Lidia Lech was pregnant in 2013 when she served time for a probation violation at the Western Massachusetts Regional Women’s Correctional Center in Chicopee. She says she began to worry about her pregnancy, but jail medical staff brushed off and ignored her complaints about her...
BOSTON — James van Riemsdyk joined an exclusive club Tuesday night when he played in his 1,000th NHL game. The Bruins forward, who signed with Boston on a one-year deal this offseason, will be honored with a pregame ceremony March 16 against the Philadelphia Flyers...
It was 1971 in Flushing, Queens — two years before Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide.Helen, a Catholic white woman married with three children, nervously walked into one of the first legal abortion clinics in the country, the Flushing Women’s Medical...
When the Celtics built their largest lead of the game by 22 points on the Cavaliers, it looked like the best team in the league was going to cruise to their 12th straight victory. But the Cavs and Dean Wade got hot and the C’s...
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins, once again, struggled to close out a game in the third period as they fell 2-1 to the Edmonton Oilers in overtime Tuesday night at TD Garden. The Oilers pulled their goalie in the final minutes, Danton Heinen hit the...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D It’s illegal to drive barefoot. If you have to shoot somebody, you have to drag them into your house to claim self-defense. The guy who assaulted me is Black and I’m Jewish, so that’s a hate crime. She verbally assaulted...
By Alex GaultWatertown Daily Times, N.Y.ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul on Monday announced that the New York State Police have been seizing record numbers of illegal firearms since she took office, and said that major crime reports are significantly down.According to the governor,...
By Acacia Coronado and Lindsay WhitehurstAssociated PressAUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration.An order issued...
The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers that time is running out to file a return to claim COVID-era money from 2020.Those who are eligible for the Recovery Rebate Credit in 2020 and haven’t filed a tax return for 2020 have until May 17, 2024, to...
A Brockton elementary school student was struck by a car while getting off a school bus Monday afternoon, according to The Boston Globe. The Hancock Elementary School student was hit by a passing car as they got off at a bus stop near Manthala George...