By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, John Hanna and Steve Karnowski Associated PressWASHINGTON — Leonard Peltier will be placed in home confinement nearly half a century after he was imprisoned for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s sentence Monday.The White...
By Alanna Durkin RicherAssociated PressWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order Monday on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions.Trump’s order,...
By Marvin ClemonsLas Vegas Review-JournalCLARK COUNTY, Nev. — A Clark County School District K-9 officer is facing charges for suspected maltreatment of a dog who unexpectedly died, according to the district’s police department.James Harris, 54, faces two misdemeanor charges related to leaving an animal unattended...
By Nyah Marshallnj.comHACKENSACK, N.J. — A large lot in downtown Hackensack is slated to become a city hub with office space and affordable housing units solely for police officers, firefighters and other public service workers.The project on River Street has been years in the making...
By Margaret Katesal.comCOWETA COUNTY, Ga. — A fire battalion chief from Georgia was killed in a roadside shooting that injured two other people in Chambers County on Sunday night, the sheriff’s office said.“We lost one of our brothers, leaders, mentor, and family to a senseless...
Righty David Sandlin knows how Red Sox fans like to keep up-to-date with prospects.The 23-year-old saw their prospect fervor again earlier this month when multiple X accounts tweeted a video that Pitching WRX initially posted on Instagram. It showed Sandlin reaching 101 mph with his...
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A man was shot dead at a home in Dorchester on Tuesday night. At 7:21 p.m. on Jan. 21, a call for a person who’d been shot at 73 Ridegewood St. in the Fields Corner neighborhood came into the Boston Police Department. A man was...
A Massachusetts teenager was seriously injured in a crash while he was riding a mini-motorcycle Tuesday. Around 3 p.m., a crash between two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and a Kayo mini-motorcycle, happened at the intersection of Somerset Avenue and Silverwood Drive in Taunton. The driver...
Bitter cold temperatures froze over Massachusetts on Tuesday night, leaving some areas of the state in negative temperatures by Wednesday morning. The frigid conditions prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Cold Weather Advisory to be in effect between 12 a.m. and 10 a.m....