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August 19, 2019 at 8:17 am

Memorial to victims of Boston Marathon bombing completed

BOSTON (AP) — Three stone pillars were placed Monday near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, marking the final step in a $2 million...

August 9, 2019 at 5:30 am

Region hit hard by opioids embraces jail-based treatment VIEW

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — As western Massachusetts struggles with a dramatic spike in fatal overdoses, officials are embracing a controversial solution: sending men who have...

August 7, 2019 at 10:07 pm

With every new tragedy, another ‘strong’ campaign VIEW

BOSTON (AP) — In Ohio, a heart-shaped mural with the phrase "Dayton Strong" hangs in front of the bar where a gunman killed nine people....

August 1, 2019 at 10:07 pm

Families say Purdue Pharma must be ‘held accountable’ VIEW

BOSTON (AP) — They came bearing oversized images of the sons and daughters they lost to drug overdoses and signs demanding justice from the pharmaceutical...

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July 30, 2019 at 12:48 pm

’80s tape, toy dino: Chinatown archaeological dig cut short

BOSTON (AP) — An archaeological dig in Boston's historic Chinatown has been cut short after it turned up a 1980s music cassette, a toy dinosaur...

July 30, 2019 at 10:19 am

Gang database made up mostly of young black, Latino men

BOSTON (AP) — Boston police are tracking nearly 5,000 people — almost all of them young black and Latino men — through a secretive gang...

July 22, 2019 at 8:02 am

Lawmakers suspend inquiry into motor vehicle agency

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers opened and then abruptly suspended their inquiry Monday into troubles at the state motor vehicle department that were exposed by...

People cool off in the fountain at the Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, July 21, 2019. New York, like much of the country, has been in the grip of a heat wave, pushing officials in the city to declare a state of emergency lasting through the weekend. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/The New York Times)

July 21, 2019 at 2:32 am

Heat and humidity grip East Coast as Midwest gets reprieve VIEW

BOSTON (AP) — The East Coast on Sunday sweated through another day of extreme heat and humidity as organizers in Boston canceled a benefit run,...

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July 7, 2019 at 8:24 am

Boston suburb reflects broad changes in US immigration VIEW

CHELSEA, Mass. (AP) — Guatemalan bakeries, Honduran restaurants and Salvadoran markets are joining an already ethnically diverse mix of businesses in downtown Chelsea, a tiny...

FILE – In this June 3, 2019 file photo, actor Kevin Spacey attends a pretrial hearing at district court in Nantucket, Mass. The Oscar-winning actor is accused of groping the teenage son of a former Boston TV anchor in 2016 in the crowded bar at the Club Car in Nantucket. An attorney for the man who has accused Spacey says, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the man cannot find a cellphone he has been ordered to turn over to the defense. Spacey’s lawyers want to try to recover text messages they say would help the actor’s case. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) BX104 BX104

July 5, 2019 at 6:08 am

Kevin Spacey accuser drops lawsuit against actor

BOSTON (AP) — A young man who says Kevin Spacey groped him in a Nantucket bar in 2016 has dropped his lawsuit against the Oscar-winning...

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