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MCAS graduation requirement ends: How ballot questions shape policy
Voters in Massachusetts weighed in on ballot questions that are expected to shape policy for years to come. Questions 1, 2 and 3 were approved. Respectively, the measures allow the state auditor’s office to audit the Legislature, end the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement and let rideshare drivers unionize. Question 4, which would have legalized some psychedelics, and...
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Nice weather trumps brush fires as Halloween horde flocks to Salem
For Halloween in the Witch City, the crowds weren’t spooked by the brush fires that have smoldered nearby. That’s because the weather couldn’t be more perfect for the pinnacle of “Haunted Happenings” in Salem, Massachusetts. Creepy costumed visitors flooded the streets of downtown Salem despite the smoke in the air, which might have kept some witches from flying in for...
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Eversource requests natural gas rate hike for Mass. customers
Eversource has requested a natural gas bill increase for customers in Massachusetts. It would go into effect on Friday, if it’s approved. Customers would see about 20 to 30% increases, if the state’s Department of Public Utilities approves the the proposal by Thursday. “What I don’t understand is natural gas prices are down 14% year-over-year, so if anything I’d like...
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Arson suspected in fire at Franklin church; $10K reward for info
A fire that damaged a Roman Catholic church in Franklin, Massachusetts, Wednesday is being investigated as a case of arson, state and local fire officials said Thursday. Officials are offering up to $10,000 as a reward for information that helps the investigation into what started the blaze at St. Mary’s Parish. Anyone with information was asked to call 1-800-682-9229. The...
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Man's death prompts shelter-in-place order in Nashua, NH
An incident in Nashua, New Hampshire, prompted a major police response and hourslong shelter-in-place order Wednesday. Nashua police said the police response was for a 37-year-old man whom investigators would eventually learn died by suicide. Family at the scene on Bellcrest Road reported hearing gunshots inside the home before officers arrived, according to police, and officers, who’d been called for...
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Passenger hurt in Green Line derailment calls on MBTA to make changes
One of the Green Line riders hurt in the derailment near Lechmere Station in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this week has called on the agency to make changes for helping passengers after a derailment or other accident. “There seemed to be no protocols that were followed,” Maggie Norcross-Devin, who was one of several people injured, said of what happened Tuesday. Norcross-Devin told…
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Video shows chaos on I-190 amid series of Worcester shootings that left 2 dead
Shocking video shows a man in a shootout in police on a highway in Worcester, Massachusetts. Police say 41-year-old Felix Rivera of Worcester shot and killed another man, 40-year-old Yubar Perez of Worcester, at a home on Heroult Road Wednesday afternoon. A short time later, Rivera was found running with a gun in traffic on Interstate 190. Police and witnesses…
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Businesses relying on ports hope for deal with striking dockworkers
Striking dockworkers and the ports they are picketing could not come to an agreement Wednesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike just after midnight Tuesday after the expiration of the union’s contract with the ports. The workers are calling for higher wages and protections from automation. With uncertainty over when the strike will end and the economic impacts...
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Passengers rush home before Hurricane Helene hits Florida
Boston’s Logan airport was full of people Wednesday either trying to escape Hurricane Helene or get back down south before the storm makes landfall on Thursday. One Florida couple in Terminal A told NBC10 Boston they had to cut their vacation on Cape Cod short by several days to get back to their house, which is facing wind and...
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Boston police ID victim of Monday's deadly shooting in Jamaica Plain
The teen arrested in connection with a deadly shooting Monday night in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood appeared in court Tuesday. The incident unfolded at the Mildred Hailey Boston Housing Authority Apartments on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain around 9:30 p.m. Monday, police have said. Officers could be heard shouting “Shots fired” and “Man down!” in police radio audio. Officers...
