Police in Springfield, Massachusetts, are searching for a missing teenager.
Authorities say 14-year-old Aiana Dominguez ran away, but did not say when.
She has been in contact with her mother and a case worker with the Massachusetts Departm…
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MBTA tap-on system may ease path toward fare capping
The MBTA’s long-promised contactless payment system is coming on Aug. 1, and T officials on Monday touted the new system’s potential to reduce the length of station stops and make it easier for passengers to pay their fares.
Starti…
Barstool’s Dave Portnoy rescued by Coast Guard when boat goes adrift off Nantucket
Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports “almost was lost to the ocean” before being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of Nantucket on Monday, the internet personality said in a video posted to social media, donning a captain’s hat.
Portnoy — who referred to himself as Captain Dave in his recount of the situation — said he wanted to show his mom his boat Monday, but when he got to it at the buoy, it had no power.
He found himself in his boat adrift, without power for the engine, radio or anchor, he told his followers from a breezy beach.
“Next thing you know, Captain Dave is lost at sea.” he said, explaining that he tried to send distress signals with a flare gun.
Finally, he said he encountered a girl in what he described as a craft that resembled a row boat, who was able to call the Coast Guard for him.
“Coast Guard came, four burley dudes,” he said. “Thankfully the Coast Guard, God bless their souls, tied me up, brings me back — Captain Dave lives to tell another tale.”
He thanked the Coast Guard for “saving Captain Dave’s live” on X, to which the agency responded it’s happy to help “any time.”
He joked that he may not be hitting the water again.
Lawmakers seek probe of South Hadley nursing home
Two western Massachusetts lawmakers are calling for an investigation into a South Hadley nursing home, where they claim workers have gone unpaid for weeks and lack the supplies to adequately care for residents.
Sen. Jake Oliveira and Rep. Dan …
Beware of scams ahead of Amazon Prime Day and competing sales
The July shopping frenzy is about to begin. Amazon Prime Day sales kick off Tuesday, July 16. Last year, Amazon said the first day of Prime Day was the single largest sales day in its history.
With other stores offering competing sales ahead o…
Pane of glass falls from window at TD Garden
A pane of glass fell from a window at the TD Garden in Boston on Monday, prompting officials to close the entrance to the MBTA station below.
Boston police confirmed they were called to the scene on 100 Causeway Street around 1:25 p.m. No one …
