After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, there were nationwide protests against police brutality. One was on Boston Common after which four protesters filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Boston and three individual police officers. Pursuant to 42 U.SC. § 1983,...
By Emily WunderlichTampa Bay TimesRIVERVIEW, Fla. — A man was taken into custody Saturday after deputies say he climbed a cellular tower in Riverview.About 7 p.m., the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office aviation unit was called to assist deputies on the 13000 block of Rhodine Road...
The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 3:45 a.m. on Saturday for freezing rain until 7 a.m. for Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties.Advance Local Weather Alerts is a service provided by United Robots, which uses machine learning to compile the latest data from...
By Emily HalnonAmerican Heart Association NewsAssociated PressATLANTA — Willie Hatchett was eager and ready for the start of the Peachtree Road Race, a 10K held on July 4 in Atlanta. Hatchett had run it nearly every year for two decades and was confident he could...
The Celtics made some tweaks to their roster last month at the trade deadline and also left themselves a little bit of flexibility. With the trades of Dalano Banton and Lamar Stevens, Boston managed to keep open a 15th roster spot to fill before the...
Kyrie Irving lost his 10th straight game against the Celtics on Friday night after a 138-110 rout of the Mavericks at TD Garden. Boston fans took delight in watching the struggles of the former Celtic, peppering him with boos even time he touched the ball...
BOSTON —Xavier Tillman was not a splashy addition for the Celtics at the trade deadline compared to many moves around the league. However, the impact of the fourth-year big man was on display for Boston in the Celtics’ 138-110 blowout win over the Mavericks on...
By Ian BauerThe Honolulu Star-AdvertiserHONOLULU — The Police Services Officer program operates like a paid apprenticeship and is aimed at high schoolers who don’t plan to go to college, community college students or others who may not yet meet all of the requirements to qualify...
Claudine Gay was just the beginning.Since the embattled former Harvard University president resigned in January amid plagiarism claims, accusations that other faculty and administrators at the Ivy League school lifted portions of their work from others have come fast and furious as scrutiny has intensified....
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Partners for Community Action is deep into its 22nd year of preparing free tax returns for low-income earners, the elderly and earners with limited English language skills — just about anyone in Hampden County who is earning less than $64,000 a...
