The fate of Matthew Farwell is now in the hands of a jury in his trial over the death of Sandra Birchmore, who federal prosecutors say was killed by the former Massachusetts police officer after years of sexual abuse that started when she was a teenager. Farwell has pleaded not guilty to killing the 23-year-old…
Five people, including two children, were rescued this week in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati after three months drifting at sea in a 20-foot skiff, authorities said. Another four remained missing. Villagers rescued the group Sunday off Fanning Island in Kiribati, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, after they had drifted an estimated 3,355 miles…
“Sunday Morning” takes a look at new entertainment offerings in the coming months, from screens to the stage, from music to the page. Movies “Misty Green” (Opens Oct. 9)Comedian Chris Rock directs this comedy-drama starring Rosalind Eleazar (“Slow Horses”) as a once-successful actress trying to regain both employment and dignity in a hostile Hollywood. Rock,…
Kumamoto, Japan — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people in southwestern Japan. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu, also…
