BEDFORD — Prior to their Game 7 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Boston Bruins stayed at a hotel despite playing the decisive game at TD Garden. The pregame ritual — mimicking a road game where they had success against their rival — worked....
Editor’s note: This article was updated to reflect Colson Whitehead’s decision to withdraw as commencement speaker for the University of Massachusetts Amherst.College graduations coming this month have an added poignance for the class of 2024 — most college seniors had to forego their high school...
In November 2021, part of the Hoosic River, running from the Berkshires into Vermont and New York, turned a cloudy white after an improper wastewater discharge from a limestone product facility in Adams.The incident, which was followed by dozens of other subsequent discharges in 2022...
By Stephen Owsinski Some criminal cases are tough to crack, but that doesn’t mean they are forgotten. Enter Cold Case detectives who, despite dormancy, unbox investigative files and endeavor to pick up the scent by backtracking then trek the trails until on-the-lam perpetrators are held accountable. Historical...
PRESS RELEASEDALLAS, Texas — CentralSquare Technologies, an industry leader in public sector technology, hosts its annual user-community conference, ENGAGE, from May 5-8 in Dallas, Texas, bringing together government and public safety leaders across North America. This year’s event unveils the latest innovations, including the launch...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1PORTLAND, Ore. — A group has claimed responsibility for the torching of Portland Police Department cruisers via social media, stating that they committed the act of arson because they knew officers were going to clear protesters at the Portland State University library, KPTV...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Body-camera footage from the Knoxville Police Department reveals the moment officers responded to a scene where a man shot a woman point-blank in the face inside her home, Knox News reported.The April 27 incident unfolded rapidly after Knoxville Officers Hunter...
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin RicherAssociated PressWASHINGTON — The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety...
PRESS RELEASEWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Smith & Warren is thrilled to announce its recent win at the 2024 NAUMD Innovation Awards in the Best Badge or Emblem Design category. The award-winning badge design belongs to the Neptune Beach, Florida Police Department, which stood out for...
By Andy MannixStar TribuneST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota could become the next state to ban police officer training on “excited delirium,” a term that has been rejected by major medical associations in recent years as pseudoscience used to justify deaths in law enforcement custody.Police officers...
