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Studies on pigeon-controlled rockets and swimming abilities of dead fish among Ig Nobel Prize winners

BOSTON (AP) — A study examining the possibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and a study examining the swimming abilities of dead fish were among the winners Thursday of this year’s Ig Nobel Prize, the award for comic scientific…

Senate committee votes to hold Steward Health Care CEO in contempt

BOSTON (AP) — Members of a Senate committee investigating the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care have said they plan to pass two resolutions next week to charge Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre with contempt of court. One resolution would…

Karen Read says in an interview that the murder case brought her to “purgatory”

BOSTON (AP) — The months-long murder case against Karen Read has put her in a “purgatory” and caused her “daily stress,” she said in an interview scheduled to air Friday night. Read, 44, is accused of ramming her boyfriend, Boston…