Massachusetts lawmaker charged with defrauding a trade group and trying to cover it up
BOSTON (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker in Massachusetts was arrested and charged Friday with defrauding a trade association of tens of thousands of dollars and then falsifying records to cover up the scheme. Christopher Flanagan, of
Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
JENA, La. (AP) — Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday during a hearing over the legality of kicking the activist who participated
3 rescued and fuel spilled from fishing boat stuck in Boston Harbor
BOSTON (AP) — A commercial fishing boat got stuck in Boston Harbor on Friday, necessitating the rescue of three people and potentially releasing thousands of gallons of fuel into the harbor. The 86-foot scallop fishing boat became
UN humanitarian agency to cut staff by 20% due to ‘brutal cuts’ in funding
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian agency said it is cutting its 2,600 staff operating in more than 60 countries by 20% because of “brutal cuts” in funding that have left it with a nearly $60
A convicted killer who was mistakenly released from jail is caught 2 weeks later
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that a convicted killer who was mistakenly released from a Georgia jail has been caught two weeks later in Florida — ending days of anxiety for the victim’s
Democrats flood competitive Michigan district as GOP incumbent seeks governor’s office
SAUGATUCK, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan congressman’s decision to run for governor has opened up one of the nation’s most competitive House seats, leaving Republicans scrambling to replace one of their top performers in the state and
Ohio League of Women Voters wants pioneering female justice’s portrait brought up from the basement
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio League of Women Voters urged the state’s high court on Friday to relocate a portrait of the state’s first female chief justice from a new exhibit to be located in the
Tortillas fall flat in New Mexico, but will California add Bigfoot to its list of state symbols?
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A proposal to designate the tortilla as New Mexico’s official state bread had unanimous support from lawmakers. On Friday, though, it ended up falling flat. It wasn’t because Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham isn’t
Turkish Tufts University student says was scared when surrounded, now in custody in a crowded cell
A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey detained by immigration officials said she was talking to her mother on her phone at the time shortly after she left her Massachusetts home when she was surrounded by several
Fired FTC commissioners seek to fast-track case over dismissal
(Reuters) – Two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sought on Friday to expedite their lawsuit challenging their firing by President Donald Trump, saying the move was blatantly illegal under 90 years of U.S. Supreme
