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By Associated Press | December 13, 2018 at 8:52 am FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A tanker truck carrying gasoline has rolled onto its side on a Massachusetts highway, killing the driver and injuring the driver of another vehicle. State police say the tanker rolled on Route 24 in Fall River just after 5 a.m. Thursday. The tanker struck another vehicle when it rolled. The operator and sole occupant of the tractor trailer was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the second vehicle was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with undisclosed injuries. Both sides of Route 24 were shut down as crews worked to contain the spill of an undetermined amount of fuel with foam and sand. No names were released and the crash remains under investigation. … [Read more...] about 1 dead, 1 hurt when gasoline tanker rolls on highway

By Associated Press | December 12, 2018 at 4:41 pm PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine professors’ union says a public university’s decision to enact tighter controls on pop-up courses will penalize students. The University of Southern Maine is instituting the controls over pop-up courses following a course that proposed giving students credit for protesting against Republican Sen. Susan Collins. One of the changes is that funding for pop-up courses will only come from internal sources, and not grants. That move meant terminating a subcontract with the Associated Faculties of the Universities of Maine related to grant funding for pop-up courses. AFUM said in a statement Tuesday that the union would have preferred the issue “could have been resolved without the elimination of a program that was clearly popular with our students.” The retired professor who offered the Collins course has been barred from teaching at USM. … [Read more...] about Professor union says pop-up course change will hurt students

By Associated Press | December 12, 2018 at 4:41 pm BOSTON (AP) — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has gone after Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter, drawing the ire of U.S. Rep. David Cicilline. The Boston Globe reports 29-year-old Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, wrote on Twitter her ideas are being scrutinized because of her age, while Paul Ryan was also elected at a young age and his policies were “considered genius.” She says it’s a double standard. Schilling told Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter she’s being scrutinized because she says stupid things. That provoked Cicilline, of Rhode Island, to tell Schilling he should worry about his debt to Rhode Island before going after Ocasio-Cortez. In 2010, Rhode Island invested $75 million to lure Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios, from Massachusetts. The company ran out of money and went bankrupt. Rhode Island sued and recouped some money. The case has been settled. … [Read more...] about Schilling criticizes Ocasio-Cortez, provoking Cicilline

By Associated Press | December 12, 2018 at 4:41 pm PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) — Marine scientists say endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted in Cape Cod Bay for the first time this feeding season. The Center for Coastal Studies says its aerial surveillance team saw seven right whales in the bay on Tuesday. They are among about 411 left in the world. The whales have been under close watch in recent years because of a downward population trend. The whales transit the area every year to feed on microscopic organisms. Charles “Stormy” Mayo, a senior scientist with the center, says the sighting indicates the whales are entering the feeding area earlier than previously thought. He says that information is important to protecting what remains of the population. No new baby whales were found in 2018. They give birth off Georgia and Florida. … [Read more...] about Rare whales arrival earlier than typical in Cape Cod Bay

By Kathleen McKiernan | [email protected] | Boston Herald PUBLISHED: December 12, 2018 at 1:18 pm | UPDATED: December 12, 2018 at 1:29 pm A Dorchester man will serve a life sentence behind bars after gunning down another man last year in a road-rage incident that stunned the neighborhood. Deonarine Ganga, 31, was sentenced today to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder and four to five years for unlawful possession of a firearm after he shot to death Joey DeBarros, 21, during an April 13, 2017, road-rage incident. A jury yesterday found Ganga guilty. Ganga smiled in the court packed with the victim’s friends and family as tears streamed down their faces. “The level of violence taken was shocking,” said Assistant District Attorney John Verner. “It was a senseless traffic dispute. Such callousness. … He pulls out a gun and executes a young man. It is stunning in its senselessness and callousness.” According to the … [Read more...] about Dorchester man sentenced to life for road-rage murder