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Relatives, lawmakers and other supporters are pleading for clemency for a trucker sentenced to 110 years in prison after an explosive brake-failure crash that left four people dead in Colorado.

A lifelong Nantucket resident is calling for gender equality in a push to allow nudity on all of the island’s beaches. Dorothy Stover, daughter of late Nantucket Town Clerk Catherine Stover, has started a petition to rewrite the town bylaws. The petition suggests that the bylaws be amended by adding, “in order to promote for all persons, any person...

A lifelong Nantucket resident is pushing for equality for all genders with a petition to make all of the island’s beaches topless.

The tragedy that unfolded on a New Mexico movie set when Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing a cinematographer, has led to calls for fundamental change in Hollywood

The 200,000-plus LeVar Burton boosters who signed a petition calling for him to be the new “Jeopardy!”

After a summer of racial awareness where professional sports teams and high schools across the country dropped mascots tied to skin tone, Tewksbury Memorial High School in Massachusetts is still the home of the “Redmen.” “I think it’s just a reflection of most of the beliefs in the town,” said Grace Morris, a 2019 graduate of TMHS. “I know a…

There’s a push to change the name of the controversial high school mascot in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.

Nationwide protests have revived efforts across the nation to remove controversial statues including in Boston where thousands have signed a petition to remove a statue depicting former President Abraham Lincoln standing before a freed Black man on his knees.

Thousands have signed a petition created by Tory Bullock, of Boston, calling for the removal of a statue depicting former President Abraham Lincoln standing before a freed black man.

More than 260 pastors have signed a letter to Gov. Charlie Baker demanding that he allow them to reopen with social distancing protocols in place.

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling on Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to allow licensed cosmetologists, barbershop and beauty professionals to provide services during the coronavirus pandemic.  The petition urges Baker to allow those businesses to open their doors and provide haircuts and other services, one client at a time. “Our industry needs to be recognized and deemed as…

Residents on Cape Cod are petitioning to shut down the Sagamore and Bourne bridges amid the coronavirus outbreak to keep out-of-towners away to prevent an overflow of their hospitals, according to a Boston Herald report.  The petition to close the bridges has nearly 6,000 signatures. The petition states the bridge closures would help stop the spread of coronavirus. “Only year-round...

Massachusetts updates from Gov. Baker and Marylou Sudders.

In an unorthodox turn of events, voters in Fall River re-elected their embattled mayor Tuesday on the same night that he was recalled from duty. A recall election took place in the southeastern Massachusetts city for Mayor Jasiel Correia, who declined to step down after being charged last year with defrauding investors in an app he developed. He pleaded not...

The Fall River City Council is giving Mayor Jasiel Correia five days to step down or face a recall election. The council voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of a motion allowing the city clerk to send Correia a letter letting him know he has five days to resign.

Fall River’s mayor has been given five days to step down from his position after a unanimous vote from the Fall River City Council. City Councilors unanimously voted Tuesday night to accept a motion to allow the city clerk to send Mayor Jasiel Correia a letter notifying he has to step down by Dec. 26. The city Board of Elections...

Nick Isgro, the Waterville, Maine, mayor facing a recall petition after his tweet about Parkland survivor David Hogg, spoke at a press conference.

Gold capital letters spelling the president-elect’s last name were removed from a high-rise condominium complex in Manhattan Wednesday after hundreds of people signed a petition to have the building drop the moniker.

Trump Place, a high-rise condominium complex near Lincoln Square, is about to get a name change.

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Steve Bannon as senior advisor has drawn widespread criticism.