Massachusetts
Search suspended for 6 people on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston
Authorities on Sunday suspended the search off the Massachusetts coast for six people on an air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. The U.S. Coast Guard said authorities searched more than 4,400 miles (7,081 kilometers) over a span of 66 hours for the four Canadians and two people from Bermuda who […]
Movie Review: ‘Practical Magic 2’ should have stuck with the original spell book
Getting a sequel greenlit nearly 30 years after the original movie floundered upon its release likely required a stroke of magic. 1998’s “Practical Magic,” led by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as the Owens family witches, eventually became a cult classic, finding its footing with a home video release and subsequently, streaming services and social […]
Mistrial is declared in Lindsay Clancy child killings case after jury deadlocks
PLYMOUTH, Mass. | A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The mistrial, on the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to take […]
Closing arguments underway in Lindsay Clancy’s trial in the killings of her 3 children
PLYMOUTH, Mass. | Lindsay Clancy was in a deep psychosis when she strangled her three children in their Massachusetts home, her lawyer said Thursday, telling jurors that she had been a loving mother before her mental health spiraled. “Because of the damned medicine and the lousy medical care that she got,” attorney Kevin Reddington said […]
How the No. 2 pencil became a uniquely American school supply staple
For generations of Americans, a sharpened No. 2 pencil has represented childhood and coming of age. Still a fixture of back-to-school shopping lists, it outlines a child’s first letters, erases their mistakes and lets them doodle in the margins when they daydream. For decades, sweaty hands clutched the ridged yellow wood on test day. “Bring […]
The last few witnesses in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are set to testify
After nearly a month of testimony, jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are hearing Tuesday from the final witnesses in a case that has largely been about her mental state when she strangled her three young children. Testimony resumed from a forensic psychologist hired by prosecutors to evaluate Clancy’s psychiatric history and assess the […]
Hundreds of guinea pigs fill Massachusetts sanctuary with squeals, purrs and lots of love
SALISBURY, Mass. | Kimie Smothermon begins each day greeted by the squeals, chirps and purrs of nearly 400 guinea pigs. Depending on who you ask, tending to the daily barrage of guinea pig needs can be either a fairy tale or a horror show. For Smothermon, it’s often a mix of both. “If I could […]
Former US Marine held in Russia for more than 4 years on disputed charges has been released
WASHINGTON | Russia released an American military veteran on Tuesday, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege was wrongful incarceration and abusive treatment that left him near death. Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old Massachusetts teacher and former Marine, was freed after President Donald Trump said he […]
Sydney Towle, content creator who documented life with cancer, dies at 26
Sydney Towle, a social media content creator who projected enduring optimism as she chronicled her life with a rare form of cancer, has died, according to her family. She was 26. Towle was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, an aggressive form of cancer in the bile ducts, in August 2023. Her mother, Elizabeth Morrow, and brother, Austin […]
Movie Review: Anthony Bourdain biopic ‘Tony’ is just an early nibble at a culinary giant
“Tony,” the Anthony Bourdain biopic, is a coming-of-age tale for a modern culinary giant. Set over just a summer, it’s also clearly an appetizer. And like all first courses, it leaves you with a nice first taste — but still hungry. Director and co-writer Matt Johnson has frustratingly taken liberties with a formative period in […]