MIT: Trump misunderstood and misrepresented our study
2017-06-03
(BOSTON) June 3 – He kinda picked one morsel out of the study and used it for his own purposes, a study author says. Read More →
US Supreme Court mistakenly disbars incoming Massachusetts Bar Prez
2017-05-31
(BOSTON) May 31 – The problem took the highest court in the land two weeks to fix. Read More →
Vermont Governor halts DMV facial recognition sharing program
2017-05-26
(BOSTON) May 26 – Vermont’s DMV allegedly violated state law for 13 years by sending out driver’s photos and information to any law enforcement agency that requested it.Read More →
Vermont Governor vetoes recreational pot bill, but leaves door open
2017-05-24
(BOSTON) May 24 – If lawmakers and the governor agree, there will be a new law by June. Read More →
ACLU testing the powers of ICE
2017-05-23
(BOSTON) May 23 – Two court cases – one federal, one state – are testing the limits of ICE’s power.Read More →
Police in Lawrence, MA call 11 year-old “brave” for turning in his dad
2017-05-19
(BOSTON) May 19 – The boy called 9-11 to tell police his father was selling drugs. Police say he also reported him a year ago. Read More →
Vermont Governor signs shield law
2017-05-18
(BOSTON) May 18 – Forty states and the District of Columbia now protect reporters and their sources.Read More →
Cambridge Police: Test successful of street emergency box containing Narcan
2017-05-14
(BOSTON) May 14 – Police say 54 passersby were all willing and able to administer the nasal spray to a hypothetical addict.Read More →
5th fatality in Lynnway Auto Auction accident
2017-05-13
(BOSTON) May – Ruben Espaillat, 55, had been in a medically induced coma.Read More →
4th death as a result of last Wednesday’s crash at MA auto auction
2017-05-11
(BOSTON) May 11 – Rowlands, 50, was a husband and a father. He worked as a used car and auto parts dealer. Read More →
Judge vacates Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction
2017-05-09
(BOSTON) May 9 – The DA promises to appeal and to try to change the statute that required the judge to rule the way she did. Read More →
Suspect in brutal double murder of beloved doctors to be arraigned today
2017-05-08
(MAY 8) The suspect is recovering from non-life threatening wounds after a shootout with police.Read More →
Driver that killed three in Billerica Wednesday had suspended license
2017-05-05
(May 5) The man, who killed three and injured nine others, had a valid license when he began working at Lynnway Auction, the company president says.Read More →
Harvard nixes library late fees finding them too stressful for students
2017-05-04
(CAMBRIDGE, MA) May 4 – Students had mixed reactions to the news: some were appreciative, others saying it’s a silly way to prepare for the future. Read More →
Car buyers mowed down by runaway Jeep: 3 dead; 9 injured
2017-05-03
(BILLERICA, MA) May 3 – A worker in his mid-70s suddenly accelerated and struck numerous people at a car auction.Read More →
Get upset about racism at the Sox game? Puleeez – it’s only a game.
2017-05-02
(BOSTON) May 2 – Says Gilmer, who is African American: they were only trying to get the Orioles’ Jones off his game.Read More →
Who would you be if you didn’t know who you were?
2017-04-30
(BOSTON) April 30 – A lot of parents simply forgot to fill out the paperwork to give their babies first names. Read More →
2d Declaration of Independence found in UK
2017-04-23
(BOSTON) April 23 – The copy – found in the archives of a record office in Sussex, England – differs from the one in the U.S. National Archives. Read More →
Bostonians march for science
2017-04-22
(BOSTON) April 22 – They came to celebrate science and the need for government to continue funding it. Read More →
Family of Hernandez victim and Hernandez wife seek compensation
2017-04-21
(BOSTON) April 21 – A judge Friday also ordering all evidence relevant to Hernandez’s suicide be preserved. Read More →
Owen Labrie denied a new trial
2017-04-19
(BOSTON) April 19 – A judge in New Hampshire ruling Labrie’s lawyers were experienced and prepared.Read More →