BOSTON (AP) — A Florida man has been convicted by a federal jury of stealing sports camp tuition from hundreds of families and spending the money on plastic surgery, vacations and gambling.
Mehdi Belhassan, 53, of Tampa, Florida, was found guilty of two counts of wire fraud and will be ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The population of young lobsters has declined nearly 40% in some of the most critical fishing waters off New England, officials said Wednesday, triggering new restrictions for the fishermen who harvest the valuable crustaceans.
Officials with the regulatory Atlantic ...
Cell phone video that a game warden said showed a hunter petting an illegally shot and injured deer, and saying "good boy" before killing the animal, has raised calls from wildlife advocates for animal cruelty charges.
But Vermont's animal cruelty law does not apply to activities regulated by ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One person was injured and passengers were evacuated Wednesday after an explosion in the engine room of a small cruise ship docked in Maine's Portland Harbor, officials said.
The injured person, a member of the crew, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries while ...
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House approved a sweeping gun bill Wednesday aimed at tightening firearm laws, cracking down on unregistered "ghost guns" and strengthening the state's assault-style weapons ban.
The bill, which passed on a 120-38 vote, would also prohibit individuals from ...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years using his famous name to disseminate false information about vaccines and other topics in a time when spreading conspiracy theories has become a powerful way to grow a constituency.
An Associated Press examination of his ...