By Caleb Lunetta, Karen KucherThe San Diego Union-TribuneSAN DIEGO — The gridlock was epic.For eight hours on Friday, Interstate 5 at Del Mar Heights Road in the San Diego area was closed, at times in both directions, as police talked with a suicidal man perched...
By Hannah SchoenbaumAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITY — Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban passed earlier this year that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers.Republican Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday approved the repeal...
By Kimberlee Kruesi, Amanda Swinhart and Holly Ramer Associated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual...
Residents across Massachusetts woke up Monday to what forecasters are calling the coldest day of the season so far, with wind chills between zero and 15 below zero statewide.A cold weather advisory was in effect for the Berkshires until 9 a.m. on Monday, where wind...
The person of interest taken into custody in connection with a fatal mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday was released by the Providence Police Department. The suspect had been merely identified by police as a man in his 30s. The person of interest was...
A Massachusetts man who goes by the nickname “Johnny Jackpot” won a jackpot prize of $100,00. On Dec. 4, Blackstone resident Mark “Johnny Jackpot” Wisniewski was playing on an “IGT Triple Double Bonus Poker” machine in Mohegan Sun’s Casino of the Sky. He spun quad...
The Eos Foundation recently released its study, Ending Hunger in Our Classrooms with Breakfast in the Classroom, which explores the state of breakfast at Massachusetts’ high-poverty schools and urges schools to implement the Breakfast in the Classroom program.The Eos Foundation is a private family trust...
HUNTINGTON — The Jacobs Ladder Business Association elected new officers at its annual Snack and Schmooze event on Nov. 13 in Stanton Hall.Elected as president and clerk was Laurie Martell, assistant vice president and branch manager of Westfield Bank in Huntington. In an introductory letter...
