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February 18, 2024

Intensity, alter egos and ‘Benjamin Button’: Dan Hurley’s quest to become king of two in a row at UConn

Kyle C. Garrison

STORRS, Conn. — It is 1 p.m. on a dismal January afternoon and, aside from a few managers, Gampel Pavilion is empty. The Connecticut players have finished reviewing film but…

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February 18, 2024

Facial Recognition in Airports: Biometrics Technology Is Expanding

Kyle C. Garrison

On a recent Thursday morning in Queens, travelers streamed through the exterior doors of La Guardia Airport’s Terminal C. Some were bleary-eyed — most hefted briefcases — as they checked…

Science and Technology

February 18, 2024

Residents Oppose Expanding Drug Use Sites to Suburban Vancouver

Kyle C. Garrison

British Columbia’s rampant drug deaths have more than once thrust public health officials into uncharted territory. It became the first province to decriminalize small quantities of hard drugs for personal…

Entertainment

February 17, 2024

Kylian Mbappe is leaving PSG: Thank god that’s finally over

Kyle C. Garrison

Ice ages haven’t lasted as long as this.Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid… it has been a thing for about a decade at least.The Athletic was not even in existence when…

Entertainment

February 17, 2024

The Antitrust Enforcers Aimed at Big Tech. Then Came the Backlash.

Kyle C. Garrison

The South Korean government unleashed a wave of panic across the internet industry: The country’s antitrust regulator said it would enact the toughest competition law outside Europe, curbing the influence…

Science and Technology

February 16, 2024

Aleksei Navalny’s Death Would Deprive Russia of Leading Opposition Voice: Live Updates

Kyle C. Garrison

On Wednesday, two days before Russian authorities reported his death, Aleksei A. Navalny was sentenced to another term in a special punishment cell in an Arctic prison, a notoriously harsh…

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February 15, 2024

How Maple Leafs staff helped save a rec-leaguer from a skate cut to the throat: ‘I thought I was going to die’

Kyle C. Garrison

It was inside the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room that Ike Werner first allowed himself to believe he was going to survive.After having his throat cut accidentally by a skate…

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February 15, 2024

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Has Switched Incorporation to Texas

Kyle C. Garrison

The private rocket company SpaceX has switched where it is incorporated to Texas from Delaware, its founder, Elon Musk, said on Wednesday, weeks after a Delaware judge voided his pay…

Science and Technology

February 15, 2024

How to Vote in the Mexican Elections From Abroad

Kyle C. Garrison

Two women will face off for Mexico’s highest office in what is set to be a historic election this spring.Mexicans will choose their first female president on June 2, and…

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