Private equity firms buy medical equipment giant Medline
BOSTON — A consortium of private equity firms has reached a deal to acquire family-run Medline, the medical supply and equipment company announced Saturday....
Unruly passenger forces LA-to-Nashville flight diversion
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A flight from Los Angeles to Nashville was diverted to New Mexico on Friday afternoon after a passenger tried to break...
Man sentenced who killed wife, propped body in front of kids
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California man who killed his wife and propped up her body on a sofa as her children opened...
Mine-sniffing rat Magawa ends years of hard work in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — After five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, Magawa is retiring.
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UN: Famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Friday that famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and the country's north and there...
Maine’s blueberry crop faces climate change peril
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine's beloved wild blueberry fields are home to one of the most important fruit crops in New England, and scientists have...
New England’s success against COVID-19 could be a model
BOSTON — For Dr. Jeremy Faust, the moment he realized the pandemic no longer dominated his workday came over Memorial Day weekend, when he...
Prosecutor, attorney reprimanded for ‘banishment’ scheme
OMAHA, Neb. — A prosecutor and a defense attorney in Nebraska have been reprimanded for a scheme reminiscent of the Wild West in which...
Murder suspect’s brother gets 12 years for hiding sibling
FORT WORTH, Texas — The brother of a Texas man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in 2008 has been sentenced to...
Oregon fall firestorms cautionary tale in worsening drought
OTIS, Ore. — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren't too concerned. After...