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, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine's education office is being ordered to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports or face federal prosecution, an escalation in President Donald Trump's threats to pull federal money from states and schools over transgender athletes. The U.S. Education ...
STANSTEAD, Quebec (AP) — For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Quebec have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vermont to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House – no passport required. But municipal and library officials said on Friday that U.S. ...
