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For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running out
Read full article: For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running outQuinault Indian Nation, in Washington state, has spent at least a decade working to relocate hundreds of people whose homes are threatened by a rising Pacific Ocean.
Ex-FBI agent linked to Whitey Bulger to be freed from prison
Read full article: Ex-FBI agent linked to Whitey Bulger to be freed from prisonFILE- In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, former FBI agent John Connolly listens to the testimony during his trial in Miami. The imprisoned former FBI agent serving a 40-year prison sentence for alerting former Boston mobster Whitey Bulger that he could implicated in a mob murder wants to be released from prison on medical grounds. The Florida Commission on Offender Review voted 2-1 in favor of releasing 80-year-old John Connolly, who has cancer and is believed to have less than a year to live. Connolly tipped off Bulger and another gangster, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, that Callahan was about to implicate the gang in a killing, authorities said. In a statement read to the commission, Callahan's son said he is not opposed to Connolly's release, given his prognosis.
Imprisoned ex-FBI agent who worked with Bulger seeks release
Read full article: Imprisoned ex-FBI agent who worked with Bulger seeks releaseFILE- In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, former FBI agent John Connolly listens to the testimony during his trial in Miami. The imprisoned former FBI agent serving a 40-year prison sentence for alerting former Boston mobster Whitey Bulger that he could implicated in a mob murder wants to be released from prison on medical grounds. Connolly will ask the Florida Commission on Offender Review Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 to release him. “It’s on the docket for the 17th and he’s seeking a conditional medical release,” said commission spokesperson Angela Meredith. Connolly’s Cambridge lawyer, Peter Mullane, confirmed to the Boston Herald Friday that Connolly, who is 80, is seeking to be released.