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A swimmer suffered a leg injury believed to be from a shark bite Monday afternoon, according to officials on Martha’s Vineyard. James Hagerty, town administrator in Edgartown, Massachusetts, said emergency crews responded around 1:40 p.m. to Norton Point after a woman in her late 20s…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a new plan Tuesday to strengthen the city’s response to Legionnaires’ disease as officials work to get ahead of future outbreaks. The new measures follow 11 deaths and more than 90 cases linked to this summer’s Legionnaires’ cluster on the Upper…
Marco Bassetti, CEO of Banijay Entertainment, Anna Marsh, deputy CEO of Canal+, CEO of Studiocanal and chief content officer of Canal+, Jane Tranter, CEO of Bad Wolf, and director Edward Berger, best known for “All Quiet on the Western Front,” will be among the speakers…
One of the most notable shifts in sleep technology is the transition from passive tracking to active guidance. Increasingly, consumer sleep trackers are offering AI-driven coaching and personalized recommendations that help users translate data into healthier habits. When thoughtfully implemented, this evolution has meaningful potential…
MIAMI — A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends is set to be executed Tuesday in the first of three lethal injections scheduled this month in the state. Harold Gene Lucas,…
MONTCLAIR, Calif. — Thieves made off with tens of thousands of cans of Pabst beer in two separate heists from a Southern California warehouse on the same day, police said. Pabst Blue Ribbon has turned the thefts — valued by police at $70,000 — into…
A federal official warned in a whistleblower complaint that the U.S. Postal Service’s system for involvement in mail voting is likely to cause major disruptions this fall if implemented. Voters go to the polls in Massachusetts’ primary elections today. Craig F. Walker / Boston Globe…
The National Park Service warned of an elevated flood risk at the Grand Canyon after a megafire destroyed much of the area. Massachusetts primary races will test Democrats’ generational divide. And Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits his resignation. 2 dead, 1 missing after Grand Canyon…
Vicon has acquired Captive Devices Ltd, a Manchester, U.K.-based maker of head-mounted camera systems for markerless facial performance capture. Vicon is the motion capture arm of Oxford Metrics. The founding team at Captive Devices has joined Vicon effective immediately. Ninja Theory, Nant Studios, Animatrik and…
Content warning: This story includes references to suicidal ideation. Lisa Schrenk didn’t know it yet, as she trudged down a dirt trail last August, but her life was about to change. She’d set out late the night before with her hiking group, scrambling up Virginia’s…