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By ERICA WERNER

 WASHINGTON —  The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to become the newest associate justice on the Supreme Court Friday, elevating Donald Trump's nominee following a corrosive partisan confrontation that could have lasting impacts for the Senate and the...

By AMANDA DRANE

HADLEY — Amid all the back and forth over the direction of the Hampshire Council of Governments, there’s one point everyone seems to agree on: the structure of the agency is flawed, and it needs another legislative look.“It’s not designed properly,”...

By SUSAN HAIGH

HARTFORD, Conn. — Leaders of Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes met Thursday with legislative leaders, trying to assure them that authorizing the state’s first casino on non-tribal land will not risk the hundreds of millions of dollars the...

By ANDY CASTILLO and JOSHUA SOLOMON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — One person has died after a blue Toyota SUV crashed into a large tree in front of 50 Sugarloaf St. near the village center.The deadly accident happened at 5:44 p.m. at the intersection of Thayer and Sugarloaf Streets. A Deerfield...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — Superintendent Nancy Follansbee will investigate concerns about bullying and safety raised by parents and students of Easthampton High School. On Wednesday, some parents called for the removal of Principal Kevin Burke, saying the...

By HOPE YEN

WASHINGTON — Booming online retail sales are good news for the U.S. Postal Service, but its carriers are incurring a cost: more dog bites.Dog attacks on postal workers rose last year to 6,755, up 206 from the previous year and the highest in three...

By HANNAH DREIER

CARACAS, Venezuela — Tens of thousands of Venezuelans shut down much of the capital on Thursday and clashed with police to protest what they call an attempted coup by the socialist administration.It was the largest opposition demonstration the country...

By ANDREW TAYLOR and EMILY SWANSON

WASHINGTON — Most Americans oppose funding President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and even many of his supporters reject his proposed budget cuts to scientific and medical research, according to poll released Thursday by The...

By ERICA WERNER

WASHINGTON — In a confrontation that could reshape the Supreme Court for generations, Republicans tore up the Senate’s voting rules Thursday to allow Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch to ascend to the high court over furious Democratic objections.Democrats...

By MATT VAUTOUR

UMass junior guard Donte Clark said he has declared for the NBA Draft. He will not sign with an agent preserving his fifth year of eligibility. He said he has not ruled out returning to UMass for his senior year.Clark said Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — At least six women have accused former Hampshire Regional High School girls basketball coach Richard Moussette of exposing himself to them individually on multiple occasions when they were high school students between 2009 and 2012,...

By JEFF NAPOLITANO

Jay Fleitman’s column in the April 4 Daily Hampshire Gazette (“Sanctuary city advocates protect criminals”) is as close to journalistic negligence as I imagine one can get.Let’s start with his ubiquitous use of the term “illegal immigrant,” which the...

By MADDISON RAYNOR

It’s not easy establishing your own voice in the industry when your father is a pop music legend.But singer-songwriter James McCartney is making the case for himself and his music as he tours the U.S. on what he’s billed as his Marshmallow Maiden...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — The alleged failure of school administrators to act on reports of bullying and harassment has led parents of Easthampton High School students to urge the School Committee to investigate Principal Kevin Burke.Wednesday’s School Committee...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Avoiding the escalators and instead opting for the stairs, the Congolese brothers made one of their first choices in their new American life.Visibly exhausted from their travels, the pair made their way out of Bradley International...

By STEVE PFARRER

Reading is generally a solitary pursuit. But at the Easthampton BookFest, organizers are finding new ways of making it a group activity.For the third straight year, the city has prepared an all-day celebration of the written word — and more — in...

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON — Sandy Leon prolonged the game with a baserunning mistake in the third inning.When Boston’s catcher came up in the 12th, he ended it.Leon hit a three-run homer — the first walkoff of his career — and Chris Sale pitched seven innings of...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTH HADLEY — Paul Plummer, a longtime area educator and principal at Michael E. Smith Middle School since 2013, died suddenly Tuesday night. He was 49.Superintendent Nicholas D. Young sent a message to parents and teachers, notifying them of the...

By MICHAEL TARM

CHICAGO — Companies cannot discriminate against LGBT employees in the workplace because of their sexual orientation, a federal appeals court said, in a ruling that a gay rights group called a “game changer.”The 8-to-3 decision Tuesday by the full 7th...

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — More than 400 icebergs have drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes over the past week in an unusually large swarm for this early in the season, forcing vessels to slow to a crawl or take detours of hundreds of miles.Experts...