A federal grand jury has indicted a Houlton man in a 2020 blaze that damaged the Martin Luther King Jr. Presbyterian Church in Springfield.
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Posted inNation & World, New England, Schools and Education
3 women sue Harvard, allege school ignored sexual harassment
Plaintiffs say when they reported professor John Comaroff to university administrators, he retaliated by threatening their careers.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
New England fishermen sue to end industry-funded monitoring program
The federal government requires herring fishing boats to participate in, and pay for, at-sea monitoring programs.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Vermont House approves amending state constitution to protect reproductive rights
The Vermont debate comes at the same time as some Republican-led legislatures across the country are poised to further restrict abortions or ban them outright.
Posted inMaine, New England
Three face charges, 2 others sought in killing of Portland man in Providence
There is no known connection between the victims and the suspects and police described it as a random shooting.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, New England
Jason Epstein, publishing editor and innovator, dead at 93
His ‘deepest food memories attach to Maine, where his grandparents had an old house, and to the cuisine of New England in general,’ a 2009 New York Times book review stated.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Wreck in Rhode Island is explorer James Cook’s ship, Aussies say
However, archaeologists in the U.S. say those findings are premature and a breach of contract in their joint research.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts chief justice orders review in case of long-missing girl
The New Hampshire girl was last seen in 2019 at age 5, months after a Massachusetts judge gave custody of the child to her father, prompting criticism from New Hampshire’s governor.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, New England
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to return painting looted during World War II
The 17th-century landscape has been in the museum’s collection since 1982.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Disappearance of New Hampshire girl, 5, narrowed to 13 days in 2019
Investigators have narrowed the window of the disappearance of a New Hampshire girl missing since late 2019 at age 5 to a 13-day period coinciding with the eviction of her father and stepmother from their home.