HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's attorney general has agreed to a $25.2 million settlement with two men who spent decades in prison for murder, based partly on evidence presented by famed forensic scientist Henry Lee that a judge later found was fabricated. Ralph "Ricky" Birch and Shawn ...
BOSTON (AP) — Five women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. A special International Profile in Courage Award will ...
BOSTON (AP) — A Delta flight from Chicago to Boston safely landed at Logan Airport following a possible lightning strike, officials said. Flight 2346 landed without incident Monday night, the airline said. There were 85 customers aboard the Airbus A220 plane. "As safety is always Delta's ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Afaa Michael Weaver has won the Wallace Stevens Award, a lifetime achievement honor presented by the Academy of American Poets. Weaver, whose books include "Spirit Boxing," "A Fire in the Hills" and "City of Eternal Spring," will receive $100,000. The Stevens prize was ...
BOSTON (AP) — Police are searching for suspects in a shooting Sunday at a housing development that injured five people, including a teenage girl who was critically wounded. The shooting began at about 8:30 p.m. in the city's Dorchester neighborhood. Police said more than a dozen shots ...
Like most lobstermen, the Maine House Republican leader scrambled to complete his work ahead of the remnants of Hurricane Lee. Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham was rushing home from sea when a giant wave rose up, seemingly from nowhere, and towered over his boat. Moments later, he and fellow ...
