Mass Gov signs first in the nation pay equity law
2016-08-01
(BOSTON) Aug 1 – Employers will no longer be able to ask a prospective employee for a salary history. Read More →
New Sandy Hook Elementary School Opens in Newtown, CT
2016-07-29
(BOSTON) July 29 – Town and school officials say they plan a “quiet, respectful” opening.Read More →
Bulger to appeal to US Supreme Court
2016-07-27
(BOSTON) July 27 – Bulger’s attorneys say they’ll make an application to the high court by the end of the week.Read More →
Stolen device containing radioactive material recovered in Connecticut
2016-07-26
(BOSTON) July 26 – Police in Bridgeport, Connecticut Tuesday saying they have recovered a stolen device with radioactive potential for a “dirty bomb.” Read More →
Man who provided the gun that killed MIT cop Sean Collier sentenced
2016-07-26
(BOSTON) July 26 – Merhawi Behe, 22, was given six months for providing the weapon to Steven Silva, who gave it to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the two marathon bombers.Read More →
Black Lives Matter sign on Somerville City Hall angers cops’ union
2016-07-22
(SOMERVILLE, MA) July 22 – But curiously, while white people seem to be engaged in this debate, blacks interviewed say they couldn’t care less.Read More →
Massachusetts AG sends puts gun dealers on notice
2016-07-20
(BOSTON) July 20 – The Attorney General telling gun manufacturers copycat versions of weapons banned by the state assault weapons ban can’t be bought or sold in the state.Read More →
MA and NH troopers arrested for assault
2016-07-19
(BOSTON) July 19 – The two were caught on TV eye in the sky cameras in May beating a 50 year-old fugitive they had chased across state lines. Read More →
New Englanders the worst when it comes to road rage
2016-07-17
(BOSTON) July 17 – It’s not safe out there on them, there roads. AAA finding an uptick in road rage nationally. Read More →
Brady throws in the towel but his fans still love him
2016-07-15
(BOSTON) July 15 – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady Friday said he would not appeal his four-game suspension to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More →
Court rejects Tom Brady’s deflategate appeal
2016-07-13
(BOSTON) July 13 – Some are resigned to the fact that he took a shot at it and lost, others happy, and some are just plain angry. Read More →
Native Americans push back against Trump rally rhetoric
2016-07-09
(BOSTON) July 10 – The head of the Connecticut-based Mashantucket Pequot nation says whooping chants and calling U.S. Senator Warren Pocahontas is offensive. Read More →
School backs down from blaming victim for her own rape
2016-07-08
(BOSTON) July 8 – In replying to a civil suit attorneys for Worcester Polytechnic Institute had argued the victim ignored her orientation.Read More →
Discrimination against the transgendered made illegal in Massachusetts
2016-07-08
(BOSTON) July 8 – The first in the nation law signed after a ten year struggle prohibits discrimination in public places, bathrooms and locker rooms.Read More →
West Nile virus detected in Worcester, MA mosquitoes
2016-07-08
(BOSTON) July 8 – The findings, announced today, were made last week. No animal or human cases have yet been reported.Read More →
Honest cabbie relieved the money left behind had no nefarious origin
2016-07-05
(BOSTON) July 5 – A homeless man who left his inheritance in the taxi got it back.Read More →
Dudley, MA zoning board gets sued by Muslims seeking cemetery
2016-07-01
(MASSACHUSETTS) July 1 – An attorney representing the Islamic society says the town is motivated by its fear of outsiders. Read More →
Woman can be tried for encouraging friend to kill himself
2016-07-01
(MASSACHUSETTS) July 1 – The state’s highest court upholds a grand jury indictment for involuntary manslaughter.Read More →
Vermont’s GMO labeling law to take effect July 1
2016-07-01
(BOSTON) July 1 – Certain coke products in cans that contain corn syrup will have to be labeled as containing genetically modified food. Read More →
Al Gore’s daughter arrested in Boston pipeline protest
2016-06-30
(BOSTON) June 30 – Karenna Gore was among 23 protestors. She was arrested for resisting arrest and disturbing the peace. Read More →
Boston team makes progress on vaccine to combat Zika virus
2016-06-30
(BOSTON) June 30 – A researcher says the findings raise optimism that a vaccine for humans may soon be found. Read More →