Illinois Ponzi scheme fugitives caught in Arizona PHOENIX — An Illinois couple on the lam for 12 years after they fled punishment for running a Ponzi scheme will be escorted back from Arizona. More...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city’s Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass. More...

WHITEVILLE, Tenn. — A man accused of abducting a mother and her three daughters was a family friend described as being like an uncle to the girls. More...

As goes Arizona, so goes New Hampshire? More...

I n the coming weeks, Congress is likely to be scrambling to meet another deadline: once again deciding how long to extend a law that funds the maintenance of our nation’s highways. More...

A New York man was taken into custody on several drug charges for allegedly attempting to hide marijuana, crack cocaine and prescription pills in his rectum after police stopped his vehicle last Friday. More...

WATERBURY, Vt. — Construction is set to begin this fall on renovations to the state office complex in Waterbury, thanks in part to legislation signed into law yesterday by Gov. Peter Shumlin. More...

Bank robbed in Bedford, N.H. BEDFORD, N.H. — New Hampshire police are looking for a man who robbed a Bank of America branch in Bedford. Police say the suspect, who was in his late 20s, handed the teller at the around 2 p.m. More...

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my boyfriend “Paul” for four years. We have a child together, and we each have a child of our own. We have lived together for three years, and our family life is great. More...

DEAR READER: Since I began this column last September, I’ve received a lot of mail — both emails and “snail mail.” Mostly it’s been health questions. I can’t answer them all, but I try to answer as many as I can. More...

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