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Chinese National Student At Berklee College of Music Sentenced For Threatening Person Who Put Up Posters For Democracy
A former Berklee College of Music student from the People’s Republic of China was sentenced to nine months in federal prison this week for stalking and threatening a person who posted fliers around campus in support of democracy in China. Xiaolei Wu, 26, was also sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to......
Bernie Sanders Slams Benjamin Netanyahu
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is not happy with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sanders took issue with Netanyahu’s position that anti-Semitism is a driving force for opposition to Israel’s actions in its war against Gaza, according to The Independent. “No, Mr Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a......
Maura Healey Says She Won’t Fire Transportation Secretary For Comments On Tolls, Excise Taxes, and ‘Basically Going After Everyone Who Has Money’
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said she won’t implement new tolls at the state’s New Hampshire border, but she also said she won’t fire her transportation secretary who called for it. During a radio interview on WBUR on Tuesday, April 23, Healey didn’t address other proposals state transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt made during a talk on April......
New Hampshire Transgender State Champ Track Athlete Weighs In On Transgender Athlete Debate
Kearsarge Regional High girls’ track athlete Maelle Jacques, a male who identifies as transgender, recently weighed in on the transgender athlete debate. Jacques, who won the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship in the high jump this past winter, told The Concord Monitor that the athlete understands why people oppose males competing in......
Massachusetts Senate President Not Ready To Ditch MCAS As Graduation Requirement
Massachusetts should have a standardized test graduation requirement, according to Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland). While Spilka said the graduation requirement doesn’t have to be passing the MCAS, as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System is known, she doesn’t want to see it repealed unless the state can replace it with something better. “I cannot......
Maura Healey and Michelle Wu To Speak At Vatican Conference On Climate Change In May
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plan to speak at an international conference on climate change in May. “Pope Francis will preside over the summit,” which is “organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences,” according to a press release issued Monday, April 22 from the......
Springfield Man Arrested For Fentanyl Trafficking
A Springfield resident, Emilio Garcia-Cappas, 27, has been arrested on charges in connection with fentanyl trafficking. Garcia-Cappas has been indicted on one count of conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and another count of distributing and possession with intent to distribute the same substance. Following his arrest late last week, Garcia-Cappas appeared......
Maura Healey Approval Rating At 59 Percent As Governor of Massachusetts, Poll Finds
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has a positive approval rating, according to a new Morning Consult poll. The poll looked at the approval ratings of governors across the country and found that 59 percent of Bay Staters approve of the incumbent Democrat, while 28 percent disapprove; 13 percent didn’t know what they thought of Healey’s job......
MassGOP State Senator To Appear On Keller At Large This Weekend
A conservative state legislator is scheduled to be on CBS Boston this upcoming weekend. State Senator Peter Durant (R-Spencer) is set to appear on the channel at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, April 21 alongside host Jon Keller; Keller hosts a show called Keller at Large. Durant is expected to discuss the state budget, local aid, Proposition 2......
Transgender New Hampshire High School Track Runner Wins Two Events At Meet This Week
A male athlete won two events at a girls’ high school track meet in New Hampshire this week. Kearsarge Regional sophomore Maelle Jacques won the 1600-meter (5:42.69) and the high jump (5 feet) at a five-team meet on Tuesday, April 16, according to The Concord Monitor. Jacques, a male who identifies as transgender and competes in......
Arnold Arboretum Officials Plan Restoration of Five Gates
Harvard University is planning to restore five gates into Arnold Arboretum in order to improve their beauty and accessibility. The gates have deteriorated since the 281-acre botanical public park in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston opened in 1872, said Danny Schissler, a Harvard employee and head of operations and project management of......
