Popular travel television host Rick Steves has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.The 69-year-old wrote on X Wednesday, Aug. 21 that his doctor assured him that the cancer does not show signs of spreading. With that in mind, Steves’ doctor approved of him filming in France...
The Newburyport Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify a car involved in a crash with a bike. Around 4:40 p.m. on Aug 20, three bicyclists were traveling in the bicycle lane on High Street when one of them was hit by...
A Massachusetts pharmacist pleaded no contest Thursday to involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 11 people in Michigan, all victims of tainted steroids that caused a national meningitis outbreak in 2012.Glenn Chin, 56, will get a 7 1/2-year prison sentence in October. He will benefit...
The animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, intends to put up a billboard along Interstate 495 in Raynahm to “memorialize” a “brave” bull who escaped as it was being taken to a slaughterhouse but was later killed.The billboard will...
The Red Sox drafted Kristian Campbell with the 2023 fourth round compensation pick (132nd overall) that they received for losing Xander Bogaerts in free agency to the Padres during the 2022-23 offseason.Campbell — a 22-year-old shortstop/center fielder whose teammate call him “Barry Bonds” — is...
A spacious house located at 23 Wall Street in Wellesley Hills has new owners. The 3,792-square-foot property, built in 2014, was sold on July 29, 2024, for $3,250,000, or $857 per square foot. This two-story house offers a capacious living environment with its four bedrooms...
Transit Police are looking for a man who they say “violently” threw a woman off of an MBTA bus Tuesday.At 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday a man threw the woman off the bus at an MBTA Braintree busway, according to the Transit Police Department. The woman,...
An man died after having a “medical incident” while boating on Whitehall Reservoir in Hopkinton on Thursday afternoon, officials said.Another boater noticed the person in distress and called 911, speaking to a dispatcher as first responders made their way to the reservoir around 4:42 p.m.,...
Flags will be lowered to half staff Saturday to honor a Pittsfield 29-year-old who died unexpectedly on Sunday. Xavier Powell enlisted in the Army National Guard and was stationed in Army Aviation Support Facility 1 at Joint Base Cape Cod as a helicopter mechanic, according...
A 53-year-old man who police say followed a teen girl while she was out jogging was arrested by Massachusetts State Police in Hingham Thursday on a charge of failing to register with the Sex Offender Registry Board.The man, Edmund Chance, is a level 3 sex...
