A 56-year-old woman from South Hadley in western Massachusetts on Sunday became the first person known to have swum the entire length of the Connecticut River.
Kari Kastango swam the 410-mile-long river in 83 portions between Memorial Day and Labor Day over the course of four years, starting in 2019 in northern New Hampshire and ending at Great Island in Old Lyme, Connecticut on Sunday, October 15, according to The Day of New London, Connecticut.
A Dominican Republic national pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on Friday to distributing fentanyl after re-entering the United States after previously being deported, federal prosecutors said.
Juan Carlos Santos-Ocasio, also known as "Cristhian Aybar-Done," 40, was arrested in November 2022 and later indicted on one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of unlawful re-entry of a deported alien.
