water search

Days after a U.S. Marine from Massachusetts was swept from a beach in Puerto Rico, the search for him has changed, with local authorities saying that the active search for him was ending as of Monday. Cpl. Samuel Maturi Wanjiru, 26, was at La Pared beach in Luquillo, on Puerto Rico’s north-facing shore, on Wednesday with his partner when...

First responders found a missing 5-year-old child in Warren, Massachusetts, Thursday, hours after he went missing from the backyard of a home, police said Thursday. The boy went missing about 12:45 p.m. and was found in the woods, apparently okay, about two hours later, state police said. They had asked anyone who saw an unattended child to call 911. Divers…

Dive teams searched the Notown Reservoir in Leominster, Massachusetts, on Thursday afternoon but didn’t find anyone in the water. Aerial footage showed what appears to be a partially submerged canoe in the water off Palmer Road. Dive teams were in the water and numerous emergency vehicles were at the scene. But officials said no one was believed to have...