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New Freedom Trail Tour, ‘Rainbow Revolutionaries,’ Coming To Boston This June

The Freedom Trail Foundation, which takes visitors to Boston through the Freedom Trail — a walking trail of 17 sites significant to the American Revolution — is launching a new tour this June called "Rainbow Revolutionaries."  The tour is meant to highlight the achievements of homosexuals and transgender people.

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Maura Healey Proposes Three More Pardons, Including A Drug Dealer and An Armed Robber

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey proposed a trio of new pardons, including one for a Bay Stater who received a conditional pardon last year. In her latest clemency action, Healey recommended the Governor's Council award pardons to Danis Reyes, William Veal, and

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Boston Celtics Strong Favorites To Win NBA Championship

The Boston Celtics are now a strong favorite to win the championship. After sweeping the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals, the Celtics are now a -230 to -220 moneyline favorite to win the National Basketball Association Finals, according to Covers.com. That means, depending on the sportsbook, one

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Massachusetts Man Charged With Tricking Woman Into Having Chemical Abortion

A Massachusetts man allegedly misled his girlfriend into having a chemical abortion, according to WCVB. Robert Kawada, 43, of Brookline, was charged late last week with "poisoning, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a pregnant person and assault and battery on a household or family member,"

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Five Things To Know About The AMC Braintree and Plymouth McDonald’s Suspect Jared Ravizza

Six people were stabbing victims in two possibly related incidents in Massachusetts on Saturday, May 25. First, someone stabbed four girls at the AMC movie theatre in Braintree; they were between the ages of 9 and 17. Then, an hour later, someone stabbed a 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man

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Brazilian Illegal Immigrant Who Admitted Sexual Assaults As A Teen-Ager Can’t Withdraw Guilty Pleas To Try To Avoid Second Deportation, Massachusetts Court Rules

A Brazilian illegal immigrant convicted of sexually assaulting three high school freshmen at a soccer camp in 2013 can't withdraw his original guilty pleas after they got him deported, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. Guilherme Pereira, now about 27, was 16 when he and two other boys

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Great White Shark Bites Found On Marine Mammals In Massachusetts

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service

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Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Compares Himself To Charlie Baker

Massachusetts Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton compared himself to former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker in an interview with WCVB this past weekend. "There is no candidate that you can compare me to, with my life experience. If you forced me to pick a Republican, it would be