A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion at the Boston campus and then lying about what happened to a federal agent. Jason Duhaime, 46, from San Antonio, Texas, was convicted on three counts Friday by a federal jury. He faces up to five years in prison and a fine […]
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Longtime educator named new superintendent at Northeastern Local Schools
A longtime educator has been named the new Northeastern Local School District (NELSD) superintendent. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Consultant firm selected for Northeastern Local Schools in superintendent search The NELSD Board of Education approved the hiring of Jack Fisher Thursday to be the district’s new superintendent, according to a NELSD spokesperson. He previously worked at the Lynchburg-Clay […]
State police investigating thefts of 3 dirt bikes in northeastern Berks
State police are investigating the thefts of three dirt bikes from a Maxatawny Township neighborhood. Troopers from the Reading station were called about 2 p.m. on June 16 to the first block of Sweet Corn Drive off Krumsville Road after the thefts were discovered. The off-road motorcycles were believed to have been stolen between 9:30 […]
Tiny New York City College to Merge With Northeastern University
(Bloomberg) — A small, private college on Manhattan’s Upper East Side is merging with Northeastern University, as the brutal economics of higher education unfold. Most Read from Bloomberg Marymount Manhattan College, a school of about 1,400 students that has struggled with dwindling enrollment, has agreed to combine with the Boston-based university, according to a joint […]
‘Badly decomposed;’ Body found outside vacant funeral home in northeastern Ohio
A badly decomposed body was found outside of a vacant funeral home in northeastern Ohio. East Cleveland Police Department officials said the body was found in the 15300 block of Euclid Ave on Sunday, News 5 reported. The building at the address where the body was found was purchased by a company called Shaw’s Funeral […]
Ukrainian forces ‘halt Russian advance in north-eastern town’
Ukrainian units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s forces in a key north-eastern town have halted the Russian advance, military officials in Kyiv said. Russian attempts to establish a foothold in the town of Vovchansk, which is among the largest towns in the north-eastern Kharkiv region with a pre-war population of 17,000, “have been […]
Ukraine says Russia has launched an assault to breach defenses in northeastern Kharkiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded a town in Ukraine’s northeast with artillery, rockets and guided aerial bombs Friday before attempting an infantry breach of local defenses, authorities said, in a tactical switch that Kyiv officials have been expecting for weeks as the war stretches into its third year. Intense nighttime shelling targeted Vovchansk, in […]
Bomb in northeastern Afghanistan kills 3 officers who were part of convoy handling poppy eradication
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A sticky bomb exploded in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least three police officers on Wednesday, officials said. Abdul Mateen Qani, a spokesman for the Taliban’s interior ministry, said the bomb which was “attached to a motorcycle, exploded in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province,” while a convoy of security forces was passing […]
Tornado Touches Down in Northeastern Kansas
A tornado-warned storm killed at least one person and injured three others in northeast Kansas on Tuesday, April 30, local authorities said. A Pottawatomie County spokesperson said first responders were conducting grid searches in Westmoreland to survey the damage. Footage taken by MyRadar storm chaser Matthew Cappucci shows a funnel cloud near Centralia, northeast of […]
Barcelona to get floating desalination plant to help fight drought in northeastern Spain
FILE – Joan Torrent, 64, walks toward his house carrying two plastic jugs of water refilled at a natural spring in Gualba, about 50 km, (31 miles) northwest of Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024. Spain’s drought-stricken northeastern Catalonia is considering imposing water restrictions on tourists in the driest parts of the region if domestic […]
Earthquake rattles Northeastern U.S., shakes felt in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut
An 4.8 magnitude quake earthquake rattled the Northeastern United States on Friday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was centered near Lebanon, N.J., west of New York City, at a depth of 1 kilometer, and could be felt as far as Philadelphia and Boston. 🫨 What people felt Many New York City […]
At least 200 people, mostly women and children, abducted by extremists in northeastern Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 200 people, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria, were abducted by Islamic extremists while they were searching for firewood near the border with Chad, the United Nations office in Nigeria said late Wednesday. The victims had left several displacement camps to look for firewood in […]