A heat wave is moving closer to the breaking point from the Midwest to New England.
New England
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
7 shot when gunfire erupts at pop-up party in Massachusetts
The victims range in age from 17 to 22 years old, officials said. Two of them were in critical condition.
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Posted inNew England, News
New Hampshire remains New England’s lone holdout against legalizing recreational marijuana
Supporters had urged colleagues to pass the bill, suggesting that New Hampshire becoming the 25th state to legalize marijuana could be a tipping point for the federal government.
Posted inBusiness, New England, News
Martha’s Vineyard is about to run out of pot. That’s led to a lawsuit and a scramble by regulators
Although Massachusetts voters opted to legalize marijuana more than 7 years ago, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission has taken the position that transporting pot across the ocean risks running afoul of federal laws.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, New England
Vermont police won’t charge Maine couple in case of dead baby in 1982
Vermont State Police worked with a DNA technology company to do genealogy analysis that led them the mother and father, who confirmed they were the parents.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls in New Hampshire faces $6 million fine, criminal charges
The FCC said the fine it proposed for Steven Kramer, who has admitted to orchestrating the phony message, is its first involving generative AI technology.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Schools and Education
Billionaire rains cash on UMass graduates to tune of $1,000 each, but says they must give half away
Billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale had a suprise for the graduating class at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, but it came with a catch.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
A college puts the ‘cat’ into ‘education’ by giving tabby honorary ‘doctor of litter-ature’ degree
The popular tabby lives in a house with his human family on the street that leads to the main entrance to campus.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chili consumption and had heart defect, autopsy says
The cause of death was listed as cardiopulmonary arrest ‘in the setting of recent ingestion of food substance with high capsaicin concentration,’ according to the autopsy. Capsaicin is the component that gives chile peppers their heat.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Man gets over 3 years in prison for posting video threatening school shooting in New Hampshire
Kyle Hendrickson, who was arrested in Portland last year, is sentenced to 37 months in prison for posting a Snapchat video of himself with a gun outside Portsmouth High School.