National News Volkswagen said it could not provide the SUV’s location because the family’s Car-Net subscription had expired, according to the suit. By Kyle Melnick, Washington Post November 17, 2023 | 8:41 AM After parking in front of her Illinois home earlier this year, Taylor Shepherd walked to the back seat of her Volkswagen Atlas … [Read more…]
World News The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said no aid deliveries would be able to enter from Egypt on Friday because of the difficulties coordinating them without phones or internet. Palestinians donate blood at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman By NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE … [Read more…]
Crime Marvin Pompilus, 39, was released from prison in October 2021. A Stoughton man who served time in prison for sex trafficking has once again been arrested for sex trafficking, federal prosecutors say. Marvin Pompilus, 39, was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, according to the … [Read more…]
Local News Police are investigating after the vehicle drove into Lake Nippenicket. Bridgewater police A Good Samaritan pulled a woman from her partially submerged car after it ended up in Lake Nippenicket in Bridgewater on Thursday morning. Bridgewater police said officers and the Bridgewater Fire Department responded to the report of a vehicle driving into … [Read more…]
Local News “The amount of wildlife we’ve seen feeding during our fall surveys has really been quite astounding.” A blue whale seen in the Gulf of Maine. Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life aerial survey team The New England Aquarium on Thursday released a series of aerial photos capturing what the organization has described as … [Read more…]
Music Cassie alleges the pattern of abuse began as soon as their relationship did. AP By Associated Press updated on November 16, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of subjecting R&B singer Cassie to a yearslong relationship that included beatings and rape. Cassie, whose legal name is … [Read more…]
Local News The teen has been ordered held for 60 days, according to prosecutors. Blake Nissen / The Boston Globe A 15-year-old Boston girl was charged Thursday with assaulting an elderly man at the Forest Hills MBTA Station earlier this week, prosecutors announced. The teen was charged in West Roxbury Juvenile Court with assault and … [Read more…]
Crime Kaitlin Armstrong sits with her defense lawyers during her murder trial at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press November 16, 2023 | 6:31 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Thursday convicted a woman … [Read more…]
Local News Advocates for safety in the marijuana industry have called for more safeguards to make sure the cannabis business doesn’t put workers or the public at risk. FILE – Marijuana plants are seen at a growing facility in Washington County, N.Y., May 12, 2023. The U.S. cannabis production industry’s first reported occupational asthma death … [Read more…]
The Boston Globe Three iconic beaches are slated to be landing spots for high-voltage cables carrying power from offshore wind. But not if these residents get their way. A wind turbine transmission cable is slated to run under Covell’s Beach in Barnstable. Debee Tlumacki By Sabrina Shankman, The Boston Globe updated on November 16, 2023 … [Read more…]