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Local obituary: Caitlin Kuhlman, Lexington resident and Boston native, ‘truly a renaissance woman’
Local News Caitlin Anne Kuhlman, 41, died on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Caitlin Kuhlman. – via Lehman, Reen & McNamara Funeral Home Caitlin Anne Kuhlman, 41, of Lexington, formerly of Boston, passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2023, at her home, after enduring two and a half years with Uterine Leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer. Caitlin […]
Teen rescued, airlifted after falling 60 feet on Maine mountain
Local News The teen was hiking off-trail with a friend when he slipped and fell 60 feet down Tumbledown Mountain, Maine officials said. Maine wardens, forest rangers, and volunteer rescue personnel ready 15-year-old Kyle Lund to be hoisted to a waiting helicopter. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife A 15-year-old boy was airlifted off […]
Report: Brand new Green Line Extension riddled with defects
Local News The recent discovery of track defects on the GLX has lowered speeds to 3 mph in some areas — slower than many people walk. A rider steps onto a trolley at Union Square. Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe, File Heralded as the dawn of a new era for the MBTA when it […]
A Rhode Island man is charged with possessing 26 pounds of cocaine in a kayak on a Vermont lake
Crime The U.S. attorney’s office said agents encountered Freddy Rodriguez, 38, of West Warwick, Rhode Island, behind a rented camp in Highgate on the night of Sept. 18 and into September 19. By Associated Press updated on September 27, 2023 | 10:10 AM BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been charged in […]
Republicans face growing urgency to stop Trump as they enter the second presidential debate
Politics The debate comes at a critical moment in the GOP campaign, with less than four months before the Iowa caucuses formally launch the presidential nomination process. Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, […]
A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq has killed more than 100 people and injured 150
Politics Civil defense members inspect the scene of a fire that broke out during a wedding at an event hall in Al-Hamdaniyah, Iraq on September 27, 2023. ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images By FARID ABDULWAHED, Associated Press September 26, 2023 MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding […]
Ruff duty: Commander Biden bites another Secret Service employee at the White House
Politics FILE – President Joe Biden’s dog Commander, a German shepherd, is walked outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, April 29, 2023. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File By Associated Press September 26, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ’s dog Commander has bitten another U.S. Secret Service employee. A uniformed division […]
Massachusetts lawmakers unveil sweeping $1 billion tax relief package
Politics Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka, left, and Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald Mariano, both Democrats, unveiled a tax relief package, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, at the Statehouse, in Boston. AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc By STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press September 26, 2023 BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers unveiled a tax relief package Tuesday aimed at delivering $561 […]
Investigation into NH high school students allegedly sharing ‘trading cards’ grading students’ body parts finds photos but no cards or grades
Schools The school interviewed 35 students while investigating the allegations on Friday. The exterior of Bedford High School in New Hampshire. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe School administrators in Bedford, N.H., investigating allegations that high school students were sharing “trading cards” that graded other students’ body parts say they have found photo collages of students shared […]
Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire
Politics Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Summerville, S.C., Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr. By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press September 26, 2023 | 4:46 PM NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted […]