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Jerome Dyson joins Stars of Storrs, the UConn alumni team in The Basketball Tournament this summer
The “Stars of Storrs” added another guard on Wednesday. Jerome Dyson, who last played for Bonn in Germany in 2021 and is transitioning into coaching, will join the team of UConn alumni in The Basketball Tournament, a 64-team, single-elimination event with a $1 million prize, this summer. Dyson, 37, joins the newly created team that…
Police: CT woman more than twice the legal limit during fatal crash charged with DUI, manslaughter
A New London woman arrested Tuesday on manslaughter and DUI charges was allegedly more than twice the legal limit when she fled a car stop minutes before she was involved in a fatal rollover crash in Ledyard in February. Amber Lahue, 23, turned herself in on charges of second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, driving…
St. Vincent de Paul to start construction on new chapel in heart of campus
BATON ROUGE – Leaders with St. Vincent de Paul will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the newest addition to the camps. The new chapel, the St. Louise de Marillac Chapel, will be in the heart of the SVDP campus. More than 500 people visit the campus daily, said President Michael Acaldo, and most of them…
Five-month-old child dies after alleged cruelty by mother, coroner declares death homicide
BATON ROUGE – A five-month-old child died after his mother brought him to the hospital in critical condition, where police arrested his mother for cruelty to a juvenile afterward. Shalyn Ewing, 30, was arrested on second-degree cruelty to a juvenile after bringing her son Domonique Griffin to Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital on…
Governor Jeff Landry signs 4 insurance-related bills in hopes of lowering homeowner insurance
BATON ROUGE – Governor Jeff Landry said the four bills he signed today are in efforts to get the state out of an insurance crisis, which has caused homeowners insurance rates to skyrocket. State Insurance Commissioner, Tim Temple, was in attendance at the signing in support of the bills. “Our hope is that this package…
Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but the UN says no aid has entered
By JOSEPH KRAUSS, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN (Associated Press) JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened its Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza after days of closure, but the U.N. said no humanitarian aid has yet entered and there is no one to receive it on the Palestinian side after…
How to cultivate much-needed civic engagement | READER COMMENTARY
As part of civic conversations, I would like to add to Armstrong Williams’ recent column on the need for civic engagement (“Armstrong Williams: Keeping our republic requires civic engagement,” May 5). In both my professional role at work and my volunteer role, I talk to a wide range of Americans and see the lack of…
Inside the courtroom where Trump was forced to listen to Stormy Daniels
By JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered as Stormy Daniels described the unexpected sex she says they had nearly two decades ago, saying she remembered “trying to think of anything other than what was happening.” It was…
N.Y. Prisons Holding Mentally Ill People in Solitary, Lawsuit Says
A complaint filed by the Legal Aid Society and others accuses the state prison system of holding mentally ill and disabled people in isolation despite a law against the practice. Press Release Distribution Service
Zellnor Myrie Emerges as 2nd Democrat to Likely Run Against Mayor Adams
Zellnor Myrie, a left-leaning state senator from Brooklyn, is moving to run against Mayor Eric Adams in the Democratic primary next June. Press Release Distribution Service