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Christmastime giving in Boston: 1,000 gifts, 1,000 hot meals
The holidays are a time of giving, and two events on Christmas Eve in Boston aimed to provide for hundred of people at a time. Hundreds of children from across the city got to check a few items off their wish list Tuesday at the annual Menino Family Toy Drive, which gives out more than 1,000 gifts to over 400...
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Harvard Law sees drop in Black student enrollment after Supreme Court decision
The number of Black students starting at Harvard Law School this fall has hit a 60-year low. The drop in enrollment comes after the U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended race-based admissions. Attending Harvard Law is a major milestone for students. Graduates include some of the nation’s most prominent Black lawyers, including the Obamas, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and former...
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Community demands answers in death of Mass. State Police trooper
With signs and photos, braving the cold, the group of about 30 people is demanding justice for García. Mothers standing alongside their children calling for answers.
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Bomb threat targets Rep. Lori Trahan and her family, Mass. congresswoman says
Congresswoman Lori Trahan says a bomb threat was made targeting her and her family, and that police in Westford were investigating along with U.S. Capitol Police and Massachusetts State Police. The Massachusetts Democrat said she was made aware of the threat Saturday morning. She didn’t share more details about the nature of the threat, but thanked the officers who investigated....
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Bruins celebrate 100 years of hockey in Boston with new bear statue outside TD Garden
The Bruins unveiled their centennial legacy monument outside TD Garden Saturday afternoon, celebrating 100 years of B’s hockey in Boston and serving as a tribute to the fans past, present and future.
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2nd annual ‘gift back' event honors Boston basketball star who died in 2021
The family of late basketball star Terrence Clarke is honoring him by giving back this holiday season in Boston for the second year in a row.
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Car slams into wall, bursts into flames in Revere; Good Samaritans rescue driver
A speeding car slammed into a wall in Revere, Massachusetts, overnight, bursting into flames upon impact and trapping the driver inside before he was rescued from the fiery wreck by several Good Samaritans — and the heroic rescue was all caught on camera.
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Marblehead student athletes will be allowed to compete despite teachers' strike
The varsity high school football team in Marblehead, Massachusetts, is in the Elite Eight, but the ongoing North Shore teachers strikes left Friday’s game in jeopardy. “It’s been scary for a lot of seniors. Norwood could’ve been our last game last week and we’re not done, whatsoever.” It was unclear if extracurricular activities, including sports, could go on amid the...
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Firefighters rush to contain flames at Marshfield home before it causes brush fire
Firefighters rushed to extinguish fast-spreading flames when fire broke out at a home in Marshfield, Massachusetts, Wednesday, preventing a larger brush fire from starting. “This morning when it started, the entire area was engulfed in black smoke. You didn’t know what was what! I thought I heard an explosion but I couldn’t be sure. It could’ve been anything,” witness George...
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New details released after police chase through Haverhill into Lawrence
An officer was hit by a car and another officer fired a gun when a suspect took off when confronted by police in Haverhill in Tuesday, according to the Essex District Attorney’s Office
