The Ukrainian president and four U.S. officials, including Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, were chosen for standing up for free and fair elections.
New England
Biden pushes infrastructure plans in New Hampshire visit
Under the $1 trillion infrastructure law, $1.7 million will be used to dredge Portsmouth Harbor’s shipping channel and basin.
Three arrested in connection with fentanyl overdose death in New Hampshire
One was arrested April 4 in Conway and the others were arrested April 9 and April 12 in Maine.
New Hampshire woman to be released on parole in decapitation case
The woman contends she was forced to behead a coworker’s corpse after her husband killed him.
Allegations of illegal dog-leasing settled in Massachusetts
A California-based finance company has agreed to pay more than $900,000 and cancel outstanding debt on hundreds of dog leases in Massachusetts.
Mechanic reaps windfall from art in Connecticut dumpster
WATERBURY, Conn. — A trove of paintings and other artwork found in an abandoned barn has turned out to be worth millions. Notified by a contractor, Waterbury auto mechanic Jared Whipple retrieved the dirt-covered pieces in 2017 from a dumpster containing materials from a barn in Watertown. Whipple later found out they were by Francis […]
Boston Marathon bomber again tries to avoid execution
A U.S. Supreme Court decision last month reinstated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death penalty.
Massachusetts police department says it lost 2 years of drug case evidence
Records of drug purchases by undercover detectives and informants are missing in Fall River. The police chief says it’s “inexcusable and an embarrassment.”
11 charged with arranging sham marriages to get green cards
The U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts says hundreds of marriages were arranged via a large-scale “agency” in Los Angeles at a cost of $20,000 to $30,000 each.
Boston couple plans to build city’s first Holocaust museum
Plans call for “an interactive, cautionary experience” at time of increased antisemitism and xenophobia around the world.