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courant. com > 06/11/2026 > fire-destroys-medical-equipment-warehouse-in-california-and-prompts-evacuations-at-nearby-facilities

Fire destroys medical equipment warehouse in California and prompts evacuations at nearby facilities

5+ hour, 39+ min ago  (379+ words) The fire ignited at the large distribution center for Medline, a major medical-surgical products provider, in Tracy, a city about 55 miles (88. 5 kilometers) east of San Francisco. It spread across the street into a Fed Ex facility, where crews were able…...

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courant. com > 06/09/2026 > closing-arguments-texas-track-meet-stabbing

Jury hears dueling narratives at trial of Texas teen who killed another athlete at school track meet

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (500+ words) Karmelo Anthony, now 19, did not testifyin his own defense aboutthe killing of Austin Metcalf, 17, whose death in April 2025 stunned Frisco, a booming Dallas suburb where the two students attended different schools. Jurors heard dueling narratives from prosecutor Bill Wirskye and…...

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courant. com > 05/30/2026 > ct-doctoral-students-learned-they-are-bonded-by-military-service-how-they-leveraged-that-to-excel

How CT doctoral students learned of bond by military service

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (853+ words) Three U. S. Navy Veterans were among the first to graduate recently from a new STEM-focused Doctor of Business Administration program. They didn't know each other before joining the Southern Connecticut State University cohort, but became fast friends and support for one…...

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courant. com > 05/30/2026 > how-uconns-physical-therapy-program-supports-mental-health-too-looking-at-people-as-whole-people

How UConn's physical therapy program supports mental health too. "Looking at people as whole people'

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1113+ words) University of Connecticut physical therapy professor Dr. Cristina Col'n-Semenza saw a 2019 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association about exercise as an effective method to manage depression. She was excited, thinking the article would reference physical therapists. But…...

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courant. com > 11/25/2025 > opinion-reconnecting-ct-youth-takes-collaboration-innovation-and-persistence

Opinion: Reconnecting CT youth takes collaboration, innovation, and persistence

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (336+ words) Today's young people are navigating challenges unlike any generation before them " from widening opportunity gaps to the social isolation of the digital age. But just as the needs of youth are evolving, so too must the organizations that serve them....

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courant. com > 05/26/2026 > robert-b-reich-ptsd-nation

Robert B. Reich: PTSD Nation?

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (493+ words) I was born just after the end of World War II. The first half of the 20th century marked a particularly difficult, violent era. But the 21st century so far has been, well, one trauma after another. It started with 9/11, followed by the…...

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courant. com > 05/23/2026 > can-rehab-work-if-shes-not-ready-a-mom-asks

Can rehab work if she's not ready? A mom asks.

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (322+ words) Editor's note: This is the first column by Joanna Conti, who founded the nonprofit Conquer Addiction to help families struggling with addiction. Dear Conquer Addiction Mom, My 25-year-old daughter's life is a mess." She can't hold a job, she's crashed…...

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courant. com > 05/19/2026 > report-confirms-third-patient-death-due-to-staff-shortage-at-ct-hospital

Report confirms third patient death due to staff shortage at CT hospital

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1163+ words) An independent monitor overseeing Saint Francis Hospital found a patient died in January, the third patient death related to inadequate staffing in the hospital'in the past year, according to numerous reports. The independent monitor reports obtained through a Freedom of…...

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courant. com > 05/07/2026 > epstein-alleged-suicide-note-nicholas-tartaglione-released

What to know about Jeffrey Epstein's ex-cellmate and the note he says he found

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (833+ words) Weeks before Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in a decrepit Manhattan jail in 2019, he was found on the floor of his cell, alive but with marks on his neck. He was placed on suicide watch, but later made a startling allegation…...

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courant. com > 05/07/2026 > think-you-know-the-worst-ct-commute-for-burnout-what-one-survey-had-to-say

CT has a worst commute for burnout. A survey found a drive that "dominates the day

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (205+ words) Burnout doesn't just happen at the workplace. It can be from the commute, too. A survey by A Mission from Michael asked "3, 002 drivers, asking them to identify the commutes most associated with burnout " factoring in congestion, roadworks, and sheer time…...