BOSTON (WHDH) – Former Boston City Councilor Frank Baker is launching a comeback campaign — running for an at-large council seat. Baker officially filed his paperwork to run Thursday afternoon. He represented most of Dorchester and parts of South Boston for 12 years before declining to seek reelection in 2023. The former councilor, a registered … Read more
The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks. The Federal Aviation Administration said the radar at the facility in Philadelphia that directs planes in and out of Newark airport went black for 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m. Friday. That’s … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Thursday ordered that a man who authorities say crashed his car through the front gate of Jennifer Aniston’s home must go through mental health court to determine whether he is competent to face felony stalking and vandalism charges. Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, appeared shirtless and wrapped in a blanket when … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Friday as Wall Street heads toward the end of an unusually quiet week. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in morning trading and on track to erase what had been a small loss for the week. This may be the first week in seven where the index … Read more
PEMBROKE, N.H. (WHDH) – Police are investigating after a woman and child were fatally shot early Friday morning in Pembroke, N.H., officials said. At around 1 a.m., officers responded to a home in Pembroke for a 911 call, according to the Pembroke Police Department. Upon arrival, police met with the 911 caller and found both … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of U.S. adults disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of issues related to colleges and universities, according to a new poll, as his administration ramps up threats to cut federal funding unless schools comply with his political agenda. More than half of Americans, 56%, disapprove of the Republican president’s approach on higher … Read more
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship accused Columbia University on Thursday of eroding democracy with its handling of campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war. Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, who led anti-war protests at the Ivy League school in New York in 2023 and 2024, spent 16 days in a … Read more
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American pope, meeting with the cardinals who chose him to lead the Catholic Church and follow in Pope Francis’ social justice-minded footsteps. Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, surprised the world Thursday when he emerged on the … Read more
Pope Leo XIV grew up in Chicago and has deep roots there. The Prevost brothers spoke about what it was like to find out their brother was elected as the new pope. “Shocking, surprising, exciting,” said one of Pope Leo XIV’s brothers. “I’m almost speechless. Its just mind-blowing that my brother was elected pope today… … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job. Pirro, who joined Fox News in 2006, cohosts the network’s show “The Five” on weekday … Read more