community colleges and the online Charter Oak State College — and the University of Connecticut didn’t see their funding levels significantly change in the governor’s new two-year plan.
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Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2025
At first glance, the invitation doesn’t seem to give much away.
In the blink of an eye, eight people were dead: Diane, her 2-year-old daughter, Erin, and her nieces Emma, Alyson, 7, and 5-year-old Kate, along with the passengers in the SUV, Michael Bastardi, 81, his son Guy, 49, and their longtime friend Daniel Longo, 74.
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Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.
The clown, a kind of psychopathic silent movie character who never utters a peep, bludgeons his victims in vicious murder sequences that operate as gory punchlines each time out.
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Eric Kohn,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
Solitary chicks emit fewer anxious peeps if given a mirror for company.
FRBs are sporadic, intense flashes of radio wave energy that can be brighter than entire galaxies.
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John Loeffler,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2025
When Laura’s ex-boyfriend Bobby (Dana Ashbrook), who’s now a cop, sees Laura’s prom picture for the first time in years, he’s immediately moved to tears—a flash of that distinctly Lynchian soaring sentimentality, the kind that can feel unnerving to watch.
Celebrity News The comedian stripped down to his skivvies for a Reformation campaign—and there’s not a tattoo in sight.
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Sam Reed,
Glamour,
11 Feb. 2025
Senior administration officials have said Trump has set his sights on an expansion of the Abraham Accords, which was brokered during the president's first term.
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