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Shelters nearing capacity, Lt. Gov. Driscoll says, as feds conclude visit to Mass.
Local News With federal officials returning to Washington after assessing the situation, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll said the state’s emergency shelter system is inundated. Gov. Maura Healey chats with Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll in June. David L. Ryan/Boston Globe Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll warned Thursday that Massachusetts’s emergency shelter system is on the verge of […]
What to know about the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment
National News The average recipient will see an increase of about $54 per month, according to government estimates. The U.S. Social Security Administration office is seen in Mount Prospect, Ill., Oct. 12, 2022. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File By CORA LEWIS, Associated Press October 13, 2023 | 8:47 AM NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of […]
New Hampshire man pleads guilty to making threatening call to U.S. House member
Crime U.S. Attorney Jane Young said Thursday the man pleaded guilty to using interstate commerce to transmit a threat of injury. By Associated Press October 13, 2023 | 8:38 AM CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has pleaded guilty to making a threatening phone call to a member of Congress. Allan Poller, 24, […]
Vermont police get more than 150 tips after sketch of person of interest released in trail killing
Crime The composite sketch is based on witnesses’ accounts of a man they saw on the trail before they came across the body of Honoree Fleming, 77, police said. A building at Vermont State University’s Castleton Campus in Castleton, Vt., is shown Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. AP Photo/Lisa Rathke By Associated Press October 13, 2023 | […]
Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms
World News The U.N. warned that so many people fleeing en masse — with just a 24-hour deadline — would be calamitous. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. AP Photo/Fatima Shbair By ISABEL DeBRE, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA, Associated Press October 13, 2023 | 7:57 AM […]
Boston wants 250 additional liquor licenses. Here’s why it needs state approval first.
Local News It’s thanks to lawmakers from 1933 that it’s so notoriously difficult to get a liquor license in Boston. Liquor licenses are notoriously hard to get in Boston because of a cap that dates back to 1933. Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe Boston officials are waiting for legislators to decide if the city […]
Want to fight Florida book bans? These Bostonians launched a project to help readers in the Sunshine State.
Books “What the bans are doing is they’re not letting these marginalized people tell their story.” A general view of atmosphere during MoveOn’s national Banned Bookmobile tour launch at Sandmeyer’s Bookstore on July 13, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for MoveOn If you’re looking for a way to fight the growing movement of […]
Edgartown man pleads guilty to armed robbery of Falmouth bank
Crime Prosecutors said Petar Petyoshin robbed the Rockland Trust bank at gunpoint in April wearing a wig and clothing from his Oak Bluffs clothing store. Surveillance footage of a bank in Falmouth shows Petar Petyoshin allegedly robbing it at gunpoint and using zip-ties to restrain people inside. Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy’s office A […]
Police are searching for a suspect who dumped a dead raccoon on a woman’s windshield
Local News The incident was captured on a nearby Ring camera. Ring Camera footage of the suspect walking onto the Marshall Street property with a black plastic bag that contained a dead raccoon. Tewksbury police Police in Tewksbury are investigating after a woman made a grisly discovery early Wednesday morning — a dead raccoon on […]
Reward offered as search continues for missing Florida man last seen in Mass.
Local News Kevin Brennan, 29, was last seen in August in Milton. Kevin Brennan Quincy police A reward is now being offered as the search continues for a Florida man who has been missing since August and was last seen in Massachusetts. Kevin Brennan was last seen on August 14 near Central Avenue in Milton. […]