New England has 2 Hobey Baker finalists
ORONO, Maine (AP) -- Maine's Gustav Nyquist and New Hampshire's Bobby Butler are among 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, given each year to college hockey's top player....
Vt. teen charged in death of girlfriend's baby
CHELSEA, Vt. (AP) -- A 19-year-old Vermont man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter....
NH prosecutor says cop's gun went off by accident
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) -- The Rockingham County prosecutor says a Hampton police officer didn't violate any laws or engage in reckless conduct when his weapon went off while he was on a domestic disturbance call....
NH gov asks FEMA to start damage assessments
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch is asking federal officials to start preliminary damage assessments to determine the state's eligibility for disaster relief as a result of recent flooding....
Maine News
New England has 2 Hobey Baker finalists
ORONO, Maine (AP) -- Maine's Gustav Nyquist and New Hampshire's Bobby Butler are among 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, given each year to college hockey's top player....
Maine paid sick leave proposal fades away
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine Senate President Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell has given up on requiring employers to offer paid sick leave but she hasn't given up altogether....
Maine proposal allows 8 marijuana dispensaries
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A legislative committee trying to implement Maine's new medical marijuana law has agreed on a plan that allows up to eight medical marijuana dispensaries across the state....
Maine Amtrak route extension construction to start
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Officials in Maine say work could begin this summer on a project to upgrade 30 miles of railroad between Portland and Brunswick....
Maine immigration advocate facing federal charges
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A Mexican American who has worked on behalf of Maine immigrants for the last 30 years is facing federal charges of transporting and harboring illegal immigrants and other charges....
Steps taken to curb bullying in MA schools
WBZ's Carl Stevens speak with Sirdeaner Walker, mother of 11yr old Carl Walker-Hoover of Springfield, who commited suicide after being bullied.
Steps taken to curb bullying at schools
WBZ's Carl Stevens speaks with Sirdeaner Walker, mother of 11yr old Carl Walker-Hoover of Springfield, who commited suicide after being bullied.
Massive bugdet gap in MA finances
WBZ's Carl Stevens speaks with MA Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzales about the state's $295 million budget gap.
Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama's health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics. However, one local Democrat is already breaking ranks. Congressman Stephen Lynch of South Boston tells WBZ NewsRadio he doesn't like what the Senate did to the original bill. "Unlike the bill I voted for in the House, the Senate bill has stripped out basically all the significant reform in the health care reform bill, it puts back the ability of the insurance companies to operate as monopolies. We had stripped that out."
The 2-year old who was allegedly beaten by his own mother in Rehoboth has died. The boy was rushed to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island early Thursday morning. According to the Bristol County D.A.'s office, the boy was badly beaten on the face, head and torso. The child's mother, 39-year old Kim Peno is charged with assault and battery with intent to murder. Peno was arrested Thursday on a charge of assault and battery of a child causing substantial injury. She appeared Thursday afternoon in Taunton District Court, where a competency hearing was set for Monday.
A preliminary autopsy performed on the body of a Massachusetts man pulled from a Providence river has found no evidence of foul play. The results released Thursday by the Rhode Island medical examiner's office show that 23-year-old Gregory Hart appears to have drowned in the Woonasquatucket River. Police say they are still investigating Hart's death as suspicious.
Massachusetts House lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill designed to clamp down on school bullies. The bill would ban bullying, require school districts to draft anti-bullying prevention plans and expand the definition of bullying to include the growing problem of cyberbullying. Advocates had criticized the House bill for being weaker than the version approved by the Senate last week.
A man from Maine who struck a match on a U.S. Airways flight to Boston's Logan International Airport is facing some heat - but not over matches. Massachusetts State Police detained 50-year-old Paul Prater of Sanford on Wednesday over an outstanding identity fraud warrant in Canton, Ga. State police spokesman David Procopio said no charges have been brought for the match lighting, which Prater called an accident.
W.Mass. town has 7 open positions, no candidates
HAWLEY, Mass. (AP) -- There are seven elected positions up for grabs in the small western Massachusetts town of Hawley this spring - but no candidates....
Lynn family sues school, alleges bullying
LYNN, Mass. (AP) -- The family of a 13-year-old Lynn boy allege in a $35 million lawsuit against the city that their son was pushed down stairs at school, leaving him with a spinal injury that requires him to use a wheelchair....
Judge refuses to dismiss case against Salem mom
SALEM, Mass. (AP) -- A judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges against a Salem woman accused of failing to fill prescriptions to treat her autistic son's cancer....
No signs of foul play on man found in RI river
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A preliminary autopsy performed on the body of a Massachusetts man pulled from a Providence river has found no evidence of foul play....
Attorneys for Conn. blast victims tour plant site
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Attorneys for victims of the power plant explosion last month in Connecticut are touring the site with experts trying to determine the cause of the blast....
All I-95 northbound lanes reopen in New Haven
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut officials have reopened all lanes of Interstate 95 northbound in New Haven after a tractor-trailer fuel spill....
Man gets 30 years in prison for raping teen
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut man who served more than five years in prison for a rape nearly a decade ago has been sent back to jail for 30 years for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old mentally disabled girl....
Conn. utilities facing more heat over outages
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says he's launched his own investigation into utility companies' response to tens of thousands of power and phone service outages in storm-damaged Fairfield County....
GOP hopefuls for Conn. gov want smaller government
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A smaller state government, fewer employees and a renewed focus on attracting jobs to Connecticut are among the top issues for the eight men seeking the Republican nomination for governor....
Rhode Island News
RI Sens. to tour flood damaged areas in W. Warwick
WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse will join state and federal emergency officials to tour an area damaged by this week's flooding of the Pawtuxet River....
Georgetown stunned in fun day in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Twenty-one years ago, Georgetown pulled into Providence as the top seed and nearly exited as a victim of the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history....
Providence chief defends minority hiring practices
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The chief of Providence's police department and the mayor are defending themselves against accusations that they haven't made enough effort to hire more minority police officers....
No signs of foul play on man found in RI river
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A preliminary autopsy performed on the body of a Massachusetts man pulled from a Providence river has found no evidence of foul play....
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