communications This will be the third MBTA station to have fare gates in the past four years. The MBTA Ruggles Station will begin using commuter rail fare gates in August. Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe Rail fare gates at Ruggles Station will begin operating on Aug. 3, MBTA officials announced Wednesday. Passengers will be asked to … Read more
Local news Officials said the investigation into the incident is ongoing. The police chief of Gorham, New Hampshire, has been placed on administrative leave after a video was released showing a physical altercation inside the police station. In the station’s security footage – obtained by Stephen Gregory, of Berlin, New Hampshire, who… Send it to … Read more
Perhaps it’s a sign from Mother Nature that the two flagship events of the Philadelphia’s Wawa Welcome America Festival for the semiquincentennial were derailed by weather. Maybe she was telling us to stop this embarrassing exhibition of unbridled nationalism and look inward. But if she thought that she could succeed in getting Americans to self-reflect, … Read more
Japanese company Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics used a specialized high-temperature firing process to produce the tiles for each work; Three decades later, these watches are still as bold and vibrant as the originals. Photograph: Joshua Mellen for the Observer If you’re standing inside the Art Institute of Chicago, a trip to the Impressionist galleries usually involves … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — A man intentionally drove his SUV into the Philadelphia Police Department’s 2nd Precinct headquarters Tuesday afternoon, according to Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel. The accident occurred around 1:40 p.m “It is clearly a completely intentional act,” Bethel said during a news conference. Commissioner provides update on collision at 2nd District Police Building on April … Read more
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An investigation is underway in northwest Harris County after Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a man was shot and killed outside a gas station. Deputies responded to a shooting in the 119000 block of Pammel Road in Houston on Friday morning, Gonzalez said. ABC13 obtained surveillance video of the shooting and … Read more
Cape Canaveral, Florida – Sonny Williams has retired from NASA – one of two astronauts stuck for months on the International Space Station. The space agency announced the news on Tuesday, saying its retirement took effect at the end of December. Butch Wilmore, Williams’ colleague on Boeing’s ill-fated test flight, left NASA last summer. Astronaut … Read more
Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 4:11 pm HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A homeless man was killed and a security guard was wounded in a shooting outside a bar near a downtown Metro Rail station, according to the Houston Police Department. Officers responded to a call Friday night in the 2400 block of Main Street, outside … Read more
New York — NASA decided to cut short a mission aboard the International Space Station shortly after an astronaut experienced a medical problem. The US Space Agency said on Thursday that the American, Japanese and Russian crew, consisting of four people, will return to Earth in the coming days, ahead of schedule. NASA canceled this … Read more
DENVER (KDVR) — A man and a woman were arrested in Wellington last week after the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said they were driving under the influence in a gas station parking lot and the man began setting up a short barricade in the car. “There are no predictable days on patrol,” the Sheriff’s Office … Read more