State budget plan now in the hands of conference committee
The next stop for the proposed state budget is a six-member conference committee charged with hammering out the differences between the Massachusetts House and Senate versions of the spending plan. The...
View ArticleMan charged with #Kidnapping, assault of missing 6-year-old #Girl
Police have charged a 32-year-old Brockton man with kidnapping and assault and battery of a 6-year-old girl who was reported missing on Friday but found several hours later. Avery Howard was placed...
View ArticleRed Sox stretch winning streak to season-high 6 #Games
Brian Johnson had quite a turnaround in his second time on Fenway Park's mound. Johnson pitched a five-hitter in his first big league appearance at Fenway, and the Boston Red Sox stretched their...
View ArticleKushner back channel with Russia involved Syria policy, reports and source say
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and now top White House adviser Jared Kushner proposed a secret back channel between the Kremlin and the Trump transition team during a December meeting with a...
View ArticlePortland train stab#Bing victims: An army vet, a recent #College graduate
Dozens sat around a circle of flowers and photos to honor an Army veteran and a college graduate who were fatally stabbed at a Portland commuter train. The two men were killed after they intervened...
View ArticleFormer Yankees star Alex Rodriguez joins ABC #News as contributor
Former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has “sealed a deal” with ABC News, according to the New York Post. The post reports that former baseball star would appear on a variety of ABC News...
View ArticlePolice cruiser hits, kills pedestrian on the Cape
A police spokesperson confirmed that a pedestrian was hit while walking in the road on Route 28 in the Centerville section of Barnstable at about 2 a.m. The officer who was driving the cruiser was...
View ArticleTakuma Sato of #Japan wins the #Indianapolis 500
The Andretti family has struggled for decades to win the Indianapolis 500. Takuma Sato won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday to give Andretti a second consecutive victory in “The Greatest Spectacle in...
View Article#Lawyers seek release of man as US seeks country to take him
Lawyers in Massachusetts are seeking the release of a man they say is being unlawfully detained by federal immigration officials while they try to find a country to deport him to. The case involves...
View ArticleKushner ties to Russia questioned as Trump blasts 'fake #News'
Congressional Democrats on Sunday demanded to hear directly from top White House adviser Jared Kushner over allegations of proposed secret back-channel communications with Russia, saying the security...
View ArticleNorth Korea fires short-range ballistic missile off western #Japan
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile that landed in Japan’s maritime economic zone Monday, officials said, the latest in a string of test launches as the North seeks to build...
View ArticleGreat white shark jumps into 73-year-old fisherman's boat off coast of Australia
An Australian fisherman survived a close encounter with a 9-foot great white shark after it leaped into his boat on Saturday. Terry Selwood, 73, was fishing off Evans Head, just north of Sydney, when...
View ArticleSenators' demands underscore McConnell's #Health care problem
For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and...
View ArticleVermont #Nude #Beach fans against parking lot, boardwalk
For decades, the tiny, out-of-site beach at the south end of Vermont's fjord-like Lake Willoughby has been known as much for its nudity as its views of the clear, cold lake. Now, regulars fear its...
View ArticleStatue of urinating #Dog put next to Fearless #Girl statue
There's new controversy brewing over the statue known as "Fearless Girl." The statue was placed opposite the Charging Bull on Wall Street -- by Boston-based State Street -- for International Women's...
View Article3 of 4 bears in #College neighborhood caught, released north
Three juvenile bears initially targeted to be euthanized after roaming neighborhoods for food near Dartmouth College have been captured and released in northern New Hampshire. The search is still on...
View ArticleMaine toddler who disappeared in 2011 is declared dead
WABI-TV reports a Cumberland County probate judge declared Ayla Reynolds dead on May 17 and appointed her mother, Portland resident Trista Reynolds, as the representative of her estate. Ayla was 20...
View ArticlePolice release name of officer who struck pedestrian
The driver of the police cruiser that struck and killed a pedestrian in Massachusetts has been identified as a two-year member of the Barnstable Police Department. Police on Monday say Patrol Officer...
View ArticleNighttime, early morning bom#Bings in Baghdad kill 27
A massive bombing by the Islamic State group outside a popular ice cream shop in central Baghdad and a rush hour car bomb in another downtown area killed at least 27 people on Tuesday, Iraqi officials...
View ArticleWhite #House communications director Dubke resigns
White House communications director Mike Dubke is leaving the administration, he said Tuesday, amid swirling speculation about a possible Trump staff shakeup. He told CNN Tuesday he submitted his...
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