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CT Filmmaker Will Fly To Space As Crew Member Of First Civilian Mission To Moon CT Filmmaker Will Fly To Space As Crew Member Of First Civilian Mission To Moon
CT Filmmaker Will Fly To Space As Crew Member Of First Civilian Mission To Moon A filmmaker from Marlborough will be part of the first-ever civilian mission to orbit the moon.  Brendan Hall, a documentary filmmaker, was selected out of over one million artists and creatives to be a crew member of the "dearMoon" mission, which will make a month-long journey to the moon and back using a SpaceX rocket later in 2023. The idea for the project came from Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, who purchased the seats aboard the rocket for eight other crew members.  Hall's films have focused on telling stories in remote parts of the world such as Siberia and the Amazon rainfor…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Elephant Is Not A Person: NY Court Decides Furthest-Advancing Animal Rights Case In US History Elephant Is Not A Person: NY Court Decides Furthest-Advancing Animal Rights Case In US History
Elephant Is Not A Person: NY Court Decides Furthest-Advancing Animal Rights Case In US History The New York State Court of Appeals has determined that an elephant at the Bronx Zoo is not a "legal person," rejecting a nonprofit organization's argument that the animal is being unlawfully imprisoned.  The court announced its ruling in the Nonhuman Rights Project vs. James J. Breheny on Tuesday, June 14. According to the court's ruling, petitioner Nonhuman Rights Project argued that Breheny, director of the Bronx Zoo, and the Wildlife Conservation Society, the organization that operates the zoo, had unlawfully confined an Asian elephant named Happy at the zo…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lifestyle
This Locale Is Named Connecticut's Best Winter Destination This Locale Is Named Connecticut's Best Winter Destination
This Locale Is Named Connecticut's Best Winter Destination Here's the best place in Connecticut to visit in the winter, according to a new ranking.  The website 24/7 Wall St. has named Stonington borough the best Connecticut destination in its list of the best winter destinations in all 50 states. The borough is located in the town of Stonington in New London County.  To create the list, the site used information from lists across a number of websites, including Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic and more. According to the report, the borough is filled with quaint locations to visit in the wintertime, including shops and…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lifestyle
Tiny Goldfish Dumped In Lakes Are Growing To Football Size As Officials Issue Warning Tiny Goldfish Dumped In Lakes Are Growing To Football Size As Officials Issue Warning
Tiny Goldfish Dumped In Lakes Are Growing To Football Size As Officials Issue Warning Do not release your pet goldfish in lakes or ponds. That's what officials are saying after a huge goldfish was recently pulled from a Minnesota lake, an issue that has been seen across the United States in recent years. National Geographic said while a goldfish typically weighs just 0.2 to 0.6 pounds, they can weigh more than five pounds in the wild, CBS News reported. "They grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants," the City of Burnsville, Minnesota, tweeted on Friday, July 9.  In recent years, huge g…

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by Nicole Valinote
News
COVID-19: Costa Rica To Open Borders To Residents Of 6 US States COVID-19: Costa Rica To Open Borders To Residents Of 6 US States
Covid-19: Costa Rica To Open Borders To Residents Of 6 US States Costa Rica is re-opening its borders to Americans who reside in six specific states. Residents of Vermont, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut may all begin traveling to Costa Rica again starting Sept. 1. Many countries have closed their borders to American tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. Costa Rica’s re-opening strategy is unique in its targeted border opening. As of Aug. 3, these countries were among the ones Americans could still visit during the pandemic, according to National Geographic: Albania, Brazil, Camb…

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by Kristin Palpini
News
COVID-19: One Of First Dogs In Nation To Test Positive Dies At Age 6 COVID-19: One Of First Dogs In Nation To Test Positive Dies At Age 6
Covid-19: One Of First Dogs In Nation To Test Positive Dies At Age 6 A dog in New York who was one of the first in the country to be diagnosed with COVID-19 died shortly before his seventh birthday. Buddy, a German Shepherd living with his family in Staten Island, began having trouble breathing in mid-April, around the time the COVID pandemic peaked in New York. When the dog began getting sick, he was tested and it was determined he was positive for COVID-19.  He also had lymphoma, his family said, which was diagnosed on the day of his death on Saturday, July 11, according to a report in National Geographic. The Mahoneys said approximately every two w…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Two Friends Of Writer Corroborate Claim Of Trump Sex Assault Two Friends Of Writer Corroborate Claim Of Trump Sex Assault
Two Friends Of Writer Corroborate Claim Of Trump Sex Assault Close friends of writer E. Jean Carroll, a Hudson Valley resident, have corroborated her claim of sexual assault by Donald Trump in the mid-1990s. In this article by The New York Times, and a related podcast, Lisa Birnbach and Carol Martin detail conversations they had with Carroll at the time of the alleged violent attack in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman and contact the three friends have had since.  Carroll, who lives in a cabin on an island in the Wawayanda Mountains outside Warwick in Orange County, is best known for her "Ask E. Jean" column, which has appeared in Elle m…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Big Fish: Massive, 14-Foot Atlantic Sturgeon Spotted In Hudson River Big Fish: Massive, 14-Foot Atlantic Sturgeon Spotted In Hudson River
Big Fish: Massive, 14-Foot Atlantic Sturgeon Spotted In Hudson River At first, it came as a shock. Then it quickly turned into a happy discovery. Researchers aboard a boat using a special sonar system on the Hudson River spotted a huge fish that turned out to be an Atlantic sturgeon more than 14 feet in length. The discovery, which occurred last summer at Hyde Park in Dutchess County, is detailed in an article published this week by National Geographic. "When I first saw it, I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’ ” John A. Madsen, a University Delaware geologist, who was accompanied by Dewayne A. Fox of Delaware State University, is quoted as saying in…

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by Joe Lombardi