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A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his father by “baptizing” him in a nearby pond in an effort to exorcise his demons, WHDH reports. Jack Callahan was arrested Monday morning after his mother, Wendy, notified authorities hours earlier that her son arrived home in wet clothes and claimed that his father, […]
A Cape Cod lobster diver, who says a humpback whale swallowed him, is opening up about his experience. Michael Packard, 56, was on the coast of Provincetown, MA early Friday morning when he was picking up lobsters 35 feet underwater, at which point he claims the whale swallowed him. “All of a sudden, I felt this […]
A Springfield, Massachusetts woman who accidentally threw away a $1 million lottery ticket was able to collect her winnings after the store owners were kind enough to track her down, People reports. Per the Massachusetts State Lottery, Lea Rose Fiega won $1 million in the state’s “Diamond Millions” instant game on March 30, a pre-tax cash prize she […]
A New Hampshire man has been charged with disorderly conduct in connection with a gender reveal explosion, which happened last month. The blast was so massive that it was felt in neighboring towns. NBC Boston writes that authorities chose to pursue legal action against Anthony Spinelli because that explosion “caused public alarm.” Spinelli has reportedly turned […]
A Boston TV reporter who was filming a spot on a dog being taken out of someone’s car had that segment significantly livened up by the fact that she saw the alleged dog thief, along with the same dog, while she was at the scene of the crime with her cameraman. WHDH-TV’s Juliana Mazza, alongside camera […]
Despite the academic school year coming to a close for many colleges and universities, schools still keep a tight eye on their students to combat COVID-19. Three University of Massachusetts Amherst students learned this the hard way after being suspended for attending an off-campus party without masks. USA Today cites that the three students were […]
G Herbo’s legal drama continues. On Wednesday, The Shade Room reported that the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts filed another charge against the rapper, born Herbert Wright III, for lying about his connection to one of his co-defendants in their ongoing fraud case while speaking to a federal agent. “Herbert Wright III, a/k/a ‘Herb,’ ‘Lil […]
The former owner of a pizza parlor in Massachusetts has been accused of lying about the number of employees he had in an effort to fraudulently acquire what turned out to be $660,000+ in federal relief funds for COVID-19 through a Small Business Administration-approved lender, according to an announcement from prosecutors on Tuesday. He is then alleged […]
Internal investigators for the Boston Police Department say that there was sufficient evidence from back in the mid-’90s that backs up allegations that an officer, Patrick Rose, sexually assaulted a minor. Despite that, he stayed on the force and ultimately returned to duty. Documents related to the case were released by the city on Tuesday, as it […]
One person was killed and five others were injured on Saturday following a shooting in Lynn, Massachusetts, authorities tell NBC News. The shooting took place while the victims were filming a music video around 5:30 p.m. Witnesses told NBC Boston that the gunfire sounded like a “spray” of bullets, causing a panic. “I heard a […]
