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Published April 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM EDT Fans are set to welcome home UConn Women’s Basketball Monday evening, after the Huskies beat South Carolina 82-59 to secure the program’s 12th NCAA national title. The moment is expected to be bittersweet, as fans say goodbye to graduating senior and team superstar Paige Bueckers. UConn Blog co-editor Daniel Connolly tells Connecticut Public’s “All Things Considered” that feelings were palpable after the championship win in Tampa.

2 months ago | ctmirror.org | JOHN SMITH |JOhn Smith |Connecticut Public |Gabby DeBenedictis

As a human being, James Maroney is a believer in the potential of artificial intelligence to do good. “I do see the potential for AI to transform our lives and improve the way we live,” Maroney said. “To improve the quality of life, the length of life.”But as the Democratic state senator of Connecticut’s 14th district, Maroney is more of a cautious optimist when it comes to AI. “We’re going to see AI transform our lives,” he said.

2 months ago | ctpublic.org | John Henry Smith |JOhn Smith

Published February 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM EST On the first day of Black History Month, a Connecticut town that was once a hub of the transatlantic slave trade renamed a street in honor of a man, who once lived and toiled in town. Rapallo Avenue is now “Prince Mortimer Avenue.”Prince Mortimer “was an enslaved man in Middletown, Connecticut, from the early 1700s,” said historian John Mills.

2 months ago | ctmirror.org | John Smith |JOhn Smith |Connecticut Public |Gabby DeBenedictis

Just three days after President Donald Trump moved to end federal DEI initiatives, the town of Enfield, Connecticut, ended its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in a town council vote along party lines. The DEI committee was just three years old, having been created in 2022 after a man allegedly threatened and hurled a racial slur at a local teen football player out raising funds for his team.

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Published February 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM EST Just three days after President Donald Trump moved to end federal DEI initiatives, the town of Enfield, Connecticut ended its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in a town council vote along party lines. The DEI committee was just 3 years old, having been created in 2022 after a man allegedly threatened and hurled a racial slur at a local teen football player out raising funds for his team.