A judge declared a second mistrial Monday in the case of a Vermont sheriff charged with assault for kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin when he was a captain. Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore went on trial last week for a second time after a jury deadlocked in July and a ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear, federal authorities said. The North Atlantic right whale was found dead off Martha's Vineyard in January. The whales are declining in population ...
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The son of a Vermont town official accused of killing his father, stepmother and stepbrother pleaded not guilty Thursday and was ordered held without bail Thursday during his first court appearance in Vermont. A defense attorney entered the pleas of not guilty to three ...
WOODBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police officer was stabbed in the neck Thursday afternoon by the driver of a vehicle he pulled over during a routine traffic stop, state police said. Officer Tim Wright, assigned to the town of Woodbury's resident state trooper office, was assaulted as ...
Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court — and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in. "To literally see people ...
Frustrated with used needles littering city streets, some local officials have called for renewed restrictions on syringe service programs, which they say contribute to the recent rise in needle waste. But harm reduction experts say the needle waste — and high rates of infectious disease ...
