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Four friends caught a great white shark off Nantucket

Cape Cod officials reflect 1 year after fatal shark attack

Dem presidential candidates call for Kavanaugh's impeachment

03jellyfish - Portuguese Man Of War jelly fish have been found washed up on a couple beaches in Yarmouth, Ma. (Yarmouth Division of Natural Resources)

Summer of Blob: Maine sees more big, stinging jellyfish

Ric Ocasek, lead singer for The Cars, dies at 75 September 15, 2019 | 8:50 PM

Officials ID victim in deadly bar shooting in Fall River September 15, 2019 | 3:36 PM

Paul says he won't back Cheney if she runs for Senate September 15, 2019 | 3:14 PM

Gun control must include background checks, Dems tell Trump September 15, 2019 | 2:46 PM

3 men charged in connection with burned body September 15, 2019 | 12:59 PM

The Gulf of Maine supports numerous fisheries and is warming faster than most of the world’s oceans.

Maine ocean institute launching new climate center September 15, 2019 | 12:22 PM

Legal showdown looms over House subpoena to intel director September 15, 2019 | 12:18 PM

Government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River in Yuma, Ariz.

450 miles of border wall by next year? In Arizona, it starts September 15, 2019 | 12:12 PM

United Auto Workers President Gary Jones spoke during the opening of their contract talks with General Motors in Detroit. in July. The UAW announced that its roughly 49,000 members at GM plants in the U.S. will go on strike Sunday night.

UAW says its 49K members at GM plants will go on strike Sunday night September 15, 2019 | 11:26 AM

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media following a visit with students on the campus of Texas Southern University Friday in Houston.

Joe Biden visits key civil rights movement site in Alabama Sunday September 15, 2019 | 11:05 AM

The vehicle crashed into trees off the side of the road in Littleton off I-495 south.

Leominster man dies in crash on I-495 in Littleton September 15, 2019 | 10:40 AM

In this Sept. 13, 2018 file image taken from video provided by WCVB in Boston, flames consume a home of Lawrence, Mass. police officer Ivan Soto in Lawrence, Mass, a suburb of Boston. Officials announced that most have been connected back to their service following the fires, explosions and loss of their main heating utility, but there are many issues which still need to be solved. (WCVB via AP)

Communities celebrate resiliency after gas explosions September 15, 2019 | 10:12 AM

Immigrants to Mass. lawmakers: ‘Have some kind of heart’ on driver’s license bill September 15, 2019 | 10:12 AM

A jury trial is set to begin Monday at New Haven Superior Court.

Trial for Connecticut rabbi accused of sexually assaulting teen begins Monday September 15, 2019 | 9:37 AM

In 2015, Scott Thomas Corey (center) read all 58,000 names of the service members who died in the Vietnam War.

South Boston's Vietnam War memorial to be rededicated September 15, 2019 | 9:20 AM

At the beginning of the 2019-2020 academic year, New York became the first state that empowers schools to petition courts for temporary removal of firearms from people believed to be a danger to themselves or others. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth, File)

NY schools first to have 'red flag' petition power on guns September 15, 2019 | 8:44 AM

The rise and fall of an Eagle Scout's deadly fentanyl empire September 15, 2019 | 8:23 AM

Rise in health uninsured may be linked to immigrants' fears September 15, 2019 | 8:18 AM

Adiba Khan, a former University of California at Berkeley student and organizer with Students United for Reproductive Justice, at home in Berkeley.

A California bill would require public universities to provide abortion pills September 15, 2019 | 7:47 AM

Kayaker rescued from waters in Salem Channel September 15, 2019 | 7:40 AM

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, speaks to delegates during the 2019 Massachusetts Democratic Party Convention.

Elizabeth Warren urges voters to think beyond just defeating Trump September 15, 2019 | 7:25 AM

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Bar shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 injured in Fall River September 14, 2019 | 2:06 PM

Ultra nightclub in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, remains permanently closed.

Boston man sentenced to life for murder outside Providence nightclub September 14, 2019 | 12:51 PM

AP source: Otto Warmbier's parents to have dinner with Trump September 14, 2019 | 12:18 PM

Warren has own plan for everything, though not health care September 14, 2019 | 11:51 AM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and their tale of 2 countries September 14, 2019 | 10:42 AM

A man's body was found near Surf restaurant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Man's body found in the Piscataqua River Friday night September 14, 2019 | 10:06 AM

The CIA declassified Osama bin Laden’s reading material from his Pakistan compound.

White House says bin Laden son killed in US operation September 14, 2019 | 9:50 AM

Three teens were shot in Newport News, Virginia.

Three teens shot at Virginia high school football game September 14, 2019 | 8:05 AM

House committee subpoenas acting intelligence director September 13, 2019 | 8:54 PM