Massachusetts flasher picks wrong target — a former Israeli soldier who runs him down
A runner captured on video chasing down a man who exposed himself to her says she turned the tables on him to make him feel afraid. Aia Polansky says she didn't hesitate to run the man down after he pulled down his pants as she ...
Massachusetts drops Kevin Spacey sex assault case after alleged victim refuses to testify
Massachusetts prosecutors on Wednesday dropped a criminal case accusing former "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket bar in 2016 after the alleged victim refused to testify. Prosecutors said they made the decision to drop the felony ...
Man who says Kevin Spacey groped him invokes right not to testify, denies deleting texts
The man who accused Kevin Spacey of groping him at a Massachusetts resort island bar in 2016 asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify Monday after being questioned about text messages the defense claims were deleted. The man's decision not to ...
U.S. top court rules Exxon must hand over papers to aid probe into what it knew about climate change
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Massachusetts' attorney general to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp. to probe whether the oil company for decades concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change. The justices declined to hear ...
In Massachusetts, Ayanna Pressley wins fight for 'soul' of Democratic Party
Ayanna Pressley is all but assured of becoming the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts, the latest example of the Democratic Party's embrace of diversity and progressive politics proving successful strategy in the Trump era. The 44-year-old's upset victory against longtime Democratic Rep. ...
'A lot of this was luck': Victim says he punched shark in gills to escape
The man bitten by a shark off Cape Cod this month said he escaped by punching the powerful predator in the gills. In his first interview since the Aug. 15 attack , William Lytton told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he'd been swimming a ...
Massachusetts top court rules stun gun ban violates Second Amendment
The top court in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down a state law that banned civilians from possessing stun guns, saying the law violated the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, which protects Americans' right to bear arms. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in the case of ...
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp's lawsuit seeking to stop New York and Massachusetts from probing whether the company misled investors and the public about climate change and the potential effects on its business. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan said ...
Federal prosecutors in Boston on Thursday charged a Massachusetts man with sending a series of threatening letters containing a suspicious powder, including one addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son. The letter addressed to Donald Trump Jr. led to the Republican president's daughter-in-law, Vanessa ...
Massachusetts hospital worker 'will not be coming back' to work after huge Powerball lottery win
A 53-year-old Massachusetts hospital worker stepped forward Thursday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history — a $758.7 million Powerball prize — after breaking the news to her employer the way the rest of us only dream of: "I called and ...
Suspect in slaying of Massachusetts cop during night traffic stop later gunned down in flat
The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts police officer died after an exchange of gunfire Sunday as authorities closed in on him at an Oxford residence, police said. The man, identified as 35-year-old Jorge Zambrano, burst out of a closet and opened fire ...
Cancer patient, 64, at Massachusetts General gets first U.S. penis transplant
oston A 64-year-old cancer patient has received the nation's first penis transplant, a groundbreaking operation that may also help accident victims and some of the many U.S. veterans maimed by roadside bombs. In a case that represents the latest frontier in the growing field of reconstructive ...
