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Jaylen Brown makes the cover of TIME
After guiding his team to victory this year, Jaylen Brown leads yet again as one of the cover subjects for the TIME100 Next list. The TIME100 Next 2024 cover features NBA star Jaylen Brown as one of its subjects. The cover was one of three released Wednesday. This is the first time a Celtics player has been on the cover…
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Stop & Shop prices vary store to store, and Mass. lawmakers want to know why
A study found that some Stop & Shop locations in Massachusetts may be price gouging in areas with a lower median income and now state lawmakers are demanding answers about the company’s practices. U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and Reps. Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley sent a four-page letter to Stop and Shop leaders after a group...
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Roxbury Community College's 18th president aims to change lives
Jonathan Jefferson landed his dream job when he was hired as president of Roxbury Community College. The board of trustees chose Jefferson to serve as its 18th president. With 30 years of professional experience and four degrees, he will lead the student body and the school’s $40 million budget. Jefferson is pushing for affordable education for his students. “The best…
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Dramatic video: Boater rescued from rough waters off Cape Cod
Moments before his boat crashed ashore Thursday, a boater was saved from rough waters on Cape Cod. Off the coast of Bourne on Thursday, a sailor jumped to safety from his 35-foot sailboat to a rescue boat. His boat then broke free from the anchor and crashed ashore onto the beach. A Sandwich Fire patrol boat came to help the…
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Mass. man seriously injured in Maine skydiving accident
A Massachusetts man was badly injured after making a hard landing during a skydiving accident in Maine on Monday. Manny Silva, 57, of Dartmouth, was injured when he fell hard following complications skydiving in Lebanon, Maine, just before noon Monday. He was taken to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, the York County Sheriff’s Department said. He was…
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New FX series exploring Aaron Hernandez's story debuts Tuesday
Nearly 10 years after his murder conviction and seven years after his death, a new miniseries follows former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez’s tumultuous life. The first two episodes of “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” will premiere on Hulu Tuesday night. The FX series, produced by Ryan Murphy, follows Hernandez’s rise to football fame and fall after being...
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Netflix dating show ‘Love is Blind' is casting in New England
Is love really blind? Now Bostonians can find out too. Netflix’s “Love is Blind” is casting for their seventh season here in Boston and invited New Englanders to apply. The U.S. reality television series is a social experiment where single women and men speak to one another through a wall and attempt to fall in love before meeting face-to-face....
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WATCH: Top five Olympics moments from New England athletes so far
Many Olympians competing in Paris this year have ties to New England, and they have showed up and showed out. Here are the best five moments from the first few days of the competition. Everyone’s been talking about Stephen Nedoroscik‘s pommel horse routine that helped the U.S. men’s team win bronze on Monday. The Worcester native’s event was the...
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This Mass. racoon may be the cutest animal rescue — see pics
A raccoon gave an especially mournful look before being rescued, with the help of olive oil, from a storm drain in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Thursday morning.
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These swarms of dragonflies in RI have social media abuzz
Rhode Island beachgoers enjoying the nice weather this weekend got a little something extra in the air: a massive swarm of dragonflies flying through the sky. Countless dragonflies flew over various places in Rhode Island on Saturday as part of their annual migration. Videos of the swarms went viral on social media. “I’ve never seen anything like that. Maybe...
