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A western Massachusetts woman accused of threatening to bomb an apartment building in Boston’ Seaport District and shoot workers there appeared in court Tuesday. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday that 31-year-old Soledad Hernandez-Medina had been arraigned at the Central Division of Boston Municipal Court in a May 24 incident on Atlantic Avenue. Police responded shortly before noon…

Firefighters found a person dead inside a shed while responding to a fire in Palmer, Massachusetts, on Monday. State fire officials said a passing driver reported smoke coming from a property on West Ware Road around 1:15 p.m. Firefighters found a shed at the back of a home on fire and in danger of spreading to that home and nearby…

A 16-year-old student from a Palmer, Massachusetts, high school died when their SUV was hit by a truck Tuesday afternoon, NBC affiliate WWLP reported. The crash occurred when the driver, who has not been identified, was leaving Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School in his 1988 Chevy Suburban when the vehicle was hit by a tractor-trailer on the driver’s side,…

When a Massachusetts dog started choking, her owner made a split-second decision to rush her to the Palmer Fire Department. That move probably saved the animal’s life. Stella, an older chihuahua who can’t walk, began choking frantically on slices of cucumber Wednesday. Her owner, Tammy Johnson, got her vet on the phone, but was told there was no way...