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Sydney man finds venomous snake in bag of lettuce bought at supermarket

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Alex White thought he was watching a huge worm writhing in plastic-wrapped lettuce he’d just brought home from a Sydney supermarket — until a snake tongue flicked. “I kind of completely freaked out when I...

Toyota recalls Venza SUVs to fix air bag wiring problem

DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 373,000 Venza SUVs worldwide because a wiring problem can stop the side air bags from inflating in a crash. The recall covers Venzas from the 2009 through 2015 model years, including nearly...

OSHA fines Lynn tax business $136K for prohibiting face masks in office, flaunting COVID-19 precautions

A Lynn tax preparation business is facing $136,532 in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor after an inspection found its owner prohibited employees and customers from wearing face masks while in the office. The Occupational Safety and Health...

AP sources: Tool behind crackdown on opioids could expire

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has been slow-walking its work on the extension of a legislative order that would keep in place a sweeping tool that’s helped federal agents crack down on drugs chemically similar to fentanyl, three...

Another Boston movie theater has closed its doors for good

Boston’s ArcLight Cinemas will not reopen. The Los Angeles movie theater company, which opened an outpost at Hub on Causeway by TD Garden months before the COVID-19 pandemic shut it down, announced this week that all of its cinemas...

After months on lam, slaughterhouse escapee beefalo caught in Conn.

PLYMOUTH, Conn. (AP) — After more than 250 days on the run, an 800- to 900-pound beefalo that has been roaming the woods in western Connecticut since it escaped on its way to a slaughterhouse has been captured, police...

Former local shoe company exec to plead guilty to embezzling $30 million

AP updated on April 14, 2021 | 4:26 PM BOSTON (AP) — A former top executive at a Massachusetts-based shoe manufacturer has agreed to plead guilty to embezzling $30 million from the company, federal prosecutors said Wednesday....

Biden begins to undo Trump's ban on abortion referrals

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, AP April 14, 2021 | 10:29 AM WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday began to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions, a policy directive that drove Planned...

Bernie Madoff, who defrauded investors of billions, has died in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Madoff died at...

Feds: 'Breaking Bad' inspired former Mass. biotech researcher to seek poisons

BOSTON (AP) — The former head of advanced research at a Boston-area biotechnology company told investigators he was inspired by the television show “Breaking Bad” when he tried to obtain the powerful poison ricin, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Ishtiaq...
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