All Environment
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Winning an Oscar almost cost Abraham his career — but he bounced back. David Bianculli reviews the Peacock series, Poker Face. Writer Jeff Guinn revisits the Waco stand-off, 30 years later.
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In Memphis, where Nichols died, protesters shut down a major highway and chanted "justice for Tyre" before later disbanding. Demonstrations across the U.S. were largely peaceful.
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Memphis authorities released body camera footage depicting the 29-year-old's killing on Friday. Demonstrations unfold in cities across the U.S.
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Julian Khater pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon in a D.C. court last September.
Climate
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Members of the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) attended the United Nations COP27 Convention on Climate to confer with other experts and leaders about how forests can help fight climate change.
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Do you take water for granted? Well consider for a moment that according to the U.S. Drought Monitor Report, the entire state of Connecticut is in a drought as of this writing.
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State officials declared a stage 3 drought level for New London and Windham counties in eastern Connecticut.
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A group of Connecticut cicadas disappeared nearly 70 years ago. Scientists still search for answers.Scientists aren't sure why a group of Connecticut's periodical cicadas disappeared nearly 70 years ago.
Science
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Daniel Ksepka is part of a team that identified a new species of bird named Centuriavis lioae, which lived about 11 million years ago in what is now Nebraska.
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Few of us get to escape heartbreak. This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, the science, language, and culture of heartbreak — including why we’re so attracted to sad songs.
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This hour, we look at what's going on with the pandemic with doctors from Yale and Hartford HealthCare. Plus, what do we know about Paxlovid and why its results vary?
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: What is stickiness, scientifically speaking? How do geckos climb? Why don’t Post-it Notes ruin our books? And: A look, specifically, at chewing gum.