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Report: MGM Resorts considering sale of casinos in Mass. and Ohio
MGM Resorts International is considering selling its casinos in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Northfield Park, Ohio, according to a report from Bloomberg News, which cited people with knowledge on the matter. The company, which operates 31 casinos globally, began consulting financial advisors upon review of MGM’s share price, which has risen less than 5% over the last two years despite growth…
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Police seize firearms while investigating school shooting threat made by 12-year-old
Investigators seized multiple firearms and arrested two adults while investigating a school shooting threat made by a 12-year-old student from Springfield, Massachusetts, this week. Police said they were investigating a report about a 12-year-old student who claimed to have access to guns and threatened to bring a gun to school and use it. When police contacted the student’s mother,...
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Police seek suspect who fired shot inside Springfield high school
Police are searching for a man they say forced his way into a Springfield, Massachusetts, high school armed with a gun and fired a shot inside earlier this week. Chantz Dudley, 20, of Chicopee, is facing multiple charges after he allegedly forced his way into the High School of Science and Technology Monday. According to police, Dudley was armed with…
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Group of adults force way into Springfield high school, one shot fired; Conn. man arrested, others sought
A group of adults were involved in an altercation outside of a high school in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Monday, when one of them allegedly forced their way inside and fired a shot inside the school hallway. Springfield police say they responded to the High School of Science and Technology around 2:10 p.m. after a school resource officer reported a large…
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Two charged with murder in deadly August double shooting in Springfield
Two people have been charged in a shooting in Springfield, Massachusetts, that left a man and woman dead in August 2023. Springfield police say Julien Rivera, 27, and Marcus Johnson, 23, were served with arrest warrants in the deadly shooting on August 12. Rivera and Johnson, who are both from Springfield, each face charges of murder, malicious damage to a…
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1 dead, 3 others hurt in Springfield shooting, police say
A man has died and three others are hurt after a shooting in Springfield, Massachusetts on Tuesday, police say. Officers responded to Morgan Street around 6:20 p.m. to find multiple gunshot victims, according to the Springfield Police Department. Two of them were found inside a Freightliner truck, and a third was on the ground. One of the victims found inside…
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Vt. police say bodies found off rural road are those of 2 missing Mass. men
Autopsies have confirmed that the two bodies found in a wooded area off a rural road in northern Vermont are those of two missing Massachusetts men who were shot to death, Vermont State Police said Thursday. Police found the bodies of 21-year-olds Jahim Solomon, of Pittsfield, and Eric White, of Chicopee, on Wednesday in a wooded area in Eden. Autopsies…
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2 bodies found in search for Mass. men missing in Vermont
Two bodies have been found amid the search for two missing Massachusetts men in Vermont, police said Wednesday. The bodies, found just under a mile apart in the woods near a road in Eden, Vermont, haven’t been identified, Maj. Dan Trudeau, commander of the Vermont State Police Criminal Division, said at a news conference. Because they have yet to...
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Person of interest sought in deadly Springfield fire; mom of victims speaks
Days after a fire ripped through a building in Springfield, Massachusetts, killing a woman and seriously hurting another person, police are looking for a person who was seen in the area. The mother of the woman who died, a recent high school graduate, and another woman who was seriously injured and remained at Massachusetts General Hospital Thursday spoke exclusively to…
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1 person killed, another critically injured in early-morning fire in Springfield
One person was killed and another critically injured in an early-morning fire in Springfield, Massachusetts. According to WWLP, the fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. Monday at 118 Grover St., and two people were trapped inside. Firefighters arrived and were able to get everyone out of the house. A woman died in the fire, while the other victim was resuscitated…
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3 teenagers arrested after crashing into cruiser, injuring officers
Three teenagers were arrested after crashing into a police cruiser while driving a stolen car in Springfield, Massachusetts on Tuesday evening. Springfield police say the incident took place at around 6:15 p.m. on Maple Street. According to authorities, they observed a car that had been reported stolen earlier in the day. The driver, identified as 19-year-old Daniel Walker, drove in…
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3 arrested after teenager is killed in Springfield
Authorities have arrested three people after a teenager was killed in Springfield late Sunday night. Police say they responded to a report of a gunshot victim in an apartment on Lionel Benoit Road, according to reports from WWLP. According to authorities they found a 17-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound and three other people in the apartment. The teenager was…
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Mom mourns ‘my princess,' 10-year-old girl shot by neighbor in Springfield
The mother of a 10-year-old Massachusetts girl shot by a neighbor who forced his way into her family’s apartment earlier this week has died. The girl, identified as Aubrianna Lynn, was shot in Springfield on Monday and died on Thursday, her mother posted on Facebook. Stephanie Croteau wrote that the girl was not in pain and was surrounded by family....
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10-year-old dead after Springfield shooting
A 10-year-old wounded in a shooting Monday in Springfield, Massachusetts, has died, the city’s mayor confirmed. Police say 34-year-old Victor Nieves of Springfield forced his way through the front door of his neighbor’s apartment in the multi-family home they shared on Berkshire Avenue. He shot 52-year-old Kim Fairbanks, who died from her injuries, and two granddaughters, ages 12 and 10….
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New details revealed in Springfield apartment shooting
A Springfield, Massachusetts man forced his way into his neighbor’s home, shooting and killing her, and shot her grandchildren, leaving one of them in critical condition, before turning the gun on himself, officials said Tuesday.
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Neighbor shot woman, her grandkids, then himself at Springfield, Mass. apartment, DA says
A Springfield, Massachusetts man forced his way into his neighbor’s home, shooting and killing her, and shot her grandchildren, leaving one of them in critical condition, before turning the gun on himself, officials said Tuesday. The Hampden District Attorney’s Office provided the update Tuesday, one day after they say Victor Nieves, 34, forced through the front door of his...
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Serious injury reported in I-91 crash involving motorcycle and tractor-trailer
A crash involving a motorcycle and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 91 in Springfield, Massachusetts, has resulted in serious injury and closed highway lanes to traffic Monday night. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation released little information but said all I-91 southbound lanes were closed at mile marker 8, just south of the Interstate 391 exchange. Around 10:15 p.m., MassDOT said lanes…
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Two people dead, three children hurt, in Springfield, Mass. shooting
Two people are dead and children hurt after a shooting in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon. Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni said Monday afternoon that there were multiple victims hurt in the incident at a home on Berkshire Avenue, and a man and a woman are dead. Three children were taken to the hospital for treatment. The suspected shooter…
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U.S. Capitol brick by brick: New LEGO center houses miniature versions of iconic D.C. locations
Visitors will find miniature versions of iconic D.C. locations, like the U.S. Capitol, made entirely out of Lego pieces.
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Amber Alert issued for 4-year-old kidnapped in Springfield
Police say that Cortana Goncalves was taken by her biological mother who does not have custody of her.