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BOSTON — A veteran criminal defense attorney says the state's case against a teen criminally accused of goading her boyfriend into making good on his suicidal threats will be a difficult one for prosecutors, noting that there's been "nothing else like it." "I'
Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — A teenager who sent her boyfriend dozens of text messages encouraging him to take his own life and telling him to "get back in" a truck filled with carbon monoxide fumes must stand trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state's highest court ruled Friday. The
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Warning: This article contains spoilers BOSTON – This summer's romance flick "Me Before You" has a dark twist that has some calling for its targeted audience to boycott the Warner Bros. film.
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Of all the modern examples of holiness, Dorothy Day may well be the most approachable. During her bohemian years, she had a number of affairs, an abortion, lived out of wedlock, attempted suicide twice, and became a radical socialist. But all the while she longed for deeper meaning, with an
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is grappling with a renewed show of force by Islamic State militants as they advanced again toward the ancient Syrian crossroads of Palmyra and exposed the Iraqi capital's frailty through a series of deadly car bomb attacks. American officials said Wednesday the U.
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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose to 70 on Monday as the country started observing a three-day mourning period following the attack. Meanwhile, in the capital of Islamabad, riots erupted for a
Massachusetts
BOSTON – The clock is ticking to pull the plug or put a bill before Bay State lawmakers that would make physician-assisted suicide legal in Massachusetts, as the Joint Committee on Public Health has until Wednesday to recommend action on the measure. The bill (HB 1991) began its legislative journey anew
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STATE HOUSE — More Massachusetts residents committed suicide in 2013 than died as a result of car crashes and homicides combined, and yet the state has one of the lowest suicide rates in the country, according to the latest data from the Department of Public Health. The 585 suicides in Massachusetts
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