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Jul 08 2023
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Massachusetts library book returned after 119 years, traveling 900 miles
Massachusetts librarians were stunned when a 19th-century book was returned more than 119 years after it was checked out. The book, James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity,” had somehow made its way to a donation pile in West Virginia, nearly 900 miles from its home at the New Bedford Free Public Library. Stewart Plein, the curator of rare books at West Virginia University
New York Post (News)Apr 19 2024
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Large law enforcement response to Weymouth Spring Carnival
THE AIR TONIGHT HERE ON METV. THERE IS A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE AT THE WEYMOUTH SPRING CARNIVAL TONIGHT, RIGHT BY WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. THE COMPANY THAT RUNS THE CARNIVAL SAYS THAT A CROWD GOT OUT OF HAND. FIESTA SHOWS SAYS THAT NO ONE WAS HURT AND THIS WAS NOT A SHOOTING. WEYMOUTH POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. WE ARE WORKING T Numerous law enforcement officers responded to
WCVBMay 19 2023
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Jobless claims fall sharply after Massachusetts fraud inflated data
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week fell by the most since 2021 after fraudulent claims in Massachusetts boosted the data in previous weeks.
Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show initial claims for the week ended May 13 decreased by 22,000 to 242,000, well above the 2019 pre-pandemic average of 218,000 claims.
Continuing claims,
Fox BusinessApr 14 2024
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Patriots' Day reenactment in Mass. town canceled due to flooding
A Patriots' Day reenactment of the "shot heard round the world" in Massachusetts, an event that sparked the American Revolutionary War, has been canceled due to flooding in Minute Man National Historical Park.The National Park Service said the North Bridge Fight Commemoration in Concord, which was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, is not happening this year because of recent flooding and current
WCVBMar 12 2023
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Best Massachusetts Sportsbook Promos for Selection Sunday & NCAA Tournament
We may earn a fee if you make a purchase through one of our links. The newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content. The best college basketball teams in the country will vie for glory when March Madness gets underway on Tuesday. Hoops fans can look forward to dramatic upsets, late comebacks and feats of collective and individual brilliance over the next three
Miami HeraldApr 20 2024
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Environmental group cleaning up Neponset River ahead of Earth Day
JENNIFER. ALL RIGHT. KELLY ANN MONDAY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND MONDAY IS EARTH DAY. AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ALL ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS ARE CELEBRATING THE BEAUTY OF OUR PLANET RIGHT NOW. MANY ARE ALSO PITCHING IN TO HELP KEEP IT CLEAN. JOINING ME NOW IS IAN COOK, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEPONSET RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION. IAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. AND YOU’RE OUTSIDE
WCVBMay 18 2023
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Feds hit Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins with ethics violations
Rollins arrives at a private Andover home for a Democratic National Committee finance event hosted by First Lady Jill Biden last July. Photo: Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald via Getty Images The must-read in the Massachusetts political world today is the list of ethics violations U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins allegedly committed during her 16 months as the region's top federal prosecutor. Why it
AxiosAug 11 2023
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Couple sues Massachusetts after being rejected as foster parents due to Catholic beliefs
A Catholic couple in Massachusetts is suing the state after being rejected as foster parents because of their beliefs about marriage, sexuality and gender.
Mike and Kitty Burke explored becoming foster parents through the Massachusetts Department of Child and Families’ foster care program, which included months of training, home visits and extensive interviews, hoping to eventually
Deseret NewsJul 04 2023
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Missing Massachusetts woman Emma Tetewsky found trapped in mud at state park
A Massachusetts woman who disappeared late last month was found Monday at a state park, where authorities said she had been trapped in a muddy area for at least three days. Emma Tetewsky, who was reported missing on June 26, was rescued from a swampy area inside Borderland State Park, Easton and Stoughton police said in a joint statement. Hikers inside the Easton park said they heard a woman
New York Post (News)Apr 19 2024
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The Mystery Woman at the Heart of an Unsolved Triple Murder
Eighteen months before Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother carried out the Boston Marathon Bombing, Tamerlan murdered three young men in Waltham, Massachusetts on September 11, 2011. Tamerlan was a boxer, and his primary accomplice in the Waltham murders was a Chechen MMA fighter, Ibragim Todashev, he knew from the gym. Together they pistol-whipped, hogtied, and tortured Brendan Mess, Raphael
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