New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says – Boston News, Weather, Sports

New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says – Boston News, Weather, Sports

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind it, a lawyer for a maintenance worker who is charged with helping them said Wednesday. The worker, Sterling Williams, did not know about … Read more

2 staff members of Israeli embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC, Noem says – Boston News, Weather, Sports

2 staff members of Israeli embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC, Noem says – Boston News, Weather, Sports

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening near a Jewish museum, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Noem announced the deaths in a post on X after the shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum, which is located steps away from the FBI’s field office … Read more

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers – Boston News, Weather, Sports

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers – Boston News, Weather, Sports

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump’s baseless claim of the systematic killing of white farmers. Trump even dimmed the lights of the Oval Office to play a video of a far-left politician chanting a song that includes the … Read more

WATCH: Video shows man throwing rock through car’s rear windshield in Boston – Boston News, Weather, Sports

WATCH: Video shows man throwing rock through car’s rear windshield in Boston – Boston News, Weather, Sports

BOSTON (WHDH) – Boston police are turning to the public for help identifying a man who was caught on camera smashing a rock through a vehicle’s rear windshield early Tuesday morning. Officers responding to a reported vandalism overnight near a home on Alexander Street found a car window destroyed and checked nearby security video, which … Read more

Massachusetts construction company to pay $11M in illegal dumping case – Boston News, Weather, Sports

Massachusetts construction company to pay M in illegal dumping case – Boston News, Weather, Sports

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s top legal chief announced Wednesday that a Massachusetts construction company has agreed to pay $11 million to settle criminal charges that it illegally dumped thousands of tons of contaminated fill in the Ocean State’s Capitol city during a highway construction project. According to Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office, Barletta … Read more

Massachusetts 19-year-old pleading guilty to stealing, extorting teacher and student private data – Boston News, Weather, Sports

Massachusetts 19-year-old pleading guilty to stealing, extorting teacher and student private data – Boston News, Weather, Sports

BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts college student will plead guilty to stealing millions of students’ and teachers’ private data from two U.S. education tech companies and extorting it for ransom, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Assumption University student Matthew Lane, 19, is accused of using stolen login credentials to access the computer network of … Read more