By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Taylor Hall scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period, Linus Ullmark stopped 30 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Tuesday night to improve to 6-1. It was the third straight game-winning score for Hall, who had an overtime goal to […]
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Data breach victims sue Rhode Island transit agency, insurer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two people whose personal information was compromised in a data breach at Rhode Island’s public bus service that affected about 22,000 people sued the agency and a health insurer on Tuesday seeking monetary damages and answers. The class-action suit filed in Providence Superior Court by cooperating attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union […]
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Review: ‘Ted Kennedy’ sweeping account of senator’s life
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press “Ted Kennedy: A Life,” by John A. Farrell (Penguin Press) In his new biography of Ted Kennedy, John A. Farrell describes a letter Joseph Kennedy sent his youngest son telling the teenager he had to choose between a serious or non-serious life. “I’ll still love you which ever choice you […]
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DeRozan, Vucevic lead way as Bulls beat Celtics 120-102
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls looked as if they were on their way to a blowout loss to the Boston Celtics. The game turned out to be a romp, just not the kind that it looked like it would be. DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points, Nikola Vucevic added […]
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Jayson Tatum, Derrick White lead Celtics over Magic, 126-120
By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jayson Tatum and Derrick White combined for 12 straight points late in the fourth quarter to help the Boston Celtics beat the Orlando Magic 126-120 on Saturday night. Tatum had 40 points and eight rebounds. He launched a 10-2 run with two free throws with 4:08 […]
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Taylor Hall scores in overtime as Bruins beat Wild 4-3
BOSTON (AP) — Taylor Hall scored a power-play goal 4:49 into overtime, and the Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Saturday. Hall, who also had two assists, took a crossing pass from David Pastrnak and one-timed a shot past Marc-Andre Fleury, who had stopped eight shots in OT with the Wild playing most […]
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Rhode Island goes seven overtimes to defeat Monmouth 48-46
WEST LONG BRANCH N.J. (AP) — Marques DeShields had 234 yards of total offense with four touchdowns and Rhode Island made the only conversion in the seventh overtime, defeating Monmouth 48-46 on Saturday. Rhode Island stopped a 2-point pass in the seventh overtime, then Ed Lee caught a pass from Kasim Hill to win it […]
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Late fumble recovery secures Cornell’s win over Brown
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Jameson Wang threw two touchdown passes to Matt Robbert, ran for another, and Cornell edged Brown 24-21 on Saturday after the Big Red came up with a fumble recovery in the final minute. Brown (2-4, 0-3 Ivy League) reached the Cornell 1-yard line with 42 seconds left. But the Bears were […]
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Tatum and Brown combine for 57, Celtics top Heat 111-104
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics keep on enjoying their trips to Miami. Tatum scored 29 points, Jaylen Brown added 28 and the Celtics beat the Miami Heat 111-104 on Friday night in a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference finals. The Celtics — whose most […]
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Funeral for 2 ambushed officers draws peers from around US
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The grieving widows of two slain Connecticut police officers gave tearful tributes to their husbands Friday during a funeral attended by thousands of law enforcement officers from around the country. Others who spoke at the service for Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte and Alex Hamzy pleaded for an end to hatred […]
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ FILE – In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters participate in […]
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Final defendant in fake military gear scheme gets 2 years
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The third and final defendant in an illegal scheme to supply $20 million worth of substandard counterfeit clothing and gear made in China to the U.S. military has been sentenced to two years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Terry Roe, 49, of Burlington, North Dakota, was the manager of a supplier […]
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Online school put US kids behind. Some adults have regrets.
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writers BOSTON (AP) — Vivian Kargbo thought her daughter’s Boston school district was doing the right thing when officials kept classrooms closed for most students for more than a year. Kargbo, a caregiver for hospice patients, didn’t want to risk them getting COVID-19. And extending pandemic […]
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Hall scores in regulation, shootout, lifts Bruins past Ducks
By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Taylor Hall scored in the fourth round of the shootout to lift the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. Hall also scored in regulation for Boston (4-1), and Linus Ullmark made 30 saves and stopped all four shots in the […]
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NP pleads guilty in $4.4M health care fraud scheme
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing commercial health insurers and Medicare nearly $4.4 million for services that he never provided to patients as he had claimed, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Alexander A. Istomin, 56, routinely submitted fraudulent claims for in-person patient services that he falsely claimed to have […]
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US heating worries mount amid growing costs, uncertainty
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press JAY, Maine (AP) — Across the U.S., families are looking to the winter with dread as energy costs soar and fuel supplies tighten. The Department of Energy is projecting sharp price increases for home heating compared with last winter and some worry whether heating assistance programs will be able to […]
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‘Swift-footed lizard’ named Massachusetts state dinosaur
BOSTON (AP) — A “swift-footed lizard” that lived millions of years ago in what is now Massachusetts has been named the state’s official dinosaur under legislation signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Baker. Podokesaurus holyokensis received more than 60% of the roughly 35,000 votes cast in a social media campaign initiated early last year by state […]
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New e-bike rebate program named in honor of late AP reporter
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island residents who buy electric bicycles will soon be eligible for rebates under a program announced on Wednesday and named in honor of a former Associated Press reporter. The $250,000 Erika Niedowski Memorial Electric Bike Rebate Program will offer rebates of up to $1,000 or 75% of the final […]
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Sparkling fish, murky methods: the global aquarium trade
By VICTORIA MILKO, FIRDIA LISNAWATI and KATHY YOUNG Associated Press LES, Indonesia (AP) — After diving into the warm sea off the coast of northern Bali, Indonesia, Made Partiana hovers above a bed of coral, holding his breath and scanning for flashes of color and movement. Hours later, exhausted, he returns to a rocky beach, […]
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Giroux scores, Senators beat Bruins 7-5 in home opener
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Claude Giroux opened the scoring in his Ottawa homecoming and the Senators outscored Boston 7-5 on Tuesday night for their first victory of the season and the Bruins’ first loss. The 34-year-old Giroux signed with the Senators as a free agent in the offseason. He spent part of his childhood in […]
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Hasbro sales slip as families tire of playing with inflation
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hasbro’s profit and sales slipped in the third quarter as families watched their spending on toys more closely with inflation cutting into budgets. “The third quarter is our most difficult comparison and was further impacted by increasing price sensitivity for the average consumer,” said CEO Chris Cocks. Revenue for the Pawtucket, […]
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DeBrusk scores 2 as Bruins beat Panthers 5-3
By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jake DeBrusk scored 21 seconds into the game and added an empty-netter as the Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Monday night. DeBrusk also assisted on the go-ahead goal, splitting a pair of defenders in a race for the puck and feeding Patrice Bergeron with […]
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Patriots bury Browns, Belichick ties Halas with 324th win
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — New England Patriots rookie quarterback Bailey Zappe has made the most of the opportunity to get his name out there. And people are learning how to say it now, too. A little known fourth-round draft pick who played at Conference USA school Western Kentucky, Zappe — […]
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Leader of fake US military clothing scheme gets prison time
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A New York City man who ran a scheme that sold $20 million worth of substandard counterfeit Chinese-made clothing and gear to the U.S. military — potentially putting active-duty service members in danger — has been sentenced to more than three years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Ramin Kohanbash, 52, was one […]
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Police: Officers may have been ‘lured’ into deadly ambush
By DAVE COLLINS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Two police officers who were shot dead in Connecticut had apparently been drawn into an ambush by an emergency call about possible domestic violence, authorities said Thursday. A third officer was wounded in the gunfire. State police said in a release that the […]