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Trailer tips over on I-290 in Worcester area; troopers seek driver
State police are looking for the driver whose trailer overturned on Interstate 290 in the Worcester area early Wednesday morning, causing lane closures. Massachusetts troopers said they responded shortly after 5 a.m. to a trailer carrying two vehicles that overturned near mile marker 16, on the eastbound side of I-290. Crews had to shut down the left and middle travel…
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Person dead, 2 others badly hurt after house fire in North Adams
A person was killed and two others were seriously hurt during a house fire late Tuesday night in North Adams, Massachusetts, according to state and local fire officials.
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Boston revisits its sanctuary city law at city council hearing
A city council committee meeting on Monday centered on Boston’s Trust Act — a policy that has been in the national spotlight amid Republican-led criticism of so-called sanctuary cities.
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Mattapan housing complex converted to income-restricted apartments
Boston leaders and community advocates announced on Monday that a Mattapan housing complex will be converted to income-restricted units in perpetuity. Nearly 350 apartments at Fairlawn Estates will be income-restricted and will undergo much-needed renovations after a transfer of ownership to Related Companies affordable housing. “Over last few years, the rent was hiked up and families were forced out of…
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Train cars containing ethanol fuel derail in Worcester
A train carrying ethanol fuel derailed and fell into a building on Sunday afternoon in Worcester, Massachusetts, fire officials in the city have confirmed.
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Big rig truck driver found unresponsive after crash along Mass. Pike in Grafton
Fire officials in Grafton, Massachusetts, were warning drivers of delays on the Mass. Pike following a tractor trailer crash Monday morning.
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Bruins fans left reeling after flurry of deadline day deals
This is a hard goodbye for the Boston Bruins and for fans here in New England, as a legend heads south for Florida. As part of a flurry of trade deadline deals Friday, the Bruins traded captain Brad Marchand to the Florida Panthers in exchange for a conditional 2027 second round pick that could become a 2027 or 2028 first…
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Recap: Mayor Wu testifies before Congress in sanctuary cities hearing
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was on the national stage on Wednesday as she and three other U.S. mayors are testified before Congress at a hearing on their cities’ sanctuary city policies. In addition to Wu, the mayors of Chicago, Denver and New York appeared in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Back-to-back hearings on Wednesday in Karen Read case
Wednesday continued a busy week in the Karen Read case, with two hearings scheduled for one day, sending the murder suspect from federal court in Boston to Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham.
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Canton PD: Federal investigation into O'Keefe death has been completed
The Canton Police Department announced on Tuesday that the federal investigation related to the death of John O’Keefe has been completed.
