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A Massachusetts community made sure people showed up for the funeral of a World War II veteran who died at age 99. The Herald News reports that when Arthur Schroeder, of Taunton, died Nov. 22, and he left behind no surviving family members who could attend his funeral. The veteran’s pastor, Rev. Ami Dion, decided to reach out to Taunton...

A Massachusetts community made sure people showed up for the funeral of a World War II veteran who died at age 99 with no surviving family members to attend his funeral.

A “youth host” on a Disney Cruise ship accused of molesting a young boy during a cruise earlier this year is set to go to trial in Miami-Dade later this month, and prosecutors are looking for more alleged victims.

A Massachusetts lawmaker has introduced legislation that would make using the “b-word” to demean others illegal in the state. The bill, proposed by Rep. Daniel Hunt, would subject those who use the word “to accost, annoy, degrade or demean the other person” to penalties.

Warm fall days are heating up school classrooms that don’t have access to air conditioning. The Boston Herald reports that students and teachers in some schools have been sweltering in the face of unseasonable warm temperatures.

Authorities say a Massachusetts woman has died after falling from a third-floor window at a condominium complex. A spokesman for the Bristol district attorney says investigators are trying to determine if the death at the Waterview Heights complex in Fall River on Tuesday morning was accidental or intentional.

A Fall River restaurant-owner was pleasantly surprised this weekend when actor Bill Murray stopped by her store. The award-winning actor traveled over 70 miles Saturday to Patti’s Pierogis on a quest to find quality pierogis. Murray was accompanied by Academy Award-winning director Peter Farrelly who he was staying with on Martha’s Vineyard, the Fall River Herald reports.

A Fall River mother facing charges for assaulting her 3-month-old baby was found dangerous at a court hearing Monday, according to The Herald News.

Police in Florida say a man who bought an $8 million island off Key West is accused in a scheme to steal $300 in household items from Kmart.

A Palm Beach County woman, who 13 years ago began creating several day spas in South Florida, is getting a lot of unwanted attention Friday. This, after the Miami Herald reported she once owned a Jupiter day spa shut down in a highly publicized prostitution sting.

Footage shows towering flames in San Francisco as crews battle a fire caused by a gas explosion.

Boston residents living around iconic Fenway Park are expressing their concern over the number of concerts Red Sox officials are proposing at the venue for 2019. According to the Boston Herald, residents went to City Hall on Wednesday to voice their complaints on issues such as noise, traffic, and crowds.

After a two-week period of rocky incidents for the MBTA, transportation officials will host a public meeting to discuss the service.

Less than a week after Massachusetts opened the first two recreational marijuana shops, Mayor Marty Walsh says he’s concerned about Boston opening its first pot shop next year. According to a document obtained by the Boston Herald, an agreement was reached Wednesday between the city of Boston and Ascend Mass LLC.

The Boston Public Library confirmed Tuesday that three of its facilities managers have been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.

A mother and a daughter with a love of the macabre have won an online auction to spend a night in the Massachusetts bedroom where Lizzie Borden is thought to have killed her stepmother with an ax.

A southern Indiana woman is pushing for a cemetery to repair her gravestone more than a year after she discovered it lists her as dead.

Massachusetts state regulators are investigating if Uber hiked up prices during one of the March nor’easters.

The first lawsuit has been filed against the companies involved in the design and building of the bridge that collapsed at Florida International University.

Rob Klinkhammer hasn’t forgotten his summer job back in junior hockey. Digging ditches will stick with you. His stepmother got him the gas company job in Alberta and he recalls making “18, 19 bucks an hour” during grueling, 10-hour days. “I thought I was a millionaire,” he said. “I was digging down to gas lines so the welder could get...