The mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, declared himself the winner early Wednesday of a disputed election, thrown into uncertainty by allegations of voting irregularities in a now-voided primary. With the final vote totals in the race still unannounced by elections officials, Mayor Joe Ganim ...
Democrat Gabe Amo defeated Republican Gerry Leonard to win Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District seat Tuesday, becoming the state's first Black candidate elected to Congress. Amo, the son of Ghanaian and Liberian immigrants who once worked as a White House aide, succeeds former Democratic ...
BOSTON (AP) — A Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request by lawyers representing homeless families in Massachusetts to temporarily bar the state from capping the number of families offered emergency shelter. The ruling helps clear the way for Democratic Gov. Maura Healey to ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine voters are poised to decide whether to ban foreign influence in elections, many of them irked over the $22 million a Canadian utility spent to fight state referendums on a hydropower transmission project. Hydro Quebec, owned by the Canadian province, exploited ...
The Biden administration's fight against consolidation in the airline industry is being tested Tuesday as lawyers for JetBlue Airways and the Justice Department squared off in court. The administration is suing to block JetBlue's proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines. The trial ...
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — An 18-year-old Salem State University student was fatally shot in Salem early Wednesday morning, according to Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker. Salem police said they received a 911 call at about 1:24 a.m. for a report of a shooting and found Carl Hens Beliard ...
