Senior Facility Owner and Inspector Sue Each Other Over Faulty Sprinklers in Deadly Fire December 11, 2025 By Patrick Whittle A safety inspection company and the owner of a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that was the site of a fire in...
E-Verify Has Been Used for Years but ICE Arrest of Maine Officer Raises Questions September 10, 2025 By Patrick Whittle and Mae Anderson The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system...
Rotten Wood, Poor inspections Led to Deadly Maine Schooner Mast Collapse August 5, 2025 By Patrick Whittle Rotten wood and poor inspections appear to have played roles in the collapse of the mast of a historic Maine...
Smoking or Oxygen Machine Eyed as Possible Causes of Assisted Living Home Fire July 24, 2025 By Kimberlee Kruesi and Patrick Whittle A fire that killed 10 people at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility was unintentionally caused by either someone smoking or an...
Post-Mortem Begins of Assisted-Living Fire That Killed 9 in Massachusetts July 15, 2025 By Holly Ramer, Patrick Whittle, Kimberlee Kruesi and Michael Casey Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out...
Judge Allows Lobster Fishermen to Sue Environmental Group for Defamation March 6, 2025 By Patrick Whittle A group of lobster fishermen can sue one of the world’s largest seafood watchdog groups for defamation, a federal court...
New England Waters Warming More Slowly But Temps Remain High March 4, 2025 By Patrick Whittle SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — The waters off New England had another warm year but didn’t heat up as fast as...
FedEx Cargo Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Bird Strike and Engine Fire March 2, 2025 By Patrick Whittle and Sarah Brumfield A FedEx cargo plane made an emergency landing at a busy New Jersey airport on Saturday after a bird strike...
Earthquake in Maine Rattles Houses, Nerves Across Northeast January 28, 2025 By Patrick Whittle and Michael Casey A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the southern Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt...
Winter Storm Brings Heaviest Snowfall in a Decade to Central US January 7, 2025 By Patrick Whittle and Brian Witte A blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures stirred up dangerous travel conditions in parts of the central U.S...