7 people are dead after a truck and tour van collided near Yellowstone, police say – Boston News, Weather, Sports

7 people are dead after a truck and tour van collided near Yellowstone, police say – Boston News, Weather, Sports

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A pickup truck and a tour van collided on a highway leading to Yellowstone National Park, leaving seven people dead and eight others injured, Idaho State Police said. The crash happened just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday near Henry’s Lake State Park in eastern Idaho, police said in a press release. The … Read more

CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years – Boston News, Weather, Sports

CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years – Boston News, Weather, Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eclipse the 207 reported last year. It’s the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 … Read more

Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: A possible military parade coinciding with Trump’s birthday

Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: A possible military parade coinciding with Trump’s birthday

The U.S. Army is weighing plans for a historic parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., this June that would involve some 6,600 soldiers, tanks and infantry vehicles, helicopter flyovers and parachute jumps, according to several people familiar with the planning effort. The June 14 parade, if approved, would coincide with and be part of … Read more

Braintree students pay tribute to local veterans through ‘Youth and Valor’ program – Boston News, Weather, Sports

Braintree students pay tribute to local veterans through ‘Youth and Valor’ program – Boston News, Weather, Sports

BRAINTREE, MASS. (WHDH) – Students in Braintree paid tribute to local veterans during an assembly at Archbishop Williams High School on Friday. Students in the “Youth and Valor” program interviewed 11 veterans for the project. They then crafted essays to detail each veteran’s story of sacrifice and service to the county. At Friday’s event, the … Read more

CDC workers fired amidst Trump’s mass layoffs

CDC workers fired amidst Trump’s mass layoffs

 Supporters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demonstrate outside the center’s entrance in Atlanta during a rally in April. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder Shelby Hutton was a biologist studying sexually transmitted diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was planning to expand her gonorrhea research by starting doctoral studies in the … Read more

Newly launched law firm says it will represent those ‘inappropriately targeted’ by Trump

Newly launched law firm says it will represent those ‘inappropriately targeted’ by Trump

Three months after President Donald Trump returned to office and began issuing a series of executive orders against organizations and law firms whose actions have opposed him, a longtime Washington, D.C., attorney is launching a new firm that aims in part to represent those who he says have been “unlawfully and inappropriately targeted” by the … Read more

North Springs High Student Wins Essay Contest Title

North Springs High Student Wins Essay Contest Title

 Laws of Life Essay contest participants were honored by the Sandy Springs Rotary Club. Shown above are, from left, North Springs Language Arts teacher Adam Throne, Carson Mayeske, Maria Valentina Rodriguez, Christian Cain, Treasure Omorodion, and Sandy Springs Rotary Club President John Neill. (Provided by North Springs High School)  North Springs High School sophomore Maria Valentina Rodriguez earned top … Read more

Arlington firefighters hosting fire truck pull to raise money for cancer research – Boston News, Weather, Sports

Arlington firefighters hosting fire truck pull to raise money for cancer research – Boston News, Weather, Sports

ARLINGTON, MASS. (WHDH) – Firefighters in Arlington will flex their muscles this weekend to raise thousands of dollars for cancer research. Arlington firefighters put their lives on the line every day, fighting fires. Six years ago, they lost one of their own to cancer, and the heartbreak sparked a new fight. “Steve Porciello was one … Read more