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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Old broadsides and receipts offer hints to America's Black Revolutionary War soldiers
Their stories were not well preserved in art or textbooks, yet recent scholarship in Concord and Lexington aims to uncover more about these men and their families. -
Springfield man, convicted of murder in 1985, granted new trial after 6 attempts
Edward Wright was found guilty in the killing of his friend Penny Anderson and has been incarcerated ever since. -
Cambridge leaders worry about ‘ripple effect’ of Trump’s funding cuts to Harvard
The Trump administration’s latest salvo targets Harvard’s tax-exempt status at the same time the university’s home city of Cambridge is looking to scale back its budget plans. -
New Bedford arrest video raises questions about constitutional violations
Law enforcement agents smashed the back window of a man’s car and indicated in Spanish they did not have an immigration order before they detained him, a video recorded by the man’s wife shows. -
50 years ago, one man made history as Boston Marathon's first official wheelchair athlete
In 1975, Bob Hall was the first wheelchair competitor in the Boston Marathon. Since then, nearly 1,900 wheelchair athletes have followed.
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