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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Joe Biden Speaks Publicly For First Time Since Cancer Announcement
Joe Biden said he is 'feeling great.' The former president commented on his condition during a seconds-long exchange with a journalist in what were his first public, in-person comments since announcing he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. News 8's Mike Cerulli asked Biden how he felt as the former POTUS walked into the commercial terminal at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, on Friday. Biden had just attended the high school graduation of his grandson, Robert Hunter Biden II, from Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut. 'Mr. President, how are you feeling sir? How are you feeling, sir?' asked Cerulli. 'I'm feeling great,' Biden replied. 'I like Connecticut.' Then someone off-camera was heard asking Biden, 'How you doing, Joe?' 'I'm feeling fine, man,' Biden replied. Watch the exchange here: Biden announced last Sunday that he had prostate cancer, which had spread to the bone, per a statement. 'While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,' Biden's office said. 'The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.' The following day, Biden and former first lady Jill Biden shared a photo of themselves on social media which was captioned: 'Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.' Accusations have grown in recent weeks that the Biden White House covered up his cognitive decline during his presidency. Those concerns have been further spotlighted by the new book 'Original Sin' by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson. OUCH! WWE Fans Let Ron DeSantis Know Exactly How They Feel New York Post Warns Trump How He's Burning Out Even His Biggest Fans Karoline Leavitt Stuns Critics With 'Hatred' Claim
Travel Daily News
19-05-2025
- Business
- Travel Daily News
Bradley International Airport partners with GoodMaps
Bradley International Airport becomes Connecticut's first airport to launch GoodMaps, enhancing accessibility for disabled, neurodiverse, and non-English-speaking travelers. WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN – The Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) announce on this Global Accessibility Awareness Day that Bradley International Airport (BDL) is the first airport in Connecticut to launch GoodMaps, an indoor navigation and digital mapping app that's designed to make the travel experience easier for passengers with certain disabilities. GoodMaps wayfinding allows for greater accessibility in the airport environment and is designed for passengers who are blind, deaf, neurodiverse or non-English speaking. It can also be used by first-time fliers or those unfamiliar with the airport setting. Using the app, passengers will be able to navigate their way through BDL by following precise indoor navigation. This technology will help users maneuver through the terminal space more confidently, while helping to minimize any anxiety or unknowns related to the travel experience. 'We are proud of the partnership between Bradley International Airport and GoodMaps,' said Michael W. Shea, Executive Director of the Connecticut Airport Authority. 'Together we are helping to ensure that everyone who comes through Bradley International has a seamless travel experience.' The GoodMaps platform uses advanced mapping technology to create a highly detailed three-dimensional layout of BDL's terminal. GoodMaps then provides step-by-step and turn-by-turn directions to airline ticket counters, TSA security checkpoints, gates, restrooms, baggage claim, dining, shopping, and more. The GoodMaps app offers these key accessibility features: Audio and visual guidance tailored to passengers who are blind, low vision, deaf, or hard-of-hearing Step-free routing to all amenities and services for passengers with limited mobility Multilingual support for international passengers in more than 18 languages Real-time updates that reflect any airport changes Passengers can download GoodMaps for free on IOS or Android.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What's Right With Schools: Glastonbury middle schoolers sing their way to a competition stage
GLASTONBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Middle schoolers spend this month 'marching' to a beat and singing their way to the competition stage. 'We were just singing a song called Praise His Holy Name,' eighth grader Grady Schatz said. Grady Schatz and more than 100 of his fellow eighth graders are in tune together, enjoying every moment on the auditorium stage. Windsor Locks students dress up for Read Across America Week 'We just have little classes and then we get to come together and have this big, fun expressive group,' Grady said. The eighth-grade chorus at Smith Middle School in Glastonbury is where students earn class credit and take it out of the auditorium onto a regional competition stage. 'The competition gives us that extra edge to motivate us to keep going. And put in those extra hours to be exceptional,' choral director Kate Ingram said. If you're impressed it should come as no surprise this group has been competing for about 12 years. So far, they're undefeated. 'We are undefeated. We compete against schools from Connecticut but also New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and we go for that title of top overall choir,' Ingram said. What's even more impressive is nobody has to try out for this one, any student who wants to sing can join. 'This is an open chorus so anyone can come and join this chorus. We have all abilities, all levels, all different students.' Ingram said. 'My philosophy is if we could have the whole school in the group we would want that. So we're constantly saying go get your friends and bring them in here.' They practice separately in classes and bring it together like this when it's time to take it to the next level. 'It's so cool because you spend all this time practicing in school and then you get to see how it all comes together in this beautiful cathedral…and how the vowels and tones of singing echoes off the walls. It's very beautiful,' eighth grader Victoria Luzi said. An experience that takes these students well beyond their middle school auditorium and classrooms. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
