An eyewitness account of the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution
As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire...
Dispute over train horns before station pedestrian crossings has February court hearing
An effort to force the MBTA to sound train horns at every pedestrian crossing that cuts through a station is heading to a showdown next...
‘Problematic’ historic Massachusetts signs come down in Concord
Historical signs commemorating the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony no longer stand in Concord because officials say they harmed Indigenous people and didn’t reflect...
Hockey notebook: Lincoln-Sudbury living Large
The Lincoln-Sudbury girls hockey team had only recently been ousted from the 2023 Div. 2 state tournament’s second round when head coach Paul Hardy dropped...
New Hampshire man faked disability to defraud Veterans Affairs $600K+ in benefits
A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to faking a disability to receive more than $600,000 in veteran’s benefits that he was...
Avian flu scuttles California’s ‘Egg Basket of the World’
Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms,...