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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. June 10, 2:28 a.m.: An officer patrolling in Watertown Square spotted a Toyota Highlander with a revoked registration. The vehicle was pulled over on Mt. Auburn Street near Walnut Street. While speaking with the driver and the passenger, police learned that the passenger had warrants for her arrest. Heather Lynch, 34 of Burlington, was arrested on five warrants: three from Waltham District Court (two for possession of a Class A substance and one for distribution of a Class A substance) and two from Boston District Court (one for larceny from a person and one for traffic violations). The driver, a 50-year-old woman from Waltham, was summonsed to Waltham District Court for driving a vehicle with a revoked registration, driving an uninsured motor vehicle, and driving an unregistered motor vehicle.

What are the real choices confronting gig workers as they consider their employment options in the post-pandemic world?. As the push to get America back to work begins, employers are lamenting that no one wants to work any more. Low-wage industries in particular are struggling to fill positions amid a record high number of job openings, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A female former U.S. Marine has turned up dead in Russia after catching a ride with a stranger and nervously texting her mom, "I hope I’m not being abducted,’’ according to reports. The body of Catherine Serou, a 34-year-old law student and veteran from California, was found Saturday morning in...

Lyric Jerelous put out a plea on Facebook looking for Uber and Lyft drivers to take her to work in Muskegon. “You’re going to be hard pressed to find drivers out that way,” one driver told her. “The business out there is scarce,” responded another. Finding drivers has been a...

Russian police have arrested a man after the body of a missing American student was found near the city of Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow. Catherine Serou, 34, went missing after getting into an unidentified car. Her last communication was a text sent to her mother in Mississippi in which...

Town Manager Mark Ells says visitors love the outdoor dining and expanded walkways afforded by the concrete barriers and one-way traffic on Hyannis Main Street. "I talk to a lot of people. I live here. I drive Main Street every single day of the week. Our public and visitors are thrilled that Main Street is more pedestrian-friendly," Ells told the Barnstable Town Council Thursday. "I want to create an environment where people can get to Main Street and shop and eat and visit."

I could’ve been Lisa Banes. Like the “Gone Girl” actress, who died this week from traumatic brain injuries sustained in a June 4 hit-and-run scooter accident, I was mowed down in Manhattan by an e-bike that came — silently — out of nowhere and left me for dead. Hearing about...

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Many businesses — meaning many bosses — want employees back in the office. Millennials make up the largest cohort in the workforce. What if they won’t go along?. Millennials comprise persons born roughly from 1981-1995. (Some date ranges start as early as 1978; some go as late at 2000.). By...

If you've ever received money from family or friends for giving them a lift, you could end up in trouble. Under UK law, it is illegal for a driver to turn a profit from offering people a lift, and they could end up being slapped with a huge fine for it.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A family is searching for their loved one, a well-known Houston tattoo artist who was last heard from on June 15. That day around 4 a.m., 29-year-old Julian Issac took an Uber to visit his girlfriend in the Sagemont area around I-45 S and the Beltway, said Issac's brother, William.

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Heat advisories have been issued in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah well into this weekend, with record-breaking temperatures (we’re talking a scorching 115 degrees Fahrenheit in Las Vegas) raising concerns for potential wildfires. While temperatures are unusually high so early...

Russian investigators have detained a man on suspicion of murder after finding the body of a foreign woman identified by media as a missing American student. Russian news agencies identified the woman as 34-year-old US citizen Catherine Serou. Earlier this week, investigators said that a 34-year-old foreign woman who lived...