Hartford Stadium Renamed; House Backs Body Cameras; Massive Breast Milk Donation

Things you need to know on June 11.

Thanks to MetroNews Source for the following.

The Hartford Yard Goats will play in Dunkin' Donuts Stadium. Hartford announced the sponsorship agreement with Dunkin' Donuts yesterday. Dunkin' Donuts is paying $500,000 a year for the naming rights, which will be split between the team and the city.

Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House showed a united front yesterday. Both parties are supporting a resolution urging local police forces to use body cameras. One of the resolution's co-sponsors said the measure was passed to let the country know that Congress is paying attention to what's going on, and that they are concerned about police safety and civilian safety.

Now that's a whole lotta breast milk! Amy Bormann recently made a 29 gal. contribution of breast milk to her local donation center. Bormann says her "breastfeeding journey" happened while nursing her second child. She realized she had two deep freezers full of back up supply, didn't want it to go to waste, and she appreciates the importance of breast milk to premature babies from her time working in a NICU.

Let's hear it for the girls! Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti returns to Earth today. The European Space Agency astronaut broke the record for the most time a woman has spent in space during a single mission. According to CBS News, by the time Cristoforetti returns from the International Space Station she will have spent nearly 200 days in outer space. Almost a year without shoe shopping - I can't imagine how she did it!

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