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50-year-old-man dies in multi-vehicle Brookline crash
Local News The man possibly suffered a medical episode while driving with his wife, causing their vehicle to crash into multiple others, police say. A multi-vehicle crash on Warren Street Sunday afternoon left a 50-year-old man dead and 4 other injured, police say. A 50-year-old man who was driving with his wife died in a […]
19-year-old driver dies in crash after fleeing from troopers in Belchertown, police say
Crime The vehicle’s engine block was found on the second floor of a home after the violent crash, according to state police. A 19-year-old man who allegedly fled in his car from state police attempting to pull him over in Belchertown died after crashing his vehicle Sunday evening, according to a Massachusetts State Police press […]
Child shot in Springfield incident dies; 2 GoFundMe campaigns launched
Local News Aubrianna Lynn, 10, “found joy in anything and everything,” her family said. Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni, in blue tie, talks with investigators at the scene of a shooting with multiple victims at a home in Springfield, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Authorities say a Massachusetts man fatally shot his downstairs neighbor, shot and […]
Worker dies following electrocution incident in Cambridge
Local News Authorities have not released the identity of the person who died. A worker died Tuesday morning from electrocution injuries sustained at AT&T in Cambridge, according to authorities. Cambridge police responded to the scene at the AT&T facility at 250 Bent St. for a report of an electrocution, police spokesman Robert Goulston noted in […]
Needham woman dies in crash on I-93 in New Hampshire
Local News The 73-year-old woman died when her car was rear ended by a tractor trailer on I-93 Southbound in Derry, police said. A 73-year-old woman died in a collision between her car and a tractor trailer on I-93 in New Hampshire on Friday, police said. Maya Muchnik of Needham was driving a sedan on […]
Dick Drago, staple of Red Sox pitching staff in 1970s, dies at 78
Red Sox Drago registered the final out of the 1975 American League Championship Series to help the Red Sox clinch the pennant. Dick Drago, who pitched for the Red Sox in the 1970s, died Thursday at age 78. Drago, who spent five years with the club from 1974-1975 and 1978-1980, compiled a 30-29 record and […]
Ady Barkan, health care activist, dies at 39
National News As Barkan confronted his mortality, he dedicated the rest of his life to changing the American health care system. Ady Barkan, at home in Santa Barbara, California, Sept. 17, 2019. Rozette Rago / The New York Times By Mike Ives, New York Times Service updated on November 2, 2023 | 10:47 AM Ady […]
Bob Knight, Indiana’s combustible coaching giant, dies at age 83
College Sports FILE – Texas Tech coach Bob Knight yells from the sidelines in the first half of a college basketball game against Houston, Dec. 14, 2001 in Houston. AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File By MICHAEL MAROT, Associated Press November 1, 2023 | 7:17 PM BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach […]
Longtime Boston radio host Kevin Karlson dies unexpectedly
Media 100.7 WZLX announced Friday morning that Karlson, who had hosted the station’s morning show since 2005, passed away in his sleep overnight. 100.7 WZLX host Kevin Karlson died unexpectedly at the age of 60 overnight. WZLX Kevin Karlson, a longtime morning show host on Boston classic rock radio station 100.7 WZLX-FM, died in his […]
World’s oldest dog ever dies in Portugal, aged 31 (or about 217 in dog years)
World News Bobi claimed the Guinness World Record from Bluey, an Australian cattle dog, who died in 1939 aged 29 and had held the record for almost a century. Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo Portuguese dog, poses for a photo with his Guinness World Record certificates for the oldest dog, at his home in […]