Boston Tea Party Turns 250 Years Old With Reenactments of the Revolutionary Protest
BOSTON (AP) — Patriotic mobs and harbor tea-dumping returned to Boston on Saturday as the city marked the 250th anniversary
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Massachusetts News
Israel-Hamas War Tensions Roil Campuses; Brown Protesters Are Arrested, Haverford Building Occupied
Dozens of student protesters at Brown University were arrested, and a weeklong sit-in at Haverford College ended Wednesday under threat
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Officer and Utility Worker Killed in Hit-And-Run Crash; Suspect Also Accused of Stealing Cruiser
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A pickup truck driver in a suburb of Boston is accused of crashing into a police
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Trial to Determine Whether JetBlue Can Buy Spirit, Further Consolidating Industry, Comes to a Head
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for the Justice Department and JetBlue Airways are scheduled to make closing arguments Tuesday in a
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Maine Loon Population Dips for a Second Year, but Biologists Are Optimistic About More Chicks
Maine has the largest number of common loons in the eastern U.S., and the state is critical to the species’
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Massachusetts Republicans Stall Funding, Again, to Shelter the Homeless and Migrants
BOSTON (AP) — For a third consecutive day, Republicans thwarted attempts by the Democratic-controlled Massachusetts Legislature to approve a spending
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Racist Remarks Cited Before Cannabis Regulator’s Suspension, Court Documents Say
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts‘ top cannabis regulator made race-based and “culturally insensitive” remarks, including referring to Asian people as “yellow,”
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EU Regulators Say Amazon’s Acquisition of Vacuum Maker IRobot May Harm Competition
European regulators said Monday that Amazon’s proposed acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot may harm competition. The European Commission, the
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3 Men of Palestinian Descent Attending Holiday Gathering Shot, Injured Near University of Vermont
Three young men of Palestinian descent who were in Burlington for a Thanksgiving holiday gathering were shot and injured —
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Tackling Climate Change and Alleviating Hunger: States Recycle and Donate Food Headed to Landfills
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn’t sold got tossed
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