The Latest: 2 victims stabbed inside classroom, 2 outdoors
A campus official says the five people stabbed at the University of California, Merced, were conscious when paramedics reached them. Assistant Vice Chancellor Patti Wald said classes were just getting...
View ArticleAmerican Horror Story: Hotel Tackles School Massacres
No one has ever accused Ryan Murphy of not going there. On Wednesday's American Horror Story: Hotel , the series once again tackled school massacres.
View ArticleRubio says he'll release charge card records in coming weeks
" GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio said Wednesday he'll release in the next few weeks all of the statements detailing his use of an American Express card he shared with the Republican Party of...
View ArticleMaximize Your Medicare: Research the Right Plan
Choosing a health plan is an important decision, and some simple research can help you get the most for your money. Medicare enrollment this year runs from October 15 through December 7. As you...
View ArticlePuppet, Twister, Super Soaker make Toy Hall of Fame
Twister, the parlor game once too hot for the Sears catalog but cool enough for Johnny Carson, was inducted Thursday into the National Toy Hall of Fame. A panel of experts picked the inductees from a...
View ArticleA Judge Rejected Bindi Irwin's Dancing with the Stars Contract Because She...
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has rejected Bindi Irwin 's Dancing with the Stars contract on the grounds that she needs to prove her father, Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin , is dead. Yep, you read...
View ArticleJFK's crutches, school desk displayed in new Boston exhibit
" There's a set of his crutches, and his old wooden school desk still bears his initials " "JFK." Those two items are among many never before displayed in "Young Jack," a new exhibition at the John F....
View ArticleOakham voters OK police vehicle, tree work
OAKHAM – More than 70 voters spent $106,000 on capital items, goods and services at a special town meeting Wednesday at Oakham Center School. By a vote of 66-3, the voters approved $37,030...
View ArticlePolice: Man dressed as priest sought for Halloween assault
Sgt. Deck Shaline tells The Durango Herald the suspect, who was dressed as a priest for Halloween, punched the victim and knocked him unconscious, then kicked him in the head several times early Sunday...
View ArticleNew Mexico museum unveils rare fossil find
" Paleontologists with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science unveiled the first baby Pentaceratops skull ever discovered as hundreds of people lined up to get a look. Scientists had cut...
View ArticleStudent accused of rape after disoriented classmate found in Framingham woods
FRAMINGHAM – The lawyer for a high school student charged with raping a classmate says the Framingham school district should bear some of the blame in connection with the alleged attack....
View ArticleProsecutor: 'Goodfellas' heist defendant embraced mob life
" An aging mobster lived a long life of crime highlighted by the $6 million heist in 1978 that was retold in the classic Mafia movie "Goodfellas," a prosecutor said Friday in closing arguments at a...
View ArticleFeds: Man who escaped Ohio prison in '78 caught in Minnesota
" A convicted murderer who escaped from an Ohio prison in 1978 by cutting through cell bars and a fence was captured in Minnesota's capital, where he had a job delivering newspapers, the U.S. Marshals...
View ArticleLeominster police chief retiring
Police Chief Robert J. Healey, who was placed on leave in late September, is retiring Jan. 1, according to the mayor's office. According to a “mutual press release” from Mayor...
View ArticleWorcester prosecutor: Man arrested in burned car case lied about contact with...
A Worcester man arrested Thursday in connection with the death of a woman found burned in a car off Swan Avenue Wednesday night has been identified by prosecutors as a suspect in her slaying. Police...
View ArticleCopycat logos in Myanmar's election: fair or foul?
" Voters in Myanmar's landmark election will be stumbling into a virtual aviary Sunday when they see their ballot papers. And the confusion is ruffling political feathers.
View ArticlePolice: Texas state judge shot at her Austin home
" A Texas state judge was shot and wounded in the driveway of her home in Austin late Friday as witnesses looked on, police said. District Judge Julie Kocurek was taken to a hospital and was in stable...
View ArticleThe Latest: Russians sigh as Egyptian vacations put on hold
" The latest on the crash of a Russian plane in Egypt that killed all 224 people onboard. President Vladimir Putin has canceled all Russian flights to Egypt until aviation security is improved there,...
View ArticleSierra Leone declared free of Ebola transmissions
" The World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone free from Ebola transmissions on Saturday, as West Africa battles to stamp out the deadly virus that is holding on in neighboring Guinea. Nearly...
View Article'Holiday Spectacular' is Dec. 5
Several dancers and vocalists from Boylston and West Boylston are cast members in the upcoming production of the fifth-annual "Holiday Spectacular." The performance, by Diane Kelley, at the Hanover...
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