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One big reason to cover one's face is to hide our shame. ... Read full Story
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After years of road trips and tastings across Connecticut, the Behuns are bringing their favorite scoops on "tour" throughout the state. ... Read full Story
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Preliminary data show a decline of over a million immigrant workers from January to July, according to Census data analyzed by Pew. ... Read full Story
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Critics say the Education Cost Sharing grant, which represents CT's chief operating assistance for schools, has lagged inflation for years. ... Read full Story
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Many CT legislators are now able to send millions in grants to constituent groups without oversight, standards or transparency. ... Read full Story
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How one hiker found healing and restoration on one of the country's most iconic trails. ... Read full Story
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Castillo has been arrested three times for allegedly harvesting ballots during the 2019 and 2023 Democratic primary elections in Bridgeport. ... Read full Story
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Three New England ports, including one in Bridgeport, also lost funding when Trump officials rescinded funding for projects in 11 states. ... Read full Story
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Workers were pushed out of work, and the decision raised larger concerns about the Trump administration’s handling of ongoing projects. ... Read full Story
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In Connecticut and across the United States, ICE arrests are up and the labor force participation rate has dropped. ... Read full Story
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CT otorga a los bebés beneficiarios de Medicaid $3,200 en una cuenta libre de impuestos financiada con fondos públicos. Lo que debe saber. ... Read full Story
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The Trump administration said it plans to release more than $184M in AmeriCorps funding after CT, New York and other states sued over cuts. ... Read full Story
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Prosecutors will have new limits on their ability to communicate with federal immigration authorities under an expansion of the Trust Act. ... Read full Story
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In what was called 'an astonishing turnaround,' a Pew report found CT slashed its debt dramatically by pouring surplus dollars into pensions. ... Read full Story
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When workers have a voice on the job and a seat at the table, they can finally negotiate on a level playing field. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 16, 2025 is:
debunk • \dee-BUNK\ • verb
To debunk something (such as a belief or theory) is to show that it is not true.
// The influencer remained enormously popular despite having the bulk of their health claims thoroughly debunked.
Examples:
“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Did you know?
To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.
