Ex-Massachusetts Sen. Dean Tran to spend 1.5 years in federal prison for fraud
Former Fitchburg Massachusetts state Senator Dean Tran will spend a year and a half in federal prison for unemployment ...
Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts
The posts raise questions about funding for certain projects and organizations, often claiming without evidence that the ...
19 states sue to stop DOGE from accessing Americans’ personal data
Nineteen Democratic attorneys general sued President Donald Trump on Friday to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...
Migrant in Massachusetts shelter who allegedly raped his daughter is ‘held on dangerousness’
The migrant staying in a Massachusetts shelter who was arrested for allegedly raping his daughter has been held without bail ...
Massachusetts is in a ‘very active’ snow pattern: 6 to 8 inches of fluffier snow possible
The National Weather Service’s Boston office is forecasting 6 to 8 inches of snow across Massachusetts from Saturday night into Sunday. Some spots may even see close to a foot of snow.
More active duty troops will head to US-Mexico border, bringing the total to 3,600
The Pentagon has been scrambling to put in motion Trump’s executive orders signed shortly after he took office on Jan. 20.
Trump official’s directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states
U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a Maryland Democrat, said he feared Duffy’s directives would harm some grants already announced — ...
Dolly, the oldest rhino in the US, has died at a Tennessee zoo at age 56
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The oldest rhinoceros in the United States has died at a Tennessee zoo. Dolly was 56 years old.
Woman is arrested for stealing from a Super Bowl reporter found dead at his hotel
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a television reporter who was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl and on Friday announced the arrest of a woman they say used his credit ...
Trump pauses tariffs on millions of low-value packages from China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has paused imposing tariffs on small-value packages arriving from China, apparently ...
Threats follow Michigan lawmaker who said she had surgery to remove reproductive organs
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan state lawmaker told a crowd protesting President Trump’s early actions this week that she ...
States absorb big increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after COVID-19 pandemic
Pennsylvania’s Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Scott Martin, R-Lancaster, said the pandemic amounted to a “pause ...