MICHAEL CASEY

Sunrise colors the fog rising from the Androscoggin River as rower Micah Malloy, of New Gloucester, Maine, carries his single scull to a dock, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, in Brunswick, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Transgender teenager in Massachusetts says he was beaten at party by other high school

Claudia Goldin speaks to a reporter on the phone in her home in Cambridge, Mass. after learning that she received the Nobel Prize in Economics Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Claudia Goldin for her work on the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market, it was announced on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Nobel economics prize goes to Harvard’s Claudia Goldin for research on the workplace gender gap

Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University professor, was awarded the Nobel economics prize for research that helps explain why women around the world are less likely than men to work and to earn less money when they do.

FILE - A man walks through wildfire wreckage in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 11, 2023. Federal authorities have started removing hazardous materials from the Maui wildfires and laying the groundwork to dispose of burnt cars, buildings and other debris. The hazardous materials, including oil, solvent and batteries, are being shipped to the West Coast while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works with local officials to develop a plan to dispose of an estimated 400,000 to 700,000 tons of debris on the island. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Cleanup from Maui fires complicated by island’s logistical challenges, cultural significance

Federal authorities have started removing hazardous materials from the Maui wildfires and laying the groundwork to dispose of burnt cars, buildings and other debris.

Massachusetts man indicted on charges of trying to open jet’s door, attacking crew on United flight

A Massachusetts man has been indicted for allegedly attacking a flight attendant earlier this year with a broken metal spoon and attempting to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight.

Danielle Wilkes is seen by a dentist during a clinic visit Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Wilkes waited five years to have her teeth repaired after getting several teeth knocked out in a car wreck. She was able to receive dental care after an expansion of the state's Medicaid program. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents

A growing number of states are offering dental care to low-income adults who once had to rely on charity or the emergency room to treat their tooth problems.

Climate activists display banners as they block traffic, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at South Station, in Boston. The demonstrators briefly disrupted the morning commute Thursday near the train station to put pressure on the state's governor to ban fossil fuel infrastructure. (Kevin Martin/The Boston Globe via AP)

Climate activists disrupt traffic in Boston to call attention to fossil fuel policies

Climate activists briefly disrupted the morning commute in Boston to put pressure on the state’s governor to ban fossil fuel infrastructure. The 15-minute protest blocked a roadway Thursday outside South Station in downtown Boston.

FILE — Lights illuminate Gillette Stadium before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. Police are investigating the death of a man following an "incident" in the stands at the New England Patriots home game Sunday. The Norfolk County district attorney's office says 53-year-old Dale Mooney, of Newmarket, N.H., "was in apparent need of medical attention." He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Autopsy finds man who was punched at New England Patriots game before he died had medical issue

Authorities in Massachusetts announced that a man who died at a New England Patriots home game last weekend after he was punched twice in the head did not suffer a “traumatic injury” in the stands but had a medical issue.

A brook in Leominster, Mass. overflows into the garage of a home following heavy rains overnight, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

Climate change could bring more monster storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

Climate scientists say storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the Gulf of Maine and other bodies of water rapidly warm.

A brook in Leominster, Mass. overflows into the garage of a home following heavy rains overnight, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

Climate change could bring more storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

Climate scientists say that storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the Gulf of Maine and other bodies of water rapidly warm.

A sidewalk is removed by an excavator in front of a home where the front yard and road were washed away by recent flooding, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Leominster, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Recent floods heighten concerns that New England dams may not be built for climate-induced storms

Flooding in Massachusetts that put several dams at risk have raised concern the structures may increasingly be at risk as New England is hit by stronger and wetter storms.

Firefighter Rod MacKinnon, left, and Lt. Chris Stevens don their turnout gear as they respond to a call at the Engine 21 fire station, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Firefighters fear the toxic chemicals in their gear could be contributing to cancer cases

Firefighters around the country are concerned that gear laced with PFAS, a group of toxic industrial compounds, could be one reason for cancer among their ranks.

Train tracks on the Fitchburg Line extend over an area washed out by recent flooding, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Leominster, Mass. The damage forced the closure of a commuter train line. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Rain-soaked New England hit by likely tornado amid wild weather ahead of Hurricane Lee’s arrival

The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for portions of Maine and a tropical storm watch for a large area of coastal New England as Hurricane Lee heads to the region.

Businesses on County Street in Attleboro, Mass. remain closed due to flooding from heavy rain Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP)

Massachusetts city got nearly 10 inches of rain in 6 hours, flooding homes and eroding dams

Heavy rainfall has flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with two communities declaring a state of emergency as water poured into homes, creating moats around their foundations and leading to boat rescues of residents.

A Paqui One Chip Challenge chip is displayed in Boston, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. The death of a Massachusetts teenager after his family said he ate an extremely spicy tortilla chip has led to an outpouring of concern about the social media challenge and prompted retailers to pull the product from their shelves at the manufacturer's request. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Teen’s death leads to outpouring of concern over spicy chip challenge as sales are halted

The death of a Massachusetts teenager after his family said he ate an extremely spicy tortilla chip has led to an outpouring of concern about the social media challenge.

A package of Paqui OneChipChallenge spicy tortilla chips is seen on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Boston. Authorities are raising the alarm about a OneChipChallenge social media trend that encourages people to avoid seeking relief from eating and drinking for as long as possible after eating the chips, days after a Massachusetts teenager died hours after taking part in the challenge. The dare is popular on social media sites, with scores of people including children unwrapping the packaging, eating the chips and reacting to the heat. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Company pulls spicy One Chip Challenge from store shelves as Massachusetts investigates teen’s death

Authorities are raising the alarm about a social media challenge in which people eat extremely spicy chips and attempt to avoid eating or drinking anything for as long as possible.

FILE - This 1974 image provided by the FBI shows a poster seeking information for homicide victim Ruth Marie Terry. On Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, authorities in Massachusetts concluded that Terry, a woman whose mutilated body was discovered on Cape Cod nearly 50 years ago, was killed by her husband. (FBI via AP, File)

Authorities identify husband as killer in ‘Lady of the Dunes’ cold case

Authorities in Massachusetts have concluded a woman whose mutilated body was discovered on Cape Cod nearly 50 years ago was killed by her husband.

Buddy Jantoc, center, plays guitar at a hula show at the Lahaina Cannery in Lahaina, Hawaii, on April 23, 2023. (Agnes Dinh via AP)

A family, a beloved sister, 2 senior housing residents. These are some of the lives lost in Maui

Wildfires devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii last week, leaving a trail of destruction and devastation, decimating a historic town.

Adam Montgomery is led to the defense table for his sentencing hearing in Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester, N.H. on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The New Hampshire father charged in the murder of his missing 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery used the court hearing on unrelated gun charges to proclaim his innocence. Montgomery, 33, was found guilty of six gun charges in June was in court to be sentenced for those crimes. (Paul Feely/Union Leader via AP)

Father of missing girl Harmony Montgomery insists he didn’t kill his daughter

A New Hampshire father charged in the murder of his missing 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery used a court hearing on an unrelated gun charges to proclaim his innocence.

A girl carries a sign that reads in Creole "Free school is broken. Release the nurse," during a march to demand the freedom of New Hampshire nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter, who have been reported kidnapped, in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, July 31, 2023. Dorsainvil works for the El Roi Haiti nonprofit organization and the U.S. State Department issued a "do not travel advisory" ordering nonemergency personnel to leave the Caribbean nation amid growing security concerns. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Haitians, weary of gang violence, protest the kidnapping of an American nurse and her daughter

Hundreds of Haitians have marched through the capital, Port-au-Prince, in protest at the reported abduction of an American nurse and her daughter.

FILE - Black Belt Eagle Scout performs during the Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park in Chicago, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Casey, File)

Black Belt Eagle Scout’s latest record inspired by return home to Swinomish tribe’s ancestral lands

The beginning of the pandemic was devasting for the leader of the indie rock band Black Belt Eagle Scout, Katherine Paul. All her tours were canceled and she feared her music career might be over.

FILE - Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge, speaks at the annual Freedman's Bank Forum at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. The White House has announced a series of measures that it said would reduce the cost and increase the supply of housing while bolstering protection for renters. The measures announced Thursday, July 27, 2023, would provide communities with funding to reduce zoning barriers, expand financing for affordable and energy efficient housing as well as promoting the conversion of commercial buildings to residential housing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

White House rolls out measures aimed at lowering cost of housing, increasing supply

The White House has announced a series of measures that it said would reduce the cost and increase the supply of housing while bolstering protection for renters.

FILE - Students walk through Harvard Yard, April 27, 2022, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. On Monday, July 24, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions, which give an edge to applicants with family ties to alumni. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Education Department opens investigation into Harvard’s legacy admissions

The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions, which give an edge to applicants with family ties to alumni.

FILE - Daniel Banyai, the owner of Slate Ridge Vermont, speaks to supporters, April 17, 2021, in West Pawlet, Vt., during a Second Amendment Day Picnic at the unpermitted gun range and firearms training center. A judge on Thursday, July 6, 2023, ordered Banyai arrested until he proves that parts of the 30-acre facility has been removed or demolished. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)

Judge orders arrest of gun training center owner in Vermont

A judge on Thursday ordered the owner of a controversial firearms training center in Vermont arrested until he proves that parts of the 30-acre facility have been removed or demolished.

Family members of the victims embrace following the arraignment of Christopher Ferguson, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at District Court in Newton, Mass. Ferguson, 41, pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail Tuesday in connection with a crime that has rattled a Boston suburb and a church community: the apparently random weekend killings of a couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, along with the woman’s 97-year-old mother. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Golden anniversary turns tragic as couple, relative are fatally stabbed and beaten

A suspect has pleaded not guilty and been ordered held without bail in connection with the stabbing and beating deaths of a Boston-area husband and wife and the woman’s 97-year-old mother.

Capt. Jason Neubauer, chief investigator, U.S. Coast, right, speaks with the media as U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, center, looks on during a news conference, Sunday, June 25, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Boston, in Boston. The U.S. Coast Guard said it is leading an investigation into the loss of the Titan submersible that was carrying five people to the Titanic, to determine what caused it to implode. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Wife and mother of Titan passengers talks about waiting to hear from the doomed sub

Christine Dawood was on board a support vessel when she got word that communications had been lost with the Titan submersible carrying her husband and son to see the Titanic wreckage.

What role will liability waivers play in the aftermath of the Titan sub tragedy?

The five passengers on the fatal submersible trip to the Titanic wreckage site were likely asked to sign liability waivers.

Maria Jackson, right, moves into a room at a home with the help of friend David Mcfarlan Monday, May 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. Jackson, a longtime massage therapist, lost her customers when the pandemic triggered a statewide shutdown in March 2020 and was evicted from her apartment earlier this year. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Eviction filings are 50% higher than they were pre-pandemic in some cities as rents rise

Eviction filings are far above pre-pandemic levels in many cities across the country as pandemic relief disappears and inflation causes rents to spike.

FILE - Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella, left, congratulates his battery mate, Don Newcombe, in the dressing room at the Polo Grounds in New York on Sept. 2, 1949. Holman Stadium in Nashua, N.H., is being recognized for hosting the country's first racially integrated baseball team, the Nashua Dodgers, in 1946. The club was a minor league league affiliate of the Dodgers, which included Hall of Famer Campanella and future Cy Young Award winner Newcombe. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmern, File)

New Hampshire city recognized for historic role in racially integrating baseball in the 1940s

A New Hampshire stadium is being recognized for playing a largely unheralded role in helping racially integrate baseball. Much of the attention has been on Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Dartmouth College students Marisa Joseph, right, a member of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, poses with Ahnili Johnson-Jennings, left, a member of the Quapaw, Choctaw, Sac and Fox and Miami tribes, pose outside the Native American House at Dartmouth College, Friday, April 7, 2023, in Hanover, N.H. The college announced in March 2023 that it housed partial Native American skeletal remains in their collection. Dartmouth has set in motion an effort to repatriate the remains to the appropriate tribes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Native Americans demand accountability for ancestral remains identified at Dartmouth College

Her father graduated from the school, founded in 1769 to educate Native Americans, and she had come to rely on its network of students, professors and administrators. But news that the Ivy League school in New Hampshire identified partial skeletal remains of 15 Native Americans in one of its collect

Flowers are placed at a memorial for victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Saturday April 15, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)

Senate talks terror prevention since Boston Marathon bombing

Democratic Sen.