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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Ill.

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  • Politics

Trump's Harvard funding cuts don't put 'America first,' says Massachusetts governor

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey argues President Trump's funding cuts to Harvard University and other universities are detrimental to the economy.

April 29, 2025
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  • A Martínez and
  • Destinee Adams
Karen Read, pictured outside of the Norfolk Superior Court for a hearing in August. Her legal team tried for months to get her second trial dismissed.

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  • National

A guide to the Karen Read case, as she returns to court for her second murder trial

Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, a Boston cop, in 2022. She maintains she was framed by police. Here's a refresher on the case — and a look at what's happened since last year's mistrial.

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo.

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  • Health

A Massachusetts town closes its parks to stop a mosquito-borne disease from spreading

The town is closing its parks from dusk to dawn as it tries to contain the disease. It has also been detected in nearby counties in Massachusetts.

August 26, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Karen Read, right, smiles as defense attorney David Yannetti, front left, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., after the judge declared a mistrial on Monday.

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  • National

Karen Read's high-drama murder trial ended with a hung jury. Here's what to know

Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, but alleges a cover-up by his fellow cops. The high-drama case ended in a mistrial and with the lead investigator dismissed. Prosecutors now plan to retry it.

July 02, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Tuen Kit Lee is led away in handcuffs on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Danville, Calif. The fugitive dubbed the "bad breath rapist" was arrested in the San Francisco Bay area more than 16 years after he fled following his conviction for sexually assaulting a co-worker in Massachusetts, authorities said this week.

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  • Law

'Bad breath rapist' from Boston area caught after 16 years at large in California

Tuen Kit Lee was found guilty in 2007 of the kidnapping and rape of the young woman at knifepoint near Boston. He was located in California after images of him emerged on social media.

May 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Robert Hale gives an envelope with cash to a graduating UMass Dartmouth student at last week's commencement. Each of the 1,200 graduates received $1,000 onstage, half to keep and half to donate.

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  • Education

A billionaire surprised graduates onstage with cash, but it's not all theirs to keep

Billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale gave UMass Dartmouth graduates $1,000 each, and instructed them to donate half. He tells NPR the best cause students can support is one that matters to them.

May 23, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Students eat lunch in the cafeteria at Tonalea K-8 school in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Dec. 12, 2022. In Massachusetts, a new 4% state income tax on incomes above $1 million will help pay for free school lunches.

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  • Education

A 4% income tax on millionaires will make lunch free for Massachusetts K-12 students

Massachusetts voters approved the Fair Share Amendment in November. It places a 4% tax on incomes above $1 million, in addition to the state's standard income tax of 5%.

August 18, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
In this artist depiction, Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, seated second from right, appears in U.S. District Court, in Boston, April 19, 2023. Teixeira, accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is due back in court on June 21, after being indicted on federal felony charges.

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  • Politics

Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges

If convicted of the six charges against him, the 21-year-old Air National guardsman could face up to 10 years in prison for each charge.

June 21, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Laura Polizoti, a family intervention specialist at Youth Villages, discusses strategies with Haley that would be more beneficial for both her and her mother Carmen.

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  • Health

One state looks to get kids in crisis out of the ER — and back home

At many U.S. hospitals, children and teens are stuck in the emergency department for days or weeks because psychiatric beds are full. Massachussets has a simple, yet promising solution.

February 09, 2023
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By:
  • Martha Bebinger
Brian Walshe, center, listens during his arraignment Wednesday at Quincy District Court, in Quincy, Mass., on a charge of murdering his wife Ana Walshe.

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  • Law

The husband of a missing woman sought info on dismembering a body, prosecutors say

At a hearing, lawyers said that in the days after his wife's disappearance, Brian Walshe did searches on "dismemberment and best ways to dispose of a body" and "hacksaw best tool to dismember."

January 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
An SUV sits inside an Apple store behind a large hole in the glass. One person was killed and 16 others were injured Monday when the SUV crashed into the store, authorities said.

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  • National

1 dead, 16 injured after an SUV slammed through a Massachusetts Apple Store

A driver has been charged with reckless homicide after crashing through the plate glass window of an Apple Store on Monday.

November 22, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Olson
This is an artist's rendering of the dinosaur Podokesaurus holyokensis, which lived millions of years ago in what is now Massachusetts. The dinosaur, whose name means "swift-footed lizard of Holyoke," has been named the state's official dinosaur.

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  • National

'Swift-footed lizard' is named the Massachusetts state dinosaur

Podokesaurus holyokensis, which lived millions of years ago in what is now Massachusetts, has been named the state's official dinosaur under legislation signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker.

October 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A woman, who is part of a group of migrants that had just arrived, holds a child as they are fed outside St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Wednesday in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew two planes of migrants to Martha's Vineyard on Wednesday.

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  • National

After migrants arrived in Martha's Vineyard, a community gathered to welcome them

Residents across Martha's Vineyard say they were scrambling to care for the nearly 50 immigrants, who arrived without warning at the local airport.

September 16, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin and
  • Eve Zuckoff
A monument of civil rights pioneer Elizabeth Freeman is unveiled in front of Sheffield's Old Parish Church in Sheffield, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022.

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  • National

A statue honors a once-enslaved woman who won her freedom in court

A state representative found that many of his colleagues were largely unaware of the significance of the woman's case, which set the legal precedent that essentially ended slavery in Massachusetts.

August 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Judy Chartier holds a photograph of her missing daughter, also named Judith "Judy" Chartier, in May 1990. The car belonging to Judith and her remains were discovered nearly 40 years later.

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  • National

Human remains found in a Massachusetts river belong to a teen who vanished in 1982

The remains, car and a work ID belonging to Judy Chartier, 17, were found in the Concord River last week. The teen previously went missing after attending a party in June 1982.

November 08, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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