By Donald W. MeyersYakima Herald-Republic, Wash.YAKIMA, Wash. — Federal, tribal and local agencies arrested more than 20 people in a crackdown on gang crime in raids Thursday morning across Eastern Washington.The raids targeted La Nuestra Familia, a Norteño prison gang, and others working with it...
One of the state’s most powerful labor unions is upping the ante in fight over a pair of proposed ballot questions that could reshape the relationship between app-based companies and their workers.Members of Teamsters Local 125 are expected to meet in Boston on Sunday to...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey may in fact be a Swiftie.The Bay State governor cracked a joke on social media Friday in the wake of the 2 a.m. release of the second installment of pop sensation Taylor Swift’s newest album, “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT.” Healey alluded...
By Darcy CostelloBaltimore SunBALTIMORE — A Baltimore County man is accused of murdering an off-duty D.C. police officer found shot in Baltimore City in November 2017, in what city prosecutors say will be the first case handled by a newly established cold case unit.Dion Thompson,...
A good Samaritan rescued people from a fire in Beverly that left a person hospitalized with burns Friday morning, according to authorities.Dispatchers received a call about the house fire on Berkley Avenue shortly before 7 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames coming from the...
By Taylor InmanDaily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont.LINCOLN COUNTY, Mont. — Gravely injured after being struck by the vehicle of a fleeing suspect in a remote stretch of Lincoln County last year, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson felt a wave of relief when he learned...
BOSTON — With the NHL playoffs starting on Saturday, publications all over began posting their NHL postseason picks including Boston vs. Toronto which gets underway Saturday at 8 p.m.Perhaps with last year’s first-round implosion vs. Florida fresh in people’s minds, the Bruins are a popular...
For those looking to celebrate 4/20 with coffee rather than cannabis, you’re in luck.4/20 is well known as a day to celebrate and advocate for the legalization of cannabis. But it’s also National Cold Brew Day (and National Record Store Day).Various restaurants are celebrating the...
By Jozsef Papp, Alexis StevensThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionATLANTA — A faction of protesters who oppose the city’s planned public safety training center have caused more than $10 million in damage by torching construction equipment and police vehicles and committing other acts of destruction throughout the metro...