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With Brexit just 47 days away, the British government asked lawmakers on Sunday to give Prime Minister Theresa May more time to rework her divorce deal with the European Union. Communities Secretary James Brokenshire said Parliament would get to pass judgment on May’s Brexit plan “no later than Feb. 27.” The promise is a bid to avert a showdown on...

A New Hampshire woman is facing drunk driving charges after crashing her car into a home in Hudson Friday night.

A New Hampshire woman is facing drunk driving charges after crashing her car into a home in Hudson Friday night.

New Hampshire state police say a driver has been accused of traveling at 120 miles an hour on Interstate 95.

Two Americans were killed and five others were injured in a bus accident as they traveled in Belize on Wednesday as part of a Carnival Cruise Line trip. Jacqueline Abad, 53, and Sara Armijo, 51, were killed as they were traveling on a roadway to Belmopan City in a Grey Dodge passenger van as part of their Carnival Cruise trip,...

Worcester-area officials are reminding residents to drive safely and responsibly on Thanksgiving. They say car crashes Tuesday and Wednesday have left three people dead and two others injured. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports a 66-year-old man was killed by a car in Worcester Tuesday evening. No one has been charged in that incident.

NASCAR has fined three car owners $50,000 each and penalized their teams for manipulating the season-ending Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in an alleged scheme to collect a higher bonus payout. Jay Robinson (Premium Motorsports), Rick Ware (Rick Ware Racing) and TJ Puchyr (Spire Motorsports) were fined. Each team penalized had cars fall out of the race, apparently to...

In less than 10 hours, three people were killed in separate car crashes in Massachusetts’ Worcester County, according to the district attorney’s office. Worcester police said one of the crashes led to the death of a 66-year-old male pedestrian. That incident happened at 4:51 p.m. Tuesday in the area of 229 Park Ave. Investigators said it appeared the driver did...

The bodies of 16 of the 39 Vietnamese who died when human traffickers carried them by truck to England last month were repatriated to their homeland on Wednesday and have been taken to their families. The bodies arrived on a flight that landed in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, the news website VNExpress reported. The website published photos of ambulances that transported...

Three suspects are in custody in Braintree, Massachusetts, after they fled a vehicle and led police on a chase Tuesday afternoon. Massachusetts State Police said they had been searching for a man wanted for a shooting in Plymouth last month.

A suburban school bus driver was arrested after she allegedly purchased beer at a convenience store and drank it while picking up students during a morning bus route.

Three suspects were arrested Tuesday afternoon in Braintree, Massachusetts, after they fled a vehicle and led police on a chase. One suspect had a warrant for a shooting incident last month in Plymouth.

Maine police say a city employee was struck and killed by the bucket truck he had been driving while he and another worker were hanging Christmas wreaths. The Portland Press Herald reports the two workers were hanging wreaths on light poles Monday afternoon outside Springvale District Court on Main Street in Sanford.

A city worker was killed Monday after police say he was struck by the bucket truck he had been driving while he and another worker were hanging Christmas wreaths in Sanford, Maine.

A taxi driver in Portland, Maine, suffered serious stabbing injuries after a passenger attacked him early Friday morning.

A UPS driver is being hailed as a hero for stepping in when a fire broke out on a porch of a Massachusetts home earlier this week — and it was all caught on camera.

A Boston woman is dead after she was struck while crossing Route 9 in Westboro, Massachusetts, Monday night.

Police in Falmouth, Massachusetts, say the crash that killed two teenagers in December was caused by an illegal passing and a high rate of speed.

A Maine State Police Trooper thought he was assisting a driver and passenger during a deer crash in Bangor, but actually discovered some interesting cargo in the vehicle.