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National debate over transgender bathrooms turns personal at Vermont high school
CHESTER, Vt. — The way AJ Jackson tells it, he kept his head ducked down and pretended to fiddle with his cellphone as he walked into the boys’ bathroom and headed for a stall at Green Mountain Union High School here. But the way some of his classmates see it, AJ was still Autumn Jackson, […]
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Former Western Massachusetts police chief tells reporters ‘Vote for Donald Trump,’ after being sentenced to prison
Former Lee Police Chief Joseph Buffis was sentenced Tuesday to a 27-prison term for his 2015 conviction for extortion. However, despite the outcome of Tuesday’s proceedings, Buffis had a bright message for reporters as he left the court house, reported MassLive. “Have a great afternoon!” he said. “Thank you! God bless America and vote for Donald Trump!” […]
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Lexington father chaperoning son’s Boy Scout trip dies in rafting accident
WEST FORKS, Maine (AP) — A Massachusetts man chaperoning his son’s Boy Scout trip to Maine died after falling into the water on a whitewater rafting trip, officials said. Michael Arena, 52, of Lexington, Massachusetts, was on a commercial rafting trip Saturday when he tumbled out as the raft traveled through rapids on the Dead […]
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Newton woman kidnapped from assisted living facility
Police are investigating the kidnapping of a 62-year-old woman Tuesday from a Newton assisted living facility. Employees noticed Beth Birnbaum was missing around 2 p.m. after they found her wheelchair outside the facility where she has been living since March, according to Newton police. Newton Police Lt. Bruce Apotheker said authorities believe she is with […]
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A state trooper shared a roadside meal with a woman in need
A Massachusetts state trooper took an unexpected action after driving past a panhandler in Fall River. Trooper Luke Bonin had just left court when he drove by the woman holding a sign, asking for help, on Davol Street, state police said Tuesday. Bonin continued to drive past in his cruiser, but returned after buying two meals […]
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Police searching for suspect in Lakeville armed bank robbery
Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who allegedly robbed a Lakeville bank Monday morning. An armed man wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt and black hat entered Bridgewater Savings Bank on Main Street just after 11:30 a.m., police said. He held one bank employee at gunpoint and demanded another behind the […]
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Drug use in Boston City Hall bathroom ‘inappropriate and troubling,’ mayor says
In a CBS Evening News report on Monday that followed a day in the life of a Boston-area drug user, viewers watched as 30-year-old addict Jason Amaral searched for an available bathroom downtown to get high. Amaral decided to use a bathroom open to all Bostonians—the one in City Hall. He proceeded to bring several pills of Klonopin into a […]
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There’s a $20,000 reward for a piece of Tuesday morning’s meteor
Did you see the fireball that sailed across the sky early Tuesday morning? Did you happen to catch a piece of it as it broke up in the atmosphere? If so, you could get a reward from the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. The museum in Bethel, Maine, is offering a $20,000 reward for the […]
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Salem woman falls 3 stories down a trash chute
Police say a Salem woman broke her leg after falling three stories down the trash chute of her apartment building early Monday morning. The incident happened just after 5 a.m. at the Loring Towers apartment complex in Salem, according to police. When officers arrived at the scene, they were met by an emotional 19-year-old, according […]
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New Hampshire man convicted of killing college student to have appeal heard
The New Hampshire Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a man convicted of strangling and raping a New Hampshire University student lured into his apartment by his girlfriend. Prosecutors and attorneys for Seth Mazzaglia will give oral arguments in front of the court on June 22. Mazzaglia was convicted last year of first-degree murder and is serving life […]
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Man suffers heart attack, dies in Fall River after police use stun gun to subdue him
A Brockton man who allegedly tried to interfere with an arrest Monday died after Fall River police attempted to subdue him with a stun gun, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. Scott Macomber, 48, went into cardiac arrest shortly after police apprehended him, authorities said. Police arrived at a residence on Mount Hope Avenue Monday afternoon with arrest warrants […]
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Massachusetts man graduates from the college where he worked as a custodian
For the past eight years, Michael Vaudreuil worked as a custodian at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but this past Saturday he traded in his work uniform for a cap and gown when he graduated from WPI with a degree in mechanical engineering. In 2007, Vaudreuil’s life changed course when his plastering business went under in the […]
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Judge clears way for NBC to leave WHDH
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from WHDH-TV against Comcast Corp. on Monday, reports The Boston Globe. WHDH has aired NBC programming since 1995, but that’s about to change. Comcast, which owns NBC, announced earlier this year it would end its contract with the station by the end of 2016 and launch its own new […]
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Mass. State Police pull jumper from Charles River
Massachusetts State Police pulled a man from the Charles River who they say jumped from Weeks Footbridge Tuesday morning. Divers, a Marine Unit, and Cambridge firefighters conducted the rescue operation near Harvard University Tuesday morning after receiving reports that a man had jumped from the bridge, which connects Cambridge to Allston, just before 7:30 a.m. Witnesses told police […]
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Man accused of killing Bella Bond returns to court Tuesday
Michael McCarthy, the Quincy man charged with murdering Bella Bond, is due back in court Tuesday afternoon, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s office. McCarthy, 35, is facing a first degree murder charge for allegedly killing 2-year-old Bella Bond by repeatedly punching her in the stomach. Authorities say McCarthy, the boyfriend of Bella’s mother, Rachelle Bond, […]
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