By Amy GraffSFGate, San FranciscoSAN FRANCISCO — In a thrilling Sunday night rescue, a man clinging to a gravel rock face at a national park site in California was winched to safety by a crew in a helicopter, officials said.The man had fallen 50 to...
By Becca RobbinsThe Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — Since December, Clark County sheriff’s deputies have had a new partner in addressing mental health needs — the root of many of their calls for service.The agency’s Co-Responder Program allows deputies to call on Sea Mar’s...
BOSTON — Charlie McAvoy doesn’t care about playoff seeding. He doesn’t care about winning another Presidents’ Trophy or an Atlantic Division title.With four games left in the regular season, the Bruins are comfortably in the playoffs, so the 26-year-old defenseman was thinking only about being...
By Tammy AyerYakima Herald-Republic, Wash.YAKIMA, Wash. — Vikram Jaryal was working at the AM/PM convenience store in east Yakima early on April 6, 2017, when two people wearing masks came in and robbed him at gunpoint.One of the suspects shot Jaryal for “no apparent reason,”...
Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of domestic violence, murder and suicide.A woman was shot and killed by her boyfriend in a Brockton home Tuesday morning, becoming the latest in a string of murder-suicides in Massachusetts that have received ample coverage over the past several...
After six years of planning and more than two years of construction and planning, construction Worcester’s brand-new Doherty Memorial High School is on track to finish by the fall of 2024.According to a Worcester Public Schools spokesman, the $325 million project began in 2019 as...
People get to experience a solar eclipse a few times, or only once in their lives. And the city of Boston is looking to help residents truly remember the rare opportunity. On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible from North America...
A Springfield doctor continues to lead an international group of humanitarian aid workers helping Israelis and Palestinians through what he calls the horrors of war.Dr. Norbert Goldfield, a physician at Baystate Health, founded and is the executive director of Healing Across the Divides, based in...
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It has been six months since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking hostages. The resulting war between Israel and Hamas has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza.While the conflict has caused an eruption of antisemitic incidents in the...
