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Tennessee among top states with spiking unemployment claims, ranking says
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee
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Tennessee saw a more than 100% increase in unemployment claims in recent weeks. The state's unemployment rate rose to 3.6% in July, though this is still below the national average. Weakly County currently has the highest unemployment rate in...
Trump’s war on offshore wind is somehow getting worse
Canary Media
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September 5, 2025
If you didn’t think President Donald Trump’s attacks on offshore wind could get worse, think again. In just the last week, the administration targeted more already-permitted wind projects, slashed funding for projects tied to offshore wind, and...
Wheeler Health to combine with Torrington-based wellness center
New Britain Herald - Connecticut
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Wheeler Health and Torrington-based Community Health & Wellness Center have signed letters of intent to evaluate combining their services into one network. Wheeler Health has locations in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, Plainville and Waterbury....
Cruise to Measure Gulf Dead Zone Faces Stormy Funding Future
Eos
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September 5, 2025
This story was originally published in the Louisiana Illuminator. Despite being called a “cruise,” the people on board The Pelican described the experience on the hypoxia monitoring expedition as very different from the elaborate dinners on a...
Middletown Resident Charged In Health Care Fraud Case Involving Durable Medical Equipment
Patch
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August 29, 2025
MIDDLETOWN, CT — A Middletown Man is facing a potential 40 years in prison in a federal probe into health care fraud. David X. Sullivan, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut; Roberto Coviello, special agent in charge of the U.S....
Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states
Prince George Citizen
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September 5, 2025
SACRAMENTO, Calif. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is taking its immigration crackdown to the health care safety net, launching Medicaid spending probes in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health...
Health Department threatens to pull states' sex ed funding for including 'gender ideology' in programs
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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August 26, 2025
The Trump administration has escalated its efforts to ban sex ed programs from teaching youth about being transgender, threatening to pull a total of more than $81 million in funding from 40 states and six territories unless they remove “all...
Unmasking Knuckleheaded Newsom: Notes on Nonsense
American Thinker
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September 5, 2025
Screaming to unmask U.S. law enforcing ICE agents, “high-profile California Democrat[s]” are callously putting agents and their families in harm’s way, but it is time to unmask California Governor Gavin Newsom! Who is the real Gavin Newsom? While...
Julia Bradbury: I’ve tried every health hack — here’s what works
The Times
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I’ve spoken to cancer patients, cancer survivors and, sadly, those who have since died from the disease, and the reaction is the same for everyone: when you’re told “you have cancer”, it’s shocking and terrifying beyond belief. Even though the...
Connecticut Joins States Seeking To Ease Federal Restrictions On Abortion Pill
CT News Junkie - Connecticut
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August 25, 2025
Credit: Robin Marty / Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) / Flickr Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 16 other attorneys general asking federal regulators to roll back what they describe as unnecessary restrictions...
Linda Boyle: Medical establishment in revolt against CDC on Covid jab guidance
Must Read Alaska
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August 29, 2025
By LINDA BOYLE The medical establishment is fracturing. For years, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association marched in lockstep with the CDC, demanding that Americans “trust the science” and obey federal guidance on...
Encompass Health opens $39M rehab hospital in Danbury: Where patients can 'regain independence'
The News Times - Connecticut
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August 29, 2025
George Gilliam, chief executive officer of Encompass Health Danbury, speaks during the grand opening celebration for Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Danbury on Thursday, August 28, 2025, in Danbury, Conn. The facility is a freestanding...
Former tech executive spoke with ChatGPT before killing mother in Connecticut murder-suicide: report
Fox News
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Raine family attorney Jay Edelson provides details on the wrongful death lawsuit being brought against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman after Adam Raine's suicide, alleging the company chose to 'cut short' proper testing of ChatGPT. NEWYou can now listen...
Opinion: Rating the governor of Connecticut. Here's what I found.
Hartford Courant - Connecticut
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August 28, 2025
Over the past month, numerous articles concerning Gov. Ned Lamont have been published by the Courant. Some have quoted politicians critical of the governor’s performance. As a lifelong resident of Connecticut and as one with a keen interest in...
‘Will not be returning’ – Caitlin Clark fears confirmed as boyfriend’s heartfelt post follows LeBron’s inspirational message
talkSPORT
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September 5, 2025
Caitlin Clark's WNBA season is over. On Thursday, the 23-year-old announced on social media that she won't play again this season, putting to an end weeks of speculation about her health and possible return. 3 LeBron James had some kind words of...
White Hot Rage: What Really Happened At Ol' Cracker Barrel
National Memo
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September 5, 2025
You may have been shocked when the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain’s corporate redesign became national news in mid-August. I certainly was. I’ve never eaten at a Cracker Barrel, before or after the 1990s LGBT boycott. If I’m going to eat at a...
Can design make you healthier? Inside the architecture of wellness
Wallpaper*
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August 29, 2025
In Cologne, Ferdinand Stahl and his uncle – architect Thomas van den Valentyn, known for his work on the renovation of the Max Ernst Museum in Brühl – have unveiled a new workspace: Valentyns. This is no ordinary office: it features lighting that...
ChatGPT Obsession Proves Fatal, Man Dealing With Mental Health Issues Kills Himself and Mother
Times Now
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August 29, 2025
Pretty recently, we got to know about the suicide case of a teen in which the parents claimed that ChatGPT guided him to the suicide attempt. And now, the OpenAI chatbot has been linked to a murder in Connecticut. According to reports, a 56-year...
O,R&L Commercial Arranges $2.7M Sale of Retail, Office Complex in Cheshire, Connecticut
REBusinessOnline
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August 29, 2025
5CHESHIRE, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm O,R&L Commercial has arranged the $2.7 million sale of Country Plaza, a 26,000-square-foot office and retail complex in Cheshire, located roughly midway between Hartford and New Haven. The property...
Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Rallyday Invests in Elder Care Homecare
JD Supra - California
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August 25, 2025
Rallyday Partners has announced a strategic investment in Elder Care Homecare. Elder Care, founded in 2008 and based in Scarsdale, New York, is a senior home care agency serving New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Rallyday,...