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Sports betting window at Mohegan Sun Casino September 22, 2021 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

CT tracks online gambling closely — but not problem gambling

Connecticut’s problem-gambling hotline is busiest on Mondays, the day after America’s holy day of televised NFL football, when ubiquitous ads from DraftKings and FanDuel offer “free play” and “risk-free” bets.Compared to November 2020, hotline calls were up 87% in November 2021, the first full month after Connecticut flipped the switch on online gambling and made every smartphone a portal to two casinos and three sportsbooks for anyone 21 and older.

Life in the Ukrainian city of Kyiv — one month into the war

As Russia's war on Ukraine grinds on, so too does life for Ukrainians who still live in Kyiv. We examine how people in the capital city are adapting to life under war a month into Russia's invasion.

Supporters of then-Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg prepare to caucus for him in the gym of Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 2020. The caucuses were marred by issues and no winner was named.

2 years after the debacle at the Iowa caucuses, Democrats eye changes to the calendar

On Feb. 3, 2020, an app meant to streamline the process for Iowa Democrats' presidential contest failed. That added to longstanding criticisms of the caucuses and Iowa's place on the calendar.

The White House senior staff is sworn in at the White House in January. Twenty-two members of the staff will make $179,700 this year and 18 more earn $165,000 a year, making the Trump administration's payroll top-heavy compared to the Obama administration.

Trump White House Staff Payroll Nearly $36 Million And Top-Heavy

Among those making the maximum salary are chief of staff Reince Priebus, chief strategist Steve Bannon, press secretary Sean Spicer and former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault.

Springfield extends school mask mandate through March

The state mandate will expire, but Springfield has decided to keep the requirement in place at least through March 28.

An American flag flies at half-staff on Wednesday near a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill.

Highland Park suspect confessed to the July 4th shooting, prosecutors say

The 21-year-old charged with murdering seven people at the parade in suburban Illinois confessed to the shooting after he was taken into custody. He is being held without bail.

The Young, The Old And The Odd At This Year's Tour De France

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Patrick Redford, who covers cycling and other sports for Defector, about the top storylines in the 2021 Tour de France, which ends this weekend.

Stamford’s newest crypto company had ties to Annie Lamont

Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that a new financial services firm is moving to Stamford with the help of over $5 million in state financial incentives. What he didn't say was that his wife's firm had been an investor in the company.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks in Washington, D.C., in January. The department has extended the freeze on federal student loan payments several times since the pandemic began in March 2020.

The student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer

The Biden administration extended the freeze on student loan payments yet again, this time until September, and announced a reset for borrowers in default.

On a Brooklyn street in September 1971, a sea of fists greets the caskets of several of the incarcerated men killed in the violent clash at Attica Correctional Facility that month.

'We Can Rock The World's Foundation': 1971 And Black Music In Revolt

The tension and loss that drove Marvin Gaye wasn't lost on his peers: In the same year as What's Going On, a wave of Black artists released explosive new work that put its politics front and center.

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