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Massachusetts 250 to celebrate state's history, firsts and American Revolution
Massachusetts is gearing up for a sweeping, cross-commonwealth celebration marking 250 years since the American Revolution, and state leaders are touting it as a way to reflect on the Bay State’s legacy while also cashing in on tourism dollars. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey led a kickoff event Tuesday for Massachusetts 250, a tourism initiative celebrating the 250th anniversary of the…
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3 people rescued from fire at Chelsea building complex
Chelsea Fire says they are responding to a fire in the area of 132-134 Congress Ave.
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New details on Mass. State Police trainee dead after training exercise
Massachusetts State Police trainee Enrique Delgado-Garcia was sworn in as a trooper shortly before his death, a department spokesman said, some of the new information shared on Delgado-Garcia’s death Saturday. Police have not shared more about the training exercise they’ve said that Delgado-Garcia was seriously injured as a part of. Delgado-Garcia’s family has questioned how the 25-year-old could have...
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Family outraged after death of Mass. State Police trainee
25-year-old Enrique Delgado-Garcia, a recruit at the State Police Academy in Braintree, died after a medical crisis during a training exercise.
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Investigation underway in Dedham after violent threat cancels football season opener
School officials in Dedham, Massachusetts, have canceled Friday night’s football game — the first of the year — after a violent threat was made. Superintendent Nan Murphy of Dedham Public Schools and Dedham Police Chief Mike D’Entrement announced in a message to the school community Friday that an anonymous threat had been called in to Dedham High School. The caller,…
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Sandra Birchmore case is 2nd Norfolk County death probe that feds intervened in
Legal experts say it’s unusual for federal authorities to become involved in a local investigation, especially twice within the same county, as has happened in the Karen Read and Sandra Birchmore cases.
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With a ‘target' on its back, here's how Mass. plans to keep its edge in biotech
Greater Boston — particularly Kendall Square in Cambridge and more recently the Seaport District — has become a global leader in the biotech industry over the past decade and a half, but do the hundreds of local layoffs signify a threat to what has become a critical piece of Massachusetts’ economy? Likely not, say industry leaders, rather, they explain that…
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Car fire in O'Neill Tunnel snarls Boston rush hour traffic
A car fire closed down a section of I-93 southbound in Boston’s O’Neill Tunnel Tuesday afternoon as rush hour was getting underway. The car fire was at exit 16A, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation reported shortly after 3:15 p.m. Video of the car fire this afternoon in Boston's O'Neill Tunnel just released by @MassDOT. No one reported hurt at...
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Dorchester man arrested in fatal stabbing
A Dorchester man is under arrest in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred in the Boston neighborhood on Friday night. Boston police officers responded to a reported stabbing at around 10 p.m. near Peabody Square. The man was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. According to police, detectives who were investigating the murder…
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J'ouvert parade through Franklin Park as Boston's Caribbean festival gets underway
The J’ouvert parade — which means “daybreak” in French — kicked off at 6 a.m. at Franklin Park, and a main parade will follow at 1 p.m.