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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...
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Man charged in ‘random' stabbing of teen on Cape Cod held without bail
A man accused of stabbing a teenage girl at a Cape Cod store on Thursday was held without bail following his arraignment on Friday, where a doctor recommended he be evaluated at Bridgewater State Hospital.
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Man charged in ‘random' stabbing of teen girl at Dollar Tree on Cape Cod
A man was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing a teenage girl at a Cape Cod store. Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, said the stabbing happened Thursday at the Dollar Tree in Hyannis. They arrested 31-year-old Hyannis resident Nikolas Rescigno. The victim, described by police as a juvenile, was brought to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Witnesses told police the girl...
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Teachers in Beverly and Gloucester vote to strike
Teachers in two cities on the North Shore of Massachusetts announced Thursday that they had voted to go on strike. The Union of Gloucester Educators and the Beverly Teachers Association say their members voted overwhelmingly in favor of the action. The Gloucester union said on social media that over 98% of the district’s educators voted to authorize the strike. Julia...
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Man shot to death in Dorchester, Boston police say
Police say a 45-year-old man has died after being shot Tuesday in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. The shooting happened on Michigan Avenue, according to police. Officers responded just after 8 p.m. The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, said Paul McLaughlin, deputy superintendent of the Boston Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division. “This is a very...
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Driver killed in crash on I-95 in Portsmouth, NH
A man has died after a crash Wednesday evening on Interstate 95 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, state police said. The driver of a southbound vehicle was killed after crossing the median and hitting another vehicle on the northbound side of the highway, according to investigators. The other vehicle’s driver suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said. There were no passengers...
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Driver charged in crash that injured 2 pedestrians in Needham
A 23-year-old driver has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that seriously hurt two pedestrians Monday evening in Needham, Massachusetts.
