WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the United States, many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by closing their ears to all the partisan shouting. All the fingernails-on-chalkboard screeching…
Read more ‘Awesome.’ ‘Sad.’ ‘Let’s Keep Democracy Going.’ Americans Weigh in on State of a 250-Year-Old NationNEW YORK (AP) — Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States on Wednesday to pressure the discount retailer into taking a…
Read more Protesters in Multiple States Press Target to Oppose the Immigration Crackdown in MinnesotaClaudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police…
Read more Man Suspected in Brown University Shooting and MIT Professor’s Killing Is Found Dead, Officials SayPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police renewed their search Monday for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others, a day after they released a…
Read more What to Know About the Search for the Brown University Shooting SuspectPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Loons are on the mend in Maine, filling more of the state’s lakes and ponds with their haunting calls, although conservations say the birds…
Read more More Loons Are Filling Maine’s Lakes With Their Ghost-Like CallsPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Regulators voted Thursday to extend a shutdown preventing New England fishermen from catching shrimp, a historic industry that has recently fallen victim to warming…
Read more New England’s Shrimp Fishery to Shut Down for the Long Haul After Years of DeclineConcord, N.H. (AP) — A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of…
Read more College Freshman Is Deported Flying Home for Thanksgiving Surprise, Despite Court OrderBOSTON (AP) — Inside the wide mouth of a stoneware jar, Daisy Whitner’s fingertips found a slight rise in the clay — a mark she hoped was a…
Read more Descendants Obtain Works of Enslaved Potter in Landmark Restitution DealIn the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas two years ago, high school teacher Josh Hirsch posted comments on social media in support of…
Read more States Are Pushing for More Scrutiny of Antisemitism in SchoolsBOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Boston on Thursday will consider a motion that would require the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP food aid program…
Read more Judge to Consider Demand to Force the Government to Keep Funding SNAP Food Aid Despite the ShutdownMatthew Farwell, 39, of Easton, is accused of strangling Sandra Birchmore in early 2021 after she told him that she was pregnant and that he was the father.…
Read more Former Police Officer Accused of Killing Pregnant Woman Now Faces Charges in Death of Unborn ChildBOSTON (AP) — When David Arsenault takes down a worn, leather-bound 19th-century book from the winding shelves of the Boston Athenaeum, he feels a sense of awe —…
Read more Historic Libraries Bring Modern Comfort to Book Lovers and History Buffs in New EnglandAsleep on their boat anchored off Cape Cod, the Sullivan family was awaken to their dogs barking, the sound of fireworks and smoke. Their boat was on fire.…
Read more Woman Who Escaped From Boat Fire off Cape Cod With Her Husband and Son Dies at a HospitalWOODS HOLE, Mass. (AP) — A family was rescued Wednesday by the Coast Guard off Cape Cod after their 30-foot pleasure boat caught fire and they were forced…
Read more Family Rescued After Being Stranded on Small Island off Cape Cod After Boat Caught FirePORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect…
Read more One of the World’s Rarest Whales That Makes the Atlantic Its Home Grows in PopulationBOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Conservative…
Read more Republicans Try to Weaken 50-Year-Old Law Protecting Whales, Seals and Polar BearsWASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to…
Read more MIT President Says She ‘Cannot Support’ Proposal to Adopt Trump Priorities for Funding BenefitsBOSTON (AP) — Thirteen pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested in Boston after a chaotic clash with police that resulted in four officers being sent to area hospitals for non-life-threatening…
Read more Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested in Boston After Clash With PoliceBOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally…
Read more Federal Appeals Court Rules Trump Administration Can’t End Birthright CitizenshipCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A local prosecutor in South Carolina said Tuesday he will seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing two…
Read more South Carolina Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty in Murder Case After Biden Reduced Sentence to Life
