By Claudia LauerAssociated PressPHILADELPHIA — Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to a historic exodus of officers, a survey shows.More sworn...
Springfield firefighters responded to a report of a fire in a home at 426 Carew Street at about 4 p.m. Saturday.According to department spokesperson Drew Piemonte, the fire started at the front of the home and fire crews were able to extinguish the fire within...
A father shot and killed his wife, his daughter and then himself in an apparent murder-suicide in Lowell Saturday morning, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office.The father called 911 just before 6:40 a.m. and told dispatchers he had shot his wife and child,...
By Justin MuszynskiHartford CourantBRIDGEPORT, Conn. — State police have released video of a trooper being hit by a car on Interstate 95 in Bridgeport earlier this week.The crash was reported Monday just after 8:30 a.m. on I-95 North near Exit 30, where a 31-year-old trooper...
A proposed bill banning revenge porn, again making its way through the Statehouse, would finally make it a crime in Massachusetts to distribute visual images (including those made by digitization, so-called “deep fakes”) where the offender’s intent is to cause harm or emotional distress.We’d say...
By Jason MeisnerChicago TribuneCHICAGO — When it comes to writing a demand note, bank robbers tend to follow a certain unspoken etiquette of brevity and clarity.But that’s not what happened in downtown Chicago earlier this week, when federal prosecutors say a man walked into the...
Not every offensive tackle has the ability to flip from one side to another.But the way it appears, the Patriots are banking on third-round pick Caedan Wallace, who played right tackle a majority of the time at Penn State, being able to move to left...
The Celtics had a clear agenda entering Game 3 against the Heat on Saturday night, which included taking away opportunities that led to Miami’s franchise-best shooting night in Game 2.“No dare shots,” Jaylen Brown explained. “Respecting those guys capability, they are NBA players and they...
MIAMI — While the Celtics and Heat played through a rock fight of a first quarter in Game 3, things quickly changed in the second. The C’s built up a double-digit lead and never let the Heat back into the game from there as they...
Payton Pritchard was the smallest man on the floor when he fought off three Heat players for an offensive rebound midway through Game 3. The point guard then faked a pass back out to the perimeter before sneaking in a putback layup which capped a...
