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charged with felony burglary for allegedly stealing alcohol from a home in Vermont, they broke their silence in a statement provided to Variety by a representative.“Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” Miller, 29, said in the statement.“I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”The decision to seek treatment comes after reports that Warner Bros.

Phillip Messier, who portrays Myles Standish, walks through Pilgrim Village at Plimoth Patuxet Museums, formerly known as Plimoth Plantation, in Plymouth, MA on Nov. 5, 2020.

A U.S. government plane carrying Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) takes off from Taipei Songshan Airport on August 03, 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images) TAIPEI, Taiwan - A delegation of American lawmakers is visiting Taiwan just 12 days after a visit by U.S.

rename monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be considered discriminatory and stigmatizing.WHO said the decision was made after meeting with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which helps identify best practices for naming new human diseases to "avoid causing offense to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional, or ethnic groups, and minimize any negative impact on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare."In a statement Friday, the U.N. health agency said it has also renamed two families, or clades, of the virus, using Roman numerals instead of geographic areas, to avoid stigmatization. MONKEYPOX: WHAT YOU MUST KNOW AOBUT THE VIRUS – AND HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELFThe version of the disease formerly known as the Congo Basin will now be known as Clade one or I and the West Africa clade will be known as Clade two or II.WHO said that the new names for the clades will take effect immediately while a new name for the disease and virus will be worked on.

MANCHESTER, N.H. - The search for Harmony Montgomery, a New Hampshire girl who vanished in 2019 at age 5 but was not reported missing until late 2021, has now shifted to a homicide investigation, authorities said. Investigators have concluded that Montgomery was murdered in the city of Manchester in early December 2019, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said Thursday at a news conference.Montgomery’s remains have not been located, but authorities said biological evidence led them to "this difficult and tragic conclusion."In June, investigators searched an apartment building in the city of Manchester, where Montgomery’s father and stepmother once lived. They removed a refrigerator and other items, but additional details were not released. A refrigerator was taken out of an apartment on Union Street, and wrapped up and then placed on a truck in Manchester, NH on June 14, 2022.

Moderna says construction of its new mRNA vaccine factory in the Montreal area will begin later this year, with production expected to begin by the end of 2024.The vaccine manufacturer is announcing that it has agreed to purchase land in a biotechnology park in Laval, Que., a northern suburb of Montreal, to serve as the site of its biomanufacturing facility.The Massachusetts-based company says the site is ideal due to its proximity to a renowned research institute, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique.Moderna announced in April that it would build a factory in the Montreal area that would be able to produce 100 million doses of mRNA vaccines a year. Montreal chosen as location for new Canadian Moderna vaccine-manufacturing plant The facility is expected to produce vaccines not only against COVID-19 but also targeting various respiratory viruses, including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.The company says the facility is expected to be operational by the end of 2024, “subject to planning and regulatory approvals.”“This location offers tremendous synergies to Moderna due to its proximity to a renowned research institute, in addition to fitting the requirements of the project and its importance to all Canadians and Quebecers,” the company said in a news release.

HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVNo surprise, timekeeping is fairly complicated. According to McCarthy, June 29 was the shortest day in recent history but only since the international adaptation of the atomic clock. Even since his retirement in 2005, McCarthy remains a leading authority on timekeeping and continues to consult for the Observatory. FILE - The US Naval Observatory Master Clock on Massachusetts Avenue and 34th Street in Washington, DC on Nov.

FILE - A Great White Shark swims just off the Cape Cod National Sea Shore in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on July 15, 2022. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) BARNSTABLE, Mass. - More than 20 shark sightings have been confirmed off the coast of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod this week, resulting in several temporary beach closures in the area. Cape Cod has long been known as a hot spot for sharks on the East Coast, with July being a "prime time" for great white sharks, according to Boston.com.

Kevin Miller (Credit: Massachusetts State Lottery) MONTAGUE, Mass. - A Massachusetts man knows exactly where to go to win the lottery after scoring his second win from the same location. Kevin Miller of Montague, Massachusetts, recently won the $25,000-a-year for life prize after matching the first five numbers on his Quick Pic ticket for the multi-state Lucky for Life game. The drawing took place in February, but lottery officials said Miller claimed his prize in July. Miller purchased the winning ticket at the Food City, 250 Avenue A in Turners Falls.In 2016, he bought a winning ticket from that same location and took home the $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s "Cadillac Riches" instant ticket game.RELATED: Des Plaines residents speculate about who won the $1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpotFor his latest win, lottery officials said Miller chose the cash option and received a one-time payment of $390,000 (before taxes).The Mega Millions lottery jackpot now sits at an astounding $1.1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing — which would be the second-highest number in the lottery's history.As Miller collected his win, another person became a billionaire in the highly-publicized Mega Millions drawing, which had a $1.337 billion jackpot.According to megamillions.com, there was one jackpot-winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines.The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14."We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the biggest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history," Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, the current Lead Director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement on the lottery’s website.

WASHINGTON - A recent report from researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Boston found that rising inflation has made it difficult for millions of elderly Americans to afford basic needs. The report published in the university’s Elder Index states that half of older women as well as 45% of older men who live alone are classified as living under federal poverty standards.The index accounts for health care, food, housing and transportation costs. In 2020, the index found that 2 million senior couples were considered "financially insecure" based on their incomes compared with the cost of living. Despite these alarming findings, the cost of living isn’t going down.Inflation surged in June and workers' average wages accelerated in the spring — signs that Americans won't likely feel any relief from rising prices anytime soon and that the Federal Reserve will feel compelled to raise borrowing costs further.An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Fed jumped 6.8% in June from a year ago, the government said Friday, the biggest such jump in four decades. Much of the increase was driven by energy and food.On a month-to-month basis, too, prices surged 1% in June, the biggest such rise since 2005.

A man receives a dose of the Monkeypox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris on July 27, 2022. - French government announced on July 25, 2022 to mobilize "additional arms" to vaccinate against monkeypox, at a time when elected o GENEVA (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners "for the moment" following the U.N.

How dangerous is it?  Monkeypox is a virus than typically causes mild symptoms including fever, aches and pus-filled skin lesions. People tend to recover within two to four weeks, according to the WHO. Anyone can spread the virus, but the current outbreak outside of Africa is concentrated almost exclusively among men who have sex with men.

fishing boat in Massachusetts on Sunday in shocking footage posted to social media.Video shows a boat anchored off of White Horse Beach in Plymouth, MA when a large whale breaches the water and crashes onto the boat's bow.Passengers all appeared to be at the stern of the boat, and there were no reported injuries from the incident."The whales are sending a clear message," the original post of the video read.The whale is pictured in screengrabs from a video recorded on July 24, 2022, which captured the animal landing on the bow of a small boat off the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Credit: LEO ENGGASSER / AMAZING ANIMALS+ / TMX) Instances of whales jumping onto ships are rare but not unheard of.

The White House today announced that President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms, a diagnosis that comes amid the spread of the much more transmissible Omicron BA.5 subvariant.

Wagner Tejeda-Pena, 24, is wanted for allegedly shooting a 76-year-old man who was out on his routine morning walk in Philadelphia in June 2022.  (Philadelphia Police Department)PHILADELPHIA - A man Philadelphia police say is wanted in a June 21 homicide in Juniata Park is now being sought by Boston, Massachusetts police for two stabbing incidents and making threats.Wagner Tejeda-Pena, 24, is wanted for the murder of 76-year-old Loi Nguyen, who was found shot once in the head near his driveway in the alleyway behind L and Claridge Streets.According to police, Ngueyn was out for his routine morning walk in his neighborhood when he was shot unprovoked. The incident was captured on surveillance video and footage from a neighbor is believed to show Tejeda-Pena running down an alleyway towards Hunting Park after the shooting.MORE HEADLINES:Police say the suspect is also wanted for an aggravated assault on the 1200 block of East Luzerne Street that took place about 15 minutes before the deadly shooting.According to the official website of the Boston Police Department, they have named Tejeda-Pena, also known as Wagner Ernesto Pena Tejeda and Waner Tejeda, as a person who has made threats to kill family members. He is also wanted on two warrants out of West Roxbury District Court in connection with two Boston stabbing incidents.According to officials in Boston, information they have shows Tejeda-Pena might be in the Roslindale area, in Boston, or in Lawrence, Massachusetts or in Rhode Island.Anyone with any information regarding Tejeda-Pena’s whereabouts is asked to not interact with him, but to call 911 immediately.

Inhaled high-dose nitric oxide (INO200) safely shortened time on supplemental oxygen and hospital stays among pregnant women diagnosed as having severe bilateral COVID-19 pneumonia, suggests a new study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers.

American politician Aaron Burr (1756 - 1836) fatally wounds Alexander Hamilton (1757 - 1804) with a shot from his pistol during a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey, July 11, 1804. Former Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton and Burr, who served as Vice Pre BOSTON (AP) - A letter written by Alexander Hamilton in 1780 and believed stolen decades ago from the Massachusetts state archives is going back on display — though not exactly in the room where it happened.The founding father's letter will be the featured piece at the Commonwealth Museum's annual July Fourth exhibit, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin’s office says.

Signage warning beachgoers about great white sharks is seen at the entrance to Newcomb Hollow beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts in Cape Cod. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) Researchers are warning beachgoers that they may not be the only ones headed to Cape Cod this summer, as great white sharks are expected there, too.The warm weather in the northern U.S.

(Photo credit: Disney) LOS ANGELES - Some legends never die. Disney on Tuesday released its first teaser trailer for "Hocus Pocus 2," the highly-anticipated sequel starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, who are reprising their iconic roles as the evil Sanderson sisters.The original 1993 comedy-fantasy film is about three villainous witches from the 17th century who are accidentally resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts. "Hocus Pocus" was not particularly successful in its original theatrical run, but has since found a cult following — particularly during the Halloween season.In the new trailer for the sequel, two girls light the Black Flame Candle, which summons the witches. "Lock up your children," Midler's character Winifred shouts in the trailer.

SKYFOX over a home in Northampton where authorities are investigating after two adults were found dead.  NORTHAMPTON, Pa. - A man has been charged in connection with a homicide and attempted suicide in Northampton earlier in June. According to the Bucks County District Attorney, 35-year-old Thadius William McGrath of Chatham, Massachusetts is charged with 1st-degree murder, third-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child, recklessly endangering another person and related charges. Authorities originally launched a death investigation on June 8 after police responded to a home on Clark Court for a report of a suicidal person around 5 p.m. PREVIOUS: Police: Investigation underway after 1 found dead, another injured in NorthamptonThe DA's Office says officers knocked on the door and were met by a four-year-old child covered in blood. According to police, the child told officers that McGrath killed her mother and then shot himself. Authorities also say a second child about 1 year of age was also removed from the home. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESPolice say they found the victim, 31-year-old Samantha Jean Rementer, dead on the floor of a bedroom in the back of the apartment. Officials say an autopsy reveals she died from ligature strangulation. McGrath was suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face from a 9mm pistol and he was taken to St.

he told South Carolina Education Lottery. And in the seventh week is when the big payout came — $100,000 on a Powerball ticket. "I didn’t even know how to play Powerball," he laughed while describing how he checked his ticket.He thought he only matched two numbers, but when his wife looked at the ticket she noticed he had the Powerball number.

Photo of the Deepwater Wind offshore wind farm at Block Island in Rhode Island. (Photo by Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images) ((Photo by Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images))WASHINGTON - The White House is launching a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden's plan for climate change.Biden and other top administration officials will meet with governors and labor leaders Thursday at the White House to announce commitments to expand important segments of the offshore industry, including manufacturing facilities, ports and workforce training and development.The partnership comprises governors of both parties from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.Missing from the compact is Virginia, where Republican Gov.

cookies.They’re available in stores next month.Meanwhile, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have coined a new term, "Oreology," to study why people who like twisting and splitting their Oreos to lick the creme can’t seem to get the white filling to split evenly.RELATED: Krispy Kreme, Cinnamon Toast Crunch launch new cereal milk-inspired doughnutsResults of the experiments found that even with the use of a specially made machine; dunking or not dunking the cookies in milk, and using regular-stuffed or double-stuffed test subjects, it was nearly impossible to split an Oreo so that the creme was spread evenly on both sides."The results validated what I saw as a child—we found no trick for opening up our Oreos," Crystal Owens, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering MIT, told Vice.

FILE PHOTO by David Rogers/Getty Images LONDON (AP) - Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the "breadbasket of the world" and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley, more than 70% of its sunflower oil and are big suppliers of corn. Russia is the top global fertilizer producer.World food prices were already climbing, and the war made things worse, preventing some 20 million tons of Ukrainian grain from getting to the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Asia.Weeks of negotiations on safe corridors to get grain out of Ukraine's Black Sea ports have made little progress, with urgency rising as the summer harvest season arrives."This needs to happen in the next couple of months (or) it’s going to be horrific,’’ said Anna Nagurney, who studies crisis management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is on the board of the Kyiv School of Economics.She says 400 million people worldwide rely on Ukrainian food supplies.

EASTON, Mass. - Surveillance video shows the moment a driver plowed his Volkswagen Jetta into a Massachusetts store that sells merchandise in support of former President Donald Trump.According to the Easton, Massachusetts, Police Department, officers responded Thursday afternoon to the New England for Trump store, where a man had crashed. Video from inside shows the car fly through the glass storefront and land in the middle of the store, sending merchandise sailing.Video also shows an employee arranging merchandise inside the store when it happened.

A progress pride flag and a Black Lives Matter flag are displayed outside a church. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A bishop says that a Massachusetts middle school cannot identify itself anymore as a Catholic school after refusing to take down "Black Lives Matter" and Gay Pride flags hanging outside the school.Bishop Robert J.

FILE IMAGE - A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Jan. 26, 2022.

(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A government advisory panel Tuesday endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.The Food and Drug Administration's outside experts voted unanimously that Moderna's vaccine is safe and effective enough to give kids ages 6 to 17. If the FDA agrees, it would become the second option for those children, joining Pfizer's vaccine.The same FDA expert panel will meet Wednesday to consider tot-sized shots from Moderna and Pfizer for the littlest kids, those under 5.Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has long been available for adults in the U.S.

Benin is one of several African countries to make significant progress against sleeping sickness. Above, a health professional holds an insect net in front of Bopa Medical Centre. ©Eric Lafforgue

The logo of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, better known as the T. (MBTA) BOSTON (AP) - Urine trouble no more, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority hopes, with a new program to tackle public urination in system elevators with technology.The MBTA, which services Boston and the surrounding area, is launching a pilot program this summer in which urine detection sensors will be placed in four downtown elevators.

Ringo Starr has postponed the remainder of his North American summer tour with the All-Starr Band, after two of its members – keyboardist Edgar Winter and guitarist Steve Lukather – tested positive for COVID-19.“We are so sorry to let the fans down,” the former Beatle said in a statement shared to his website on Saturday (June 11), hours before the tour was set to reach the Pennsylvanian city of Easton. “It’s been wonderful to be back out on the road and we have been having such a great time playing for you all.

View of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, US, on June 19, 2020. (Photo by Karla Ann Cote/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The National Park Service announced last week that Yellowstone National Park's Mount Doane would be renamed First Peoples Mountain. The agency said Thursday the change was taken to remove an "offensive name" from America's first national park.The U.S.

Infants born to mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy were more likely to receive a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 1 year of age, regardless of whether they were born pre-term, according to preliminary findings of a Massachusetts General Hospital study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.

Diabetes and long Covid: Interestingly, according to three studies, diabetes patients were up to four times more likely to develop long Covid compared to people without diabetes, as per a presentation conducted on Sunday at the annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association.  Additionally, the researchers noted that diabetes appears to be "a potent risk factor" for long Covid but their findings are preliminary because the studies used different methods, definitions of long Covid, and follow-up times, and some looked at hospitalized patients while others focused on people with milder cases of Covid-19. However, it is worth noting that the researchers have said that more high-quality studies across multiple populations and settings are needed to determine if diabetes is indeed a risk factor" for long Covid.

FILE - A Bristol County Sheriff's officer leads his Covid K-9 Hunter to sniff a hallway at Wood Elementary School in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022.

mothers had caught Covid while pregnant. The risk was about 3% in babies of mothers who did not have the infection. It was also found that catching Covid during the third trimester – which is especially critical for brain development – appeared to add more risk than earlier in pregnancy.

Charmin Ultra Strong toilet paper is on display in a store shelf in Arlington, VA. - More air in that bag of chips? Fewer flakes in your cereal box? You're not imagining it: "Shrinkflation," a tactic used by industry to hide price increases, is back WASHINGTON - It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see.From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices.

Photo of Animal control officer Michelle Carlos with dog owner Marenza Niejadlik and her Yorkie Rex, who was stolen 11 years ago. (Photo courtesy of Stoughton Police Department) WASHINGTON - A microchip played an important role in reuniting a dog stolen from his family 11 years ago.A 12-year-old Yorkshire Terrier named Rex is back home with his loved ones thanks to the help of a Massachusetts animal control officer.

An attendee holds a Stag Arms AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022. (Photo by PATRICK T.

PHILADELPHIA - The first official case of monkeypox has been reported in Pennsylvania, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday. The agency did not specify where in Pennsylvania the virus was detected, but Pennsylvania joins California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, Virginia and Washington as the U.S.

Witch trial in Salem, Massachusetts. Lithograph by George H.

California; two cases in Florida; one case in Massachusetts; one case in New York; two cases in Utah; one case in Virginia and one case in Washington. CDC Director Dr.

Nathan Carman ignores questions from the media upon his arrival at U.S. District Court for his federal civil trial in Providence, RI on Aug.

millennial" – one report breaks down where your wallet will go the furthest in 2022.On Tuesday, WalletHub released a study on the best and worst states for millennials based on affordability, education and health, quality of life, economic health and civic engagement.Recognizing the millennial experience differs nationwide, WalletHub compared all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia to determine where the generation has thrived and struggled.Remaining in the top spot this year is Washington, followed by D.C.

ATLANTA - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said one of the country’s smallpox vaccines is effective in preventing monkeypox. According to the agency, the U.S. currently has ACAM200 and Jynneos, which are both licensed smallpox vaccines.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Sacramento County Division of Public Health on Tuesday said officials are investigating a case of monkeypox, which would make it the first known case in California. More testing still needs to be conducted, the health department said, but based on symptoms, it seems like it is indeed a case, especially since the patient just returned home from Europe, where the virus has been documented. The patient is isolating at home and is not in contact with any other people, the department said. "This case appears to be related to recent travel to Europe," Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye said in a statement.

372132 02: A poster advertising the anniversary collector's edition of the movie "Jaws" is posted on a lifeguard tower July 2, 2000 on Zuma Beach in Malibu, CA. The sign has led to complaints by beach goers with young children, who feel that it is in OAK BLUFFS, Mass. - A man who as a child had a brief but key role in "Jaws" has been named police chief on the Massachusetts island on which the 1975 movie was partially filmed.Jonathan Searle was offered the job of police chief in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard last week."I’m clearly elated and and I’m humbled and honored to have been offered the position," Searle, currently a sergeant with Edgartown police, told the Vineyard Gazette, which first reported the appointment.RELATED: Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard: Heard's team backtracks, will not call Depp to standThe movie centers on the efforts of a police chief in a fictional resort town trying to rid the local waters of a killer shark.

Biden said in South Korea, while speaking with a group of reporters before he boarded Air Force One for Japan, Reuters reported.The president’s remarks come as numerous outbreaks of monkeypox were reported in Africa, followed by other reported cases in Europe and the U.S."We’re working on it, hard to figure out what we do," added Biden.RELATED: What is monkeypox? Scientists stunned by cases in US, EuropeWhile there are at least 80 confirmed cases of the disease worldwide and another 50 suspected cases, the U.S. has only confirmed a pair of cases after a man in Massachusetts was diagnosed with the disease.