Beyond ‘yellow flag’ law, Maine commission highlights another missed opportunity before shootings – Boston Herald

By HOLLY RAMER (Associated Press) CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The commission probing Maine’s deadliest mass shooting concluded law enforcement had ample grounds to pursue assault charges against Robert Card for punching a fellow Army reservist in the face six weeks before he killed 18 people in Lewiston. While legal experts and the man he punched…

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270,000 overdose deaths thrust fentanyl into heart of US presidential race – Boston Herald

Riley Griffin, Tanaz Meghjani and Katia Dmitrieva | Bloomberg News (TNS) To understand the 2024 U.S. presidential election, it is essential to understand the politics of fentanyl. Americans have been traumatized by a years-long wave of overdose deaths caused by the synthetic opioid. Once rarely used outside hospitals, fentanyl has become a ubiquitous street drug…

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Jeremy Bowen: Biden has decided strong words with Israel are not enough – BBC.com

Jeremy Bowen: Biden has decided strong words with Israel are not enough  BBC.com Biden, Netanyahu on collision course after Gaza UN vote  Reuters Analysis | The U.S. and Israel have a ‘major credibility problem’  The Washington Post Peter Beinart: U.S. leadership should be focused on U.S. policy, not Israeli elections  MSNBC A State Department official warns Israel of ‘major’…

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just plain vicious – Boston Herald

Writing about movies means succumbing to occasional bouts of reductive-itis, inspired by that great bonehead critic Emperor Joseph II in “Amadeus,” who told Mozart nice job on his latest composition, with one caveat: “too many notes.” Folks, this week has been one of those bouts. First, it was the new “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” (verdict: too…

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Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden documents case – Boston Herald

By FARNOUSH AMIRI (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he did not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. In a letter Monday — obtained by The Associated Press — Reps….

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Feds search Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe, AP sources say – Boston Herald

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Two properties belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York, two law enforcement…

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Honoring a trailblazer

City leaders gathered Monday to honor Sarah-Ann Shaw, the trailblazing journalist who was Boston’s first female African-American broadcast reporter, during a wreath-laying ceremony at The Embrace statue on Boston Common. Shaw died on March 21. A lifelong Bostonian, Shaw worked for WBZ-TV from 1969-2000, according to the city. Joining Mayor Michelle Wu at Monday’s ceremony…

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Una mujer afirmó ser una “bruja” tras ser arrestada por intentar incendiar la entrada de una casa

Policía de Burlington intervino tras alerta de incendio intencionado en un porche residencial (Departamento de Policía de Burlington/Imagen Ilustrativa Infobae) En un inusual incidente ocurrido en Burlington, Iowa (Estados Unidos), una mujer identificada como Michelle Young, de 46 años, fue acusada de provocar un incendio en la entrada de una casa ajena tras confundirla con…

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