(This story was updated to include additional information.) BOSTON — Federal authorities arrested a Natick man on Monday after he allegedly sold U.S. technology that was later used in a fatal drone attack in Jordan that killed three U.S. soldiers. The arrests of Mahdi Mohammed Sadeghi, 42, of 85 Woodland Road, Natick, and Mohammad Abedini…
President Joe Biden and governors across the U.S. have directed that flags fly at half-staff Saturday, December 7, in honor of Americans who died at Pearl Harbor 83 years ago. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day honors the 2,403 service members and civilians killed after Japanese forces attacked the U.S. naval base on Oahu, Hawaii, on…
The World Health Organization is deploying a team of experts to help local health authorities investigate a mysterious, flu-like disease that has infected nearly 400 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. The team comprises epidemiologists, clinicians, laboratory technicians, infection prevention and control specialists and risk communications experts, according to a WHO statement….
A Kansas mother convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a 2022 car crash that killed three Girl Scouts − including her daughter − deflected blame, questioned the fairness of her trial and expressed optimism she would avoid prison during recorded jailhouse phone calls. Amber Peery, 35, was found guilty in August of three felony counts of…
Food recalls have recently hit major brands, from Boar’s Head to McDonald’s, but experts say don’t panic ‒ at least not yet. While some food recalls don’t get much publicity, several recent high-profile outbreaks involving organic carrots, slivered onions and liverwurst have raised concern about U.S. food safety. However, data from the Food and Drug Administration…
It’s been almost 10 years since a white supremacist was welcomed into a South Carolina church and opened fire, killing nine people in a Bible study, including the Rev. Sharon Risher’s mother, two cousins and childhood friend. When the shooter, Dylann Roof, was sentenced to death in 2017, Risher believed he deserved to die. Over…
Dengue fever, a potentially fatal virus spread by mosquitoes, is sweeping across the Americas, breaking records with a skyrocketing rate of infections. Cases have spiked in large part due to increasing global temperatures wrought by greenhouse gas emissions, new research shows. Nearly a fifth of dengue infections in the Americas and Southeast Asia were propelled…
Less than three weeks before Election Day, the White House plans to sidestep the jumble of legal challenges it’s facing over its student loan forgiveness agenda to tout billions of dollars in new relief. President Joe Biden lauded the latest tranche of debt cancellation – $4.7 billion for more than 60,000 student loan borrowers, according…
For many Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt, the first week of October was bad. On Monday of that week, a yearlong grace period ended for student loan borrowers struggling to make payments since the pandemic pause lifted a year ago. Two days later, a separate program, meant to help borrowers in default get back…
TAMPA, Fla. − Hurricane Milton howled across the Florida Panhandle on Thursday, tearing a path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic as it flooded neighborhoods, destroyed homes, tore the roof off a major sports venue and toppled a massive crane into an office building. In downtown Tampa early Thursday, fierce winds…