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Massachusetts man rescued after getting stuck in chimney while hiding from police
Police in Fall River, Massachusetts, say a man was arrested Tuesday night after fleeing from officers and getting stuck in a chimney.
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Report finds police in Massachusetts city let officers engage in sex with suspected prostitutes
The 41-page report also found that the police department used excessive force, including the unjustified uses of tasers and police dogs and strikes to the head.
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‘We finally get to honor her': Meet the family who donated this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
Lesley Albert helped plant a tree in her yard nearly 60 years ago. It will now stand in Rockefeller Center in her honor. Here’s the heartwarming story of how it happened.
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Video shows moment plank falls off skyscraper onto street in Boston, nearly hitting people
Video shows a scaffolding plank falling inches from a person walking into Boston’s South Station last week.
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Fingerprints from taxi license application lead to arrest in 1978 unsolved murder
Authorities announced an arrest Wednesday in a nearly 46-year-old double murder in western Massachusetts. Timothy Scott Joley, 71, of Clearwater, Florida, was arrested for the 1978 murders of Theresa Marcoux and Mark Harnish, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said at a news conference. The bodies of Marcoux, 18, of East Longmeadow, and Harnish, 20, of South Dennis, were found outside...
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Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison
A Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday.
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Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wins third term
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts spoke after winning a third term on Tuesday.
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Massachusetts parents sue school district over child's AI usage
The 17-year-old student and social studies teacher at odds over the issue both took the stand in federal court Tuesday.
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Massachusetts fishermen spot and rescue man stranded on overturned boat
Two Nantucket fishermen made a life-saving catch this weekend, saving a frantic fellow fisherman clinging to what was left of his capsized boat.
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Dunkin' debuts new Halloween buckets, spooky menu items
The purple holiday pail is “illustrated with a sweet Halloween motif” of round-shaped, costumed creatures.
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Great white shark washes up on Massachusetts beach: ‘Not one of our typical calls for service'
Editor’s note: Some readers might find the images included in this story disturbing. Orleans police shared three photos of the shark on Facebook on Tuesday, showing the dead shark on the back of a flatbed truck. “Not one of our typical calls for service,” the department said. “Not is it one for our local duty tow, Nauset Recovery. But, as...
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Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 96
Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and matriarch to the dynastic Kennedy family, suffered a stroke last week.
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Ethel Kennedy hospitalized after suffering a stroke, Kennedy family says
Kennedy family matriarch Ethel Kennedy is recovering after she suffered a stroke, her family said Tuesday.
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Ethel Kennedy hospitalized following stroke, family says
Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke last week, family said Tuesday.
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Nobel Prize in medicine honors American duo for their discovery of microRNA
The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA.
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Woman pleads guilty in high-end Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C. area brothel bust
A woman accused of operating a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., suburbs pleaded guilty in federal court Friday.
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161 horses safe after overnight fire in barn in Massachusetts: fire officials
Dozens of horses are safe after a fire in a barn at the Big E and the cause of the fire is under investigation. Officials said the fire was reported in the C Barn after the Big E closed on Friday. Firefighters said they arrived to the area and found a working fire in the barn around 11:45 p.m. All…
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CDC reports 6 new deaths in deli meat listeria outbreak
Nine people have now died as a result of the outbreak, which the agency said is now the largest listeria outbreak in the U.S. since 2011. Fifty-seven people have been hospitalized.
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Police arrest sexual assault suspect outside hospital in Westwood
Officers arrested a serial sexual assault suspect in Westwood after a pursuit that ended when the man drove into a congested hospital roundabout. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Aug. 8, 2024.
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Teenager finds smoke grenade while magnet fishing in Massachusetts, police say
Police say a teenager fished a smoke grenade out of Beaver Brook in Dracut, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning.