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2 hospitalized, 27 safe after rowing club boats capsize off Connecticut

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Rowing club boats capsized during a fast change in weather off Connecticut on Wednesday, sending 27 teenagers and two adults into the cold waters of Long Island Sound, police and fire officials said. Two people were brought to a hospital with suspected ...

Vermont owner of now-defunct firearms training center is arrested

PAWLET, Vt. (AP) — The owner of a controversial firearms training center in Vermont, who has been in a legal battle with the town and was ordered to be arrested, was taken into custody after a struggle on Wednesday, state police announced. Near the state's border with New York state, the ...

Maine panel votes against adopting stricter electric vehicle standards

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine environmental regulators decided Wednesday the state will not join a growing number of states adopting new standards designed to grow the use of electric vehicles. The rules, which originated in California, would have required an increasing percentage of new ...

Massachusetts moves to protect horseshoe crabs during spawning

BOSTON (AP) — Wildlife protection advocates are welcoming a decision by the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission to approve protections for horseshoe crabs during spawning, which is when the creatures are at their most vulnerable. The move comes as interstate regulators are ...

Sergeant faulted for actions before Maine mass shooting is running for sheriff

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine sergeant who has been criticized by an investigatory panel for his handling of a report about a man who later carried out a mass shooting is running for sheriff, state records show. Sgt. Aaron Skolfield of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office is running as a ...