New life, new destruction for Southern California wildfire
" A wildfire that destroyed 18 homes has surged back to unpredictable life, darkening the skies north of Los Angeles with black smoke and driving thousands from their homes. Some evacuees were about to...
View ArticleThe Latest: Police say area 'deemed safe' after shooting
The shooting comes more than a month after a nightclub shooting in Orlando that was the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. The shooting at the Pulse nightclub on June 12 left 49 victims dead...
View ArticleAuthorities: 2 killed, 17 shot at Florida nightclub
" A shooting at a Florida nightclub early Monday morning killed two people and wounded as many as 17, police said. The attack apparently occurred at a teen party, billed as a "Swimsuit Glow Party," at...
View ArticleKerry meets Southeast Asia ministers after Chinese win
" U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday stressed the importance of complying with a rules-based international system in a meeting with his counterparts from South East Asia shortly after they...
View ArticleFormer Gardner Museum curator to lead Currier in NH
A former curator of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston will be the next director of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, the Currier's board of trustees announced Monday....
View ArticleHere's What's Coming to -- and Leaving -- Netflix in August
Some crowd-pleasing movies and TV shows are coming to Netflix next month. In August, the streaming service will add the most recent seasons of NCIS and Once Upon a Time and movies including Best...
View ArticleBrie Larson confirmed as 'Captain Marvel'
Disney and Marvel announced Saturday at Comic-Con that Larson will star in "Captain Marvel" as the butt-kicking air force pilot Carol Danvers who gets special powers after an alien encounter. "Captain...
View ArticleKent Bush: A great idea that came a little too late
Have you ever had an idea that was a really good idea, but when you finally came up with the idea, it was too late to make it become a reality? When I heard that Hillary Clinton had selected...
View ArticleIsrael to display ancient mummy with modern-day afflictions
" Israel's national museum says it will put on display later this week a 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy that shows signs of some modern-day afflictions. The museum said on Tuesday that new research...
View ArticleSarah Silverman Went Completely Off Book at the DNC to Call Out "Bernie or...
Sarah Silverman slammed "Bernie or bust" voters for being "ridiculous" during her remarks at the Democratic National Convention Monday night, and later told CNN that the comment was completely off...
View ArticleOfficials investigating cause of Dario Diesel fire in Worcester
Fire investigators and company employees on Tuesday morning were examining the residue of Monday night's massive fire at the Dario Diesel truck dealership on Route 20, which, despite sustaining heavy...
View ArticleNew 'Star Trek' series to be called 'Discovery'
The title and footage of the starship Discovery were teased at the end of a Comic-Con panel Saturday celebrating the series' 50th anniversary with actors from every previous "Trek" series. "Discovery"...
View ArticleAMC Cancels Turn, but Will Give It One More Season to Finish the Revolution
It's a bit of good news, bad news for Turn: Washington's Spies , AMC's drama about the American Revolution, as the network said the series will end after its just-announced fourth season. Ten new...
View ArticleCoast Guard: 46 people rescued from sinking boat off Alaska
" Two Good Samaritan vessels rescued 46 people Tuesday night who abandoned their sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the Coast Guard said. There were no reports of any...
View Article'Pokemon Go' fans play in India despite no official launch
" "Pokemon Go" has yet to officially arrive in India, but that's not stopping people there from playing the highly addictive online game. Many fans of the augmented-reality-based game have managed to...
View ArticleJudge dismisses manslaughter charge against Florida deputy
" A manslaughter charge has been dismissed against a Florida deputy who claimed self-defense in the 2014 fatal shooting of a black man carrying what turned out to be an air rifle. A circuit judge ruled...
View ArticleJohn Hinkley, who shot Reagan, to be released from mental hospital Updated at
The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will be allowed to leave a Washington mental hospital and live full-time in Virginia, a judge has ruled. John Hinckley Jr. is ready to live...
View ArticleWisconsin girls to be tried as adults in Slender Man attack
" A Wisconsin state appeals court ruled Wednesday that two girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man should be tried as adults....
View ArticleJ.M. Coetzee, Elizabeth Strout on Man Booker Prize
Celebrated South African novelist J.M. Coetzee and U.S. Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout are among the contenders announced Wednesday for Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction....
View ArticleBecker College to offer master's degree program in nursing
WORCESTER – Following its mission to become a university, Becker College is launching its first accredited master's degree program in the upcoming school year. The New England Association of Schools...
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