CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Vermont's child welfare agency has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the state routinely targets and tracks pregnant women deemed unsuitable for motherhood. The Department for Children and Families filed the request Monday, two months after it was sued by a ...
For 14 years, Heather Tessman had looked for her half-brother, whom she'd last seen as a young child in the 1990s, yet nothing turned up in internet and public records searches beyond the fact he'd been born. Just weeks ago, she — and the world — finally learned his story: He was the ...
BOSTON (AP) — When Ash Lazarus Orr went to renew his passport in early January, the transgender organizer figured it would be relatively routine. But more than two months on, Orr is waiting to get a new passport with a name change and a sex designation reflecting who he is. The delay has ...
When Celeste Yakawonis was younger, she thought she would spend the rest of her life in her riverfront home on six acres of land in Turner. But that was before Yakawonis's husband died, leaving her to live in the large farmhouse alone. "Can you see how big that was, for me, one person ...
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who spoke openly about her struggles with depression and addiction, has died. She was 88. Dukakis died on Friday night surrounded by her family, her son, ...
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Two teenagers were fatally shot outside of a mall in Massachusetts following reports of a fight, a district attorney said Sunday. Police in Brockton responded to the Westgate Mall parking lot at about 7 p.m. Saturday. There were reports of several teens fighting, ...
