The power of song can can do more than bring people together at concerts, it can also reunite birds with their owner after they had been missing for almost three days.That was the case for one pet owner in Wrentham, whose pet bird named Thor...
SPRINGFIELD — Mustafa Rasheed stood with classmates near a sign identifying them as engineering students.He was moments away from receiving his diploma in civil engineering during Springfield Technical Community College’s commencement Thursday at the MassMutual Center. Becoming an engineer is a family matter for him,...
By Elizabeth KeoghNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Police have arrested one of the men accused of pulling up alongside an on-duty NYPD traffic enforcement agent and spraying him in the face with a fire extinguisher.Ammar Alhesheshi, 18, was in the gray sedan with two...
By Elizabeth KeoghNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — A crazed driver passing a Hasidic Jewish school in Brooklyn verbally assaulted a group of Jewish people before getting up on the sidewalk and trying to run them down Wednesday, police said, noting none were injured.The 58-year-old...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1SEATTLE — Newly-appointed Seattle Police Department Interim Chief Sue Rahr has promised to recruit women as a part of the 30x30 initiative, which aims to increase female officer staffing levels nationwide, KING 5 reported.Rahr has been a key participant in the nationwide 30x30...
By Lisa RathkeAssociated PressMONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, has allowed a bill to become law that requires serial numbers on firearms that are privately made with individual parts, kits or 3D printers.Scott allowed the bill, part of an effort to crack...
Steve KarnowskiAssociated PressMINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis police officer responding to a shooting call was ambushed and killed Thursday when he stopped to provide aid to a man who appeared to be a victim. That man instead wound up shooting the officer, authorities said.The death of...
By Lyndsay WinkleyThe San Diego Union-TribuneCARLSBAD, Calif. — In a video released by the Carlsbad Police Department on Thursday, an officer is shown being struck by a skateboard in a surprise attack two months ago that prompted him to shoot at his assailant.The incident happened...
By Jesse BoganSt. Louis Post-DispatchST. ANN, Mo. — A St. Ann police officer on Saturday shot and injured a man who authorities say pointed a firearm equipped with a laser light at the officer during an emergency call for service.St. Ann police and EMS personnel...
By Liz Hardaway, Matthew P. Knox, Christine Dempsey and Staff WritersThe Hour, Norwalk, Conn.SOUTHINGTON, Conn. — A Connecticut State Police trooper was struck and killed while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 84 on Thursday afternoon, the agency said.Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier, of Troop...
