16 Mar, 2025

Palestinian American boy, 6, killed and his mother wounded in Illinois hate crime motivated by Israel-Hamas war, police say

National News “Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the on-going Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis.” By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press updated on October 16, 2023 | 9:12 AM CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois landlord accused […]

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18-year-old killed in Bridgewater motorcycle crash

Local News The motorcycle operator was allegedly speeding while traveling in the breakdown lane when his bike struck a van, according to police. Police in Bridgewater are investigating after an 18-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash Thursday afternoon. At 4:15 p.m. police and fire officials responded to 1001 Bedford St. for reports of […]

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Among Americans killed or missing in Israel: A scholar, a nurse, tourists

World News The number of Americans killed could rise along with the overall death toll in Israel. Hayim Katsman, one of the Americans killed in Saturday’s attacks in Israel. Courtesy of Hannah Wacholder Katsman By Joanna Slater and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post updated on October 11, 2023 | 9:57 AM When Hayim Katsman received his […]

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Medfield teen pleads not guilty to charges in Cape Cod boat crash that killed teen girl

Crime David Sullivan, 19, is facing charges in connection with the death of 17-year-old Sadie Mauro, who died in a July boat crash in Dennis. David Sullivan, 19, is arraigned on charges related to the July boat crash in Dennis that resulted in the death of 17-year-old Sadie Mauro. WCVB A 19-year-old Medfield man has […]

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Rhode Island man killed in fiery crash on I-495 in Plainville

Local News Police troopers pulled the 23-year-old driver from the car, which had crashed down an embankment. Police are investigating a fiery early morning crash on I-495 in Plainville that left a 23-year-old Rhode Island man dead.  Troopers responded around 3:45 a.m. to reports of a vehicle and brush fire along the roadway. At the […]

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Victim killed by falling mast on Maine schooner carrying tourists was a doctor

Local News Dr. Emily Mecklenburg, 40, of Rockland, was declared dead Monday after she was evacuated from the stricken vessel Grace Bailey by the Coast Guard. This photo the schooner Grace Bailey with its main mast broken off the coast of Rockland, Maine, on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Kurt Schleicher via AP By Associated Press […]

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A developer proposed nearly 500 apartments on South Shore Plaza. Then residents killed it.

The Boston Globe A plan for what would have been Braintree’s largest apartment project ran into a buzz saw of neighborhood opposition. By Andrew Brinker, The Boston Globe updated on October 5, 2023 | 11:43 AM There was a buzz among the crowd that packed the auditorium at Braintree Town Hall last January. A few […]

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There was power loss before plane crash that killed former Patriots player Russ Francis, investigator says

Patriots FILE – New England Patriots’ Russ Francis carries for a touchdown against the Oakland Raiders during a Dec. 18, 1976 game. AP Photo By Associated Press October 3, 2023 LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — The small plane crash that killed former NFL tight end Russ Francis and another man at an Adirondack Mountains airport […]

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Winchester police investigating after pet dog reportedly shot and killed in town forest

Local News The owner reportedly told police he was walking his dog off-leash when he heard a gunshot and found the pet wounded. A dog was reportedly shot and killed while walking off-leash with its owner in the Winchester town forest Monday evening, police said. Around 6:30 p.m., Winchester police responded to a report of […]

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