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Marblehead schools to reopen after tentative agreement to end teacher strike
Students will return to the classroom Wednesday in Marblehead, Massachusetts, as officials announced a tentative agreement to end the teacher strike. The Marblehead School Committee said late Tuesday afternoon that it had reached a deal with the Marblehead Education Association. “Both the School Committee and the Association recognize the stress and hardship caused to our students and families during the...
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3 kids found safe after alleged parental kidnapping in Stoughton
29-year-old Ashley Vazquez, who is accused of kidnapping her children was believed to be driving a gray 2023 Toyota RAV4 when she took her three children with her.
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Kids found safe in Stoughton parental kidnapping case, Amber Alert canceled
An Amber Alert has been canceled after three children were found safe following their alleged parental kidnapping from Stoughton, Massachusetts.
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Man convicted of raping minor in Brazil arrested in Methuen, ICE says
Alexandre Romao De Oliveira, who was sentenced in 2022 by a Brazilian court for the rape of a child, was arrested Monday in Methuen, Massachusetts, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Restaurant owner sought after allegedly spray-painting man's face at Worcester City Hall
A man was spray-painted in the face Tuesday during a city council meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts. City Manager Eric Batista said Wednesday that the incident occurred around the start of a meeting at Worcester City Hall. Police responded to a report of a fight around 6:30 p.m., arriving to find a resident with paint on his face. He told officers...
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Head of Mass. State Police unit that investigated Karen Read loses 6 days of leave
The Massachusetts State Police have disciplined the former head of a unit that investigated Karen Read, making him forfeit six days of accrued leave after an internal investigation. Col. Geoffrey Noble announced Tuesday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who formerly led the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office’s detective unit, was found to have violated department rules and regulations. Tully...
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Mass. AG Campbell: Gaetz ‘absolutely is not qualified' to be nation's AG
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz to become the nation’s attorney general was met with shock Wednesday, including from fellow Republicans. Massachusetts’ Democratic attorney general was among those highly critical of the pick. Trump announced Wednesday that Gaetz, a firebrand lawmaker from Florida, was his nominee for the top law enforcement post in the U.S. Speaking Wednesday at...
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Authorities give new details on man's death after standoff with police at NH bed and breakfast
Investigators say a man who died after an hourslong standoff with police last week at a New Hampshire bed and breakfast was shot multiple times before taking his own life. Kevin Steinfeldt, 58, of Plymouth, died early Thursday morning at the Federal House Inn on Route 25 in Plymouth. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office initially said he had been...
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Officer trapped in truck on Boston road blocked by over 100 vehicles, police say
Three people were arrested after an incident Sunday night in which a Massachusetts Department of Youth Services corrections officer was trapped in his truck on a road blocked by more than 100 other vehicles, Boston police said Monday. The incident occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Canterbury Street, a narrow roadway where Jamaica Plain, Roslindale and Mattapan meet. The street...
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ATF Boston urges security measures at religious institutions after recent arson cases
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is advising all religious institutions to increase security after a recent rise in arson cases targeting houses of worship. The ATF’s Boston Field Division said there are no specific threats, but referred to an increase in incidents in the past six months, including in the Massachusetts communities of Franklin and Kingston, and...
