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Tens of thousands still stranded by Burning Man flooding in Nevada desert
National News In this satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, an overview of Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nev on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP) Rebecca Barger/@rebeccabargerphoto via AP By Associated Press September 4, 2023 | 4:06 PM BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. (AP) — Tens of thousands of partygoers stranded […]
Over 100 Connecticut state troopers accused of faking traffic stops
National News Auditors found tens of thousands of apparently falsified traffic stop records, many of white drivers. They suspect the officers were trying to appear more productive. James Rovella, right, commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; Colonel Stavros Mellekas, center, superintendent of the Connecticut State Police; and Lt. Colonel Mark Davison […]
Bill Richardson, a former governor and UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies
Politics “The world has lost a champion for those held unjustly abroad.” Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Seth Wenig / AP, File By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press updated on September 2, 2023 | 5:07 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Richardson, a […]
Billionaires’ secretive plan to build a new city is backfiring
Technology The project is backed by Mike Moritz and other tech billionaires, but a local mayor has been lining up opposition among locals. Fairfield Mayor Catherine Moy is lining up support against an attempt to build a utopian city on local farmland. Bloomberg photo by Loren Elliott By Nadia Lopez, Lizette Chapman and Karen Breslau, […]
‘Margaritaville’ singer Jimmy Buffett, who turned beach-bum life into an empire, dies at 76
Celebs A statement on Buffett’s official website and social media pages says the singer died Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 “surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs.” Jimmy Buffett has died at age 76. AP By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press September 2, 2023 | 10:44 AM NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized […]
Children hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help.
COVID Stuck with distance learning as they began grade school, the kids who are now finishing elementary school were the ones most disrupted by COVID, with alarming delays in their reading ability. Books are displayed on a free library shelf inside the classroom of Richard Evans, a teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School, on Thursday, […]
Woman who hosted YouTube parenting channel arrested on suspicion of child abuse
National News Ruby Franke of Utah was arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuse Wednesday. Housing developments in Ivins, Utah, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. A Utah woman who gave online parenting advice has been arrested after her malnourished son escaped out a window and ran to a nearby house for help, authorities said. Trent […]
Video of new bike lane infrastructure in ‘the Netherlands’ was actually just a shot of Inman Square redesign
The Boston Globe The clip, which was shared to X, showed newly-built infrastructure that was cheekily billed as an impossible feat here in the US. Some people were tricked, but others were quick to call out the joke. A cyclist travels down a separated bike lane in Cambridge’s Inman Square. Jonathan Berk/@berkie1 on X By […]
Police seek help identifying larceny suspect near North End
Crime The suspect, a white man, was captured on surveillance footage, wearing a Boston Bruins hat, brown shoes, blue pants, and a blue, white, and black plaid long-sleeve shirt. The suspect is a white man, who was spotted wearing a Boston Bruins hat, brown shoes, blue pants, and a blue, white, and black plaid long-sleeve […]
A blaze displaced a N.H. family just before a little girl’s birthday. So the fire dept. hosted her party.
Local News After a devastating house fire, firefighters in Laconia rescued 9-year-old Ava Johnson’s birthday cake and offered the family a place to celebrate. Firefighters in Laconia, New Hampshire rescued a little girl’s birthday party after a devastating fire tore through her family’s home early Wednesday morning. New Hampshire has the second best small lake […]