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BOSTON (AP) _ Boston is banning city travel to North Carolina in response to a new state law that critics say discriminates against gay and transgender people. The Boston Globe reports that Boston's city council approved a measure this week prohibiting taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina...

Whatever you do, don't call Providence's win over Southern California an upset. Yes, a No. 9 topped a No. 8, but Providence was actually favored in the game in Las Vegas casinos and the 8-9 tournament matchup is generally considered relatively even going into games ...

People on the East Coast are getting hammered by a major winter storm. Over 85-million people in 20 states are dealing with the storm, which could drop more than two feet of snow in some places. The brunt of the storm is centered around the Washington, DC area, which could see up to three feet of snow by tomorrow afternoon...

Westport High School graduate Luke Carreiro died unexpectedly last week while serving on a U.S. Army installation in North Carolina.

(Associated Press) - A gunman burst into a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and opened fire, launching several gunbattles and an hourslong standoff with police as patients and staff took cover under furniture and inside locked rooms ...

A Wareham man attacked by a shark earlier this month in North Carolina has been released from the hospital. Andrew Costello, a former editor of the Boston Herald and The Standard Times, suffered wounds to his rib cage, lower leg, hip and hands as he tried fighting off the shark in the waters of North Carolina's Outer Banks on July 1...

Its a pirate invasion this weekend in New Bedford's South End.  The event runs through Sunday at the Fort Rodman - Fort Tabor complex.  Organizers say its similar to a renaissance fair featuring pirate encampments, displays, and activities for children...

Wareham resident Andrew Costello, who was attacked by a shark in the waters off North Carolina's Outer Banks, released this statement though Vidant Health.

A Wareham man who was attacked by a shark in North Carolina's Outer Banks is reported to be in good condition.

A shark attack off the coast of North Carolina's Outer banks left a Wareham man with injuries to his rib cage, lower leg, hip and hands.