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Cambridge startup aims to test athletes' sweat for doping
Epicore Biosystems in Cambridge is partnering with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to use sweat-sensing technology as a drug-detection method.
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Harvard's leader decries ‘flagrantly antisemitic' cartoon posted by groups
Harvard’s interim president has condemned an antisemitic cartoon posted to a social media account for a pro-Palestinian university faculty and student group, among others. The cartoon showed two men, one Arab and one Black, with nooses around their necks being held by a hand bearing the Star of David, the symbol imprinted with a star, interim President Alan Garber...
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Fire at MBTA's Kendall/MIT Red Line station; shuttles replace trains
A fire at an MBTA Red Line station in Cambridge, Massachusetts, disrupted train service Wednesday, officials said. A fire involving a train was reported about 2:52 p.m., according to the Cambridge Fire Department. The MBTA said shuttle buses were replacing trains between Harvard and Park Street Stations because of the fire department activity, and urged riders to expect delays. The…
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First lady Jill Biden to visit Mass., Conn. this week
First lady Jill Biden will be in New England this week for a fundraiser and an event about research on women’s health, the White House said Sunday. Biden will travel to to Connecticut, then Massachusetts, on Tuesday, and leave Wednesday afternoon, according to a news release from her office. Biden will arrive at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport in...
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Boston-area brothel bust hearings to be public, Mass. high court justice rules
Initial hearings for 28 people accused of paying for sex at high-end brothels operating in the Boston area will be open to the public, a justice on Massachusetts’ highest court wrote Friday. But documents in the case will be sealed before the hearings to protect private information for anyone for whom probably cause is not established at the hearings, Supreme…
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Lowell man charged in Cambridge double stabbing
A man has been arrested after a stabbing that left two people injured last month in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stabbing happened Jan. 4 outside the Halal Guys restaurant on White Street. Two victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Cambridge police said Wednesday that 23-year-old Joshua Barreau of Lowell had been arrested in Boston. Barreau was identified after police shared surveillance…
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Cambridge's Sofra to expand into new space in Allston
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A popular bakery in Cambridge is expanding to a second space, and this one will be located across the river. According to an Instagram post from Ana Sortun, Sofra is planning to open a new outlet in Allston, with Sortun (who is executive chef and co-owner) saying the following: We’ve been...
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Alleged clients in Mass. brothel bust case push to keep initial hearings private
At least half of the 28 people accused of paying for sex in a high-end brothel network are pushing back on efforts to make initial hearings in the case public, citing their privacy rights. The arrests of three people in connection with the brothel organization alleged to have been operating in Massachusetts and Virginia drew public attention, and acting U.S….
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Public hearings suspended for alleged clients in Mass. brothel bust case
A Massachusetts Supreme Court judge has suspended hearings set in the cases against 28 people accused of paying for sex in a high-end brothel network while the courts address questions of what information will be made publicly available in the case. The arrests of three people in connection with the brothel organization alleged to have been operating in Massachusetts and…
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Man in custody after police response at Cambridge home
Police took a man into custody Thursday night, hours after responding to a report of a domestic dispute at a home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Officers responded to the Fenno Street home around 1:30 p.m. Police said shortly before 6 p.m. that a person inside may be armed, but that no one else was in the home. Around 10 p.m., police…
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Probable cause hearings announced for alleged clients in Mass. brothel bust case
Dates have been set for probable cause hearings in the cases against 28 people accused of paying for sex in a high-end brothel network alleged to have been operating in Massachusetts and Virginia. The names of the accused have yet to be released, but the hearings will be open to the public after requests from NBC10 Boston and other news…
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2 sent to hospital with ‘knife wounds' after fight in Cambridge, police say
Two people were sent to the hospital with “knife wounds” after an argument in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Thursday night, police said. The incident happened at about 7:42 p.m. on White Street, Cambridge police said. The victims’ injuries were non-life-threatening, according to police, who said they’re searching for the assailant. No further information was released.
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Mixed reaction after Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns amid scandals
Claudine Gay, the first person of color and the second woman to be president of Harvard, said in a letter to the community that “it has become clear that it is in the best interests of Harvard for me to resign so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge with a focus on the institution rather than...
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Man killed in Cambridge apartment building fire
The fire broke out at about 4:40 a.m. Tuesday on Chester Street, the Cambridge Fire Department said, and was brought under control about 35 minutes later.
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Harvard president resigns amid scandals
Embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay is resigning, saying in a statement Tuesday that it was in the university’s “best interests” so the community could move past the challenges it’s facing.
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One dead, dozens displaced after fire in Cambridge
A person was found dead and dozens were displaced after a fire at an apartment building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning, according to authorities.
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Man found dead, 15 displaced after apartment fire in Cambridge
A man died in a fire at an apartment building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning, according to authorities. The fire broke out at about 4:40 a.m. on Chester Street, the Cambridge Fire Department said, and was brought under control about 35 minutes later. Cambridge Fire Chief Tom Cahill said a number of witnesses described an explosion. When firefighters arrived,…
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East Cambridge overflow site hosting 25 families
Days after the Healey administration opened a new safety-net shelter in Cambridge, city and state officials will hold a community meeting as residents look for answers about the influx of migrants and homeless families seeking assistance in their neighborhood. About 25 families have been directed to the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds building, a former courthouse in East Cambridge, since…
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Overnight shelter opening at former courthouse in Cambridge
The new emergency overnight shelter will open amid the migrant crisis and a shelter system that is already at capacity. It can house 70 families.
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Hearings to be open to public as feds look to charge alleged clients of high-end brothel
The names of 28 people accused of paying for sex at a brothel network have not been released, but that could change after a clerk-magistrate’s ruling Thursday.