BOSTON (AP) — Boston's first Asian American mayor, Michelle Wu, is defending her decision to host a holiday party for elected officials of color. Wu said the "Electeds of Color Holiday Party" held on Wednesday has been a fixture in Boston politics for more than a decade without any ...
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The remains of a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant from Massachusetts who was one of eight service members lost when a CV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan are being returned home. The body of Jacob "Jake" Galliher, 24, was expected to arrive at the Westover Air ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who admitted to a federal judge earlier this year that he downloaded and stored thousands of images of child sexual abuse has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. The investigation into the Rev. James W. Jackson, 68, a former Rhode ...
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Retired Army Brig. Gen. Dianne Dunn was nominated Friday to become the first woman to serve as the state's adjutant general, leader of the Maine National Guard, following the retirement of Maj. Gen Douglas Farnham. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Dunn's previous ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld $75,000 in fines against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for missing a deposition in the lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, which led to a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones for repeatedly calling the 2012 Newtown school ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of Connecticut's policy letting transgender girls compete in girls high school sports will get a second chance to challenge it in court, an appeals court ruled Friday, which revived the case without weighing in on its merits. Both sides called it a win. The ...
