Today: September 11, 2024
Today: September 11, 2024

Massachusetts

Business|Economy|Health

Bankrupt Steward Health to close two Massachusetts hospitals

Bankrupt hospital owner Steward Health Care will close two locations in Massachusetts after failing to find a buyer for them, the company said Friday.

Bankrupt Steward Health to close two Massachusetts hospitals
News|Environment|Science

Rain-soaked New England hit by likely tornado amid wild weather ahead of Hurricane Lee's arrival

The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for portions of Maine and a tropical storm watch for a large area of coastal New England as Hurricane Lee heads to the region

Rain-soaked New England hit by likely tornado amid wild weather ahead of Hurricane Lee's arrival
News|Science

World War I-era plane flips onto roof trying to land near Massachusetts museum; pilot unhurt

Massachusetts authorities say a World War I-era plane crashed and flipped over onto its roof as the pilot tried to land outside of a military history museum

World War I-era plane flips onto roof trying to land near Massachusetts museum; pilot unhurt
News|Political|Sports

Autopsy finds man who was punched at New England Patriots game before he died had medical issue

Authorities in Massachusetts announced that a man who died at a New England Patriots home game last weekend after he was punched twice in the head did not suffer a “traumatic injury” in the stands but had a medical issue

Autopsy finds man who was punched at New England Patriots game before he died had medical issue
Health|News

Woman pleads guilty to calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital

A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths

Woman pleads guilty to calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital
News

Massachusetts to update multistate probe on Instagram's impact on kids

The Massachusetts attorney general's office said on Monday that it would provide an update on Tuesday into a multistate probe into Meta Platforms and allegations its subsidiary

Massachusetts to update multistate probe on Instagram's impact on kids
News|Political

Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts

Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft

Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts
Business|News

Advocates scramble to aid homeless migrant families after Massachusetts caps emergency shelter slots

Advocates scrambling to find shelter for homeless migrant families newly arrived in Massachusetts say families are relying on a patchwork of airport lounges, Uber rides, hospital waiting rooms and walk-in church shelters after the state capped the number of family shelter spots and created a wait list

Advocates scramble to aid homeless migrant families after Massachusetts caps emergency shelter slots
News|Political

Massachusetts lawmakers fail to approve $250M in emergency shelter aid

The Massachusetts Legislature has wrapped up its formal session without a deal on a supplemental budget

Massachusetts lawmakers fail to approve $250M in emergency shelter aid
Business|Economy|News|Political

Logan Airport 'not an appropriate place' for migrants arriving daily, Massport CEO says

About 20 to 25 migrants are arriving daily at Boston’s Logan Airport, the head of the airport operator says, and some have been camping out temporarily in baggage claim and elsewhere before trying to find a spot in the state’s overburdened shelter system

Logan Airport 'not an appropriate place' for migrants arriving daily, Massport CEO says
News

Massachusetts attorney general files civil rights lawsuit against white nationalist group

Massachusetts’ attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing a white nationalist group of civil rights violations, saying it repeatedly subjected LGBTQ+ events and facilities sheltering migrant families to intimidation and harassment

Massachusetts attorney general files civil rights lawsuit against white nationalist group
Business|News

Workers in New England states looking forward to a bump up in minimum wages in 2024

Workers in several New England states are looking forward to a bump up in the minimum wage in 2024 while advocates in Massachusetts are pushing a ballot question aimed at phasing out the state’s subminimum wage for tipped workers

Workers in New England states looking forward to a bump up in minimum wages in 2024
News|Political

Massachusetts voters become latest to try and keep Trump off ballot over Jan. 6 attack

Five voters in Massachusetts have become the latest to challenge former President Donald Trump's eligibility to appear on Republican primary election ballot in March, claiming he is ineligible to hold office because he encouraged and did little to stop the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

Massachusetts voters become latest to try and keep Trump off ballot over Jan. 6 attack
Business

Labor-backed group sues to block Massachusetts gig worker ballot proposal

A labor-backed coalition on Thursday filed a lawsuit seeking to block an industry-supported bid to ask Massachusetts voters to decide whether ride-share and delivery

Labor-backed group sues to block Massachusetts gig worker ballot proposal
News|Sports

Victims recall lifetimes of trauma as former Olympian pleads guilty to molesting boys in 1970s

A former Olympian and longtime track coach will spend as much a 11 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of sexually molesting young boys in the 1970s while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts

Victims recall lifetimes of trauma as former Olympian pleads guilty to molesting boys in 1970s
Business|News

Man accused of killing wife sentenced in separate case involving sale of fake Andy Warhol paintings

A Massachusetts man charged with killing his wife has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars in an unrelated art fraud case

Man accused of killing wife sentenced in separate case involving sale of fake Andy Warhol paintings
Political

Massachusetts governor seeks pardons for marijuana possession offenses

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday announced she was seeking to pardon hundreds of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession in

Massachusetts governor seeks pardons for marijuana possession offenses
Environment|News

A Massachusetts town spent $600k on shore protection. A winter storm washed it away days later

A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away nearly $600,000 worth of sand that had been trucked to protect the homes, roads and other infrastructure

A Massachusetts town spent $600k on shore protection. A winter storm washed it away days later
News

Massachusetts governor to pardon those convicted of misdemeanor cannabis possession

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says she'll issue pardons for tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana charges going back decades in the latest example of a state ambitiously seeking to forgive low-level drug offenders

Massachusetts governor to pardon those convicted of misdemeanor cannabis possession
Health|News

Cases settled: 2 ex-officials of veterans home where 76 died in the pandemic avoid jail time

Two former officials of a Massachusetts veterans home where at least 76 people died during the COVID-19 pandemic will avoid jail time in the case

Cases settled: 2 ex-officials of veterans home where 76 died in the pandemic avoid jail time
News

Ex-leaders of Massachusetts veterans' home avoid prison over COVID outbreak

Two former leaders of a Massachusetts veterans' home that was the site of one of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks at a U.S. long-term care facility on Tuesday

Ex-leaders of Massachusetts veterans' home avoid prison over COVID outbreak
News|Sports

Massachusetts joins with NCAA, sports teams to tackle gambling among young people

Top Massachusetts officials joined with NCAA President and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday to announce a new initiative aimed at tackling the public health harms associated with sports gambling among young people

Massachusetts joins with NCAA, sports teams to tackle gambling among young people
News|Political

Former US Rep. William Delahunt of Massachusetts has died at age 82

Longtime U.S. Rep. William D

Former US Rep. William Delahunt of Massachusetts has died at age 82
Environment|News|World

Biden administration approves the nation's eighth large offshore wind project

The Biden administration approved a new wind project off the Massachusetts coast Tuesday that is large enough it will provide more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station

Biden administration approves the nation's eighth large offshore wind project
Business|Technology

Status of Uber, Lyft gig workers hinges on Massachusetts court fight

Massachusetts has become the latest front in a years-long battle in the United States over whether ride-share drivers for Uber and Lyft should be treated as

Status of Uber, Lyft gig workers hinges on Massachusetts court fight

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