Month: May 2023

TACOMA, Wash. – The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of breaking into Pacific Lutheran University dormitories and groping female students Sunday morning. According to the sheriff’s department, the man entered two different bedrooms and stood over the female students as they slept. The man woke up the students by touching them and then ran away. After the beating incidents, one of the victims chased the man into the parking lot and pepper sprayed him, the sheriff’s department said. He was also able to take a photo of the man. Sheriff’s…

DANVERS, Mass. – Andrew Baker, son of former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, was arrested Saturday night for drunken driving in Lynnfield, state police said. Andrew Baker, 29, of South Boston, was charged with operating under the influence of liquor, state police spokesman David Procopio said in a statement Sunday. After his arrest, Baker was taken by state police to the Danvers Barracks, where he was booked and later released on personal recognizance and a $40 bond. Friday at approximately 8:15 p.m., a state trooper responded to Interstate 95 southbound before Walnut Street in Lynnfield, where Peabody police officers had stopped…

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley refused Sunday to pass a federal ban on abortion within a certain number of weeks of gestation, saying to do so would be lying to the American people about what is politically possible. “I think the media has tried to divide them by saying we have to decide certain weeks,” Ms. Haley in an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” “In the states, yes. At the federal level, it’s unrealistic. It’s not being honest with the American people.” She was responding to a question from her interviewer, Margaret Brennan, about why she wouldn’t join…

Like it or not, when it comes to your beer, politics comes with the pour. “Politics, you know, gets mixed with beer. There’s no way to separate it.” Brian Albertsbeer historian and writer, he said. And what he says is not an understatement. It’s a relationship that has literally been brewing for centuries. So how did the two come together? Well, let’s back up a bit. “Beer was considered a staple, you know, in the early days of colonialism in North America. One of the first industries that colonial Massachusetts tried to foster was a local brewing industry,” Alberts said….

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics crushed the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of their second-round series Sunday afternoon, 112-88, to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight season. Meanwhile, the 76ers — who haven’t advanced past the second round since 2001 — see their season end in the second round for the third year in a row. Tatum kept the momentum going from his strong fourth quarter in Game 6 and turned in an absolutely dominating performance in the final game. The Celtics star forward scored 51 points, an NBA record for most in a Game…

Republican attorneys general from 19 states signed the letter to CEO Jamie Dimon.Leonardo Muñoz/Getty Images 19 Republican states accused JPMorgan of closing bank accounts for political or religious reasons. In a letter to CEO Jamie Dimon, they say the bank asked questions about religion and politics. The attorneys general wanted JPMorgan to participate in a diversity survey linked to free speech. Republican attorneys general in 19 states have accused JPMorgan Chase of closing accounts and discriminating against customers based on their political or religious beliefs, according to a report. In a letter sent to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and reviewed…

SAFE HARBOR – Three days after a 17-year-old Honduran boy died in the care of a government-funded shelter for migrant children, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna visited the facility Saturday, but they said they received no new answers about what led to his death. Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showed Republican members of Congress around the shelter on Main Street downtown. Since the end of 2020, it has been operated by the Jewish Community and Family Services of the Gulf Coast. “I didn’t see anything that would lead you to believe…

BRADDOCK, Pa. – A Pittsburgh woman is behind bars after Pennsylvania State Police say she broke into a home and barricaded herself inside. According to state police, troopers were called to the 220 block of Corey Avenue in Braddock around 10:47 a.m. for a report of a domestic incident. Authorities said Samantha Abram, 39, entered the home through a broken window and struck a victim in the head with a closed fist. State police said Abram damaged several items inside the home. As she tried to talk to Abram, she ran back into the house and barricaded herself inside, leaving…