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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 8 The winged creature slowly stalked a potential victim along the water’s edge, stealthily seeking out a tasty meal, its eyes turning this way and that. Then without warning, the yellow-crowned night heron suddenly thrust its long beak into the shallow waters and grabbed a reddish-colored crawfish, chomping down several times before swallowing it. Scenes such as this, motivated boosters of the trail system in Seabrook to successfully snare a $131,400 state grant to add 1¼ miles of trails. The some for 7,400 feet of new pathways will add to the 3.6 miles already in place for the point-to-point excursion. More Information Want to go? For information about the city of Seabrook's trail system, visit https://bit.ly/2YlGGBE . See More Collapse “It’s an annual appropriation. It goes through like a review process,” said Stephanie … [Read more...] about Trail grant means Seabrook will get own ‘mountain’ view

Heat-related deaths in Texas last year reached a new high for this century amid a sharp rise in migrant deaths and soaring temperatures enhanced by climate change, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of state data going back to 1999. In 2022, Texas saw its second-hottest summer on record during the state’s worst drought in more than a decade, according to data provided by state Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon. Climate change has increased the risk for extreme temperatures across Texas, causing higher overall temperatures and summer heat that starts earlier in the spring and lasts longer into the fall — and makes people more likely to experience heat exhaustion and heatstroke. At least 214 heat-related deaths were recorded in the first nine months of 2022 alone, the highest annual toll for the state since at least 1999, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. This figure included 93 resident deaths, many of whom were Texans experiencing … [Read more...] about Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperatures

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 HARTFORD — State lawmakers joined voting rights advocates Tuesday in promoting legislation aimed at enhancing election turnout, especially among minority communities and non-English speakers. Advocates said that Black and Latino communities also face obstacles, including longer lines at polling places, limited access to mail-in balloting and problems in alerting them when district lines or balloting locations change. A lack of assistance for Spanish-speaking people, who represent about 12 percent of the state population, has resulted in a passive form of voter intimidation, said state Rep. Geraldo Reyes Jr., D-Waterbury. "The state of Connecticut is a progressive state, has some progressive values, but is very restrictive when it comes to voting," Reyes said during a news conference in the Legislative Office Building. "It's past time for us to expand the voting rights." … [Read more...] about CT lawmakers promote bill aimed at assisting non-English speakers and increasing voter turnout

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s long-estranged former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, says Manhattan prosecutors recently took his cellphones to preserve evidence related to a hush-money payment he made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the waning weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. The payment to Daniels, which Cohen says was intended to buy her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, has been the subject of law-enforcement scrutiny for years, but a new grand jury is giving it a fresh look by a new grand jury. Cohen said Wednesday that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office asked for the phones because it wants to extract voice recordings of conversations he had with a lawyer for Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, as well as emails and text messages. “That way it could be used as evidence if in fact they proceed forward, which, I would … [Read more...] about Cohen says DA took phones for renewed Trump hush-money probe

Voting for the Academy Award nominations started Thursday, after a pre-ceremony run-up that looked almost normal after 2021's pandemic-bleakened Oscars and last year's untelevised Golden Globes. A reformed Golden Globes returned to TV on Tuesday, nearly two years after the award season's unofficial curtain-raiser was rocked by a racial and ethical scandal that saw Hollywood shun it. The Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America revealed the nominees for their respective awards the next day, and the Producers Guild of America followed suit Thursday, giving film buffs enough information to start handicapping this year's Oscars competition. With less than two weeks until the Academy Award nominations are announced on Jan. 24, here's a look at the state of the race and our predictions for the nominees. - - - 'Fabelmans' and 'Banshees' are the front-runners Let's start with best picture. Steven Spielberg's cinematic memoir "The Fabelmans" and Martin McDonagh's … [Read more...] about It’s time to start predicting the 2023 Oscar nominees

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 No one expected " Fuller House " to reach the level of quality of other Netflix series like "Orange Is the New Black" and "House of Cards." But when it doesn't even measure up to the mediocrity of the original series, "Full House," you've got a problem. The new series, whose 13-episode first season is available for streaming Feb. 26 replicates the setup of the original, more or less. This time, instead of three guys sharing a household with the children of one of them, we now have three of those children grown up and two are single parents. Yes, there are twins sharing an infant role, Dashiell and Fox Messitt as Tommy Jr., the youngest son of widowed D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Candace Cameron Bure). She also has two other boys, Jackson (Michael Campion) and his younger brother Max ( Elias Harger ). The always insufferable Kimmy Gibbler ( Andrea Barber ), recently separated from her … [Read more...] about ‘Fuller House’ is empty of laughs

Click here to read the full article. “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a twisty sci-fi adventure, led the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards on Tuesday morning, picking up 11 nods. It was followed closely behind by “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a World War I epic, and “ The Banshees of Inisherin ,” a darkly comic look at friendship that unfolds against the backdrop of the Irish civil war, both of which scored nine nominations. All three films will vie for best picture, in what is shaping up to be a much more commercially-successful collection of honorees than recent years. The best picture race contains the two highest-grossing films of the year, “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” along with “Elvis,” a musical biopic that scored with audiences last summer. Other contenders include Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical “ The Fabelmans ”;”Tár,” a drama about an abusive conductor; “Women Talking,” a look at the residents of a repressive religious … [Read more...] about Oscar Nominations 2023: ‘Everything Everywhere’ Leads With 11 Nods, Followed by ‘Banshees’ and ‘All Quiet’

Sci-fi extravaganza "Everything Everywhere All At Once" dominated the 95th annual Academy Award nominations Tuesday morning with 11 nods, the most of any film. The absurdist movie was written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, a duo who also earned a nod for best director. The field-leading "Everything Everywhere" was followed by nine nominations each for "The Banshees of Inisherin," Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about two best friends in a bitter feud, and the German submission "All Quiet on the Western Front," a World War I drama based on the 1929 novel. All three movies were nominated for best picture. So was the Baz Luhrmann biopic "Elvis"; Steven Spielberg's loosely autobiographical coming of age story "The Fabelmans"; "Tár," which stars Cate Blanchett as a high-strung composer-conductor; "Women Talking," about Mennonite women who must decide what to do after sexual assault arrests disrupt their community; and "Triangle of Sadness," a dark comedy about the … [Read more...] about ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ dominates 2023 Oscar nominations