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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…

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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.

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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.

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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

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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.

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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…

Miami Herald

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.

Tribune News Service

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…

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‘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.

Boston Herald

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.

Reason

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.

The Conversation

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

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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

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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

The Independent UK

Parents and 12-year-old son found shot dead in Massachusetts home

Police say Andrew Robinson killed his wife and son before turning the gun on himself

Daily Mirror

Andover shooting: Dad, mum and son, 12, found dead inside home after bodies discovered

The three bodies were discovered by police who had to break their way through two doors to get inside the family home in Andover, Massachusetts, US

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One state looks to get kids in crisis out of the ER — and back home

At many U.S. hospitals, children and teens are stuck in the emergency department for days or weeks because psychiatric beds are full. Massachussets has a simple, yet promising solution.

The Independent UK

Organs in exchange for freedom? Bill raises ethical concerns

A proposal to let prisoners in Massachusetts donate organs and bone marrow to shave time off their sentence is raising profound ethical and legal questions about putting undue pressure on people behind bars who are desperate for freedom

Daily Mirror

University student hit by train loses part of her leg and suffers crushed skull

Bridgewater State University student Ava Harlow, 20, from Massachusetts, US, became trapped underneath a moving train at the BU Central Station in Boston on January 27

The Independent UK

Prosecution: Woman planned the killings of her 3 children

Prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman used exercise bands to strangle her three children in the family home in a well-planned assault while her husband was out for about 20 minutes picking up medicine at a pharmacy and a takeout dinner

The Independent UK

Massachusetts mother accused of killing kids appears in court from hospital bed as judge spares her from jail

The prosecution argued on Tuesday that Ms Clancy allegedly timed out how long her husband would be gone before committing the murders.

Boston Herald

Massachusetts woman to be formally charged Tuesday in deaths of her 3 children

BOSTON — The Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children to death last month is set to be formally charged Tuesday as a fundraiser set up for her husband to make ends meet has blown past its $1 million goal.

The Independent UK

Fire at Massachusetts hospital forces some evacuations

Authorities say a fire at a Massachusetts hospital’s electrical transformer has forced an undetermined number of evacuations and power was shut off to the building for safety reasons

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