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Fall TV Preview 2025: 37 Picks, From 'Nobody Wants This' to 'Boston Blue'

Fall TV Preview 2025: 37 Picks, From 'Nobody Wants This' to 'Boston Blue'

Whether you’re watching via phone, tablet, laptop, TV, projector or, most likely, some combination of those, fall has brought its usual influx of original programming. And burning questions will be answered, such as: Will one of the Mormon...

California lawmakers pass bill banning law enforcement from wearing masks during operations

California lawmakers pass bill banning law enforcement from wearing masks during operations

(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) SACRAMENTO - In response to widespread immigration raids in Los Angeles, California lawmakers have passed legislation that would ban most law enforcement officers from covering their faces while carrying out...

Boston police officer who testified during Karen Read trial resigns

Boston police officer who testified during Karen Read trial resigns

Updated on: September 12, 2025 / 10:31 PM EDT / CBS Boston CBS News Live CBS News Boston Live Kelly Dever, the Boston police officer who was the subject of tense questioning during Karen Read's second trial, has resigned. Dever had previously been...

Boston police officer who testified in Karen Read retrial resigns

Boston police officer who testified in Karen Read retrial resigns

A Boston police officer who testified in Karen Read's retrial has resigned, the department said Friday. Officer Kelly Dever resigned, effective Sept. 1. Police didn't share more information on the circumstances around her resignation, saying only...

New Kindbridge initiative aims to reduce gambling-related harm for military members, families

New Kindbridge initiative aims to reduce gambling-related harm for military members, families

A programme from Kindbridge Research Institute provides assistance to active-duty military members and families struggling with compulsive gambling issues. Kindbridge Research Institute (KRI) has launched an initiative in Colorado aimed at...

Illegal Loggers In Boston Village To Court Next Week

Turning now to other news - we've been reporting on the illegal logging in Boston Village where Mennonite loggers went into their village lands and did a clean cut, taking out every tree they could. The Forestry Department has been investigating...

“This will not end here”: Scholar warns Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence

“This will not end here”: Scholar warns Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence

This article was originally published on The Conversation. The fatal shooting of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025, has brought renewed attention to the climate of political violence in America. Kirk’s death reflects a...

Larry Ellison was briefly the world's richest man. Here are the politicians he's spent money to support over the years.

Larry Ellison was briefly the world's richest man. Here are the politicians he's spent money to support over the years.

2025-09-13T10:17:02Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This week, Larry Ellison briefly overtook Elon Musk as the...

JetBlue Airbus A220 Damaged After Wing Smashes Into Applebees Window At Richmond International Airport

JetBlue Airbus A220 Damaged After Wing Smashes Into Applebees Window At Richmond International Airport

A JetBlue Airbus A220-300 was damaged at Richmond International Airport in Virginia on September 11, 2025, when its left wing tip struck the windows of an Applebee’s restaurant in the terminal building. CBS6 News reported that the incident...

Massachusetts State Attorney General Alleges Kalshi Violating Sports Gambling Laws

Massachusetts State Attorney General Alleges Kalshi Violating Sports Gambling Laws

Prediction market Kalshi is violating Massachusetts' state gambling laws, its attorney general alleged in a lawsuit Friday. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell alleged in a filing that sports event contracts, which Kalshi introduced in January...

Massachusetts sues Kalshi alleging illegal sports gambling

Massachusetts sues Kalshi alleging illegal sports gambling

The Kalshi logo arranged on a laptop in New York, US, on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in state court Friday against Kalshi, alleging the predictions platform offers sports gambling...

Boston Children’s Hospital doctor pleads guilty to child pornography charges

Boston Children’s Hospital doctor pleads guilty to child pornography charges

A man who worked as a cardiac anesthesiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital at the time of his arrest has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child pornography. “I love an uncircumcised guy. And young boys too,” Dr. Christopher Sheerer,...

Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve Bill To Create Psychedelic Therapy Pilot Program

Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve Bill To Create Psychedelic Therapy Pilot Program

Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a bill to establish a pilot program for the regulated therapeutic use of psychedelics. The pilot program proposal from Sen. Cindy Friedman (D) advanced through the legislature’s Joint Committee on Health Care...

Massachusetts flags at half-staff in honor of Charlie Kirk, liberal backlash ensues

Massachusetts flags at half-staff in honor of Charlie Kirk, liberal backlash ensues

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has ordered that all flags continue to be flown at half-staff through the weekend, marking Charlie Kirk’s death, a directive that has garnered liberal backlash across the state. Mara Dolan, a Democratic public...

Massachusetts Dems share thoughts on security ahead of state convention

Massachusetts Dems share thoughts on security ahead of state convention

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - In response to the shooting death of Charlie Kirk at a public political event, we’re getting answers regarding a major political gathering right here in western Mass this weekend. Nearly four thousand people are...

Boston Police Blotter: Suspect identified in officer shooting

Boston Police Blotter: Suspect identified in officer shooting

The Boston Police Department has identified the man they say shot an officer in the arm during a shootout early Friday morning in Roxbury. The incident was the major crime of the 24-hour period beginning 10 a.m. Thursday and ending 10 a.m. Friday,...

Vigil held at Massachusetts church in wake of Charlie Kirk assassination

Vigil held at Massachusetts church in wake of Charlie Kirk assassination

In the wake of the death of political activist Charlie Kirk, young people who looked up to the political firebrand gathered for a prayer service in a Plymouth, Massachusetts church. Kirk became the voice of a conservative generation with his...

California legislature passes bill prohibiting law enforcement from wearing face masks to shield identities

California legislature passes bill prohibiting law enforcement from wearing face masks to shield identities

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli discusses the Supreme Court’s decision to lift restrictions on I.C.E. raids in Los Angeles on ‘America Reports.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California...

Boston activist Monica Cannon-Grant to change plea in federal criminal case

Boston activist Monica Cannon-Grant to change plea in federal criminal case

BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston activist Monica Cannon-Grant intends to change her plea in the federal fraud case against her. Cannon-Grant is accused of misusing money from a non-profit she ran called “Violence in Boston.” Prosecutors says she used...

Massachusetts accuses Kalshi of running illegal sports wagering operation

Massachusetts accuses Kalshi of running illegal sports wagering operation

Audio By Carbonatix By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ attorney general filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block Kalshi from operating its sports prediction platform in the state, alleging the New York derivatives trading company...

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