TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's daily coronavirus death toll climbed over 400 for the first time in months on Sunday, as the country, which has long had the region's largest outbreak, battles a post-holiday infection surge. Iranian health authorities recorded 405 fatalities from the virus, ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In online reviews, clients praise personal injury attorney Davis Rice for being "a pit bull" who refuses to settle for less than he thinks workers deserve for falling off a ladder or otherwise getting hurt at work. None of them, though, mention the quality of his ...
BOSTON (AP) — Teddy Ballgame is about to become Teddy Blockchain. Hall of Famer Ted Williams is coming to the digital memorabilia market with a release of nine different cards that follow the No. 9's career from skinny rookie to Cooperstown inductee. The collectors' items offered by ...
ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — The Merrimack River Watershed Council and Shawsheen River Watershed Association are looking for volunteers to participate in this year's Shawsheen River herring count. Volunteers are needed to take 10-minute shifts for the community science program on a pedestrian ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency and the state chapter of the American Red Cross are teaming up to prevent home fires, which they say have increased 40% compared to this time last year. The Sound the Alarm Prepare-a-thon is a volunteer effort to educate ...
STURBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Three people were killed in a wrong-way crash involving two vehicles on eastbound Interstate 84, Massachusetts State Police said. Police said the crash involved a 2009 Nissan Murano traveling west in the eastbound lanes in Sturbridge about 6 p.m. Saturday. They ...
Alma Wahlberg, the mother of entertainers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and a regular on their reality series "Wahlburgers," has died, her sons said on social media Sunday. She was 78. "My angel. Rest in peace," Mark Wahlberg tweeted. Donnie Wahlberg posted a longer tribute to his mother on ...
Half of Maine's population of age 16 and up has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Janet Mills said Sunday. That amount includes 38% of eligible residents who received their final dose, Mills said in a news release. "We're now approaching 1 million doses of COVID-19 ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Farming and seafood businesses in Rhode Island are now eligible for a portion of $160,000 in state grants to help grow their business and market their products, state environmental officials said. The Local Agriculture & Seafood Act grants directly benefit and ...
WOODSTOCK, Vt. (AP) — Officials in Woodstock are considering whether to allow retail marijuana operations when such sales become legal in Vermont next year. The Woodstock Cannabis Review Committee is wrapping up an online survey of residents and business owners, asking if the town or ...
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (AP) — The finalists in a Maine environmental group's recycling challenge include a chandelier made of plastic bottles and a two-piece outfit made with plastic bags and a pillowcase. The entrants are finalists in ecomaine's Upcycle Challenge, which called on students ...
EAST BOOTHBAY, Maine (AP) — The Maine State Ferry Service's newest vessel is going to be undergoing sea trials this spring before beginning regular service this summer, the Maine Department of Transportation said. The Spear, named for Richard G. Spear, the first employee of the Maine State ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Thousands of food boxes of fresh produce will be available for pick-up at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson on Wednesday. The food is being provided as part of a federal program to support families who have lost income during the coronavirus pandemic. "A ...
CONCORD — The state will have to increase what it is willing to pay transitional housing providers in order to add more beds to the system, a legislative committee was told Friday. More transitional housing beds are needed to reduce the number of children and adults in mental health crises ...
CONCORD – The New Hampshire Liquor Commission is currently building a new NH Liquor & Wine Outlet in Claremont and will begin construction on a new NH Liquor & Wine Outlet in Rindge this summer, allowing NHLC to enhance the customer shopping experience, while also expanding on both ...
U.S. Sen Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a bicameral group of lawmakers in a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), requesting the agency include measures to better support the involvement of residential and small commercial energy consumers as it works to establish the Office of ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis says he is happy to be back greeting the faithful in St. Peter’s Square for his traditional Sunday noon blessing after weeks of lockdown measures. Italy later this month will start gradually lifting some anti-pandemic restrictions, allowing, for example, ...
As the April school break kicks off in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, families are being asked to revisit guidelines for testing and quarantining before students get ready to return to school. In Massachusetts, some schools are following the state's lead and recommending testing or ...
NASHUA – United Way of Greater Nashua is pleased to announce that it has successfully distributed Emergency Food and Shelter Program Grant (EFSP) funds to local service agencies that needed supplemental funds to assist with meeting their agency’s objectives. The EFSP grants were made ...
A messy nor'easter wasn't enough to make up for a lack of late-season snow and dry spring weather, which is causing worries of another summer drought in New England, officials say. People are already being urged to conserve water in parts of western Massachusetts, and New Hampshire officials ...
