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Last Salem 'witch' finally pardoned 329 years after she was wrongly convicted

Elizabeth Johnson Jr's was finally exonerated on Thursday, around 392 years after she was initially convicted of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials, through the efforts of primary-school aged children and a Massachusetts state senator

Daily Mirror

Pat Carroll, Emmy Winner and Voice of Ursula, Dies at 95

Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for “Caesar’s Hour” and the voice Ursula in “The Little Mermaid,” has died. She was 95. Her daughter Kerry Karsian, a casting agent, said Carroll died at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Saturday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Massachusetts is wicked dry: Severe drought sparking water bans, record low rivers, farming impacts

BOSTON — Lawns, crops and rivers across the Bay State are all super thirsty this summer as drought conditions continue to worsen with no end in sight.

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Lucky man scoops £1.2million in two separate lottery wins six years apart

A man has managed to win an incredible £1.2million total after two separate lottery wins six years apart. Kevin Miller, from Massachusetts in the US, bought both tickets from the very same shop

Daily Mirror

Union vote to wrap up at Trader Joe's store in Massachusetts

Labor organizers at a Trader Joe’s store in Massachusetts will find out Thursday if there is enough support among employees to form the chain’s first union

The Independent UK

Wounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriations

Tribes in South Dakota are working with a rural Massachusetts museum to return hundreds of items believed to have been taken from ancestors massacred at Wounded Knee Creek in 1890

The Independent UK

Workers at Massachusetts Trader Joe's store take union vote

Employees at a Trader Joe’s in Massachusetts are casting votes over the next two days in an attempt to form the supermarket chain’s first union

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Moment a humpback whale lands on a small boat in the US

A shocking surprise for whale watchers in the historic Massachusetts town of Plymouth.A humpback whale has breached and landed on the bow of a small boat, surprising those who saw the massive creature slam the 19-foot vessel.Town officials say the boat operator reported no injuries and no major damage that…

Evening Standard

Truck driver's trial to start in death of 7 motorcyclists

The trial for a commercial truck driver charged with causing the deaths in 2019 of seven members of a Marine motorcycle club is starting Tuesday

The Independent UK

Video shows humpback whale breaching water and crashing into boat

Recreational fishers received the shock of their lives on Sunday when a humpback whale breached the water and landed on the bow of their 19-foot boat.

The New Daily

Humpback whale crashed down on top of small fishing boat in terrifying moment at sea

A humpback whale has been filmed breaching and crashing down on the bow of a small fishing boat off the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts, last Sunday with fortunately no injuries

Daily Mirror

Parts of Massachusetts under ‘unhealthy’ air quality alert amid heat wave

BOSTON — Massachusetts environmental officials on Sunday are warning residents about potentially unhealthy air quality, as the heat wave peaks with apparent temperatures possibly surging into the 100s across the Boston area.

Boston Herald

'Long 3 years': Trial to start in deaths of 7 motorcyclists

The trial for a commercial truck driver charged with causing the deaths of seven motorcycle club members in New Hampshire is about to start more than three years after the 2019 crash that devastated the region’s close-knit biker community and exposed flaws in state driver record keeping

The Independent UK

BA.5 variant on the rise as Massachusetts COVID cases jump 24%

Massachusetts health officials on Thursday reported more than 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past week, another virus uptick as the highly infectious BA.5 variant spreads across the region.

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FACT FOCUS: Biden cancer remark causes confusion

President Joe Biden’s speech at a former coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts this week led to widespread claims on social media that he made a significant announcement not about climate change, but about his health

The Conversation

Biden announces new climate change actions but holds an emergency declaration in reserve

On July 20, 2022, President Joe Biden traveled to a former coal-burning power plant in Massachusetts that is being converted into a manufacturing site for offshore wind power equipment. Biden announced millions of dollars in funding for climate change measures, including upgrading infrastructure, weatherizing buildings and installing cooling in homes.…

France 24

Biden announces modest climate actions, stops short of declaring emergency

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, “This is an emergency and I will look at it that way.”

Daily Mirror

Joe Biden appears to say he has 'cancer' in puzzling gaffe during climate change speech

US President Joe Biden was speaking at the site of a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts when he made the comment despite previous White House reports that he did not have cancer

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Facing legislative failure, Biden announces incremental climate initiatives

The president touted investments in extreme heat resilience and offshore wind at the site of a converted coal plant in Massachusetts, but stopped short of declaring a "climate emergency."

Reuters

Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts.

Tribune News Service

White House considers emergency declaration to fight climate change

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce executive action to confront climate change after a key senator blocked legislation, but he’s holding off for now on an emergency decree that would allow him to marshal sweeping powers — and billions of federal dollars — against global warming.

The Independent UK

AP source: Biden holds off on climate emergency declaration

President Joe Biden will travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday to promote his efforts to combat climate change

USA Today Sports Media Group

Conner Willett wins 114th Massachusetts Amateur five days after dad’s death

"I honestly don't know how he was able to do what he did this week."

Tribune News Service

When Massachusetts tried to ban an opioid, a court said no. What about abortion pills?

WASHINGTON — Efforts in states to further restrict medication abortion face legal questions over potential conflicts with federal drug regulations.

Al Jazeera

How we remember them: The friend who died too young

How do you eulogise a friendship of 19 years? The best I can do is say I did too little while he did too much.

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