By DAN ROCHE Click here for updates on this story TAUNTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Sunday was a very special sports day for Taunton High School as the baseball and softball teams won Massachusetts Division 1 state championships. The Bourque family won twice Sunday, with daughter Bella helping the Taunton softball team to a 6-1 victory
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate and one of five people on the submersible missing in the North Atlantic, has cultivated a reputation as a kind of modern-day Jacques Cousteau — a nature lover, adventurer and visionary. Rush has approached his dream of deep-sea exploration with child-like
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Rising gas prices are impacting just about every sector of daily life. One HVAC business shares changes its made to help offset costs.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Animal rescuers in Massachusetts came together to save the life of a coyote pup in a desperate situation on Tuesday. The Chelmsford-based Newhouse Wildlife Rescue shared the story of how the young coyote in Tewksbury was trying to get a plastic
Continue ReadingBy Adrienne Broaddus, CNN (CNN) — As an ordained Christian minister, Ontay Johnson’s faith teaches love is patient and kind. After one of his children came out as a transgender woman, the husband and father of three has had to practice what he preaches. “This hasn’t been an easy transition as a father,” Ontay told
Continue ReadingBy BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals have placed center fielder Victor Robles on the 10-day injured list with back spasms for the second time this season. The move comes a day after Washington starter MacKenzie Gore questioned Robles’ effort on a flyball that fell for a single. Washington selected
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The Afghanistan team’s status for the 2024 Paris Olympics was put in question Wednesday by the IOC over growing frustration with the Taliban blocking access to sport for women and girls. The International Olympic Committee said it “continues to be extremely concerned” about the sports situation
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — Daniel Rodriguez, the man who attacked then-Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone with an electroshock weapon in the neck during the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 and a half years in prison. Rodriguez, 40, had pleaded guilty to four counts in February, including
Continue ReadingBy Bivian Contreras Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — On June 14, Tucson resident, Luis Eduardo Terminel Jr., 27, was sentenced to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States and was ordered to pay
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Tavss Click here for updates on this story VERNAL, Utah (KSTU) — Police have arrested a Vernal man after he was found with a teenage girl from Indiana who had gone missing. Matthew Brian Barrow, 23, told Vernal police officers on Monday that he had met the 17-year-old girl while he was working
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Tavss Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Utah (KSTU) — The Davis School District reversed its previous position and will now allow the Bible to remain on shelves in all school libraries. In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the district’s Board of Education reversed a previous decision made by committee that removed
Continue ReadingBy Heidi Alagha Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — The Titanic is about 370 nautical miles from the tour’s departure site in Newfoundland, Canada. The submersible lost communication with the mainland about an hour and 45 minutes into their journey. The Titanic is about 13,000 feet below the surface. Both
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A veteran homicide detective wept in court as he testified about the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school. The Broward County Detective briefly cried as he testified Wednesday that Deputy Scot Peterson should have entered a classroom building to confront the shooter during
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Authorities say at least eight people have died in the crash of a passenger bus, a truck and an automobile in Russia’s Dagestan region. The Interior Ministry said 16 people were injured along with the eight killed in Wednesday’s accident; the Interfax news agency cited an unnamed emergency services worker as saying
Continue ReadingGAIBA, Italy (AP) — Yanina Wickmayer will face top-seeded Tatjana Maria in the quarterfinals of the Veneto Open after rallying to beat former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in three sets. Maria beat Italian wild card Lisa Pigato 6-3, 6-3 to spoil her opponent’s 20th birthday celebrations. Sixth-seeded Yuan Yue also eased into the quarterfinals
Continue ReadingBy Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, a key lawmaker in Democrats’ congressional investigations into former President Donald Trump during his presidency. The resolution accuses Schiff of misleading the American people while pursuing the congressional investigation into Russia and the
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Nelson Click here for updates on this story EVANSTON, Wyoming (KSTU) — Three horses were injured and put down all in one day while racing at Wyoming Downs this past weekend. This comes one month after 12 horses died at Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs Inc. has since suspended
Continue ReadingBy SARA HERSCHANDER of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy After years of rising rents, a group of Kansas City, Missouri, renters came together in 2019 to form KC Tenants, armed with an annual budget of $30,000 and demands for a bill of rights to protect renters from rising prices, unjust evictions, and landlord
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has given Pope Francis a warm hug as he arrived for a meeting. The Vatican termed the meeting a “very friendly” reunion of two old friends. The Argentine pope seemed in particularly good spirits as he hosted Lula for around 45 minutes Wednesday. That, just
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News’ popular political combat show “The Five,” saying Wednesday that “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” made it no longer worth it to him. The last scheduled appearance on “The
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