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Authorities offer reward for Worcester, MA double shooting suspect
Authorities are offering a reward for an armed and dangerous man wanted in connection with the double fatal shooting of a mother and her 11-year-old daughter in Worcester, Massachusetts, earlier this week who remains on the loose. Massachusetts State Police announced Saturday morning that the U.S. Marshals are offering up to a $5,000 reward for Dejan Dante Belnavis. There’s...
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Police find mortar shell next to trash can in Massachusetts park
Pictures shared on social media by state police appear to show a mortar shell. Medford police said the device was removed and determined to be inert.
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Teacher arrested at Saugus school after drugs found in faculty restroom, police say
A teacher was arrested Thursday after police said drugs were found at a school in Saugus, Massachusetts. Officers responded to Saugus Middle High School after receiving a 911 call shortly after 10:30 a.m., Saugus police said. The caller reported that a suspicious substance was found in a faculty restroom. Saugus police said 52-year-old Roxanne Plaskon was arrested. Plaskon, a teacher…
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Harvard President Claudine Gay resigning amid scandals
Embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay is stepping down, she said
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WATCH: Baby inside car during Boston carjacking was left on the side of the road
A baby was in the backseat during a carjacking in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Friday, according to Boston police, and the suspect then left the child on the side of the road. Police say the child was found abandoned, but unhurt, about a block away from the carjacking, which happened near Seaver Street and Geneva Avenue just before 3 p.m....
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‘The whole thing's wrong': Loved ones respond to theft and sale of human remains
Charges have been brought against a group of people accused of stealing parts of donated bodies from Harvard Medical School’s morgue and selling them on the black market
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Several Beach Homes Burn in Massive Scituate Fire
Crews are fighting a massive fire that spread between several oceanfront homes Friday night in Scituate, Massachusetts. The blaze broke out before 8 p.m. on Glades Road. Seven homes were damaged — five extensively — according to Scituate Fire Chief John Murphy. No injuries were reported. Crews from eight other communities responded, Murphy said. Departments sent firefighters from Cohasset, Hull,…
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Escaped Emu Caught on Camera Running Through Brockton, Mass.
An emu is safe at home after escaping and running through the streets of Brockton, Massachusetts. The pet got loose around 9:35 p.m. Thursday and quickly became the talk of the town. The large, flightless bird, native to Australia, can be seen casually walking down the street before picking up speed in recorded videos. “I went outside, I saw it….
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Kraft on Brady: Celebration in New England Being Planned, Possibly as 1-Day Contract
Patriots owner Robert Kraft has already said he would like to see Tom Brady officially end his legendary career in New England, but he went a step further Tuesday, calling for annual celebrations of his two decades with the team. Kraft was asked in an interview with CNN after Brady announced his retirement if he would want the quarterback to…
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Man Whose Son Died in Mass. Football Game ‘Praying for the Hamlin Family'
As the family of collapsed Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin asks for prayers, people in Massachusetts — including the father of a high school football player who died in a game in 2010 — are sending their condolences.
