Massachusetts

U.S. 09/27/21, 22:55

Dozens of Massachusetts troopers tendered their resignation in protest of the state's vaccine mandate on Sept. 27. State Police Association of Massachusetts (SPAM) complained about GOP Gov. Charlie Baker requiring every trooper to be immunized against COVID-19. "It is unfortunate that the governor and his team have chosen to mandate one of ...

News 07/31/21, 20:21

According to new statistics released Friday, July 30, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over three-quarters of those affected in a Massachusetts COVID-19 outbreak were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, with four of them ending up in the hospital.The new data, published in the Morbidity and Mortality ...

News 07/31/21, 03:41

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were frank about the infection cases related to the Delta outburst in Massachusetts, revealing three-quarters of the patients were breakthrough situations. In a study released by the CDC on Friday, July 30, about the COVID-19 outbreak in Provincetown on Cape Cod, Barnstable ...

U.S. 07/08/21, 17:23

After warning a raucous bunch of parkgoers to cease smoking and boozing it up, a 17-year-old lifeguard was stabbed and savagely attacked at a Massachusetts beach. Around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 4, the event occurred at Bell Pond in Worcester. Several members of the group departed the park after being ...

U.S. 07/05/21, 22:52

A global media company was harshly criticized for misreporting a confrontation between police and armed men in Massachusetts. In the early hours of July 3, the Associated Press initially reported eight armed men stopped traffic for an hour on the Interstate 95 in both directions. The group allegedly wore military fatigues and ...

U.S. 07/05/21, 17:46

After fleeing from police during a traffic stop overnight, 11 "armed and dangerous" males equipped in tactical clothing and loaded with handguns and weapons were apprehended by Massachusetts police early on Saturday, July 3. According to officials, two AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, two handguns, a bolt-action rifle, a shotgun, and a short-barrel ...

News 04/10/21, 16:39

A Boston hospital will base its patient care on critical race theory, leaving whites last after caring for people of other races such as Blacks and Latinos. Moreover, it is proposing that its initiative be considered part of a pilot phase to apply its care model nationwide, according to the April ...

U.S. 02/12/20, 07:19

Massachusetts lawmakers who want to make it possible for illegal aliens to receive driver’s licenses would have to have enough support for their bill to overcome Gov. Charlie Baker's expected veto. This would mean all 125 Democrats in both branches would need to support the bill after a veto by ...

U.S. 02/02/20, 07:30

An eighth case of coronavirus in the United States has been confirmed in a male University of Massachusetts—Boston student who recently returned from traveling in Wuhan, China, health officials said Saturday, Feb. 1. The man sought medical care after his return on Jan. 29 and he's been under quarantine at his ...

U.S. 12/20/19, 05:34

Traditionally, if you want a shirt with the name of a candidate on it, you're buying it from the campaign or stands in locations like the National Mall. But, from playing cards to T-shirts, keychains to socks with an unmistakable coif, the Trump stores in New England have everything you could ...

U.S. 06/24/19, 19:00

The Massachusetts driver who plowed into a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire has been charged with seven counts of negligent homicide. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, was arrested on Monday morning, June 24, near his home in West Springfield, Massachusetts, Deputy Attorney General for New Hampshire Jane Young, said in a press ...

Opinion 05/07/19, 04:12

Remember when judges used to uphold the law? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case today. Consider the Massachusetts trial judge who is accused of helping a twice-deported illegal immigrant slip out the back door rather than hand him over to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent waiting to arrest him. According to authorities, Massachusetts District Court ...

U.S. 04/09/19, 06:16

US dilemma: Saving the Climate Without Destroying Jobs

U.S. 03/31/19, 20:55

A legislative panel is considering a statewide ban on single-use plastic shopping bags in Massachusetts. Under the legislation scheduled for a public hearing on Tuesday by the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee, retail establishments would be barred from providing customers with the single-use bags after Aug. 1. Stores would be allowed ...

U.S. 02/15/19, 23:37

Bill Weld, former governor of Massachusetts, forms presidential exploratory committee

Politics 02/15/19, 09:35

William Weld, a former governor of Massachusetts who two years ago ran for vice president on the Libertarian Party ticket, has become the first Republican to announce a challenge to President Donald Trump in the 2020 primaries. Fiscally conservative but socially liberal, the 73-year-old Weld ran on the Libertarian party ticket ...

Entertainment 01/07/19, 09:46

Oscar-winning actor will be arraigned in Nantucket District Court after being charged last month with one count of felony indecent assault and battery

Politics 01/02/19, 19:36

The Democratic leader of the Massachusetts Senate promised Wednesday to work for lower prescription drug costs, expanded mental health services and a reform to the state's education funding formula as she laid out an ambitious agenda at the start of the Legislature's new two-year session. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker administered oaths ...

U.S. 11/22/18, 17:49

Authorities said an elderly man driving the wrong way on a Massachusetts highway caused a fiery crash that killed him and injured six on Thanksgiving Eve. State Police spokesman Dave Procopio said the crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 495 in Taunton. Procopio said 84-year-old Arnold Reda, of Foxborough, was ...

U.S. 10/18/18, 23:40

Authorities say they've recovered a child in Florida who they say was abducted by his mother in Massachusetts two years ago. The Orlando Sentinel reports that 40-year-old Christina Hale was arrested Tuesday at an Orange County home. Authorities say Hale fled Webster, Massachusetts, with her now-5-year-old son after a court in that ...