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Connecticut senator Chris Murphy hospitalized after stroke

Democratic senator was at his son’s hockey game when he felt a numbness in his arm and was in Johns Hopkins Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy has been…

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Democratic senator was at his son’s hockey game when he felt a numbness in his arm and was in Johns Hopkins Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke, The Guardian reported.

Murphy, 53, started feeling numbness in his arm while attending a his son’s hockey game on Saturday, according to the Connecticut senator’s chief of staff, Allison Herwitt. A hospital visit confirmed that Murphy had experienced a stroke.

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United States · Americas
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The Guardian
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Chris Murphy, Senator Chris Murphy, Johns Hopkins Democratic US, Connecticut
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Politics

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