Britain's Queen Elizabeth II hospitalized over stomach illness
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday over an apparent stomach infection that has ailed her for days. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has been taken to the King Edward VII hospital in...
View ArticleBobby Rogers, founder of Motown group The Miracles, dies at 73
Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown group The Miracles and a collaborator with Smokey Robinson, has died. Bobby Rogers, a founding member of the Miracles, has died. Motown Museum board member...
View ArticleSoda bottle bomb found in Agawam tested and found to be harmless
AGAWAM - A Feeding Hills resident discovered a "soda bottle bomb" in front of his home Sunday, according to Agawam police, and transported it to the police station in his car. The Agawam Fire...
View ArticleMost of Florida house over sinkhole demolished
Crews on Sunday razed more than half of the Florida home perched over a huge sinkhole that swallowed a man three days ago, managing to salvage some keepsakes for family members who lived there. By...
View ArticleScientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured
A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday. Dr. Deborah Persaud, of Johns Hopkins Children's Center, led an investigation that deemed a child...
View ArticleRough winter, Nemo, drain snow removal budgets in Western Massachusetts
Several area communities, including Springfield, say Winter Storm Nemo left deficits or near deficits in their annual snow removal budgets. A rough winter season that included a nearly 2-foot pounding...
View ArticleGreenfield TD Bank Main Street branch robbed for 2nd time in past 3 Sundays
Greenfield Police said that there are similarities between the robber from incidents on Sunday at Feb. 17 at the same TD Bank branch. This is a surveillance camera image of a suspect wanted in...
View ArticleViolent past for suspect in NYC crash that killed husband, wife and unborn son
Authorities were looking for a man with a history of violence and a prior drunken driving arrest suspected of barreling down a street and crashing into a pregnant woman and her husband, killing them...
View Article106-year-old Beverly man gets high school diploma
A 106-year-old Beverly man who had to drop out of school before the ninth grade to support his mother and five siblings has finally earned his high school diploma. BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — A 106-year-old...
View ArticleDefense set to start at New York cannibalism-plot trial
The defense team for a New York police officer charged with conspiring to kidnap, kill and eat women is ready to make its case to a Manhattan jury after the government finished presenting evidence by...
View ArticleCara Rintala Trial: Live updates from Day 14 of courtroom proceedings
Ludlow fire chief Mark H. Babineau was the first witness called this morning. NORTHAMPTON -- The fourth week of the Cara L. Rintala murder trial continues today in Hampshire Superior Court. Rintala is...
View ArticleReport: Private group exploring possibility of 2024 Olympic bid for Boston
The Boston Globe reports today that a private group called the Boston Olympic Exploratory Committee is looking to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to the city. In this Wednesday, June, 8, 2011 file...
View ArticleMissing Medford teen found alive at Maine's Sugarloaf ski resort
A 17-year-old boy has been found alive at western Maine's Sugarloaf ski resort two days after going missing while skiing with his father. Sugarloaf mountain is seen on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010 in...
View ArticleAM News Links: BU frat shut down; Winter storm pummels Midwest, heads east...
In other headlines, a Harvard Professor challenges the objectivity of media coverage in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinians students block the British consul general Sir Vincent Fean,...
View ArticleInvestigators continue to probe Williamsburg tree-cutting accident that took...
Investigatators from OSHA and the state police continue to probe the fall. Northwestern DA office WILLIAMSBURG -- Investigators have identified the man who lost his life in a fall while he was...
View ArticleVideo: 6-year-old break dancer wows crowd at competition
Check out the moves from "B-Girl Terra," a six-year-old break dancer, who showed off her skills in a Paris competition. Check out the moves from "B-Girl Terra," a six-year-old break dancer, who showed...
View ArticleNational Guard schedules F-15 night training flights from Westfield
The Guard announced the missions to alert residents who may be startled by the increase in military aircraft activity during the evening hours. An F-15 fighter jet from the 104th Air Wing at Barnes...
View ArticlePublic, private sectors collaborate to help Western Massachusetts homeless...
The $300,000 grant from the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation will link agencies around the region to provide training and aid to 76 families toward stable employment. HOLYOKE — A...
View ArticleSpringfield police: 3 of the 333 firearms turned in during buyback were...
Police are working to determine if any of the firearms were stolen. A line snakes around the lobby of the Springfield Police Department, 130 Pearl St., during a gun buyback program Saturday that drew...
View ArticleObituaries today: Carolynne Stevens was physical therapist at Chicopee VNA
Obituaries from The Republican. Carolynne Stevens Carolynne S. Stevens, 49, of Ludlow, passed away on Friday. She was born in Molesworth, Huntingdonshire, England. Raised in Hampden, she graduated...
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