Author: Michael Casey
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Former track coach sentenced to five years for duping female athletes into sending nude photos
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A former college track and field coach has been sentenced to five years in prison for setting up sham social media and email accounts in an attempt to trick women into sending him nude or semi-nude photos of themselves
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A man who crashed a snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is suing the government for $9.5M
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A Massachusetts man wants the government to pay $9.5 million after being badly injured in a crash with a Black Hawk helicopter
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Victims recall lifetimes of trauma as former Olympian pleads guilty to molesting boys in 1970s
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A former Olympian and longtime track coach will spend as much a 11 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of sexually molesting young boys in the 1970s while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts
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A record number of Americans can’t afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help
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A new Harvard University study found that half of U.S. renters are paying nearly a third of their income on rent
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CDC extends eviction moratorium a month, says it’s last time
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WASHINGTON • The Biden administration Thursday extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help millions of tenants unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic, but said this is the last time it plans to do so. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, extended the…
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Topless beachgoers: Ban is unconstitutional, discriminatory
CONCORD, N.H. — A city law in New Hampshire that bans women from showing their nipples is unconstitutional and discriminatory, a lawyer for three women accused of violating it told the state’s highest court. Heidi Lilley, Kia Sinclair and Ginger Pierro were arrested in 2016 after taking off their tops at a beach in Laconia…
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Owl stuck between truck cab and trailer on the mend
EPPING, N.H. — Heading home to New Hampshire, truckers Will Sword and Tyler Buckley were on the road in Massachusetts when they heard a bang. At first, they thought the truck had hit a tree. But when they stopped and Buckley got out to investigate, he was shocked to see an owl trapped between the…
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New Hampshire hotel is home to supersized cat
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. — Guests at a hotel in New Hampshire can be forgiven for thinking a raccoon is lounging out front. The huge ball of fur on the sidewalk of the Best Western Silver…
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US swim team member dies during race
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. national swimming team member Fran Crippen died during a race in the United Arab Emirates. The 26-year-old swimmer from suburban Philadelphia was competing in the FINA Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup in Fujairah, south of Dubai, Saturday, but failed to finish and was found in the water two hours later, according to…
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Thais reject U.S. request to extradite arms dealer
BANGKOK — A Thai court on Tuesday rejected a U.S. request to extradite a Russian arms dealer who allegedly sold weapons to dictators and warlords around the world, raising the prospect that he could be freed by the weekend. The unexpected ruling in favor of Viktor Bout was welcomed by Russia. The United States, which…