A federal grand jury has indicted a Houlton man in a 2020 blaze that damaged the Martin Luther King Jr. Presbyterian Church in Springfield.
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New England fishermen sue to end industry-funded monitoring program
The federal government requires herring fishing boats to participate in, and pay for, at-sea monitoring programs.
Wreck in Rhode Island is explorer James Cook’s ship, Aussies say
However, archaeologists in the U.S. say those findings are premature and a breach of contract in their joint research.
Supreme Court justices suggest Boston should have flown ‘Christian flag’
The issue seems to unite justices on the left and the right, and the Biden administration and ACLU also support the man who wanted to fly the flag.
Fatal fentanyl overdose of Connecticut 13-year-old brings calls for naloxone in schools
After the boy’s death, investigators later found nearly 40 bags of fentanyl stashed in multiple locations within the school.
Winter storm whips East Coast with snow, thunderstorms
A corner of Ohio reports 25 inches of snow and the storm spins up a tornado in Florida with winds of 118 mph.
In highly vaccinated New England, hospitals are under unprecedented strain as COVID-19 surges
Across New England=, hospitals are struggling with an overwhelming burden of patients amid a surge that has struck harder and faster than experts expected.
Women sue Yale over fentanyl switch-up at fertility clinic
The plaintiffs say a nurse stole fentanyl for her personal use and replaced it with saline.
Man charged with threatening Connecticut governor on Twitter
The man said he meant no harm when he tweeted, ‘All is known and you will meet your maker courtesy of a noose and a trap door. Treason=DEATH.’
Federal agents charge 13 people in New England drug trafficking pipeline
The crackdown targeted a Massachusetts-based gang that moved drugs and counterfeit pills into Maine and New Hampshire.