The Pigeon Express
The US East Coast is bracing for a major blizzard to hit the region for the first time in four years. The storm is forecast to stretch from the Carolinas to Maine, packing hurricane-force winds in coastal parts. Five states have declared emergencies. Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston, a city that is no stranger to […]
An Uber passenger paralyzed in a crash last year is suing the company hoping, he says, his experience leads to more oversight of ride-hailing companies. “It’s not in the moment you notice anything; it’s a progressive discovery of new battles to overcome,” Will Good, 31, told reporters. He’s spent the last nine months adjusting to […]
A US hospital has rejected a patient for a heart transplant at least in part because he is not vaccinated against Covid-19. DJ Ferguson, 31, is in dire need of a new heart, but Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston took him off their list, said his father, David. He said the Covid vaccine goes […]
A former Boston College student has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection to the suicide of her boyfriend two years ago. Inyoung You, 23, was given a two and a half years suspended jail term, and told she would not be allowed to profit from the case that shocked America. Her boyfriend Alexander Urtula, […]
A Boston-bound plane carrying more than 20 people struck a fence and erupted in flames while taking off at Houston Executive Airport on Tuesday morning, officials said.No major injuries were reported.The passengers and crew managed to leave the plane before firefighters extinguished the flames engulfing the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 on a field outside the airport, […]
Boston-based RR Auction sold an Apple II manual signed by the company’s late co-founder Steve Jobs for a whopping $787,484. The computer’s 196-page manual is signed and inscribed opposite the Table of Contents: “Julian, Your generation is the first to grow up with computers. Go change the world! steven jobs, 1980.” It’s also signed by […]
A search for a missing boater is underway following an early morning boating accident in Boston Harbor, according to the Boston Fire Department. Harbor patrol rescued seven people around 3:00am after the accident, the department said in a tweet. Five people were taken to a hospital by emergency medical services, according to the tweet. The […]
An Emu spotted on the streets of Boston was penned by authorities in Massachusetts two hours after it escaped. Emu named Kermit, escaped from the property of a local resident who cares for unwanted animals. The resident had been preparing to transport Kermit to a farm in Maine when it fled. Authorities say the bird […]
A lecturer at Boston University was killed in what is believed to be a freak elevator accident. Boston police found Carrie O’Connor, 38, inside the elevator in her apartment building. The building is off campus, Sergeant Detective John Boyle said. Her death was ruled an accident, Boyle said, caused by “traumatic asphyxia,” which usually results […]
A large, inflatable slide fell from the sky and into a Massachusetts man’s yard Sunday. It came crashing down from a flight traveling from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport to Boston’s Logan International Airport. “Who could know there’s something coming from the air and drops into my yard, right? It’s pretty heavy. You can’t even […]
A student from the Boston college charged with involuntary manslaughter after her boyfriend committed suicide in May. The indictment of 21-year-old Inyoung You over the death of 22-year-old Alexander Urtula, was announced in the US state of Massachusetts on Monday. Urtula died hours before his graduation on 20 May. The attorney said the South Korean […]