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UConn’s Geno Auriemma gets exclusive about his future plans, why he’s so charged up now

There is a new centerpiece in Auriemma's office, surrounded by the trophies and the souvenir basketballs serving as timeline for his career as the winningest coach.

Geno Auriemma's smile says it all. He still enjoys coaching too much to "go out on top." (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

State legislators are debating controversial bills on homeschooling, vaccines, and guns. Here, spectators watch as homeschool parent Melissa Manion delivers testimony on video in an overflow room during the education committee public hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on March 11, 2026. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

After thousands opposed controversial CT bills, will they pass anyway? What leaders are saying

Connecticut native Steve Porcaro, a film/TV composer and solo artist best known for his work with his brothers Mike and Jeff in the band Toto, released his second solo album last year (Heather Porcaro)

Toto co-founder dishes on his Connecticut roots, his musical influences and his new solo album

Tess O’Reilly is marketing and product manager for Ameico in New Milford, a business’ gift store and lighting gallery on Church Street.

Growing business in a vintage building brings the world to CT. Goal is ‘different, unique, special’

St. John's forward Zuby Ejiofor (24) drives past UConn forward Alex Karaban (11) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Big East tournament, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

UConn men’s basketball punished by St. John’s in Big East final, 72-52

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UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma during a game against Southern Connecticut State University at PeoplesBank Arena on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

UConn women may be unbeaten but there’s a team that could knock them out as top overall NCAA seed

There was no doubt the UConn women's basketball team would be in the NCAA Tournament top 16 revealed Saturday. Will it be No. 1 on Sunday?

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Mother delivers own baby on CT highway off-ramp. First responders say mom and baby girl ‘doing well’

The fire department responded to the Exit 60 ramp off I-84 West shortly after 9 p.m.

The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a range of the president's import taxes.

PHOTOS: Saint Patrick’s Day at Dead Language Beer Project in Hartford, CT

Dead Language Beer Project in Hartford celebrates Saint Patrick's Day on Saturday, March 7.
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PHOTOS: Tibetans mark 67th National Uprising Day in CT
PHOTOS: UConn women’s Big East Players of the Year. How many can you name?
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Marshawn Lynch commentates during a SlamBall playoff game at the Cox Pavilion on Aug.15, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ian Maule/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Marshawn Lynch gets into some ‘real [expletive]’ as ‘Beast Mode,’ [longer expletive] crime-fighter

"Beast Mode" started as a phrase people used to describe the running style of former...

Business

FILE – An airplane is refueled at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash., on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Jet fuel prices are rising. That could make summer flights more expensive

By RIO YAMAT Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East...

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Motorbikes drive past a billboard depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, handing the country’s flag to his son and successor Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, as the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini stands at left, in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Opinion: Dangerous games with a murderous regime in Iran are over

The best chance we’ve had in a long time for lasting and widespread peace in...

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Chinese tourists from Shanghai take photos in front of the famous sign posts located at the airport at Longyearbyen on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard on Feb. 18, 2026. There are no outward signs of jitters, at least not yet: people in Svalbard are going about their daily lives as normal despite speculation that this Norwegian archipelago could be the next… (Oriane Laromiguiere/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Greenland refocuses on tourism as Trump’s takeover threats wane

Not long before Greenland became a geopolitical talking point, it was a hot topic for...

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Mike Cavanaugh and the UConn men's hockey team are back in the Hockey East semifinals for the second consecutive year after a 5-3 quarterfinal win over BU on Saturday in Storrs. (Courant file photo)

UConn men’s hockey advances to Hockey East semis; UConn, Quinnipiac women lose in NCAA Tournament

The UConn men's hockey team advanced to the semifinals of the Hockey East Tournament with...

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Noma’s chef René Redzepi prepares a vegetarian burger in a restaurant, in Copenhagen, Nov. 24, 2024. (Soeren Bidstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Out of the frying pan? Noma’s Rene Redzepi resigns, and fine dining confronts ‘brigade’ culture

By LAURIE KELLMAN LONDON (AP) — Chef Gordon Ramsay yells at people. His mentor was...

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As manufacturers continue to find new ways to please consumers both monetarily and aesthetically, Cadillac...

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