Massachusetts

2 more men arrested during Massachusetts standoff arraigned

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MEDFORD, Mass. — Two more people charged in connection with an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway last weekend were arraigned on Wednesday under...

US lobster fisheries anxious over upcoming whale protections

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PORTLAND, Maine — The profitable U.S. lobster fishery will soon have to contend with new rules designed to protect an endangered species of whale,...

Massachusetts police ID suspects in armed highway standoff

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WAKEFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts State Police have identified eight of the 11 males who were arrested following an hourslong armed standoff that partially...

Diners’ discarded shells help establish new oyster colonies

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PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. — Call it the seafood circle of life: Shells discarded by diners are being collected, cleaned and dumped into waterways around...

Party planned for Amtrak return to Vermont after pandemic

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MONTPELIER, Vt. — Officials are planning a celebration to mark the return of Amtrak passenger trains to Vermont later this month. ...

Prosecutors seek prison for Americans in Ghosn escape trial

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TOKYO — The trial in Tokyo of two Americans charged with helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, flee Japan wrapped up Friday with prosecutors...

USC professor to plead to tax charge in admissions case

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BOSTON — An associate professor of dentistry at the University of Southern California who authorities say agreed to pay $100,000 to help his daughter...

In quiet coastal town, ‘unassuming’ man turned racist killer

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WINTHROP, Mass. — Residents of a secluded, Boston-area coastal community are trying to come to terms with the shooting death of two Black residents...

Does new Alzheimer’s drug work? Answers may miss 2030 target

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WASHINGTON — When a controversial Alzheimer’s drug won U.S. approval, surprise over the decision quickly turned to shock at how long it might take...

‘She wasn’t a nobody’: Infant exhumed 30 years after death

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For decades, the two little grave markers sat side by side in a Mississippi Coast cemetery, identified only as Baby Jane and Baby Jane...