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It’s a sad paradox but in some countries, assaults on doctors and medical workers illustrate how public fear and rage can turn against the very people risking their lives to save patients in a pandemic

The nurse and her husband sailed about 260 nautical miles from their home in Lynchburg all the way to Brooklyn, completing the trip in about two and a half days during winter on the Atlantic Ocean

Feeding the Frontline: Harvard Gardens and Red Bull Thanks MGH Nurses with Free Bagged Lunches for National Nurses Day. NECN’s Derek Zagami has the story.

A nurse, working at a coronavirus field hospital in Boston, realized her car was stolen Sunday with PPE inside.

Lori Marie Key, a nurse at St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Michigan, sings “Amazing Grace” during a shift change.

An elderly woman chose not to visit her husband, who was dying from coronavirus complications, because she didn’t want to take the hospital’s limited personal protective equipment away from staffers.

Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Kimmel gave a nurse from St. George, Utah a sweet surprise on Thursday’s at-home edition of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!.”

Soldier is a service dog for a student at Timber Creek High School in Fort Worth. This year he is included in the students’ yearbook, and he posed like a pro.

A 7-month-old mixed pit bull pup named Rudolph, who survived an overcrowded shelter that tried to euthanize him, has found his forever home, an animal shelter official said Tuesday. In a Jan. 16 Facebook post, the Kings Harvest No Kill Pet Rescue Shelter in Davenport, Iowa, described the experience of “this adorable young man” at another shelter. That post has...

A trio of police officers paid for an accused shoplifter’s groceries rather than arresting her at a Manhattan Whole Foods.

A Boston organization is trying to help a very vulnerable part of the homeless population: pregnant women. Something as simple as a bedroom for her daughter and one for her son may seem simple, but for Desiree Agnew, it’s everything. That’s because not too long ago Agnew was pregnant and homeless. Agnew is not alone. Research suggests the number of...

A former nurse at a Massachusetts state prisons system facility has been sentenced for distributing drugs to inmates. Federal prosecutors say 40-year-old Julie Inglis-Somers, of Kingston, was sentenced Friday to three years or probation, the first three months of which must be served in home confinement.

Here comes the… controversy. Australian Kmart — which has no relation to U.S. Kmart — yanked a child bride Halloween costume after more than 500 people signed an online petition claiming that it normalizes sex trafficking. “A child bride costume currently exists on Kmart shelves in children’s sizes. Tell Kmart this is beyond inappropriate and offensive and that they have...

A 58-year-old registered nurse accused of helping a heartbroken man end his life pleaded not guilty Monday to a murder charge.

“The Casagrandes,” Nickelodeon’s new original animated series that centers around an 11-year-old girl trying to survive a big city, is one of the first cartoons in the U.S. to feature a multigenerational Mexican American family. The long-awaited spin-off from the network’s popular animation series, “The Loud House,” premiered Monday and comes as more networks are taking chances on Latino-themed shows....

Nurses working at Monmounth Medical Center gave Benadryl to patients to “lighten the workload,” a lawsuit alleges

A Vermont State Police investigation is continuing into both a fatal officer-involved shooting involving a prominent ex-mayor’s son, and an apparent homicide detectives believe preceded it. Investigators released a photo Wednesday of the semi-automatic rifle Vermont State Police detectives say 33-year-old Christopher Louras was firing at local officers Tuesday morning in Rutland.

Police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Rutland, Vermont.

The man fatally shot by Rutland police after shooting at the police station and leading police on a chase is the son of the city’s former mayor. Vermont State Police say 33-year-old Christopher Louras, of Rutland, may be linked to a possible homicide in Salisbury.

Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as “Julia,” has died. She was 84.