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Alleged Boss of Mass. Shoplifting Crime Ring Indicted by Grand Jury
A man accused of running a Massachusetts shoplifting ring of more than 20 people was indicted by a grand jury this week, prosecutors said. John F. Duplease, Jr., a 68-year-old from Lancaster, was indicted by a Worcester County grand jury on charges including organized retail theft enterprise and aggravated organized retail crime, county prosecutors said Wednesday. Penny Williams, a 43-year-old…
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‘Bad News for Everybody': Mayflower Poultry Moving From Longtime Home in Cambridge
A long-standing butcher shop with an iconic sign is leaving its home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After countless years of “Live Poultry, Fresh Killed,” the Mayflower Poultry Company is moving to Boston. “The sign is great, but the food is even better,” said Charles Prater, who lives around the corner. A paper posted out front says the building has been sold…
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Winthrop Gunman's Racist Beliefs Revealed: ‘Racism Is Healthy and Natural'
The man who killed two people in a shooting rampage in Winthrop, Massachusetts, last month wrote less than two days earlier that “Racism is healthy and natural” in a bigoted, hateful screed revealed by officials Wednesday.
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Access Over Path to Beach Sparks Controversy on Cape Cod
Use of a private road that leads to a beach on Cape Cod has created controversy within the town. A cut-through off of a bike path in Falmouth leads to Black Beach, where one resident who said that he’s had things stolen from his property believes that it is being overused in the summer. His idea for a solution...
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Mom Outraged Over Daughter's UMass Suspension After Maskless Photo: ‘This Was Draconian'
The mom of one of three University of Massachusetts Amherst freshmen who was suspended after being pictured without a mask at an off-campus party in March is speaking out about what she views as drastic punishment. Betsy, who asked NBC10 Boston to not use her last name for privacy reasons, says her daughter was bullied by the school, and the…
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Massachusetts Pirates Indoor Football Team Witnesses Shooting
Three people were killed in a Green Bay, Wisconsin, shooting that a Massachusetts football team witnessed.
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Mass. Residents Under Age 40 Make Up More Than 60% of New COVID Cases
More than 3.6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Massachusetts, including more than 2.2 million first doses and more than 1.2 million second doses. And nearly 1.4 million people have been fully immunized. But as vaccination numbers climb in Massachusetts, so too are the number of COVID cases. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts…
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Will the Ruined Batch of Johnson & Johnson Vaccines Impact Mass.?
Massachusetts has yet to receive word of any delay in an anticipated shipment of the Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine since the company announced they tossed a batch Wednesday, according to Gov. Charlie Baker’s office. Johnson and Johnson said their “quality control” process identified a batch of their vaccine that did not meet their standards, and it had to...
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J&J Confirms One Vaccine Batch Was Discarded, What Does That Mean for Mass.?
Johnson and Johnson says their “quality control” process identified a batch of their vaccine that did not meet their standards, and it had to be discarded. The pharmaceutical company did not say how large the single batch was, but the New York Times reported 15 million doses have been ruined. That’s enough shots to vaccinate all of New York, Los…
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Has Herd Immunity Played a Part in Recent Drop in Daily COVID Cases? ‘That Is the Million Dollar Question'
In the last six weeks, daily COVID cases in the country have fallen by 78-percent, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Massachusetts, they’re down 76-percent. With the coronavirus pandemic more than a year old, could this drop have anything to do with herd immunity? “That is the million dollar question,” said Dr. Shira Doron,...
