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One state looks to get kids in crisis out of the ER — and back home

At many U.S. hospitals, children and teens are stuck in the emergency department for days or weeks because psychiatric beds are full. Massachussets has a simple, yet promising solution.

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Organs in exchange for freedom? Bill raises ethical concerns

A proposal to let prisoners in Massachusetts donate organs and bone marrow to shave time off their sentence is raising profound ethical and legal questions about putting undue pressure on people behind bars who are desperate for freedom

The Independent UK

University student hit by train loses part of her leg and suffers crushed skull

Bridgewater State University student Ava Harlow, 20, from Massachusetts, US, became trapped underneath a moving train at the BU Central Station in Boston on January 27

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Prosecution: Woman planned the killings of her 3 children

Prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman used exercise bands to strangle her three children in the family home in a well-planned assault while her husband was out for about 20 minutes picking up medicine at a pharmacy and a takeout dinner

The Independent UK

Massachusetts mother accused of killing kids appears in court from hospital bed as judge spares her from jail

The prosecution argued on Tuesday that Ms Clancy allegedly timed out how long her husband would be gone before committing the murders.

The Independent UK

Massachusetts woman to be formally charged Tuesday in deaths of her 3 children

BOSTON — The Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children to death last month is set to be formally charged Tuesday as a fundraiser set up for her husband to make ends meet has blown past its $1 million goal.

Boston Herald

Fire at Massachusetts hospital forces some evacuations

Authorities say a fire at a Massachusetts hospital’s electrical transformer has forced an undetermined number of evacuations and power was shut off to the building for safety reasons

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Frozen shark washes up on Massachusetts beach amid sub-zero temperatures

Porbeagle shark landed on the icy sands of Cold Storage Beach in Dennis on 4 February.

The Independent UK

Frozen shark washes up on beach during cold blast in sub-zero conditions

After a picture of the shark was posted on social media someone came and cut off the tail, dorsal fin, pectoral fin, and what was left of the teeth in Cold Storage Beach in Dennis, Massachusetts, US

Daily Mirror

Truck fully submerged in icy lake as temperatures plunge to -13C in arctic blast

A towing company in Wisconsin, US, waited for the arctic blast to strike so that the icy surface would become thicker, enabling them to pull the pickup truck out of the frozen Crooked Lake

Daily Mirror

Lindsay Clancy was overmedicated on array of prescription drugs when she killed children, lawyer claims

The Massachusetts nurse was allegedly suffering from severe postpartum psychosis after giving birth to her youngest son

The Independent UK

Prisoners could soon be able to swap an organ for less than year off jail sentence

A bill proposed by Democrats in the Massachusetts state legislature would allow prisoners in the US to exchange bone marrow or an organ for time off their sentence, capped at one year

Daily Mirror

Life-sized Shrek statue goes missing with police launching urgent search

Local police in Hatfield, Massachusetts, in the US, called on the public to help find the 200lb concrete statue saying: "The dragon sculpture he lives with is frustrated and lonely"

Daily Mirror

Massachusetts prisoners may get shorter sentences for organ donations

A new bill proposes that prisoners get at least two months off their sentences for donating bone marrow or organs

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Thirty governors have given their State of the State addresses so far in 2023

All 50 state constitutions mandate that the governor give an annual (or regular) report to the state legislature on the condition of the state. This speech is most commonly referred to as the State of the State address, although it is known as the Condition of the State address in…

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Medicaid coverage is expiring for millions of Americans – but there's a proven way to keep many of them insured

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Independent UK

Massachusetts police superintendent calls those involved in Tyre Nichols’ murder ‘antithesis’ of what officers should be

Brutality against Tyre Nichols ‘represents clear criminality and an utter breach of the public trust’

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Ana Walshe's disappearance exposed her husband Brian's secret life. Now police have charged him with her murder

Ana Walshe was a successful real estate agent and mother of three from a wealthy US community. Police say when her husband reported her missing, his secrets started to surface.

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The Independent UK

Mother accused of murdering her two children ‘overwhelmed’ by postpartum psychosis, vigil told

Midwife Lindsay Clancy’s children Cora, five, and Dawson, three were killed in the incident in Duxbury, Massachusetts

The Independent UK

Internet evidence key, but not enough in no-body murder case

Prosecutors in Massachusetts are basing their murder case against a man whose wife is presumed dead but whose body has not been found in large part on a series of gruesome internet searches

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: Abortion pill lawsuit won’t get a fair shake in post-Roe America

The first significant stage of post-Roe abortion litigation is underway and focuses heavily on abortion pills. GenBioPro, a pharmaceutical company that makes the drug mifepristone, has asked a federal court to declare that West Virginia’s anti-abortion law is inconsistent with the Federal Drug Administration’s determination that the pill is safe…

The Independent UK

US company gets $120 million boost to make 'green steel'

The manufacture of “green steel” moved a step closer Friday as Massachusetts-based Boston Metal announced a $120 million investment to help it produce steel that is far less damaging to the climate than traditional steel

The Independent UK

Massachusetts nurse charged with strangling her two young children may have suffered postpartum anxiety

Plymouth County district attorney Tim Cruz identified Lindsay Clancy as a suspect in the case

The Independent UK

'Unimaginable:' 2 children dead, infant hospitalized

Officials say a 32—year-old mother in Massachusetts is expected to be charged in the killing of her two children and the injuring of her infant son

Inverse

'Redfall' release date, trailer, story and gameplay for Bethesda's co-op shooter

'Redfall' is an open-world co-op FPS about vampires and their invasion of Redfall, Massachusetts. Here's everything we know about the supernatural shooter.

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