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UConn loses its starting quarterback to injury for the 2nd straight season
College Sports Joe Fagnano, a transfer from Maine, was injured during a designed quarterback run in the second quarter of last Saturday’s 35-14 loss in Atlanta. UConn quarterback Joseph Fagnano (2) signals a first down during the first half the team’s NCAA college football game against North Carolina State in East Hartford, Conn., Thursday, Aug. […]
A Connecticut couple rescues a baby shark caught in a work glove off the coast of Rhode Island
Local News Deb and Steve Dauphinais were diving on the sand flats off Jamestown, Rhode Island, when Deb spotted the 16-inch juvenile shark with its head stuck inside a work glove at the bottom of about 35 feet of water. This photo, taken by Debra Dauphinais while diving with her husband off of Jamestown, RI, […]
Dedham man attacked in front of courthouse after getting no jail time for serving alcohol at party where teen drowned, lawyer says
Crime James and Leslie Coughlin pleaded guilty to supplying alcohol to minors at the 2021 graduation party where Alonzo Polk drowned. Retired state police detective, Capt. James Coughlin, and his wife, Leslie, arrive for a clerk-magistrate’s hearing at Dedham District Court, July 21, 2021. Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe Staff, File A retired Massachusetts State Police […]
McCarthy directs House panel to open Biden impeachment inquiry
Politics McCarthy said the House Oversight Committee’s investigation so far has found a “culture of corruption” around the Biden family as Republicans probe the business dealings of Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, early Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, as Congress faces a deadline to […]
N.H. carjacking suspect crashes into police station while fleeing from police
Crime Barton Tibando allegedly ran from the vehicle into the police parking lot, where he was promptly tased. Barton Tibando was arrested by Manchester police Monday after crashing into their police station while attempting to evade arrest, police said. Manchester Police Department A 53-year-old carjacking suspect was arrested Monday after he lost control of his […]
Wellesley police post video of rescue of dog from raging waters
Local News The 7-year-old rescue named Maggie was returned unharmed to her owner that day. Wellesley police and Newton firefighters rescued a 7-year-old dog named Maggie from a fast-moving spillway off of the Charles River on Friday — but not before she went on what must have been a harrowing journey down the river and […]
World War II veteran from Rhode Island identified using DNA evidence
Local News U.S. Army Pfc. Roy Searle, 22, of Providence was mortally wounded during enemy engagement in December 1944, and his body was never recovered, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said. By Associated Press September 12, 2023 | 9:14 AM PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An American soldier from Rhode Island who was killed in Germany […]
Police warn that Pennsylvania escapee Danelo Cavalcante is armed. He has avoided searchers for nearly two weeks.
Crime Cavalcante, 34, has eluded capture since Aug. 31, when he broke out of the Chester County Prison while awaiting transfer to a different lockup. Law enforcement gather as they search for escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante in Glenmoore, Pa., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. AP Photo/Matt Rourke By MARC LEVY and CLAUDIA LAUER, Associated Press September 12, 2023 | 8:03 […]
State of emergency declared in Leominster due to ‘life-threatening’ flooding, schools closed Tuesday
Local News Leominster, Fitchburg, and Lunenburg are under a flash flood emergency. Amid thunderstorms and heavy rainfall Monday evening, Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella declared a state of emergency due to extensive flooding in the city. Mazzarella announced the state of emergency on Facebook at 6:30 p.m. Around 7:45 p.m., Leominster Public Schools Superintendent Paula Deacon […]