By Olivia LloydMerced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — An officer was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in Virginia after he was accused of killing an unarmed man who police said shoplifted sunglasses.The officer was, however, convicted on a charge of reckless discharge of a firearm,...
By Erika WurstThe Arizona Daily Star, TucsonPIMA COUNTY, Ariz. — Body-cam video of a Pima County sheriff’s deputy who was shot and wounded during a foot chase in August southwest of Tucson has been released by the multi-agency team that investigates officer-involved shootings here.The footage...
Someone bought a lottery ticket from a Shell gas station in Massachusetts and ended up winning a $1 million prize.The $1 million prize was from the “777″ scratch ticket game, which costs $10 per ticket to play. There’s still one $1 million prize and one...
Teach to the test? No thanks.That’s the message Massachusetts voters appear to be sending in a new poll, with nearly six in 10 (57%) Bay Staters saying they support scrapping the MCAS examination as a high school graduation requirement.Nearly 37% of the respondents to the...
Editor’s note: This article was written by Mike Mazzeo and first appeared in Sports Business Journal, the industry’s leading source of sports business news, events and data.Major League Baseball has not had a repeat champion since the New York Yankees’ three-peat of 1998-2000, a streak...
A 3,103-square-foot two-unit house built in 1925 has changed hands. The spacious historic property located at 15 Sunnybank Road in Watertown was sold on Sept. 16, 2024. The $1,450,000 purchase price works out to $467 per square foot. This two-story duplex presents a total of...
It looks like JuJu Smith-Schuster got his groove back in the two months since he was cut by the New England Patriots.Smith-Schuster went off as Patrick Mahomes’ top target during the Kansas City Chiefs’ win on Monday Night Football, catching 7 passes for 130 yards.That’s...
Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton has strengthened rapidly into a major hurricane on a path toward the state.The system is threatening the densely populated Tampa metro area — which has a population of more than 3.3 million people...
A Canton man was found guilty Monday of fatally shooting a 15-year-old in Dorchester in 2022, prosecutors announced.Zontre Mack, 21, was convicted of first-degree murder. He will be sentenced on Oct. 23, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office said in a statement.Another man, Dominick...
Another week of the girls’ soccer regular season has passed, and there was another milestone celebration around the region.In addition, four local teams remain undefeated, while multiple Berkshire programs are scheduled to face each other in a matchup that could decide their divisional outcome....
