Great White Shark Washes Up in Truro

Great White Shark Washes Up in Truro

A dead 9-foot-long great white shark washed up on a beach in Truro on Thursday morning, state authorities and shark researchers said.

The shark had three lead weights in its stomach, according to the Atlantic Shark Conservancy, although researchers had not announced complete results from a necropsy as of Thursday afternoon.

Canadian Man Enters Rare Plea in 30-Year-Old Slaying of Same-Sex Couple
Around New England

Canadian Man Enters Rare Plea in 30-Year-Old Slaying of Same-Sex Couple

Matthew McDonald

Anthony Barnaby, 51, will likely do another 4 1/2 years in prison after entering an unusual type of plea deal in the slaying of two women in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Barnaby, a Micmac Indian from Quebec, entered a so-called "Alford plea," which acknowledges the state has enough evidence to convict him of two counts of second-degree murder but still maintains his innocence, according to The Union Leader.

Read More