Unemployed unemployment workers in Maine
2017-06-21
(BOSTON) June 21 – The workers used to run a training program but no body shows up for it anymore because they have jobs already. Read More →
Two million expected at Sail Boston 2017
2017-06-18
(BOSTON) June 18 – A carnival atmosphere Sunday at the Boston Fish Pier.Read More →
14 hospitalized after fast ferry from Nantucket hits jetty in bad weather
2017-06-17
(BOSTON) June 17 – A coast guard spokesman says the ferry has been removed from the jetty as of this morning.Read More →
Guilty of involuntary manslaughter Carter to be sentenced August 3
2017-06-16
(TAUNTON, MA) June 16 – Michelle Carter could be sentenced to 20 years for the involuntary manslaughter of Conrad Roy III who she encouraged, by text, to kill himself. Read More →
Verdict in texting-suicide manslaughter case to be handed down today
2017-06-16
(BOSTON) June 16 – Conrad Roy III, then 17, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his own truck three years ago after receiving encouraging texts to do so from Carter.Read More →
Report: FBI lost evidence from Isabella Gardner Museum heist
2017-06-12
(BOSTON) June 12 – The FBI won’t confirm the story. But it won’t deny it, either. Read More →
In Connecticut animals have advocates in the courts
2017-06-11
June 11 – The law, which has so far been used five times, is the first-of-its-kind in the nation. Read More →
Massachusetts high school distributes diplomas misspelling city name
2017-06-10
(BOSTON) June 10 – The vendor has promised to reprint and replace all the diplomas.Read More →
Study: How to cut opioid abuse among women who have had cesareans? Talk to them in advance about how much they need.
2017-06-08
(BOSTON) June 8 – Dr. Brian Bateman, chief of Obstetric Anesthesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is the corresponding author of the two studies. Read More →
Harvard rescinds acceptance letters to at least 10 students
2017-06-05
(BOSTON) June 5 – The memes exchanged by the students were obscene, according The Crimson, the Harvard student paper. Read More →
That Mainer serving you coffee could be a convict
2017-06-04
(BOSTON) June 4 – The non-violent offenders will work only in jobs and sites were employers feel comfortable with them. Read More →
MIT: Trump misunderstood and misrepresented our study
2017-06-03
(BOSTON) June 3 – He kinda picked one morsel out of the study and used it for his own purposes, a study author says. Read More →
Covfefe makes it to onto a Mainer’s license plate
2017-06-01
(BOSTON) June 1 – Requests for the vanity plate have come in to many other DMVs as well. Read More →
US Supreme Court mistakenly disbars incoming Massachusetts Bar Prez
2017-05-31
(BOSTON) May 31 – The problem took the highest court in the land two weeks to fix. Read More →
Vermont Governor halts DMV facial recognition sharing program
2017-05-26
(BOSTON) May 26 – Vermont’s DMV allegedly violated state law for 13 years by sending out driver’s photos and information to any law enforcement agency that requested it.Read More →
Vermont Governor vetoes recreational pot bill, but leaves door open
2017-05-24
(BOSTON) May 24 – If lawmakers and the governor agree, there will be a new law by June. Read More →
ACLU testing the powers of ICE
2017-05-23
(BOSTON) May 23 – Two court cases – one federal, one state – are testing the limits of ICE’s power.Read More →
Police in Lawrence, MA call 11 year-old “brave” for turning in his dad
2017-05-19
(BOSTON) May 19 – The boy called 9-11 to tell police his father was selling drugs. Police say he also reported him a year ago. Read More →
Vermont Governor signs shield law
2017-05-18
(BOSTON) May 18 – Forty states and the District of Columbia now protect reporters and their sources.Read More →
Cambridge Police: Test successful of street emergency box containing Narcan
2017-05-14
(BOSTON) May 14 – Police say 54 passersby were all willing and able to administer the nasal spray to a hypothetical addict.Read More →
5th fatality in Lynnway Auto Auction accident
2017-05-13
(BOSTON) May – Ruben Espaillat, 55, had been in a medically induced coma.Read More →