BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — State police are investigating a fatal two-car crash on Route 24 in Brockton that may have been caused by a medical emergency. Police responded to the accident in the northbound lanes at about 8:20 p.m. Thursday. The initial investigation indicates that a Mazda 6 spun out, striking a Toyota Camry before […]

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The defense lawyer for the head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights says his client was ordered detained for seven days over a tweet in which he said that many Bahraini men who joined terrorist groups like the Islamic State group came from the country’s own security institutions. Nabeel Rajab […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Vice President Joe Biden delivered a full-throated defense of the Unites States’ active role in an ever more complex international environment during a speech Thursday. Biden said the United States’ engagement in the world is more critical now than ever, even as he warned that “the international order that we painstaking built […]

LYNN, Mass. (AP) — A Lynn man has been indicted on charges that he used bribery, fraud and identity theft to steal $34,000 while working for a cable television studio. John F. Chapman was indicted Thursday and is expected to surrender to authorities on Friday. A court date has not been scheduled. Chapman tells The […]

BIDDEFORD — Learning to balance a checkbook, invest in the stock market, and determine whether to buy a house or rent are some of the aspects of personal finance that everyone should know. Students taking Kenneth Crepeau’s personal finance course at the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology are not only learning financial skills that will […]

Primary care providers will integrate with mental health sites in Springvale and Biddeford through a $1.6 million grant to Maine Behavioral Healthcare from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The strategy behind the funding is that many mental health clients do not get regular primary care and may be more comfortable receiving medical […]

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of liveried staff, the heir to the British throne and the music of Elvis Presley have formed part of a final farewell for Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, last of the unconventional Mitford sisters. Deborah, who married a nobleman and became chatelaine of the vast Chatsworth estate in central England, died […]

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing train drivers at Germany’s national railway says its members have voted overwhelmingly to strike over a pay dispute. According to news agency dpa, GDL union spokeswoman Gerda Seibert said Thursday that 91 percent of members voted in favor of strike action in a ballot. No date was immediately set […]