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Arizona woman arrested after 55 dogs are removed from animal rescue home, 5 dead puppies found in freezer
National News They said most of the 55 dogs removed from the home were elderly and special-needs animals. They were without water and many will likely need to be euthanized. By Associated Press updated on September 24, 2023 | 5:10 PM CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — A Chandler woman who ran an animal rescue out of […]
National Cathedral replaces windows honoring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice
National News The cathedral had removed the old windows after Confederate symbols featured prominently in recent racist violence. The windows fill the space that had once held windows honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. AP Photo/Nick Wass By PETER SMITH, Associated Press updated on September 24, 2023 | 4:49 PM The landmark […]
MSP: Man accused of carjacking BMW, leading police on chase that ends in crash
Local News A man accused of carjacking a BMW and leading police on a high-speed chase was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly crashing the vehicle into a stone wall in Kingston, according to officials. Boston police issued an alert at 8:23 a.m. Saturday morning, asking officers to be on the lookout for the suspect in […]
Principal: Students at a N.H. high school have been secretly taking pictures of girls’ body parts and putting them on trading cards
Local News An investigation is underway after teen boys allegedly took photos of girls’ breasts and buttocks without their knowledge, graded them, and shared the images with others. High school students in Bedford, New Hampshire, allegedly snapped inappropriate photographs of girls’ body parts, graded them, and circulated them to their peers in the form of […]
The nation’s most and least renter-friendly cities were ranked. Guess where Boston fell?
Real Estate The report used the convention of rent or mortgage payments being 30% of a person’s annual income and compared the average salary across cities. Boston’s rental market has been known to be over-saturated and overly expensive, but that’s just like everywhere else…right? CashNetUSA compared United States cities to see how renter-friendly they are […]
Dozens of seagulls fell into vat of cooking oil, but don’t worry, their goose wasn’t cooked
Local News “Washing an oiled bird is an extremely labor intensive process and it can take up to an hour to wash each bird!” Local seagulls were feeling a bit under the feather until they received care from a local wildlife center. Twenty four seagulls were rescued from a truck carrying used cooking oil in […]
Beverly man faces hate crime charges over anti-LGBTQ graffiti in Salem
Local News Mohammed Saeed Rajab, 25, allegedly defaced multiple Pride-themed displays throughout the city, including the rainbow doors at Tabernacle Congregational Church. A Beverly man is facing hate crime charges in connection to a series of anti-LGBTQIA+ graffiti and vandalism in Salem earlier this month. Salem police arrested Mohammed Saeed Rajab, 25, after an investigation […]
Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans
World News For most of human history, we shared the planet with other kinds of early humans, and those now-extinct groups were a lot like us. Busts of Neanderthal and hominins line a table at the studio of paleoartist John Gurche in Trumansburg, N.Y., Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Along with more fossils and artifacts, DNA […]
MSP: K9 team helps capture man accused of dragging trooper
Local News The man was charged with resisting arrest, assault, and other offenses, according to officials. A Massachusetts State Police K9 team helped capture a Greenfield man who allegedly dragged a trooper on Interstate 91 north while fleeing a traffic stop on Friday, according to authorities. Michael J. Williams, 45, was charged with assault and […]
Mt. Washington Observatory catches footage of passing meteor
Local News A particularly bright shooting star turned heads across New England overnight Friday as it dashed from south to north. The Mount Washington Observatory released a video Friday showing a stunningly bright meteor shooting across the New England night sky. The meteor, which is a streak of light caused by a meteoroid passing through […]