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Ethel Kennedy hospitalized after suffering a stroke, Kennedy family says
Kennedy family matriarch Ethel Kennedy is recovering after she suffered a stroke, her family said Tuesday.
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Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers arrested on assault charges
New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers was arrested early Saturday morning on multiple charges, including assault.
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March Madness is making a stop in Boston this week
March Madness is making a stop in Boston this week. Usually, this is a professional sports town, but all bets are off with one of the biggest tournaments in college sports taking center stage here at TD Garden. College basketball will dominate Boston sports in the days ahead, with players warming up on Wednesday afternoon for third round of March…
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Massachusetts state troopers accused of taking bribes for commercial drivers licenses
Six people, four of them current and former Massachusetts State Police troopers, have been arrested as part of an alleged bribery conspiracy to give guaranteed passing scores to certain applicants for commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts.
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Shelter-in-place lifted amid search for Gardner murder suspect
Authorities have identified the victim of a homicide on Sunday morning in Gardner, Massachusetts, but the manhunt for her suspected killer continued Monday. Residents in the area of Kelton Street were told to remain in their homes Monday afternoon as the search intensified. The office of Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson said Monday night that the shelter-in-place had been lifted. “Following…
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Senate Hears Lessons From Boston Marathon Bombings, 10 Years Later
Ten years after the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, a U.S. Senate subcommittee held a hearing to discuss what the law enforcement community has learned. The man who led the Boston Police Department at the time, Ed Davis, is among those who testified about how the 2013 attack has affected emergency preparedness at the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs’…
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Mom, Baby Located, Amber Alert Deactivated After Reported Abduction
Massachusetts State Police say a mother and her 6-month-old baby have been found after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday when they were reportedly kidnapped from their home in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, by the mother’s ex-boyfriend, who was armed with a knife.
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Search for Missing NH Girl Harmony Montgomery Is Now a Homicide Investigation, Officials Say
Investigators believe long-missing New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery was killed and are treating her death as a homicide, authorities said Thursday.
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What We Know – And What We Want to Learn – About Shark Sightings on the Cape
Summer is also shark season on Cape Cod, and people are now aware of the dangers thanks to more than a decade of research. Typically, sharks return to the waters off Cape Cod and the Islands in mid-June. This year the sightings started early, with the first confirmed sighting on Sunday, May 29. It has become common for beaches to…
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Woman Arrested in Stolen Police Cruiser After Leading Officers on Chase Into Boston
A woman was arrested early Wednesday morning after leading Massachusetts state troopers on a chase down Interstate 93 into Boston in a Malden police cruiser that was stolen in front of the city’s police headquarters hours earlier. When Malden police realized shortly before midnight that the cruiser was stolen, they issued an alert, and soon afterward, the cruiser was seen…
