July 2019

3-time Super Bowl champion Andruzzi gets his college degree

Three-time Super Bowl champion and cancer survivor Joe Andruzzi can now add college graduate to his list of accomplishments. Andruzzi on Monday received his degree in liberal studies from Southern Connecticut State University President Joe Bertolino, 22 years after he left the Division II school for the NFL. Andruzzi told the Hartford Courant the school […]

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Contaminated blood inquiry: Karisa Jones speaks of ‘nightmare’ diagnosis

Image copyright Infected Blood Inquiry Image caption Karisa Jones lost her husband Geraint in 2012 – six months after his diagnosis. She was also infected with hepatitis C Welsh victims of the contaminated blood scandal have started giving evidence to a public inquiry. Karisa Jones’s husband Geraint was given infected blood in a transfusion in

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In ‘Straight Up,’ A Gay Man’s Search For Love Becomes An Identity Crisis

Writer, actor and director James Sweeney said the impetus for “Straight Up,” his debut feature film, came from a sobering epiphany ― even though the final product is very much an “arthouse screwball” rom-com. “It started from a feeling of wanting to explore the improbability of finding your soul mate,” Sweeney, who is based in

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Sun, Sand And Sewage: Report Shows Many U.S. Beaches Unsafe For Swimming

A new analysis details widespread bacterial contamination at U.S. beaches, with more than half of the tested sites exceeding a federal safety threshold at least once in 2018. The report, published Tuesday by think tanks Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group, highlights the threat that urban runoff, sewage overflows and industrial livestock

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US attorney general says encryption creates security risk

U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr says increased encryption of data on phones and encrypted messaging apps are putting American security at risk. Barr’s prepared comments at a cybersecurity conference in New York on Tuesday marks a continuing effort by the Justice Department to push tech companies to provide law enforcement with access to encrypted devices

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Robert Mueller Is Testifying Tomorrow. Here’s What You Need to Know.

WASHINGTON — After two years of silence and one brief public statement, the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, will finally sit for prolonged questioning at two House hearings on Wednesday. Though he has expressed reluctance about testifying and has vowed to discuss only the contents of his 448-page investigation report, his appearances are nonetheless

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