Ken Houston

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — To close out Men’s Health Awareness Month, we’re taking a look at men’s mental health. Emily Medina, manager of Griffin Outpatient Psychiatry, came to our studios to talk about mental health symptoms in men and some of the stigma behind men’s emotions. She talked about things like signs that men are struggling, therapy for men, childhood traumas that could play a role in men’s mental health and the stigmas behind men’s mental health.

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FAIRFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) —Fireballs have been reported across New England in recent days, but they’re not the only thing lighting up the night sky. Stargazers are growing excited for a larger astronomical event, known as the June Bootid Meteor Shower happening on Saturday. “This is one where you’ll going to look up and you’re going to sort of look around and see it’s all throughout the sky,” said Ericka Eng, executive director of the Sacred Heart University Science Center & Planetarium.

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CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Iran launched an air strike on the largest U.S. military air base in the Middle East on Monday. The strike is being called a retaliation after America dropped bombs on three nuclear sites Saturday night. Forty thousand American troops are stationed at the base in Qatar. No casualties or injuries have been reported. ABC News says that 13 of the 14 launched missiles were intercepted. Americans here at home are being advised to stay on high alert as tensions rise overseas.

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CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — June 19 is Juneteenth and Sickle Cell awareness day. Experts say the disease impacts 100,000 people in the U.S., and 90% of those cases are in the African American community. That’s why a blood drive was held in Hartford Thursday morning, with people rolling up their sleeves for a great cause. Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited disorder commonly spotted at birth. Experts say that a persons hemoglobin is abnormal, which causes blood cells to become rigid.

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HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Roca Hartford, a program dedicated to helping young women break cycles of poverty, trauma and violence, celebrated its 2025 graduating class Monday. Roca is a community violence intervention program with locations across America. The Hartford location exclusively focuses on women and children. Twenty two women graduated from the program this year.