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Chick Banding Marks Latest Chapter In Peregrine Falcon Restoration

By Sam Drysdale State House News Service

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Braintree Theater and Plymouth McDonald’s Stabbing Suspect Jared Ravizza Paid Beverly Hills Magazine To Write Positive Article About Him

Jared Ravizza, the Martha's Vineyard man accused of stabbing four children at an AMC movie theater in Braintree and two people at a McDonald's in Plymouth, has a "heart of gold," according to an article written about him last year. Ravizza, 26, of Chilmark,

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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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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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Transgender New Hampshire Girls’ Track Athlete Wins Another State Title

Maelle Jacques is a state champion — again. Kearsarge Regional High School sophomore Maelle Jacques, a biological male who identifies as a transgender girl, won another state title at the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 outdoor track and field state championship meet. The meet took place on Thursday, May

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Massachusetts Democrats Poised To Eliminate Bank Savings Interest Tax Deduction

By Colin A. Young State House News Service