Why aren’t more Mass. Dems urging Steve Tompkins to step down?
The longtime Suffolk County sheriff is facing extortion charges.
Should you be worried about getting flesh-eating bacteria from swimming in Massachusetts?
In a rare case, one person contracted a flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus after swimming at a Falmouth beach last week.
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From the pitch to the scrum, women’s pro sports are in high demand
Interest in women's professional sports in Boston and beyond is skyrocketing -
Boston Comedy Festival celebrates 25 years of laughter and competition
The festival features national headlining comedians and also a comedy competition. -
Developer Thomas O’Brien is poised to enter the Boston mayoral race
Reports suggest O’Brien was waiting to observe his opponents. -
New study suggests ways to make family child care a more viable career
In the study, MassBudget Senior Policy Analyst Adam Jones looks at the financial challenges faced in the FCC industry and provides policy recommendations to address them. -
Eleven more men named in Cambridge brothel hearings, bringing total to 34
A clerk magistrate on Friday found “sufficient evidence” to move forward with legal cases against 11 men accused of buying sex at a high-end brothel operation based in Massachusetts and Virginia. Thirty four customers have been named altogether in hearings that spanned over a month.
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