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Heroin Overdoses Spike in Fall River
A potent fentanyl-laced batch of heroin has led to a spike in overdoses in Fall River, including one fatal. Fifty-four…
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Cape Town Officials Want Shark Barrier Between Ocean and Inland Bay
It's like a scene out of Jaws II: A great white shark enters an inland bay through a channel and…
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Amateur Theater Group Has To Yank Play Because It’s Within 25 Miles of Boston – Even Though Broadway Version Is Playing in New York
An amateur theater group in Marblehead has cancelled its planned performances of a play based on Harper Lee's 1960 book…
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Working for Marijuana Business ‘A Little More Laid Back,’ Employee Says
A New Bedford woman who sold fruits and vegetables to hotels and restaurants finds her new job as a "budtender"…
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High-Stakes Bingo Coming To Martha’s Vineyard
Members of the Wampanoag tribe on Martha's Vineyard are planning to start construction of a 10,000-square-foot bingo…
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Papa Gino’s Closes Seven Restaurants — With Eye To Expanding
Papa Gino's closed seven restaurants this past weekend, the company said. The company is closing two restaurants in Framingham (on…
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Massachusetts Cops Confiscated Guns Six Times in 2018 Under New ‘Red Flag’ Law
Police in Massachusetts six times took guns away from six people on the grounds that they posed a risk to themselves or…
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Ranked-Choice Bill Hits Beacon Hill
A bill that would provide so-called ranked-choice voting statewide has been filed in the Massachusetts Legislature. The chief sponsor of…
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Judges Can’t Rule After They Die, Supreme Court Says
Once judges die, they lose the power to rule, the nation's highest federal court has decided. The U.S. Supreme…
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14-Year-Old Girl Robs Bank, Police Say
A 14-year-old girl aided by a 15-year-old girl robbed a bank in Fall River, police said. The first…
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Cutting Off Federal Funds To Planned Parenthood ‘Unethical and Heartless,’ Massachusetts Planned Parenthood Official Says
A Trump administration regulation published Friday that bans federal Title X grants to clinics that perform abortions won't force Planned…
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Orleans Selectmen Want To Ditch ‘Men’ But Not Embrace ‘Person’
The all-male Orleans Board of Selectmen has started a lengthy process to try to get "men" out of the…
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‘Stop the Bleed’ Classes Drawing Huge Interest on Cape After Shark Attacks
A class on stopping bleeding in case of a shark attack offered by a Cape Cod fire department has proven so popular…
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New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft To Be Charged With Soliciting Prostitution
Police in Florida are charging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with two counts of soliciting another to commit prostitution – and they…
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All Nine Months and No Parental Consent — Vermont House Passes No-Restrictions Abortion Bill
The Vermont House of Representatives has approved a bill that allows abortions right up until birth and does not require parental consent…
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Female Attleboro Official Wants ‘Councilman’ Out of City Charter
"Councilman" and "committeeman" have to go from the city charter of Attleboro because they are gender-specific, a…
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Donate For Someone Else’s Abortion — It’s For Charity
During the past 12 years the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts has "pledged nearly $640,000" to "over…
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Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Immigration Fraud — Never Planned To Marry Sister of Common-Law Wife
A veteran western Massachusetts police officer has pleaded guilty to immigration fraud for falsely claiming he intended to marry the sister of…
