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Comedian Pete Davidson put on a show Wednesday in San Francisco—but ticketholders weren’t allowed in unless they signed a non-disclosure agreement with a $1 million penalty if broken.

Here are the key moments from Wednesday’s public impeachment hearings, which included testimony from Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the European Union; Laura Cooper, assistant deputy secretary of defense; and David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs.

A fire that destroyed a family’s home in Stoneham was caused by a forgotten hoverboard, officials said.

Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, was the most anticipated witness in the House impeachment inquiry and his testimony Wednesday showed why. He made repeated references to a quid pro quo involving Ukraine and invoked the names of senior Trump administration officials who, he said, knew what was going on. He also confirmed the existence of...

Ambassador Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators Wednesday that he worked with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine at the “express direction” of President Donald Trump and pushed for a political “quid pro quo” with Kyiv because it was what Trump wanted. “Mr. Giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the United States, and we knew that these investigations were...

A 26-year-old Waterbury woman has been reported missing. Police are looking for her and they are also trying to find her boyfriend.

A 63-year-old Michigan woman working with a children’s education charity in the Dominican Republic was found strangled to death with her arms and feet bound, according to police.

The public hearings into whether President Donald Trump should be impeached began in the House on Wednesday with testimony from two career State Department officials who tied Trump to a campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of the president’s political rivals.

Here are key moments as they unfolded during Wednesday’s public impeachment hearings, which included testimony from U.S. diplomat William Taylor and State Department official George Kent.

A young Palestinian man who was shot in the back by Israeli forces in an incident caught on video last year says the footage shows just a small part of what was a horrifying day for him. Speaking to The Associated Press after the video emerged last week, Karam Qawasmi said he was run over by a military jeep, then...

A former worker at a Berks County nursing home was arrested after she allegedly took photos of deceased residents and then sent them to her friends and co-workers.

President Donald Trump’s cell phone records show a call to a former “Apprentice” contestant on a day when she says he subjected her to unwanted kissing and groping, according to a court filing. Records filed in Summer Zervos’ defamation suit and obtained Monday by The Associated Press indicate that Zervos got a call from Trump’s phone on a day in...

President Donald Trump’s cell phone records show a call to a former “Apprentice” contestant on a day when she says he subjected her to unwanted kissing and groping, according to a court filing. Records filed in Summer Zervos’ defamation suit and obtained Monday by The Associated Press indicate that Zervos got a call from Trump’s phone on a day in...

The community is reacting to video that appears to show an officer’s tough takedown of a student in Keene, New Hampshire, and police say the incident started over vaping.

A Massachusetts woman says her iPhone caused her Dorchester home to fill with smoke on Halloween night. Shanice George was about to make dinner when she says she started to smell the smoke. She called 911 and firefighters responded, but George says they searched for almost an hour before a family member found the unexpected source: her work cell phone....

Shanice George says she was just about to make dinner when she started to smell smoke. She believes something caused her work cell phone to combust while it was charging in her basement, connected to her Apple laptop.

An apparent standoff between a car and a garbage truck caught on camera in Marshfield on Thursday comes amid a tense trash strike in the town. The video, shot from a nearby house, seems to show a Republic Services trash truck forcing a sedan to reverse down Lynn Street, a narrow, dead-end road.

Prosecutors say Vanessa MacCormack was furious with her husband in the months leading up to her murder. Tuesday, the jury saw the text messages that prove it.

Prosecutors say a Massachusetts teacher was furious with her husband in the months leading up to her murder. Vanessa MacCormack was strangled and stabbed on Sept. 23, 2017, for which her husband, Andrew MacCormack, is on trial for murder in Boston. Jurors saw text messages Tuesday that investigators say prove there were obvious problems in the MacCormack’s marriage. State Trooper...

Dedham’s teachers union was meeting Monday to approve a tentative deal that ended a three-day strike.