Report slams police for not finding dead vet on VA campus
BEDFORD, Mass. — Confusion over proper procedures at a Veterans Affairs hospital allowed a dead veteran to go unnoticed in a stairwell for more...
Boston cardinal tours vaccine laboratory in Cuban capital
HAVANA — The Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, took a tour of a Cuban COVID-19 vaccine laboratory on Thursday as...
Pelosi touts need for affordable childcare in Massachusetts
WORCESTER, Mass. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured a Worcester childcare facility Thursday in a visit meant to highlight the importance of affordable childcare.
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Court mulls if bail is too high in Yale student killing case
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with whether a $20 million bond set for a former researcher at the Massachusetts...
Study calls for strict limits on oil, coal to curb warming
Researchers who estimate how much of the world’s coal, oil and natural gas should be left unburned to slow the increase in climate-changing gases...
‘Varsity Blues’ trial promises fresh insights in old scandal
BOSTON — The first trial in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions bribery scandal will begin this week, with the potential to shed light...
Comedian Fuquan Johnson 1 of 3 dead from suspected overdose
LOS ANGELES — Stand-up comedian Fuquan Johnson was among three people who died of a suspected overdose at a Los Angeles party, authorities said...
Shark tourism grows on Cape Cod, 3 years after attacks
CHATHAM, Mass. — There’s no ominous music, no telltale fin breaking the surface as the powerful silhouette of a great white shark glides alongside...
Maine nursing home to close; Vermont courts extend protocols
A Maine nursing home on Deer Isle will close at the end of October, citing both the coronavirus pandemic and the recent struggle to...
COVID-19 cases rise in Massachusetts; Maine football upended
The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts increased by more than 1,700 on Friday while the number of newly confirmed coronavirus deaths...