Mass. bill would honor dream of slain MIT officer
BOSTON -- A bill that would posthumously honor the dream of slain MIT officer Sean Collier to be appointed to the Somerville Police Department is moving quickly through the legislature.

NASHUA, N.H. -- Police in Nashua, N.H., are asking the public to be on the lookout for a man driving a white van who told a young girl to get inside his vehicle.
BOSTON -- A bill that would posthumously honor the dream of slain MIT officer Sean Collier to be appointed to the Somerville Police Department is moving quickly through the legislature.
EPPING, N.H. -- A little boy saved his own money to buy a cow, but the animal broke free and is now on the run in New Hampshire.
BOSTON -- People on Harding Street in Cambridge remember seeing Ibragim Todashev, who was killed by the FBI on Wednesday, and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev together in their neighborhood.
BOSTON--Jane Richard, the sister of the youngest marathon bombing victim is now moving forward with her own recovery.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.-- Rhode Island education officials have approved allowing the state's public higher education institutions to arm campus police.
HARTFORD, Conn.-- State senators are building on a package of reforms the General Assembly passed in April addressing the Newtown school shooting, requiring annual firearms safety training for armed security in local schools and improvements in mental health services for children.
GRANBY, Mass. --A high school student in Western Mass. was struck by lightning on Tuesday but is alive thanks to the heroic act of some teachers.
HAVERHILL, Mass.-- A masked man entered a Haverhill liquor store Wednesday night, but he wasn’t there to buy alcohol.
BOSTON-- After 17 years the cicada bugs are back and just getting started.
WORCESTER, Mass.-- A person in Worcester was spotted driving around a residential neighborhood and taking pictures of children.
DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts has been sentenced to 36 to 40 years in prison more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.
BOSTON, Mass.--More than 1,000 hand sewn flags from around the world were hung at the Museum of Fine Arts Thursday.
BOSTON -- A special service on Boston Common is honoring people who died in service to the nation since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
CONCORD, N.H.-- New Hampshire soon could join 17 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana to treat their conditions.
BOSTON -- A former Massachusetts lawmaker who more recently worked as a tutor at a Boston charter school has been held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to drug charges.
Strong thunderstorms with heavy rain and small hair are expected to move through Southeast New England on Thursday.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The body of a soldier from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan last week has been returned to Berkshire County.
WAREHAM, Mass. -- A woman was killed in Wareham while trying to cross Cranberry Highway Wednesday night.
DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts faces sentencing more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.