The Minnesota Lynx have advanced to the 2024 WNBA Finals after defeating the Connecticut Sun by a score of 88-77 on Tuesday.

Per usual, the Lynx were led by superstar and 2024 Defensive Player of the Year, Napheesa Collier. “Phee” finished the game with 27 points on an efficient 10 of 16 from the floor while adding 11 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 blocks; cementing her case as perhaps the WNBA’s best two-way player.

It was very clear that Nike was excited about Collier’s performance on Tuesday. The @nikebasketball X account made multiple posts shouting the Lynx superstar out during their Game 5 win over Connecticut. And at one point, they even took a shot at the Sun.

“Phee and the Lynx making the Sun go down quicker than the end of daylight savings time,” Nike Basketball wrote on X.

Fans on social media are finding it hilarious that Nike came out of nowhere to take this shot at the Sun, who never really showed up to perform against Minnesota on Tuesday.

Nike also had another post praising Collier Tuesday. One post wrote, “Never too late to become a Pheend”. For context, ‘Pheend’ is the unofficial name of Collier’s fanbase.

The account also showed love to Collier’s teammate Kayla McBride by writing her nickname, “Kayla McBuckets” in another post.

Nike had no issue showing their bias for these Lynx players on Tuesday. But that will surely change during the WNBA Finals when Collier and the Lynx team face top-performing Nike athlete Sabrina Ionescu and her Liberty squad.

U.S. Rep Joe Courtney (D-2nd District) is looking for a 10th term in office this November, but he’ll have to win a rematch to accomplish that.

That’s because former state lawmaker Mike France, who ran in 2022, is once again looking to regain the seat for Republicans.

Courtney beat France by 18 percentage points two years ago and he’s hopeful he can get the same level of support from voters this time.

“I think I have a record that I can present to the voters that they can trust me,” said Courtney, who won his first election in 2006 by beating incumbent Republican Rob Simmons.

That includes continuing to support Electric Boat, as the submarine manufacturer based in New London is a major employer for the region.

Courtney has earned the nickname “Two Sub Joe” because of his continued push for Congress to fund the construction of two submarines.

Courtney also touted federal funding for programs teaching people how to work at EB, which hired more than 5,000 more employees last year.

“It does show this is a long game, you know, this is going to be going on for a while,” he said.

But France, an engineer with a defense contractor after serving 20 years in the Navy, believes he can do a better job ensuring the funding continues.

In recent years, some in Congress have looked to scale back submarine construction to use that money elsewhere in the military budget.

“I understand the challenges their facing and know how to figure out how to help EB be successful,” France said.

France, who spent four terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives, said his biggest issue, in his view that the Democrats, including Courtney, have pushed policies that hurt the U.S. economy.

He wants to reduce government spending. He also wants to increase energy production, saying those costs are a big driver of inflation.

“The biggest challenge people are feeling is the cost of inflation,” he said, adding he thinks that reducing inflation would bring down interest rates for things like mortgages.

Courtney said the federal government can find other ways to help families with the cost of living, including programs that bring down the cost to care for children and for seniors.

He also wants tax credits and incentives to encourage the construction of more affordable housing.

“We need more supply, I mean that’s the bottom line,” Courtney said.

The two candidates also disagree on foreign policy, notably their stance on Israel.

Courtney said the U.S. needs to remain a strong ally to Israel, but he also thinks Israel should agree to a ceasefire that avoids a “forever war.”

France said he wants peace, but the U.S. needs to stand by its ally because “Hamas doesn’t want that and that’s the challenge we’ve had.”

The two candidates also have different views on reproductive healthcare.

Courtney supports a federal law that codifies the abortion access provided under Roe V. Wade, but France said the issue should be decided by each state.

A Utah company has agreed to shut down after the attorney general of Connecticut accused the business of selling parts for privately made “ghost guns” — which lack serial numbers, are harder for authorities to trace and are illegal in the southern New England state.

AR Industries LLC, based in Orem, will cease operations after the settlement that Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced last week.

The company will dissolve, surrender its internet domain and deactivate its social media accounts, Tong announced in a news release. The company’s owner must report to Tong’s office annually whether they or “any agents of AR” have formed any business to start selling “ghost gun” parts again — and, if they do, the owner must attest that the business is obeying Connecticut law.

If any associates are found to be selling such parts illegally, or otherwise violating the terms of the settlement, the state of Connecticut would enforce a $205,000 penalty, the release said.

AR Industries holds a business license issued by the city of Orem, categorized as selling “dry goods and general merchandise.” The company’s address, according to the city, is a house in a residential area. A message left Monday to the company’s phone, as listed on its business license, was not immediately returned.

What appeared to be the company’s URL was not functioning as of last weekend, and there was no trace of the company on major social media platforms.

“Ghost guns” are often made from kits available online, and “typically sold and assembled without traceable serial numbers,” according to a report from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a nonprofit that advocates for gun safety. They are often purchased without a background check.

Tong in a statement said the guns “exist to evade law enforcement and registration.”

“AR Industries shipped these crime guns into Connecticut in violation of our laws and we are shutting them down,” Tong’s statement continued. “Our message to ghost gun dealers is clear — if you ship to Connecticut, we will find you and hold you accountable.”

AR Industries is the third company with whom the Connecticut attorney general’s office has reached a settlement, the news release said. A Florida “ghost gun” dealer also dissolved, while a North Carolina company reached a $425,000 settlement, which includes strong disclaimers and controls to prevent sales in Connecticut. A legal case against a fourth company remains pending.

Connecticut is one of 14 states that has passed laws to regulate the sale and manufacturing of “ghost gun” components, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Utah is not among those states.

The settlement between Connecticut and the Utah company came just days before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case involving federal regulation of “ghost guns.”

The New York Times reported that the high court on Tuesday is scheduled to consider a challenge to a 2022 rule change by the Biden administration that would require vendors who sell partially finished frames of Glock-style handguns — the pistol grip and the firing mechanism — to treat them like complete firearms, subject to federal regulations.