HOUSTON (AP) — A blast of winter weather was set to bring snowfall and subfreezing wind chills across the Midwest and East Coast on Saturday as well as…
Read more Blast of Winter Weather Hitting Midwest, East Coast and Could Bring Snow to FloridaClaudio 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 OrderFederal and state health officials are investigating 13 cases in 10 states of infant botulism linked to baby formula that was being recalled, authorities said Saturday. ByHeart Inc.…
Read more Infant Botulism in 10 US States Linked to Formula Being RecalledMatthew 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 EnglandBOOTHBAY 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 BearsCOLUMBIA, 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