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KINGSTON, MASS. (WHDH) – A local family is mourning the tragic loss of a husband and father who died while on vacation. Josh Curtis lost his life while saving his son and niece from a dangerous rip tide. His sister said Curtis, a decorated Army veteran with a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, loved … Read more

A great dane that holds the record of world’s tallest living dog and stands over 3 feet tall got a visit from his short counterpart — a chihuahua that stands under 4 inches high. Source link

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday over what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma. The justices are taking up appeals filed by the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School and the state charter school board after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the school would entangle church … Read more

Doug Emhoff, the former second gentleman of the United States, said on Tuesday that he had been dismissed from the board of trustees of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Emhoff was dismissed from the board by President Donald Trump’s administration, which has the power to appoint and remove members. “President Trump looks forward to appointing … Read more

Temperatures got close to 80° yesterday afternoon and the summer like temperatures hung around overnight. We’re waking up this morning to temperatures in the 60s (that’s our normal high this time of year). But with a cold front that moved through around sunrise, the colder air that’s inbound will counteract most of the sunshine we’ll … Read more

Black female WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ receive congressional honor The battalion was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, with two surviving members watching with their families at home and more than 300 descendants at the U.S. Capitol for the ceremony. April 29, 2025 Source link

BURLINGTON, MASS. (WHDH) – Parents in Burlington expressed outrage over a sensitive health survey recently given to middle school students, saying that some of the questions asked of students at Marshall Simonds Middle School were too sexually explicit for children at that age. Some parents also say they opted out of their children participating in … Read more

Government data to be released on Wednesday is expected to show a sharp economic slowdown over the initial months of President Donald Trump’s second term as a flurry of tariff proposals stoked uncertainty among businesses and consumers, analysts told ABC News. The measure of gross domestic product, or GDP, will likely be lowered by a … Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — An estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forces, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Wednesday. The assessment came two days after North Korea confirmed for the first time that it had sent combat troops to help Russia recapture parts of the … Read more

In an exclusive interview with ABC News to mark his 100th day in office, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he “could” secure the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man his administration said in court was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. “Now the Supreme Court has upheld an order that you must return … Read more