Former state worker pleads guilty to unemployment fraud

BOSTON (AP) — A former employee of the Massachusetts state agency that oversees unemployment insurance benefits has pleaded guilty to using her position to fraudulentlyRead More

Mormon vaccine push ratchets up, dividing faith’s members

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After more than a year of attending church virtually, Monique Allen has struggled to explain to her asthmatic daughter whyRead More

Honolulu to require vaccine or negative test at restaurants

HONOLULU (AP) — Seeking to beat back a COVID-19 surge, Honolulu will soon require patrons of restaurants, bars, museums, theaters and other establishments to showRead More

Ruling finds FBI agent, officer justified in fatal shooting in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An FBI agent and a local police officer were justified in the fatal shooting of a man who shot at themRead More

kabul airport

3 Afghan children poisoned by mushrooms picked in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say three Afghan children staying at a refugee center fell ill after eating poisonous mushrooms picked in aRead More

Cardinal to begin rehabilitation after contracting COVID-19

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who eschewed the COVID-19 vaccine said he will soon begin rehabilitation after contracting the coronavirus andRead More

Chicago agency probes officer’s encounter with Black woman

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a white officer’s struggle with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a lakefrontRead More

New president named at Massachusetts General Hospital

BOSTON (AP) — The chair of Massachusetts General Hospital’s emergency medicine department has been named president, the hospital announced Monday. Dr. David F. M. BrownRead More

Maine dad sues school system over mask mandate

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A father is suing in federal court over a mask mandate imposed on his 12-year-old daughter in the Winslow school system.Read More

Man accused in Georgia spa shootings appears in court

ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people at Atlanta area massage businesses who has already pleaded guilty in four of the killingsRead More