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![Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark stands on the court prior to playing against the Dallas Wings during an WNBA basketball game in Arlington, Texas, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth) Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark stands on the court prior to playing against the Dallas Wings during an WNBA basketball game in Arlington, Texas, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AP24125674734215.jpg?w=525)
Dom Amore: ‘Like a true movement,’ Caitlin Clark, WNBA’s new star power pushing CT Sun franchise to new level
The Connecticut Sun has long been one of the WNBA's most successful franchises, but the increased interest in the women's game sparked by Caitlin Clark and other college stars, is lifting ever team. "This feels like a true movement," Sun...
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![By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer movie season that’s very much to be determined for Hollywood. The Universal Pictures release opened on […] By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer movie season that’s very much to be determined for Hollywood. The Universal Pictures release opened on […]](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Film_-_The_Fall_Guy_54148.jpg?w=620)
‘The Fall Guy’ gives Hollywood a muted summer kickoff with a $28.5M opening
By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer movie...
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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
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Opinion: Lead by example, decarbonize Hartford’s Capitol Area System
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![Hamas says the latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks has ended in Cairo. After recent signs of progress, the outlook appears to dim as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to resist international pressure to halt the war. But Israeli media reports that CIA chief William Burns, a main mediator in the talks, will meet with Netanyahu on Monday. Israel has closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas militants attacked it and killed three soldiers. The defense minister warns of “a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places across all of Gaza.” Hamas says the latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks has ended in Cairo. After recent signs of progress, the outlook appears to dim as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to resist international pressure to halt the war. But Israeli media reports that CIA chief William Burns, a main mediator in the talks, will meet with Netanyahu on Monday. Israel has closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas militants attacked it and killed three soldiers. The defense minister warns of “a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places across all of Gaza.”](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Embed-Map-Gaza-Aid_25416_a08182.jpg?w=281)
Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in ‘very near future’
Hamas says the latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks has ended in Cairo. After recent...
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Travel essentials to help you pack for a vacation cruise
If you need help figuring out how to pack for an upcoming cruise, here are...