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From Storrs to Seattle, UConn women’s basketball players implement lessons from Kelsey Plum’s Dawg Class
When UConn freshman KK Arnold got the email from Las Vegas Aces star Kelsey Plum inviting her to attend Plum's Dawg Class, she called her mom, completely star struck. She remembered viral videos of some of the NCAA's biggest stars...
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![Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behavior from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week. In an online interview with journalist Dan Wootton, Spacey said he has never done anything illegal and admitted that he has struggled to get back to work after being acquitted last year of criminal charges in a London court. Spacey said in the interview aired late Friday that he couldn't continue to be “baselessly attacked without defending myself.” The documentary “Spacey Unmasked” is set to be aired on May 6 and 7 on Channel 4 in Britain and streamed on Max in the U.S. Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behavior from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week. In an online interview with journalist Dan Wootton, Spacey said he has never done anything illegal and admitted that he has struggled to get back to work after being acquitted last year of criminal charges in a London court. Spacey said in the interview aired late Friday that he couldn't continue to be “baselessly attacked without defending myself.” The documentary “Spacey Unmasked” is set to be aired on May 6 and 7 on Channel 4 in Britain and streamed on Max in the U.S.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Britain_Kevin_Spacey_16731.jpg?w=525)
Kevin Spacey denies new allegations of inappropriate behavior to be aired on UK television next week
Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behavior from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week. In an online interview with journalist Dan Wootton, Spacey...
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![Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA after years of delays and stumbles. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board. A pair of veteran NASA pilots will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space station. Liftoff is planned for Monday night from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA turned to U.S. companies for astronaut rides after the space shuttles retired. Elon Musk's SpaceX has made nine taxi trips for NASA, while Boeing has managed only a pair of unoccupied test flights. Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA after years of delays and stumbles. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board. A pair of veteran NASA pilots will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space station. Liftoff is planned for Monday night from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA turned to U.S. companies for astronaut rides after the space shuttles retired. Elon Musk's SpaceX has made nine taxi trips for NASA, while Boeing has managed only a pair of unoccupied test flights.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Boeing-Astronaut_Launch-Explainer_35150.jpg?w=525)
Boeing is on the verge of launching astronauts aboard new capsule, the latest entry to space travel
Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA after...
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![A reckoning is happening on college campuses across the country. In the last few weeks, students at dozens of colleges and universities have camped out to protest Israel’s U.S.-backed war on Gaza — and often their schools’ investments in companies that profit from that war. These students have been met with incredible repression. As of this writing, police had arrested more than 2,000 ... A reckoning is happening on college campuses across the country. In the last few weeks, students at dozens of colleges and universities have camped out to protest Israel’s U.S.-backed war on Gaza — and often their schools’ investments in companies that profit from that war. These students have been met with incredible repression. As of this writing, police had arrested more than 2,000 ...](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/202405031049MCT_____PHOTO____OPED-CMP-PROTESTS-PROGRESSIVE-COMMENTARY-LA.jpg?w=543)
Commentary: Americans agree with the student protests: The war in Gaza must end
A reckoning is happening on college campuses across the country. In the last few weeks,...
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![A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion. They provide advice, referrals, financial assistance and emotional support. Abortion rights advocates say these helpers are especially important in states with strict abortion laws where options are narrowing. Abortion opponents say the laws protect the unborn and point women to their centers, which provide things like parenting classes and baby supplies. Volunteers who help women find abortions say the work is just as essential as something like a volunteer fire department. A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion. They provide advice, referrals, financial assistance and emotional support. Abortion rights advocates say these helpers are especially important in states with strict abortion laws where options are narrowing. Abortion opponents say the laws protect the unborn and point women to their centers, which provide things like parenting classes and baby supplies. Volunteers who help women find abortions say the work is just as essential as something like a volunteer fire department.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Abortion-Supporting_Cast_69389_af7e47.jpg?w=525)
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After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as ‘the underground’
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