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MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism for raiding a local newspaper’s office and the home of its owner and publisher, seizing computers and cellphones, and, in the publisher’s view, stressing his 98-year-old mother enough to cause her weekend death. Several press freedom watchdogs condemned the […]

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Border Report) — A 3-year-old child died Friday on a bus full of migrants sent from South Texas to Chicago as part of Texas’ border security initiative, according to state officials. The child died while being transported with other asylum-seekers who had crossed the border from Mexico and boarded the bus in Brownsville, […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police lapel videos captured the moments a couple was detained by Las Vegas SWAT officers during a nighttime raid at a home in July in connection with the cold case killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. The 24 heavily redacted videos obtained Thursday by The Associated Press do not provide a view […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to one of the only surviving witnesses to the crime, a man long known to investigators whose nephew was seen as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing. Detectives sought […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An investigation into Tupac Shakur’s unsolved killing has been revived. It took nearly three decades, but a new twist came when authorities in Nevada served a search warrant this week in connection with the rap star’s shooting death, they confirmed Tuesday. By Thursday, more details had emerged about the home that […]

One man is dead and another is injured after a drive-by shooting on Tuesday night in Hartford.

The Department of Fire Services is reminding residents that it is illegal to use, possess or sell fireworks in Massachusetts.

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A woman accused of shooting and killing a mother in front of her kids last week in a shocking end to an ongoing feud between neighbors has been arrested. Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who is white, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault […]

A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud has been arrested.

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge a white woman who fired through her front her door and killed a Black neighbor in a case that has put Florida’s divisive stand your ground law back into the spotlight. About three dozen mostly Black protesters gathered outside the Marion County […]

The Longmeadow Police are reminding residents that it is illegal to use, possess or sell fireworks in Massachusetts.

A Las Vegas mother with seven DUIs on her record said she hoped her latest arrest sticks and admitted the best thing for her is prison.

Two men were arrested following a break-in at a vacant apartment on Marion Street in Springfield.

When Martin Scorsese premieres his latest film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20th, it will return Scorsese to a festival where he remains a key part of its fabled history. Scorsese premiered his masterpiece of urban alienation, “Taxi Driver,” in Cannes in 1976. Its debut was one of […]

For the month of March, more than 150 rounds were fired in Holyoke, according to the ShotSpotter activation report.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A half century after Roe v. Wade, March for Life supporters on Friday celebrated the Supreme Court’s dismantling of that constitutional right to abortion and heralded the political struggle set loose by the court’s decision. President Joe Biden pledged to do all in his limited power to restore core abortion rights. The […]

The Queen of England, an early king of rock and roll and dozens of other notables who made their mark on the world passed in 2022. Here is a look at those we lost.

Police now claim the shooting suspect showed up to the gas station driving a car that was reported stolen back in August.

The Vermont Agency of Transportation is bringing back the Name A Plow Program. For the second year in a row, it invited Vermont schools to name the state’s snowplows. Last year, public and private schools, homeschooling students and preschools named 163 of the state’s full-size snowplows. This year, AOT asked Vermont students to name the […]

Rose Mary Romero said she has lived at her home on Marion Drive for more than 30 years, but in the last seven years the speeding, and crashes, have gotten worse. The last crash was two weeks ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Muriel Bowser was poised to coast to a third term Tuesday after a campaign focused on her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and on her history as one of the faces of Washington’s ongoing quest for statehood. In June, Bowser, 50, defeated a pair of challengers from the District of Columbia […]

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A jury acquitted a man of neglect charges Thursday after he was accused with his ex-wife of abandoning an adopted daughter. The Tippecanoe Superior Court panel deliberated about two hours before finding Michael Barnett not guilty of three neglect charges and conspiracy to commit neglect of a dependent. The daughter, Ukrainian […]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of chanting, singing people held a solidarity demonstration Saturday in The Hague in support of protesters in Iran who have taken to the streets since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code. Protesters gathered on a central park […]

A Salem woman called 911 Wednesday evening and secretly led Marion County officials to her and the man that allegedly kidnapped her.

Two men were arrested after police saw them counting money with drugs displayed across a table on Marion Street in Springfield.

LONDON (AP) — At least 250,000 people joined the huge line to see Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin lying in state for four days in London’s Westminster Hall at Parliament, an official said Tuesday. The figure was released a day after Britain ended 10 days of national mourning for the late monarch, who died on Sept. […]

A Florida woman was charged with attempted first-degree murder after she allegedly stabbed her roommates in a dispute Friday morning, according to deputies.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a Dutch soldier and wounding two others in downtown Indianapolis over the weekend told a friend who was with him that morning that he opened fire on the soldiers because he “just spazzed,” according to an arrest affidavit. The friend told police that he, Shamar […]

$1.8 million is going towards a new public safety complex allowing a small town to get the energy-efficient upgrades that wouldn’t have been in the budget without this money.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rockefeller Foundation, created with wealth generated from the oil industry more than a century ago, plans to make the fight against climate change central to all of its work, including its operations and investments. In a public letter released Tuesday, foundation president, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, acknowledged the “irony” that […]

A Springfield man was arrested Thursday after police found a loaded firearm and drugs in a bag the suspect dropped.

Three people were arrested Thursday after residents reported drug-dealing activity in the Marion Street area of Springfield.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For some of the Washington, D.C., residents who reported for jury duty last month, a pro-Trump mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol felt like a personal attack. Ahead of a trial for a Michigan man charged in the riot, one prospective juror said a police officer injured during the melee is a […]

Springfield Police arrested a man Monday evening after he attempted to disarm a police officer.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser won the Democratic primary on Tuesday, overcoming a progressive rival and virtually guaranteeing that she will win a third consecutive term to lead a city confronting inequality, crime and public safety concerns. Bowser defeated At-large Councilmember Robert White, who harshly criticized her response to spiraling violent crime […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Muriel Bowser cruised to reelection in the nation’s capital four years ago without serious opposition, and as the city enjoyed prosperous times, the main criticism of her policies was that Washington was growing too quickly, driving up housing costs and pricing out Black residents in an uncontrolled gentrification wave. One tumultuous […]

The police in Ludlow made 44 arrests, including three domestic assault-related arrests, within four weeks.

PARIS (AP) — As French voters elect a president Sunday, they are choosing between two visions of France — and two very different people. Here is a look at the two candidates: EMMANUEL MACRON In just five years, incumbent President Emmanuel Macron has gone from a young newbie in politics to a key world player […]

Common Roots Brewing Company has had a busy few years. Its original Saratoga Avenue brewery space was destroyed by a fire in 2019, right as the owners were launching an expansion. With community support, the company’s new, bigger and better brewery, taproom and restaurant opened in the summer of 2020. After two years of success there, the family behind one of South Glens Falls’ most well-known businesses is ready to grow again.

PARIS (AP) — French nationalist leader Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image to broaden her appeal in next week’s presidential election — but is under threat from a provocative rival who has broken her monopoly as the watchdog of the country’s identity that they claim is under threat. For more than […]

In Springfield, the annual mean wage is $55,710 or 1.1% lower than national mean of $56,310, while the lowest-paying occupation makes $26,250. Read on to see which jobs make the list.

HAMILTON, Ala. (AP) — A handwritten log kept by nurses tells the story of the losing battle to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19 in this corner of Alabama: Just 14 people showed up at the Marion County Health Department for their initial shot during the first six weeks of the year. That was true […]

PARIS (AP) — Two words, taboo for many in France because they evoke a conspiracy theory embraced by white supremacists, have been haunting the French presidential campaign. “Great replacement” rolls off the tongue of presidential candidate Eric Zemmour, an outsider with views to the right of the far-right who has made the term the underpinning […]

An Indiana man faces murder charges after allegedly attacking three people with a sword, killing two of them.

The Black Church has been that mother to Blacks in America since Reconstruction.

Crews are working to repair a water main break on Marion Street in Chicopee Thursday morning.

DURACH, Germany (AP) — Andrzej Sitkowski was 15 years old when his mother told him that she had been asked by a neighbor to hide a little Jewish girl from the Nazis at their home. “It was a short conversation, and then, yes, we decided to take in Hadassah and she was brought over to […]

Crews repaired a water main break in the area of Marion Street in Chicopee Tuesday morning.

VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Anti-racism activists were beaten up Sunday as far-right former French TV pundit Eric Zemmour held his first presidential campaign rally near Paris, a few days after he formally declared his candidacy in a video that highlighted his anti-migrant and anti-Islam views. As his supporters cheered and waved French flags in a […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – After setbacks, crews officially removed the John C. Calhoun statue from its pedestal high above Marion Square in downtown Charleston. Work began just after midnight – only hours after Charleston City Council unanimously voted in favor of removing the statue Tuesday evening. Before the meeting, Council received calls from 291 people […]