BOSTON (AP) — The National Weather Service confirmed Monday that a tornado touched down in Connecticut on Friday, joining a spate of four other twisters detected Friday in New England, including three in Massachusetts and another in Rhode Island. The Connecticut tornado touched down just ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The former IT director of a Rhode Island metals fabrication company convicted of stealing more than $1 million from his employer and using the money for personal expenses was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison. Juan Hicks, 47, of New Bedford, ...
GEORGETOWN, Maine (AP) — Two boaters jumped overboard to save themselves after a fire engulfed a 48-foot yacht off the Maine coast, the Coast Guard said. Several lobster boats came to the rescue, and one plucked the men out of the water. The two unharmed men watched along with the ...
BATH, Maine (AP) — The largest union at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Maine overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract, the union said Sunday, averting another strike like the one three years ago that contributed to delays in delivering ships. The contract, which takes effect ...
A rare Rhode Island tornado lifted a car off a highway Friday as severe weather swept already storm-weary New England, damaging homes, flooding roads and toppling trees. Tornadoes were reported in several spots in the same general area of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, but officials said it ...
ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — A woman who survived a fiery crash that claimed the lives of four Maine Maritime Academy students has been charged as an "accomplice or co-conspirator" in connection with the tragedy. Noelle Tavares, 20, of North Falmouth, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty this week ...
