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Groton, MA

Columbus, OH

Los Angeles, CA

RadarOnline

Richard Simmons was covered in cuts and bruises and had a broken leg when he died the day before his 76th birthday.RadarOnline.com exclusively obtained a copy of Simmons' autopsy report revealing the extent of the "blunt traumatic injuries" credited with causing the fitness guru's accidental death. Simmons, who disappeared from the public eye in 2014 after a prosperous career in exercise media, suffered the injuries during a "ground level fall" at his Hollywood Hills home. The date of injury was listed as "unknown" by the Los Angeles Medical Examiner.On the evening of July 11, "he experienced an episode of dizziness...

Richard Simmons' Autopsy Report Reveals 76-Year-Old Fitness Guru's Body Was Riddled With Cuts and Bruises

Maitland, FL

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If you’re a fan of hearty Italian meals without the hassle of cooking, you might be feeling a bit nostalgic. Buca di Beppo, the Orlando-based chain known for its family-style Italian feasts, is closing its doors—not just one, but 14 locations!

A Much-Loved Italian Restaurant in Florida Has Closed, and the Company Will Also Close 13 More

Boston, MA

Shreveport Magazine

Boston, MA – According to the court documents, the 38-year-old defendant, later identified as Mathew, reportedly killed his girlfriend, who was pregnant, while his wife was giving birth to their third child. Prosecutors claim the defendant killed the pregnant woman because he wanted to silence her from revealing that he ra-ed her when she was 15 years old. The ex-cop, who was formally indicted this week for killing a witness or a victim, faces life in prison if convicted, court records say.

Man reached an agreement with woman, whom he began moIesting when she was 15, that he would lmpregnate her in exchange for her silence before he strangled her to death and then tried to cover his tracks; charged

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

Georgia State

Fox News

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance was met with some boos during a speech Thursday to a firefighters union in Boston, Massachusetts.

JD Vance booed during firefighters union speech in which he asked members what have Democrats 'gotten you'?

Coffee County, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Last week, two individuals from Coffee County were charged with trafficking methamphetamine following a search at a residence on Willacoochee Highway. On August 13, detectives with the Coffee County Drug Unit conducted an operation involving Charles Black, which led to a search of his residence on Willacoochee Highway. According to the report, Black left his residence before the warrant was served and was subsequently detained.

Two Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine After Search in Coffee County

Norfolk County, MA

Stoughton, MA

CBS Boston

STOUGHTON – The arrest of a former Stoughton police officer on allegations he killed a pregnant woman has again tightened the microscope on Norfolk County.On Wednesday, Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy announced federal charges against Matthew Farwell. Farwell is accused of grooming Sandra Birchmore from a young age through a police program, raping her, impregnating her, then later killing her, and staging it to look like a suicide.The case, from a legal perspective, is a surprising federal one, experts say. "It's really unusual for the federal government to swoop in and take over what otherwise would be a [state] murder investigation," said...

Microscope on Norfolk County as feds investigate two separate cases

Sandra Birchmore applied to be a Police Explorers participant with the Stoughton Massachusetts police department in March of 2010. She was 12 years old and remained with the program until 2016. A detective at the time of the Stoughton Police Department Matthew Farwell was an instructor on the program and befriended her on Facebook in 2012. Farwell a 27-year-old Stoughton detective manipulated and assaulted Sandra for his sick pleasures. He knew he could get away with it because he was a police officer with police friends who would cover for him if something happened.

Sandra Birchmore and Karen Read Cases: Look The Other Way

Foxborough, MA

American Songwriter

Kenny Chesney wrapped up his Sun Goes Down Tour last weekend with three nights at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Chesney brought plenty of good vibes and great songs. At the same time, the booze was flowing. In short, most of the stadium crowd was having a great time. Unfortunately, one off-duty cop in the audience couldn’t hold his liquor—or his bladder—and ruined a fellow concertgoer’s night during the Saturday (August 24) show.

Off-Duty Cop Who Urinated on a Woman During a Kenny Chesney Concert Gets Off Scott Free After Paying a Pittance to the Courts

Camilo Díaz

(MA) Meet Angel August, a small Yorkie and Chihuahua mix pup who could really use your help moving...into your house! Angel recently came into Great Dog Rescue New England's care after an unexpected tragedy. Although she has been an owned pup her whole life, sadly Angel's owner passed away. Now safely in rescue care, Angel is patiently waiting for the next chapter of her life to begin. Will you help her write it?

Little Yorkshire Terrier Who Lost Her Owner Now Looking For Love

BOSTON - Heading into Labor Day weekend, multiple towns in Massachusetts are facing critical or high risk levels of the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE. A map published by the state's Department of Public Health shows the EEE threat for every community in the state.EEE cases in Massachusetts Massachusetts on Thursday reported its second human case of EEE in a woman in her 30s. She contracted the virus in Plymouth County, before the area was aerial sprayed for mosquitos. A EEE case in a horse was also confirmed there.Many towns around Plymouth have a EEE risk level of moderate or...

EEE map for Massachusetts shows towns at highest risk level

Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

Canton, MA

The Karen Read case took a hit today at the Norfolk DA’s office. The FBI arrested Matthew Farwell today who was a former Stoughton Police Detective for having a sexual relationship with Sandra Birchmore from 15 years old to 23 years old. Not only that but when Sandra was pregnant with Farwell’s baby in late 2020 or early 2021 one of her friends called the Stoughton Police and notified that one of their officers was having a sexual relationship with her friend. According to the affidavit, Farwell got mad and upset that one of Sandra’s friends called the Stoughton Police and he then started acting weird according to the affidavit. He went to Sandra’s apartment weeks leading up to her murder looking around her apartment which she thought was strange according to the affidavit. Farwell asked for a key to her apartment.

Karen Read Shouldn’t Face A Second Trail

Illinois State

Plymouth, MA

The Independent

 Massachusetts reported its second confirmed case of the rare but potentially deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus on Thursday.The individual was identified as a woman in her thirties, who had been exposed in an area of Plymouth County that was aerially sprayed with insecticide on Tuesday night. She was infected before spraying in the community had been completed.The department did not say anything about the woman’s current condition, but assured that there have been no changes in the area’s risk level, currently determined to be high.A horse in the same area was also exposed: the second confirmed case in a...

Second case of deadly mosquito-borne virus detected in Massachusetts as county closes parks and fields

Worcester County, MA

Oxford, MA

The Mirror US

As many as four Massachusetts towns are under voluntary lockdowns with evening curfews after the mosquito-borne disease Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) was detected in local insects

Massachusetts towns on lockdown to prevent spread of deadly mosquito-borne disease EEE

The Lantern

One man is dead after a five-hour standoff with police Sunday morning near Ohio State’s South campus. Credit: Lantern File Photo. One man is dead after an over-five-hour-long barricade standoff with the Columbus Division of Police Sunday morning.

One dead after five-hour standoff with police in the University District Sunday morning

Crisp County, GA

On Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 24 individuals following Operation Shyne Down. The GBI and other agencies served a total of 120 warrants on the suspects involved in the investigation, which targeted the criminal street gang G-Shyne Bloods and their involvement in criminal activities in Crisp County, Georgia.

Operation Results in More than 20 Charged with Gang Offenses, RICO, and more

Ayer, MA

Pepperell, MA

Shirley, MA

Dunstable, MA

Devens, MA

Littleton, MA

Westford, MA

Townsend, MA

Harvard, MA

Nashua, NH

Lunenburg, MA

Boxborough, MA

Still River, MA

Hollis, NH

Brookline, NH

Chelmsford, MA

Acton, MA

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Fire destroys 19th-century building used as wedding venue, restaurant in Groton, Massachusetts

GROTON, Mass. — Flames consumed a 19th-century Massachusetts building that's now used as a wedding venue and farm-to-table restaurant early Sunday morning. The fire at The...

Fire destroys 19th-century building used as wedding venue, restaurant in Groton, Massachusetts

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