By Rocco ParascandolaNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Anyone who’s ever misplaced a cell phone would probably be jealous of having dogs like Louis, Qaid, Hugh or Robbie — NYPD Labradors trained to find electronic devices hidden by criminals in laundry bags or secret compartments,...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — New Red Sox reliever Lucas Luetge has a fun and interesting way to describe himself as a professional baseball player.“I always tell people I’m like a cockroach,” Luetge said Saturday at JetBlue Park. “You can’t get rid of me.”The 36-year-old left...
Beginning my sixth term as mayor of the city of Springfield, I am energized and driven to tackle the various opportunities that stands before the city at this moment.My administration has worked to enhanced all core city services, invested over $750 million in new school...
By Sarah RankinAssociated PressRICHMOND, Va. — John Clair, the police chief of a small Appalachian town in southwest Virginia, spends his days consumed by a growing problem: the frequency with which his officers are tapped to detain, transport and wait in hospitals with people in...
The NHL’s Stadium Series — separate and apart from their Winter Classic game held annually on New Year’s Day — is coming to New Jersey. The New York Rangers will face off against the New York Islanders Sunday afternoon.The Rangers have been one of the...
Fresh off a Champions League matchup with RB Leipzig on Tuesday, Real Madrid is back in La Liga action Sunday with a road matchup against Rayo Vallecano in Madrid. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 am EST.Real Madrid (19-4-1, 61 PTS) is a -170 favorite to...
“Valley Economy 101: Ledgers and Livelihood” is the theme of this year’s Outlook feature.As the manager of The Big E, you might expect me to write about “Ledgers and Livestock,” and indeed I could wax on for hours about those subjects. But I am an...
By David ZahniserLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — When Mayor Karen Bass laid out her budget proposal for the Los Angeles Police Department last year, she had big plans for rebuilding the size of that agency’s workforce.The mayor’s budget called for the LAPD to end the...
They had gathered in the desert, not far from the Gaza Strip, with thousands of other young people eager to party. But as the sun rose on Oct. 7, Daniel and Neria Sharabi found themselves under fire and thrust into battle.The Israeli brothers are survivors...
AGAWAM — It was after midnight when Dominique Loiselle and James Bowen Jr. made a fatal error driving on I-91.Loiselle’s Nissan Altima was going in the wrong direction — south in a northbound lane — and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer in Windsor, Connecticut, in...