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Coast Guard Cutter Campbell Returns Home After 54-Day Maritime Border Security Patrol
A overloaded Haitian sailing vessel underway approximately 40 miles east of Great Inagua, The Bahamas, September 21, 2025. A forward deployed U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew spotted the vessel during a routine...
Daylight saving time ends this weekend. See sunrise times in Brockton
Get ready for some early mornings and earlier nights. Daylight saving time ends this weekend, meaning an extra hour of sleep, as well as earlier sunrise and sunset times. In the Brockton area, the sun is expected to set before 5 p.m. on the first...
Trump’s Venezuela gamble: Regime change, oil power - NYT
Trump’s team explored military and CIA operations to oust Maduro as oil and narcotics charges shaped Washington’s plans toward Venezuela. The Trump administration has developed several military options for Venezuela, including strikes on armed...
From far away, an L.A. couple grapples with all-too-familiar debate after Dodgers win
MADISON, Wis. — Out in Wisconsin’s state capital, where the orange leaves are falling and every other person seems to wear the red and white of the University of Wisconsin Badgers, the pride and pain of rooting for the Dodgers in 2025 played out...
10 Caribbean Hotels Where You Can Stay in a Treehouse
It feels like another world entirely — a hidden realm of the Caribbean where the air cools, the light softens, and the soundtrack is nothing but rustling leaves, river cascades, and the echo of tree frogs. These are the Caribbean’s ethereal...
Trump Pushes for Senate Nuclear Option to Open Government
President Donald Trump pushed for the nuclear option to fund the government on Tuesday, day 35 of the Democrat-led government shutdown. Trump took to Truth Social to lay out his argument, writing that Democrats are much more likely to prevail in...
MLB roundup: Bregman among big names to hit free agency; Darvish out for 2026
New York – Boston third baseman Alex Bregman and right-hander Lucas Giolito, New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso and closer Edwin Díaz and New York Yankees outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger were among the players who turned down player...
Costco’s proposal to open Lawrence store with gas pumps, tire center and food court under city review
Share this post or save for later Costco has filed plans to open a full-service store with many of its classic amenities south of Rock Chalk Park, and the site proposal is now under administrative review by City of Lawrence staff. The plan places...
Bregman, Giolito, Alonso, Díaz and Bellinger become free agents
NEW YORK — Boston third baseman Alex Bregman and right-hander Lucas Giolito, New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso and closer Edwin Díaz and New York Yankees outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger were among the players who turned down player...
Trump weighs options, and risks, for attacks on Venezuela
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has developed a range of options for military action in Venezuela, including direct attacks on military units that protect President Nicolás Maduro and moves to seize control of the country’s oil fields,...
UES High School Student Wins National Science Prize
Miles Wu of Hunter College High School, who combined origami (the Japanese art of paper folding) and physics to engineer foldable structures for disaster relief shelters, took the top prize—the ASCEND (Aspiring Scientists Cultivating Exciting New...
Inside Costco’s secret stores that only some shoppers have access to
Costco has plans to grow lesser-known secondary business model(Image: Getty Images) While most people are probably familiar with the membership warehouse club Costco, the company also has lesser-known stores catering toward specific business and...
East Providence graduate named 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar
By Ethan Hartley A 2025 graduate of East Providence High School has joined an exclusive cohort of just 161 total high school grads from across the nation, as Ty Messier was recently announced as being selected as a 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholar...
Trump Administration Could Directly Target Maduro And Seize Venezuela’s Oil Fields, Report Says
Topline President Donald Trump is reviewing plans to potentially target Venezuela, including potential military strikes, seizing Venezuelan oil fields or even removing President Nicolas Maduro from power, according to a report published in The New...
San Francisco Opera Announces Adler Fellowship Recipients
San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam have announced the nine recipients of the 2026 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship. The young musicians begin the 2026 Fellowship in January,...
The Surprising Culinary History of a Humble Puerto Rican Favorite
Aida Lugo McAllister still remembers the first time she tried Puerto Rico’s unofficial national dish. “When I went to Puerto Rico, 1970, at age 17, that’s when I had my first mofongo. And it was heaven,” she remembers. “A mountain of this mashed...
When the pill came to Puerto Rico
For this year’s Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, Visión Latino Theatre Company presents the local premiere of Nelson Diaz-Marcano’s 2024 play, Las Borinqueñas. Set in 1950s Puerto Rico, the play (directed by Xavier M....
Eli Lilly invests more than $1.2B in Puerto Rico plant
[Rendering courtesy of Eli Lilly] Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) announced today that it plans to invest more than $1.2 billion to expand and modernize a manufacturing site in Puerto Rico. The company plans to integrate advanced technologies and expand...
Petition to replace Bad Bunny for Super Bowl halftime show reaches major milestone as Turning Point USA rival concert
A PETITION to replace Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl LX headliner has passed the 100,000 mark. The Puerto Rican rapper, 31, has proved a divisive choice since being confirmed by the NFL in September. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! Bad...
Eli Lilly to invest $1.2 billion in Puerto Rico as part of US manufacturing push
(Reuters) -Eli Lilly said on Wednesday it will invest more than $1.2 billion to expand its manufacturing site in Puerto Rico, as the drugmaker looks to increase its U.S. production capacity to hedge against potential tariffs. The revamped facility...