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At the start of the skiing and riding season, trauma physicians from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center are sharing the takeaways from a new study into helmet use among skiers and riders. Dr. Eleah Porter, the study’s lead author, and her colleagues at Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s trauma center say helmets can provide a critical buffer against skull fractures and certain spine injuries, but...

Thanksgiving week marks the unofficial kickoff to the busiest part of the ski season and doctors at New Hampshire’s Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center have come out with new findings that look into the safety of the sport.

Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has named U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Deb Haaland and Katie Porter as her campaign co-chairs. Warren made the announcement Friday on social media with a video of the congresswomen at her campaign rallies.

media are reporting that the wife of an American official who left the U.K. after being involved in a fatal road accident no longer has diplomatic immunity. BBC and Sky News said Sunday that U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had told the family of Harry Dunn that “immunity is no longer pertinent” because the suspect has left the U.K. The...

Emmy night is always a chaotic mix of the humorous, the emotional and the inspirational, mixed with some major sequins and glitter. And on this Emmy night, all those elements came together in one glorious moment: Billy Porter’s win as best actor in a drama for “Pose,” the first openly gay actor to win the award. But Porter’s speech wasn’t...

And the category, a jubilant Billy Porter said as he made Emmys history, “is love, y’all, love.” Porter, known for making fashion statements on red carpets, became the first openly gay man to win an Emmy for best actor in a drama series for his role of Pray Tell on FX’s “Pose.” “I am so overwhelmed and so overjoyed that...

Todrick Hall has been preaching about inclusion, self-acceptance and gay pride for much of his career. So it made sense that he would preach about those messages as he accepted an MTV Video Music Award on behalf of Taylor Swift for her anti-hate anthem “You Need to Calm Down.” The clip, which he co-produced, stars himself and close friend Swift,...

The New York state Health Department has revoked the medical license of a doctor who conducted unsanctioned research on people associated with a cult-like self-improvement group.

A violent encounter was caught on video in East Boston.

Police arrested a suspected drunken driver overnight who is accused of hitting a pedestrian with his car in East Boston. State police said troopers were on patrol on Porter Street when they saw a Toyota Corolla driving in reverse crash into a light pole. The crash caused the car to get stuck on a utility box, prompting the driver to...

The body of a missing Tyngsborough man has been found in a wooded area in the town, police said Sunday.

The body of a missing Tyngsborough man has been found in a wooded area in the town, police said Sunday.

Freshman U.S. Rep. Katie Porter on Monday threw her support behind an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, adding another Democratic lawmaker to those clamoring for the move.

Tuesday’s derailment of an MBTA Red Line train continues to cause headaches for commuters as crews work to fix damage done by the incident in Dorchester. Tracks and signals on parts of the Red Line were damaged just outside the JFK/UMass station after a train derailed Tuesday morning. Bungalows used by operators to communicate a train’s arrival and departure were...

MBTA crews continue to repair tracks and signals on parts of the Red Line following Tuesday’s derailment outside the JFK/UMass station in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. Officials said Wednesday afternoon that while crews make repairs, service would continue to operate at reduced levels and Braintree-bound customers would need to switch trains at JFK/UMass.

Following the derailment and subsequent delays of a Red Line train on Tuesday morning, the MBTA is advising commuters on what to expect for Wednesday morning.

Following the derailment and subsequent delays of a Red Line train on Tuesday morning, the MBTA is advising commuters on what to expect for Wednesday morning.

In suburban Philadelphia, it took a little more than eight minutes into the question-and-answer session at freshman Rep. Madeleine Dean’s town hall before someone asked about impeachment. The topic was broached in Southern California as Rep. Katie Porter fielded other questions on health care, homelessness, border security and the minimum wage. In military heavy Yorktown, along coastal Virginia, another newly...