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Ethel Kennedy hospitalized after suffering a stroke, Kennedy family says
Kennedy family matriarch Ethel Kennedy is recovering after she suffered a stroke, her family said Tuesday.
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Ethel Kennedy hospitalized following stroke, family says
Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke last week, family said Tuesday.
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Nobel Prize in medicine honors American duo for their discovery of microRNA
The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA.
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New England-wide treasure hunt ends as gold statue is found in Mass.
The Project Skydrop statue was found in Massachusetts, but the winner — who can claim an $87,600.00 bounty — has yet to come forward. Here’s what the founders say.
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Woman pleads guilty in high-end Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C. area brothel bust
A woman accused of operating a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs pleaded guilty in federal court Friday.
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Two arrested for assaulting police officer after fight at The Big E
Two men are facing charges including assaulting a police officer after a fight broke out at The Big E fair in western Massachusetts on Monday night. West Springfield police said officers working inside The Big E responded to a report of a fight in progress around 10:13 p.m. in front of the Brooks Building near Gate 5. When they got…
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Last bull captured after 8 escaped from rodeo in North Attleboro
All eight bulls that broke free this weekend from a pen at a rodeo being held in a parking lot along Route 1 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, have now been captured. The bulls got out of their smaller pen, jumped over the fence and took off. One bull was caught right away, but seven others ran through traffic, by several…
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161 horses safe after fire in barn at Big E: fire officials
Dozens of horses are safe after a fire in a barn at the Big E and the cause of the fire is under investigation. Officials said the fire was reported in the C Barn after the Big E closed on Friday. Firefighters said they arrived to the area and found a working fire in the barn around 11:45 p.m. All…
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Mass. State Police recruit's death: What we know about the investigation
An investigation is ongoing after a Massachusetts State Police recruit died last week, one day after authorities say he became unresponsive and suffered a “medical crisis” during a defensive tactics training exercise. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, died at a hospital on Friday, a day after the exercise at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in New Braintree, according to state police. A…
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Two arrested, multiple people injured in brawl at The Big E over the weekend
Two people were arrested and multiple people injured in a brawl at The Big E fair over the weekend. West Springfield police said multiple Big E patrol officers, Hampden County Sheriff’s deputies and West Springfield detectives were called to Industrial Avenue on the fairgrounds around 5 p.m. Saturday for a report of a large fight with injuries. Upon arrival,...
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New details on Mass. State Police trainee dead after training exercise
Massachusetts State Police trainee Enrique Delgado-Garcia was sworn in as a trooper shortly before his death, a department spokesman said, some of the new information shared on Delgado-Garcia’s death Saturday. Police have not shared more about the training exercise they’ve said that Delgado-Garcia was seriously injured as a part of. Delgado-Garcia’s family has questioned how the 25-year-old could have...
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Man stabbed girlfriend 10 times in face, neck before leaving body at Logan airport, prosecutors say
Nearly a year after fleeing the U.S., a Kenyan man accused of murdering his girlfriend pleaded not guilty Tuesday and was ordered held without bail. Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe was wanted for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Margaret Mbitu, whose body was found in an SUV at Boston Logan International Airport on Oct. 31. She was reported missing by her family….
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CDC reports 6 new deaths in deli meat listeria outbreak
Nine people have now died as a result of the outbreak, which the agency said is now the largest listeria outbreak in the U.S. since 2011. Fifty-seven people have been hospitalized.
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Stop & Shop announces it will stop selling tobacco products
The sales of all tobacco products are expected to end on August 31.
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Driver in 2022 crash that injured 8 motorcyclists sentenced to 9-12 years in prison
The driver in a 2022 crash in northwestern Massachusetts that seriously injured eight motorcyclists was sentenced Monday to 9-12 years in prison. Ryan O’Farrell, 34, pleaded guilty to a single count of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs, five counts of negligent operation of a motor vehicle whie under the influence of drugs resulting in serious bodily…
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Deadly crash shuts down I-91 in Springfield for several hours
A deadly crash shut down part of Interstate 91 in western Massachusetts for several hours Thursday morning, according to state police. The crash happened just after 2 a.m. on I-91 south in Springfield, police said. Preliminary investigation indicates that a Toyota Corolla struck a pedestrian who was attempting to cross the highway. State police did not say if any charges…
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A decade later, Pete Frates' family aims to relaunch ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Remember the viral internet challenge from a decade ago, where millions of people spent the summer dousing themselves with buckets of ice-cold water? It all started with Beverly, Massachusetts, native and Boston College alumni Pete Frates, who suffered from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. The Ice Bucket Challenge helped draw attention to the disease, raising hundreds of millions of dollars…
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Teenager finds smoke grenade while magnet fishing in Massachusetts, police say
Police say a teenager fished a smoke grenade out of Beaver Brook in Dracut, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning.
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‘Significant part' of turbine blade drops into ocean, Vineyard Wind says
The multi-day clean energy project failure off Massachusetts is worsening, with developers at Vineyard Wind reporting Thursday that a “significant part” of a huge, damaged and dangling wind blade has detached and dropped into the Atlantic Ocean. “This morning, a significant part of the remaining GE Vernova blade detached from the turbine,” Vineyard Wind said in a statement released at…
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All-star mom saves ump's life during Mass. Little League playoff game
A Little League mother is being credited with saving the life of the umpire of her son’s playoff game in Massachusetts last week, her “quick thinking and professional care” preventing the game from turning into a tragedy. In fact, while Dr. Jennifer LaFemina was giving the umpire CPR off the field, she missed her son helping the team mount...