By Claudia Lauer Associated PressPHILADELPHIA — On a frigid February morning, Vanity Cordero, a Philadelphia police officer, heard a call over the radio for a man threatening to jump from a bridge. The details sounded familiar.When Cordero arrived, she realized she’d met him months earlier...
By Angie DiMicheleSouth Florida Sun-SentinelBOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A man was shot and killed by multiple Boynton Beach Police officers at a public park on Saturday morning after he pulled a machete on his father and advanced toward officers with it, according to the police...
By Daniel BeekmanThe Seattle TimesSEATTLE — A demoted Seattle police commander who sued the city for alleged discrimination, accusing police Chief Adrian Diaz of unfairly blaming him for the infamous “pink umbrella incident” during 2020’s Black Lives Matter demonstrations, has settled his case.An agreement signed...
By Noble BrighamLas Vegas Review-JournalLAS VEGAS — After a federal judge’s decision to vacate the 1997 murder conviction of a former Las Vegas police officer, the man at the center of the case is in limbo.Ronald Mortensen, now 59, has spent decades behind bars, litigating...
A blast of cold temperatures and gusty winds are projected to overtake Massachusetts on Tuesday, as unseasonably chilly weather sweeps across the state. The cold front will move across the state in the morning, from the Berkshires to the coastline, and bring along with it...
Baby raccoons found in a Cape Cod fireplace were reunited with their mom thanks to help from the Cape Wildlife Center. On Sunday, the rescue team went to help humanely evict a mom raccoon and her babies from a man’s chimney. The babies had fallen...
Not every Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band can boast having the blessing of important people in the Lynyrd Skynyrd realm.Vyntyge Skynyrd, appearing at 52 Sumner in Springfield on Saturday, April 12, does.“We have the blessing of Johnny Van Zant who is singing with the currently touring...
Someone in Massachusetts bought a winning $1 million lottery ticket and came forward to claim their prize on Monday. The $1 million prize was from “$1,000,000 Ultimate 7,” a $5 scratch ticket game. There’s just one $1 million grand prize remaining to be claimed in...
The Florida Gators are once again atop the mountain and are the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Champions after a 65-53 victory over the Houston Cougars on Monday, April 7.This is the program’s third national title and the first since 2007 when the Gators won...
Westfield City Clerk Kaitlyn Bruce (AMY PORTER/THE WESTFIELD NEWS)WESTFIELD — All of the incumbent ward councilors, several at-large city councilors, incumbent and new, and one Municipal Light Board commissioner pulled nomination papers for upcoming November elections in the first week they became available beginning on...