Tag: Massachusetts

Boston’s Italian Restaurants Sue Mayor Alleging Racial Discrimination

In one of the bluest states in the country, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is being accused of racial discrimination against one of America’s most iconic ethnic groups. Boston’s North End is home to some of the oldest generations of Italian immigrants in the United States. The cantinas and trattorias, which generations of Italians continue to…


Man Charged With Trying to Stab Flight Attendant Faces Judge

BOSTON—The man charged with attempting to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight last weekend and trying to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon is headed to court on Thursday to find out whether he will be granted bail. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, of Leominster, Massachusetts, was…


Man Arrested After Allegedly Stabbing Crew Member on United Airlines Flight With Broken Spoon

A Leominster, Massachusetts man has been arrested and charged for allegedly attempting to open an emergency exit door while aboard a United Airlines flight before stabbing a flight attendant, according to prosecutors. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, was charged with one count of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon, U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins’s…


No One Hurt When 2 United Flights Touch at Boston Airport

Two flights scheduled to depart from Boston Logan International Airport on Monday morning made contact with each other near the gate area, federal aviation and airport officials said. United Airlines Flight 515 was being pushed back from the gate by a tow tug when its right wing struck the tail of United Airlines Flight 267…


Man Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Stab Attendant on Flight From Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES—A man accused of trying to open an emergency exit door on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston, then allegedly trying to stab a flight attendant with a broken spoon handle, remained behind bars Monday in Massachusetts. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, of Massachusetts, was arrested Sunday night when the United Airlines flight landed…


IRS Says Payments Sent Out in 4 States Last Year Are Taxable

Most taxpayers in states that gave some kind of stimulus or tax rebate payment last year will not have to report them on their federal returns this year. However, some residents in four states will have to. According to guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) earlier this month, taxpayers in 17 of 21 states…


160 Patients Evacuated After Fire at Massachusetts Hospital

BROCKTON, Mass.—More than 70 ambulances showed up Tuesday to transfer about 160 patients evacuated from a Massachusetts hospital that lost power after an electrical transformer fire. The power was shut off at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital for safety reasons, officials said. “We are removing some critically ill and injured patients,” Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli…


Prosecution: Woman Planned the Killings of Her 3 Children

PLYMOUTH, Mass.—A Massachusetts woman used exercise bands to strangle her three children in the family home in a well-planned assault while her husband was out for about 20 minutes picking up medicine at a pharmacy and takeout, a prosecutor said at her arraignment Tuesday. Not guilty pleas were entered on behalf of Lindsay Clancy, 32,…


‘Unimaginable:’ 2 Children Dead, Infant Hospitalized

DUXBURY, Mass.—A 32-year-old mother in Massachusetts is expected to be charged in the killing of her two children and the injuring of her infant son, Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said Wednesday. Authorities arrived at a house in Duxbury on Tuesday night after receiving reports that a woman jumped out of a window. They found…


Supreme Court Won’t Stop $2 Million IRS Penalty Against Grandmother Whose Family Fled Nazis

The Supreme Court turned away an appeal on Jan. 23 over a $2.1 million penalty the IRS assessed against a grandmother whose family fled Nazi persecution, for failing to report a foreign bank account. The decision came as the U.S. House of Representatives, now controlled by Republicans, voted earlier this month to repeal a congressional…