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
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
BOSTON (AP) — Brett Baty drove in three runs on two hits, including a two-run single to break a seventh-inning tie and help the New York Mets avert a three-game sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Wednesday night. Baty also singled home Mark Vientos in the first to give the Mets a … Read more
LYNN, MASS. (WHDH) – A straight-A high school student from Lynn is focused on her future. But when she was denied the accommodations she needs to take her college exams—her mom turned to Solve It 7. “I love her to pieces. I’m going to cry. She is just she’s my buddy, and she is a rock of a … Read more
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
SCITUATE, MASS. (WHDH) – It was breezy but mostly dry along the South Shore on Wednesday, but it’s the calm before the storm. In 24 hours, the area will be in the midst of a nasty nor’easter that has the National Weather Service predicting wind gusts of 50 mph on Thursday afternoon. And with Memorial … Read more
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
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
CANTON, MASS. (WHDH) – Police are searching for a person accused of entering a Canton business with what was believed to be a gun and making threats Wednesday morning, officials said. Officers responded to Will Drive after the person, who had an object tucked into their waistband, fled the area on foot, according to the … Read more
SCITUATE, MASS. (WHDH) – A Scituate daycare worker accused of assaulting children in her care faced a judge Wednesday. Lilly Garofola, 29, was charged with more than a dozen counts of assault in connection with the abuse of several toddlers at the Little Steps Learning Center. Prosecutors say Garofola roughly picked up children and slammed … Read more