BOSTON (AP) — Rob Refsnyder hit a game-ending single in a four-run ninth inning for Boston as the Red Sox rallied to beat the Texas Rangers 9-8 on Thursday night. The Red Sox trailed 8-3 in the eighth and 8-5 entering the ninth. Boston promptly loaded the bases with none out against Jonathan Hernández (1-1). […]
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Body found at landfill 17 years ago finally identified
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A man found dead at a Massachusetts landfill 17 years ago has finally been identified using modern forensic technology, and based on the circumstances, authorities have initiated a suspicious death investigation. The body found at the Fall River landfill on Aug. 29, 2005 has been confirmed as Leon Brown, 41, […]
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Bogaerts’ grand slam backs Wacha, Red Sox beat Twins 6-5
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, J.D. Martinez also homered to back Michael Wacha’s strong start for Boston and the Red Sox held on to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Wednesday night. Bogaerts and Martinez went deep during a five-run third inning against Minnesota starter Joe […]
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Unvaccinated cadets ordered off Coast Guard Academy campus
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The Coast Guard Academy is disenrolling seven cadets for failing to comply with the military’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, after their requests for religious exemptions were denied and they were ordered to leave campus. The academy in New London, Connecticut, confirmed the disenrollments Tuesday, The Day newspaper reported. A lawyer for several […]
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Historic windjammer in Maine is going to be sold
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A three-masted schooner that’s on the National Register of Historic Places is up for sale. The Victory Chimes’ owner announced this will be the final season for the windjammer that’s so synonymous with Maine that the 2003 state quarter featured a sailing vessel modeled after the schooner. Capt. Sam Sikkema said […]
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Gordon’s slam, 6 RBIs lead Twins to 10-5 win over Red Sox
By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Gordon hit his first career grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs, Jake Cave and Gary Sánchez also homered, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 10-5 on Tuesday night. Gordon lined a two-run double in the first inning and followed with […]
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Urshela’s 3-run double sends Twins over Red Sox 4-2
By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gio Urshela’s three-run double in the fifth inning pushed Minnesota ahead and four relievers made the lead as the Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Monday night for their fourth straight win. Urshela punched a 3-2 pitch from John Schreiber into the right-field corner, scoring […]
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Major Boston suburb finds ‘forever chemicals’ in its water
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The city of Cambridge is temporarily switching the source of its drinking water after finding elevated levels of toxic “forever chemicals” in its water supply, the city said in a statement. The PFAS levels in the water are above what state standards allow, Friday’s statement said. The city across the Charles […]
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Galaxy end road skid with 2-1 victory over Revolution
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Daniel Aguirre and Javier “Chicharito” Hernández scored goals in the first 15 minutes and the Los Angeles Galaxy held on for a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Sunday. Aguirre took a pass from Hernández and scored in the 4th minute to give the LA Galaxy (11-11-4) an early […]
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Paredes hits 2 homers over Green Monster, Rays beat Sox 12-4
By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Isaac Paredes homered over the Green Monster in each of his first two at-bats and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 12-4 on Sunday. Randy Arozarena hit three doubles off the left-field wall at Fenway Park and drove in […]
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Low fuel inventories cause special concern in US Northeast
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Diesel and heating oil supplies in the Northeast are more than 50% below the recent average, raising concerns that an extreme weather event could cause supply disruptions, federal officials said. Fuel supplies are lower than normal across the country for a variety of reasons, including the war in Ukraine. But it’s […]
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2 men indicted in drive-by shooting death of woman
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two men have been indicted on murder charges in a drive-by shooting that killed a woman in Providence last year. Miya Brophy-Baermann, 24, of Warwick, Rhode Island, was shot and killed while talking with a friend on a city street in the early morning of Aug. 1, 2021. Police have said […]
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Raiders cap perfect preseason with 23-6 win over Patriots
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chase Garbers was 12 of 22 for 141 yards and the Las Vegas Raiders finished the preseason undefeated after Friday’s 23-6 victory over the New England Patriots. It marked the first time in franchise history the Raiders (4-0) finished undefeated in the preseason. Las Vegas coach […]
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Bogaerts homers as Red Sox cool off Rays with 9-8 win
By BRENDAN McGAIR Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer, and the Boston Red Sox stopped Tampa Bay’s six-game win streak with a 9-8 victory over the Rays on Friday night. Kevin Plawecki had three hits and two RBIs for the Red Sox, who had dropped four in a row. Michael […]
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Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID-19 vaccine patents
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna’s technology in order to make their own vaccine. Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine Comirnaty infringes on patents Moderna filed several years ago protecting the technology behind its […]
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Ex-high school coach denies charges in ‘fat test’ case
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A former Rhode Island high school basketball coach who authorities say for years asked male student-athletes to remove their clothes while alone with him so he could check their body fat pleaded not guilty to criminal charges Friday. Aaron Thomas, 55, the former successful boys’ coach at North Kingstown High School, was […]
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Father, son clinging to cooler rescued from Boston Harbor
BOSTON (AP) — In the nick of time, the Boston Police Department’s harbor patrol unit rescued a father and son who were desperately clinging to a cooler at the outermost edge of Boston Harbor after their lobster boat sank. Officers Stephen Merrick and Garrett Boyle responded to a call for a boat taking on water […]
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Cry wolf? Debate over presence of wolves in Northeast
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Are wolves hunting and howling in the Northeast woods again, more than a century after they were rooted out of the region? Advocates who think so say a recent DNA analysis shows a strapping canine shot by a coyote hunter in upstate New York last winter […]
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Rhode Island mayor proposes $10M reparations spending plan
Providence’s mayor proposed spending $10 million in federal coronavirus pandemic aid on financial literacy and homeownership, workforce training, small business development and other programs recently recommended by the city’s reparations commission. Mayor Jorge Elorza’s spending plan, released Thursday, also calls for using $250,000 in federal money to launch a legal defense fund for residents facing eviction, $400,000 […]
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Who gets student loan relief? Borrowers’ joy, and bitterness
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS Associated Press For Nick Marcil, the cancellation of $10,000 of his student loans could mean at last moving out of his parents’ house. Marcil, 24, studied at a Pennsylvania state college, earned scholarships and worked jobs while pursuing degrees in education but still owed $18,000 before Wednesday’s action by the Biden administration to […]
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Springer 3 hits, RBI double in 10th as Blue Jays top Red Sox
By MAUREEN MULLEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — George Springer got three hits, including a 10th-inning double on the first pitch from Boston reliever Ryan Brasier that scored automatic runner Jackie Bradley Jr. and lifted the Toronto Blue Jays over the Red Sox 3-2 Wednesday night. “Honestly, I was just looking to get Jackie to […]
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Belichick’s impact resonates with Raiders coach McDaniels
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Josh McDaniels points to three major influences on his life in football that got him to where he is today as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. McDaniels watched his father, Thom, for the good portion of a 40-year coaching career. He then kicked off […]
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Brown U. acquires trove of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s prison papers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University has acquired a trove of records, writings and artwork from Mumia Abu-Jamal, a political activist and journalist who spent decades on death row for the shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer in the 1980s. The Ivy League university in Providence, Rhode Island, says the collection documents Abu-Jamal’s trial, prison and […]
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Rhode Island reparations report suggests programs, not cash
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press A new report suggests ways Providence, Rhode Island, can atone for its extensive ties to the transatlantic slave trade and centuries of racism and discrimination by, among other things, establishing home repair funds, launching financial literacy programs and boosting aid to Black and Indigenous organizations. The report, issued Monday by the Providence Municipal […]
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Block Island resort temporarily loses licenses after fights
NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) — Authorities on the Rhode Island tourist hotspot of Block Island have voted to suspend the liquor and entertainment licenses of a beachfront resort that was the site of a brawl during a crowded music festival earlier this month that was later followed by a fight on a ferry to the mainland. The […]