East Coast airports issued ground stops as thunderstorms brought rainfall and flooding, affecting Newark, LaGuardia, Boston, D.C., Philadelphia and Orlando before July 4.

A self-styled mystic Vissarion and two aides were sentenced to prison for using psychological pressure to extract money and harm followers in Siberia.

North Andover officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons was shot by a fellow cop during a restraining order service at her home, with Massachusetts State Police investigating.