Person shot by police at US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police shot a man on Monday after he pulled a weapon at a U.S. Capitol checkpoint. The suspect was taken to a local hospital and a female bystander sustained non-life-threatening injuries.The U.S. Capitol was on lockdown for about an hour and the White House also was briefly locked down. As Washington teemed with spring tourists in town to view the cherry blossoms, staff members and visitors to the Capitol were rushed into offices and told to shelter in place. Advertis..>> view originalFBI breaks into iPhone without Apple's help
WASHINGTON — The FBI says it successfully used a mysterious technique without Apple’s help to break into an iPhone linked to the gunman in a California mass shooting.The surprise development effectively ends a pitched court battle between Apple and the Obama administration. Advertisement The government told a federal court Monday without any details that it accessed data on gunman Syed Farook’s iPhone and no longer requires Apple’s assistance. Farook and his wife died in a gun battle with po..>> view originalRodents, unsanitary conditions force closure of Boston area Stop ...
The city of Boston Inspectional Services Department shut down a Stop & Shop supermarket because of unsanitary conditions.Officials from the Inspectional Services Department told 5 Investigates’ Karen Anderson that a customer filed a complaint on Friday. Inspectors visited the store on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury the same day and found evidence of mice and poor conditions.The store was advised to clean up, but officials said a follow up inspection on Monday showed that their instructions had bee..>> view originalStocks waver; energy prices slip, media companies rise
NEW YORK — Stocks are wavering between small gains and losses Monday. Energy companies are falling as oil prices decline, while media companies and other consumer stocks are rising. Hotel chains Starwood and Marriott are climbing again as Marriott and Chinese insurance company Anbang Insurance Group continue to try to buy Starwood.KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose seven points to 17,522 as of 12:10 p.m. Eastern time. The Standard & Poor's 500 index held steady at 2,035. The N..>> view originalBoston Councilor Josh Zakim seeking to ban city-sponsored travel to ...
City-sponsored travel to North Carolina would be banned under an ordinance filed by Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim. The ordinance is a response to North Carolina enacting a ban on transgender people entering restrooms that do not match their gender. The ordinance includes exceptions for contractual and public safety matters. Gov. Pat McCrory, in a statement after he signed the ban, said it was in response to an ordinance in the city of Charlotte protecting transgender people entering bathroo..>> view originalBoston Archdiocese settles with 7 alleged victims of clergy abuse
The Archdiocese of Boston has agreed to settlements involving cash and counseling with seven people who say they were sexually abused by priests, sometimes for years, according to the attorney for the alleged victims.Two other settlements with religious orders have been reached in cases involving priests who allegedly abused victims while they worked in the archdiocese, according to the attorney, Mitchell Garabedian. Another, separate settlement with the Carmelite Order involved a brother who h..>> view originalRed Sox honor David Ortiz before final spring training home game
FORT MYERS -- The 40-year-old was ready to say goodbye. "I’m not going to miss spring training much,” David Ortiz said Monday afternoon. “I’m not a big fan of spring training anymore. But I really like Fort Myers.”Ortiz fittingly went 0-for-3 in his final game at JetBlue Park on Monday, lowering his spring average to .171. In his 20th major league season, Ortiz is nursing a career .220 batting average and .675 OPS in spring training.It's not his favorite time of the year.But he had a special mo..>> view originalReport: Patriots hosting DT Terrance Knighton today
The Patriots are hosting free agent defensive tackle Terrance Knighton in Foxboro today, according to an NFL Network report.Knighton, who has the nickname “Pot Roast,” may be most familiar to New England fans for when he played for the Denver Broncos in 2013 and 2014. He was a dominant player in several of those meetings against the Patriots.The Pats had met with another noted defensive tackle, Nick Fairley, last week in Boca Raton, but Fairley opted to sign with the New Orleans Saints.After lo..>> view originalRacial aspects tinge Mass. charter debate
When the campaign to create more charter schools kicked off with a State House rally last fall, black and Latino charter school parents gave emotional testimony about the importance of the schools to their families.Political operatives at the rally agreed, saying that bringing high-quality education to urban areas is the civil rights issue of our time. Advertisement But when charter school opponents formally launched a campaign of their own on the State House steps two weeks ago, the first s..>> view originalRecent priest abuse settlements
This list contains settlements reached since December 2014 that involve allegations of sexual abuse by priests and members of religious orders. The list includes the accused, dates of the alleged abuse, where the clergy were assigned at the time, when the settlement was reached, and whether the accused is deceased. The information was provided by Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston lawyer who represented the claimants. Rev. Ronald Atwood 1975-80 Advertisement Bishop Ready High School, Columbus, Oh..>> view original
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