Orion Krause right, stands with his attorney Edward Wayland at Krause’s arraignment in Ayer District Court in Ayer, Mass., Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Krause, of Rockport, Maine, was ordered held without bail at Bridgewater State Hospital pending a competency hearing at his arraignment on murder charges Monday in Ayer. ROCKPORT (AP) — The father of […]
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Caught stealing: Red Sox used Apple Watch to steal Yankees' signs
BOSTON (AP) — Looking for any edge in an age-old rivalry, the Boston Red Sox got called out in a high-tech sign-stealing scheme they ran on the New York Yankees. The first-place Red Sox admitted to Major League Baseball that they used an Apple Watch to relay signals from opposing catchers to Boston players, The […]
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How the opioid crisis has created a pollution problem
In this Wednesday June 7, 2017 photo, activist Rocky Morrison, of the “Clean River Project”, holds up a fish bowl filled with hypodermic needles, that were recovered during 2016, on the Merrimack River next to their facility in Methuen, Mass. Morrison leads a cleanup effort along the Merrimack River, which winds through the old milling […]
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Should police be allowed to shame suspects on Facebook?
BOSTON (AP) — A driver mows down six mailboxes, slurs her words and tells police she has a lizard in her bra. Throw in a wisecracking police officer, and what do you get? A flippant post on Facebook, along with photos of the woman, and of course, her lizard. Not everyone is amused. Police departments […]
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Boston Marathon: Kenyans Edna Kiplagat and Geoffrey Kirui win
BOSTON (AP) — Updated coverage of the 121st running of the Boston Marathon (all times local): Updated 12:10 p.m.: Kenya’s Geoffrey Kirui has won the Boston Marathon — his first marathon victory ever. Kirui outran Galen Rupp of the U.S. to take Monday’s 121st running of the race in an unofficial time of 2 hours, […]
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Feds arrest 10 men in 3-state opioid bust
BOSTON — Federal authorities say 10 men have been arrested in an interstate opioid trafficking ring in Massachusetts, Maine and Florida. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston said Thursday a three-year investigation led to the arrests. The men face charges including conspiracy to distribute and possess heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone and conspiracy to launder monetary […]
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Maine digs out from more than a foot of snow
Portland, Maine, firefighters Andrew Johnston, left, Lt. Don Brown, center, and David Young dig out one of the city’s 1,500 fire hydrants, Wednesday, March 15, in Portland. Mariah Cunningham-Kanaus looks back at a parking lot after digging her car out, Wednesday, March 15, in Portland.A woman digs her car out the morning after a powerful […]
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Live Blog: Storm shuts down Maine with blizzard conditions
Full coverage: March storm howls across region (function(d, s, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) return; let fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; let js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = ‘https://embed.samdesk.io/js/2/embed.js’; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘sam-embed-js’)); Cherie Burke contends with blowing snow during a blustery storm, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Portland. A late-season storm is hitting the Northeast, […]
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More wind coming and it's going to be cold — very cold
PORTLAND — Northern New England is preparing for another round of wind. And it’s going to be much colder this time. The National Weather Service says 30 mph gusts projected for Saturday in Maine and New Hampshire won’t be as strong as the 50 mph-plus gusts recorded Thursday. But the wind will be accompanied by […]