Rappers The Game, Snoop Dogg organize LA gang summit
" Rappers The Game and Snoop Dogg are organizing a summit with Los Angeles-area gang members to discuss ways to curb violence. The Game put the word out on social media, inviting leaders of the Crips,...
View ArticleCarter to lead two Coldwell Banker offices
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New England has appointed Christine Carter as branch manager of the company's Worcester and Sturbridge offices. Ms. Carter will be responsible for the daily...
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West Boylston: Adam Holland '17, Benjamin Burns '17, Brian Hammerstrom '17, Matthew DeFalco '17, Joel Brunzell '19, John Fenlon '19, John Wall '19 and Mitchell DeVillers '19. Danica Germain and Matthew...
View ArticleThen & Now: 184 Main St., Worcester
The Thule Building at 184 Main St. was originally built in 1905, designed by architect George Clemence, for a thoroughly different purpose than its current commercial one. Though the first floor would...
View ArticlePoll: US-Mexico border residents feel ignored, oppose wall
" A new poll suggests residents along the U.S.-Mexico border are feeling ignored in the midst of the U.S. presidential election. A Cronkite News-Univision News-Dallas Morning News border poll released...
View ArticleTwitter lights up with 95th birthday wishes for John Glenn
The NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland was among organizations tweeting about Glenn's birthday. It posted a 2012 photo of Glenn signing baseballs for fans during NASA Glenn Day at Progressive Field.
View ArticleLos Angeles sewage spill shuts down beaches 20 miles away
" At least 1.5 million gallons of sewage spewed from a 90-year-old pipe that burst in an industrial area near downtown Los Angeles, leading beaches to close 20 miles downriver in Long Beach, officials...
View ArticleLove Locks fence to be removed, portion to go on display
" A landmark in Maine where thousands of people have pledged their everlasting love to another with padlocks has been deemed a public safety risk and will be removed. The Portland Press Herald reports...
View ArticleBlack-ish is Adding a Little Bit of Hamilton in Season 3
Daveed Diggs, who originated the Tony-winning dual roles of Marquis de LaFayette and Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton , will have a big arc in Black-ish 's Season 3, Variety...
View ArticleBlack-tie gala in Worcester to honor African youth excellence
A black-tie gala will be held at Mechanics Hall Saturday to honor young Africans and African-Americans for achievement in art, education, information technology, entrepreneurship, innovation and...
View ArticleJustice Department: Town discriminated against Muslims
" The U.S. Justice Department is suing a suburban Philadelphia town, alleging its denial of a permit for a mosque in 2014 constituted religious discrimination. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the...
View ArticleNew York summer camp students dig up ancient artifact
" Some young Indiana Joneses in the making have dug up an ancient artifact dating back thousands of years while attending a summer camp at a New York college. Officials at the State University of New...
View ArticleAbout 9 hurt when NYC tour bus jumps curb at Central Park
" New York authorities say about nine people were hurt when a double-decker tour bus swerved and jumped a curb at Central Park on Fifth Avenue. Police say a taxi cut off the bus around 1:15 p.m....
View ArticleSwiss seize Monet, van Gogh works amid US probe of fund 1MDB
" Swiss authorities have seized three paintings by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh following a U.S. request as part of a probe into the scandal surrounding the Malaysian wealth fund 1MDB. A Federal...
View ArticleFloods kill 78 across China, 91 missing, 400,000 evacuated
" At least 78 people have been killed and another 91 are missing across China after a round of torrential rains swept through the country earlier this week, flooding streams, triggering landslides and...
View ArticleSturbridge Fire Chief Zinther resigns
Town Administrator Leon A. Gaumond Jr. said Saturday Chief Zinther has submitted his resignation, effective immediately. "After considerable thought, Chief Zinther has made the difficult decision to...
View ArticleENGAGEMENT: Lambe and Sweatland to marry
John and Brd Lambe, of Dundrum, Tipperary, Ireland, and Robert and Libbie Sweatland, of Clinton, announce the engagement of their children, Marie Claire Lambe and Daniel Joseph Sweatland. The...
View ArticleCenter for Women & Enterprise lists keynote speakers
The Center for Women & Enterprise's Annual Women Business Leaders Conference, to be held in Framingham in September, will feature two female entrepreneurs as its keynote speakers. In April 2001, Ms.
View ArticleBavarian official says military aid needed in time of crisis
" Bavaria's top security official says Germany needs to be able to call upon its military in times of crisis like Friday night's shooting rampage at a Munich mall. With an eye on the Nazi era excesses,...
View ArticleDallas Cowboys bus involved in fatal crash in Arizona
" Four people were killed Sunday when bus carrying Dallas Cowboys staffers but no players collided with a van on a northwestern Arizona highway. The fatalities were passengers in the van, Arizona...
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