National News FILE – A worker cleans a jet bridge at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., before passengers board an Alaska Airlines flight on March 4, 2019. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines owns Horizon Air. An off-duty pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, … [Read more…]
Politics Gov. Maura Healey’s approval rating remains unchanged and high, but Bay Staters have some concerns. Gov. Maura Healey’s approval rating was at 58%, according to the latest UMass Amherst/WCVB poll. But respondents were worried about the state of housing and Healey’s handling of it. David L Ryan/Boston Globe More than half of voting-age Bay … [Read more…]
Local News Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara still faces six charges stemming from the June crash, where she drove a car into a Jamaica Plain home. Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara with her attorney Carlton Williams during her arraignment in West Roxbury District in July. Nancy Lane/Pool Three of the nine charges against Boston City … [Read more…]
World News Bobi claimed the Guinness World Record from Bluey, an Australian cattle dog, who died in 1939 aged 29 and had held the record for almost a century. Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo Portuguese dog, poses for a photo with his Guinness World Record certificates for the oldest dog, at his home in … [Read more…]
Entertainment The comedian reportedly criticized what he described as war crimes in Gaza, prompting mixed cries of “Free Palestine” and “What about Hamas?” from the audience. Comedian Dave Chappelle. Gerald Herbert/Associated Press, File Some audience members reportedly walked out of Dave Chappelle’s show in Boston last Thursday after the comedian criticized Israel’s bombing of Gaza, … [Read more…]
Crime The jury found Logan Clegg, 27, guilty of second-degree murder in the deaths of Stephen and Djeswende Reid in April 2022. Logan Clegg talks with defense attorney Maya Dominguez at his trial at Merrimack County Superior Court, Oct. 3, 2023, in Concord, N.H. Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool, File By Associated Press … [Read more…]
The Boston Globe Hospitals are under fire from their own staff for their comments — as well as for their silence. Tufts Medical Center was criticized by some for its initial statement. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff By Chris Serres, The Boston Globe October 23, 2023 | 11:06 AM As doctors with years of medical training, hospital … [Read more…]
Politics Chesebro, a buttoned-down Harvard lawyer, evolved from left-leaning jurist to key player in the Trump false electors scandal. What happened? Kenneth Chesebro speaks to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee during a hearing where Chesebro accepted a plea deal from the Fulton County District Attorney at the Fulton County Courthouse Friday, Oct. 20, … [Read more…]
Local News The two western Massachusetts men were traveling in northern Vermont when they went missing. Their families reported them missing Oct. 15. Eric White (left) and Jahim Solomon (right), both 21, went missing while visiting Vermont earlier this month. Vermont State Police Vermont State Police are searching for two men from Massachusetts who they … [Read more…]
Local News Aaron Pennington, 33, is wanted for questioning and is believed to be carrying a gun. Authorities have not specified whether the woman’s death is a homicide. Gardner resident Aaron Pennington, 33, is wanted for questioning in connection with a woman’s death. He is believed to be driving a white BMW. Worcester County District … [Read more…]