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Online betting begins in sports-crazed Massachusetts

Massachusetts sports fans raced to their cell phones Friday to begin placing bets as the state allowed online sports wagering just days ahead of tipoff of the NCAA Tournament next week

The Independent UK

Let Massholes Be Massholes, Says Bay State's High Court

Criticism of public officials doesn't have to be polite, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court confirmed.

Reason

Massachusetts' Tobacco Ban Went as Badly as You'd Expect

And now the state thinks it needs to crack down even more.

Reason

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1 out of 4 Massachusetts doctors plan to leave medicine in the next two years: ‘Distressing’

About 1 out of 4 Massachusetts doctors are planning to say goodbye to medicine in the next two years, according to a new survey that’s raising serious alarms about the future of the state’s physician workforce.

Boston Herald

Town Public Comment Policy Requiring Remarks to Be "Respectful and Courteous" Violates Massachusetts Constitution

From today's Massachusetts high court opinion in Barron v. Kolenda, written by Justice Scott Kafker (and dealing with a claim brought under the state constitution's free expression provisions, rather than under the First Amendment): [W]e conclude that the public comment policy of the town of Southborough (town) violates rights protected…

Reason

Polaroids of the everyday and portraits of the rich and famous: you should know the compulsive photography of Andy Warhol

Review: Andy Warhol and Photography: A Social Media, Art Gallery of South Australia.

The Conversation

Massachusetts man arrested for stabbing United Airlines flight attendant

Francisco Severo Torres also attempted to open the aircraft’s emergency door and was taken into custody after the plane landed

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Man accused of trying to open jet's door, attacking crew

Federal prosecutors say a Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon

The Independent UK

Massachusetts man accused of trying to stab attendant and open door of United flight

Francisco Severo Torres accused of attacking employee with a broken metal spoon

The Independent UK

A roadblock to life-saving addiction treatment is gone. Now what?

Federal restrictions seemed to explain why many doctors weren't prescribing medication for opioid addiction. But some caution that removing those rules isn't enough to overcome hesitancy and stigma.

WEKU

Kamala Harris (D) ties for second-most tie-breaking votes cast by a vice president in United States history

Vice President Kamala Harris (D) cast her 29th tie-breaking vote in the Senate on March 1, breaking a 48-48 tie to approve Margaret R. Guzman to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Harris is now tied with John Adams (1789-1797) for the second-most tie-breaking votes cast…

Ballotpedia

Inquiry probes police research into gay hate crimes

Former Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley is set to give testimony in the inquiry looking at LGBTQI hate crimes in NSW.

AAP

Democrats divided over strikes by teachers, principals

Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill allowing Chicago school principals to unionize and possibly go on strike. But Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, also a Democrat and in an equally liberal state, said just the other day she opposes legislation that would explicitly permit teachers to strike.

Tribune News Service

How a sweet potato helped Massachusetts police crack a cold case murder

The cold case murder arrest has eerie connections to the popular Baltimore-based TV crime drama The Wire

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Daily Mirror

Man creates QR code for dad's grave so people can learn about atomic veteran's life

Michael Bourque, an inventor from Boston, Massachusetts, 3D-printed a QR code and attached it to his father, John Harold Bourque's headstone as a means to commemorate his life

USA Today Sports Media Group

Giants’ Daniel Jones back working out at Cressey Sports Performance

There is no offseason for New York Giants QB Daniel Jones, who is back working out at Cressey Sports Performance in Massachusetts.

Miami Herald

State official inheriting Florida migrant relocation program has questions about vendor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The head of the state agency now tasked with handling Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant relocation program told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he was not sure whether he will continue the state’s arrangement with Vertol Systems Company, the politically-connected aviation company paid to transport migrants from…

Tribune News Service

Spring rushes in weeks early as winter fizzles across the US

New York’s winter keeps melting away, insects are buzzing in Massachusetts, and across parts of Texas plants are leafing out earlier this year than they have in the last four decades.

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Massachusetts Lawmakers Propose Reducing Sentences for Inmates Who Provide Bone Marrow or Organs

The bill (HD.3822), introduced last month by Reps. Carlos González, Judith A. Garcia, Bud L. Williams, and Russell E. Holmes, would allow eligible incarcerated individuals to gain not less than 60 and not more than 365 day reduction in the length of their committed sentence … on the condition that…

Boston Herald

‘She cheated on me’ is no longer a defense for men charged with murder in Massachusetts: Supreme Judicial Court

“She cheated on me” is no longer a reasonable defense for husbands and boyfriends who are accused of murdering their wives and girlfriends in the Bay State, according to a recent ruling from the Supreme Judicial Court.

Reason

Massachusetts Voters Ended Rent Control Decades Ago. Boston's Mayor Wants To Bring It Back.

The city's old-school rent control scheme worsened housing quality but had no effect on housing supply. Mayor Michelle Wu's new rent control law will likely have the opposite effect.

The Conversation

Prisoners donating organs to get time off raises thorny ethical questions

In January 2023 two Democratic representatives, Judith Garcia and Carlos Gonzalez, proposed a bill that would offer prisoners in Massachusetts a new way to win reduction in their sentences: by donating their bone marrow or vital organs.

Daily Mirror

New mum gives birth to her first child at AGE 52 - and is already planning second baby

Luise Hoehn, from Massachusetts, US, was trying for a baby for six years and spent more than $200,000 on donor eggs and IVF, but eventually gave birth on Christmas Day to son Stellan

Daily Mirror

Angry Wendy's customer shoots drive-thru worker after they get wrong sized drink

A friend of an employee who was grazed by a bullet in the incident at the Wendy's in Lynn, Massachusetts, US, said the customer was angry about getting a small drink when he had ordered a large

USA Today Sports Media Group

What are the highest scoring games of Jaylen Brown’s career with the Boston Celtics?

Brown is one of the few Celtics players to record a 50-point game and has proven to be one of the most prolific scorers in team history

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