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Gov. Maura Healey (D) ends COVID-19 public health emergency and vaccine mandate in Massachusetts (2023)

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) on March 15, 2023, announced that Massachusetts’ COVID-19 state public health emergency will end on May 11, 2023, to align with the end of the federal public health emergency. The governor also announced that on May 11 she plans to rescind state Executive Order 595,…

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Ten years on from the Boston Marathon bombing, do we know the full story?

A new Netflix documentary examines the four-day search for two bombers, after the attack that left three dead and more than 200 injured. The filmmakers behind it tell Clémence Michallon why their version of the story took 10 years to come together

The Independent UK

It’s been 10 years since the Boston Marathon bombing. ‘American Manhunt’ unpacks the ‘unbelievable’ event and its impact

A new Netflix documentary examines the four day search for two bombers, after the attack that left three dead and more than 200 injured. Clémence Michallon reports

The Independent UK

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‘We will not cave’: governors stockpile abortion drugs as access is threatened

Massachusetts, California and Washington pledge to provide medication after a federal judge invalidated 23-year FDA approval

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Some US states stock abortion medications after court ruling

A handful of states led by Democratic governors are stockpiling doses of drugs used in medication abortions amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. Massachusetts has purchased enough doses of the drug mifepristone to last for more…

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Fire damages Massachusetts church after Easter services

A fire broke out at a Massachusetts church not long after Easter services, with more than 100 firefighters working to save the 114-year-old structure

The Independent UK

Massachusetts weighs letting judges order mental health care

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would give judges the authority to order adults with a severe mental illness into mandatory outpatient care, after being released from a health care facility

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At least 10 Massachusetts elementary school students hospitalised after chewing spicy gum

The local fire chief says the gum was “equivalent to basically what’s commonly referred to as pepper spray”

The Independent UK

Commentary: Why do so many young white men in America find fascism ‘cool’?

Last fall, just blocks from my apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a gang of neo-Nazis gathered in Harvard Square on a Sunday afternoon. Videos showed a group of masked white men shouting, spitting, cursing homophobic slurs and chest-thumping at students. They were part of the Nationalist Social Club, a local neo-Nazi…

Los Angeles Times

Trump has ‘commanding lead’ over DeSantis in Massachusetts Republican primary poll conducted after indictment

BOSTON — Former President Donald Trump has a “commanding lead” over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a Massachusetts Republican primary poll conducted after last week’s historic indictment.

Boston Herald

Massachusetts reaches $40 million settlement with minority police officers over civil-service suit

BOSTON — The Massachusetts state attorney general has reached a $40 million settlement with the hundreds of minority police officers the state has ruled the civil-service promotional exam discriminated against, drawing to a close a long-running case that has wide-ranging repercussions.

Boston Herald

Should we ban the purchase of cigarettes for life? A US town is trying

Brookline, Massachusetts, is barring those born after 2000 from buying the products. Is a paternalistic approach always right?

The Guardian - US

Missing Massachusetts woman's husband indicted for murder

A Massachusetts man has been indicted in the death of his wife who has not been seen since Jan. 1

The Independent UK

Lost Massachusetts hiker rescued after hours stranded waist-deep in swamp

The woman was lost alone in an area notorious for its poor radio reception

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How a Georgia plant is helping solve a huge EV supply chain kink

COVINGTON, Georgia — In a reused half-century-old factory about an hour east of Atlanta, a Massachusetts company is on the front lines of expanding the American electric vehicle supply chain. And it all starts with recycling.

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Driver who crashed into Apple store charged with murder

A Massachusetts man whose SUV crashed through the glass storefront of an Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, has been charged with murder

The Independent UK

‘Making billionaires cry on TV’: Elizabeth Warren touts her record as she announces third run for Senate

‘Elizabeth is my partner in the Senate and I have seen this perpetual energy machine up close,’ Ed Markey says

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Bed Bath & Beyond store closures 2023: The full list of stores closing

We share which Bed Bath & Beyond stores are closing in 2023 as the company attempts to reduce costs.

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Elizabeth Warren running for 3rd US Senate term in 2024

Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has announced she will seek a third term in 2024

The Independent UK

Massachusetts governor: Pharmacies must stock abortion pills

The governor of Massachusetts is reminding pharmacies that they are required to stock a key abortion pill, despite a nationwide effort by anti-abortion activists to ban the medication

The Independent UK

Massachusetts husband convicted after he accidentally hires undercover FBI agent to kill his wife

Massimo Marenghi, 56, agreed to pay $10,000 for the undecover agent to ‘eliminate’ his wife

Tribune News Service

To prevent gun suicide, states consider allowing people to deny themselves a gun

As lawmakers and mental health advocates wrestle with how to stop the avalanche of suicides by firearm in this country, some are looking to a novel idea at work in a handful of states: Register yourself as a suicide risk so you can’t buy a gun on a whim.

The Independent UK

Flight attack raises questions about security, mental health

A Massachusetts man accused of attacking a flight attendant and attempting to open the plane's emergency door on a cross-country flight has directed attention to passengers with mental health illnesses

The Independent UK

Experts, banks look for ideas to stop next bank failure

The warning signs were all there

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Warren says Republicans handed Fed chairman ‘flamethrower that he aimed at the banking rules’

The Massachusetts Democrat blames a 2018 law that Donald Trump signed weakening financial regulations

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