PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The decline of one of the rarest whales in the world appears to be slowing, but scientists warn the giant mammals still face existential threats from warming oceans, ship collisions and entanglement in fishing gear. The population of North Atlantic right whales, which ...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A California man has been fined $50,000 in Vermont for illegally importing carvings made from sperm whale teeth and walrus tusk across the U.S.-Canadian border, federal prosecutors said. The man and his wife arrived at the Highgate Springs border crossing after buying ...
LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) — Two juveniles have been charged after several slides at a Massachusetts park were doused with acid in this summer and four children were injured, the Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said. The juveniles, whose identities cannot be released due to their ...
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 ...
