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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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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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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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By Michael P. Norton State House News Service
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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
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) claims that the future of democracy is at stake in the 2024 presidential election. Sanders did so while urging people to vote for President Joe Biden — and against former President Donald Trump.
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The Massachusetts Senate approved a $58 billion spending bill on Thursday that would provide free community college. About $75.5 million would go to pay the tuition, according to The Associated Press. There are 15 community colleges in Massachusetts.
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Baseball America and Major League Baseball's web site both have the same opinion; they contend that Marcelo Mayer is the top prospect in the Boston Red Sox organization. The Red Sox selected the 21-year-old shortstop fourth overall in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft and gave him a