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New England

Published
August 10, 2023

New Hampshire nurse and daughter healthy and unharmed after being freed from captors in Haiti

Violent gangs in Haiti are known for mistreating and sometimes harming those they abduct, often holding victims for months and demanding multiple ransoms.
Published
August 9, 2023

New Hampshire nurse and young daughter freed nearly 2 weeks after abduction in Haiti

The U.S. State Department welcomed the news that the 2 had been freed and thanked its Haitian and U.S. interagency partners for facilitating the release.
Published
August 8, 2023

Coast Guard plucks 3 fishermen from waters off Nantucket

They were found clinging to a buoy without life jackets.
Published
August 8, 2023

Massachusetts governor declares state of emergency amid influx of migrants seeking shelter

Gov. Maura Healey has asked the federal government for financial help and expedited work authorizations to allow the new arrivals to more quickly start earning a living.
Published
August 8, 2023

New Hampshire sued over removal of marker dedicated to Communist Party leader

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union and women's voting rights advocate who also joined the Communist Party.

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Published
August 6, 2023

Massachusetts State Police must reinstate seven troopers who refused to be vaccinated

The troopers have been on paid leave, but an arbitrator's ruling means they can return to their jobs with retroactive pay.
Published
August 6, 2023

Man accused of cheating Home Depot stores out of $300,000 with door-return scam

Police say the Connecticut resident managed to return doors he never purchased for credit at stores in several states, including Maine.
Published
August 6, 2023

Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change

Montpelier businesses that had already moved to higher ground once to get away from flood threats were not spared by July's torrential rains.
Published
August 6, 2023

Massachusetts State Police must reinstate 7 troopers who refused to be vaccinated, arbitrator says

The arbitrator concluded State Police violated collective bargaining agreement in the way they handled the cases of eight troopers who cited religious grounds for refusing to take the vaccine.
Published
August 3, 2023

Fugitive from Rhode Island who faked his death can be extradited, U.K. judge says

Nicholas Rossi, as he is known in Scotland, was arrested in 2021 in connection with a 2008 rape charge in the U.S.