Cape Cod

At least five whales out of a pod of six are dead after getting stranded on Cape Cod this week, rescuers said Wednesday. One of the pilot whales remained unaccounted for Wednesday afternoon, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which had been monitoring the stranded animals since Monday evening. A calf in the pod initially died overnight into…

Despite the efforts of rescuers, a young pilot whale has died after six of the mammals were stranded near Sunken Meadow in Eastham, Massachusetts Monday night. The whales were first spotted Monday night and a small team of researchers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare headed out to examine them, tagging two of them with satellite trackers. Tuesday morning…

Multiple dolphins were rescued Sunday after they became stranded at a known hotspot on Cape Cod.

Two people were hurt, one critically, when a car crashed into a tree early Friday morning on Cape Cod, according to emergency crews. The Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire-Rescue Department responded before 2 a.m. Friday to the crash on Race Lane in Marstons Mills, according to a news release from the agency. One of the people hurt needed to be extricated from…

A man who works at a high school on Cape Cod was arrested Monday morning for allegedly assaulting and raping a child, Yarmouth police say. Daniel Robles, of West Yarmouth, faces charges of indecent assault and battery and rape of a child, Yarmouth police said Tuesday. Robles works at the Dennis Yarmouth Regional High School as a coach and paraeducator,…

Everyone wants to be number one. For Cape Cod, one person paid tens of thousands for it. The lowest numbers of the iconic Cape & Islands specialty license plates went up for auction last month, and the highest bid, $33,000, secured the No. 1 plate. The auction as a whole raised over $450,000 for economic development initiatives on Cape Cod,…

Are you looking for something to do this weekend? The Provincetown Food and Wine Festival runs November 2nd through November 6th.

One person died following a house fire in Chatham, Massachusetts Monday. The Chatham Fire Department got a call after 2 p.m. Monday for smoke coming from a home on Main Street, the agency said. Firefighters who responded found thick smoke and heat coming from the basement, and found the fire coming from a closet there. As crews worked to extinguish…

The fire was in a closet in the basement of a home on Main Street.

The murder victim in 1974’s mysterious “Lady of the Dunes” case on Cape Cod has been identified.

“The Lady of the Dunes,” the Massachusetts killing victim who has gone the longest time without being identified, has been named. Ruth Marie Terry was found dead in Provincetown on July 26, 1974.

Ruth Marie Terry has been identified nearly 50 years after she was found dead on Cape Cod, east of Race Point Ranger Station on July 26, 1974.

Flash flooding dumped up to 4 inches of rain on parts of Cape Cod on Wednesday morning. Video shot in Chatham, Massachusetts, showed one car stuck on Stage Harbor Road due to flooding. Police had to shut down a portion of the road so the vehicle could be towed out. The National Weather Service said parts of Nantucket saw almost…

YMCA Cape Cod has completed an investigation into the incident earlier this month that resulted in seven children being sent to the hospital after exposure to a noxious gas. The YMCA had an outside investigation done by aquatic safety experts, who believe the noxious gas was created by an accidental mixture of muriatic acid and residual granular chlorine inside the…

A fire broke out late Sunday night at an ice cream shop in Sandwich, Massachusetts. The Sandwich Fire Department responded to a reported building fire at Shipwrecked Ice Cream just before 10:30 p.m. Sunday, a release from the department said. Firefighters arrived to find fire visible in the back and side of the building’s exterior. The fire extended into...

Florida officials began planning to transport migrants to other states in July and told potential contractors their task would be to relocate them on a voluntary basis, according to state documents. The documents released Friday night to The Associated Press and other news organizations provide new details about the program that culminated in the Sept. 14 flight of 48 mostly Venezuelan...

A hazmat situation at a YMCA sent seven children to Cape Cod Hospital Friday.

A young Cape Cod boy got a huge welcome when he got home after spending more than three months in the hospital. On June 26, 5-year-old Zohaib “Little Z” Malik Mohammed went missing at Snake Pond Beach in the Forestdale section of Sandwich, Massachusetts. He was soon found unresponsive underwater. When first responders arrived at the scene, people on the…

Fire officials said the children were exposed to muriatic acid fumes at the Barnstable YMCA on Iyannough Road.

Seven kids were taken to the hospital after they were exposed to hazardous fumes at a Cape Cod YMCA on Friday, according to fire officials. The children were exposed to muriatic acid fumes after a hazardous materials spill at the Barnstable YMCA on Iyannough Road, fire officials said. They were having trouble breathing and were taken to the hospital to…