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Weymouth Police Officer Shot and Killed

Matthew McDonald

A 20-year-old man is in custody on charges of shooting and killing a 42-year-old Weymouth police officer and a woman in a nearby home hit by a stray bullet, police said.

Officer Michael Chesna leaves behind a wife and two daughters, ages 9 and 4.

War on Plastic Bags Continues As Massachusetts Senate Tries To Save the Whales
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War on Plastic Bags Continues As Massachusetts Senate Tries To Save the Whales

State House News Service

By Colin Young
State House News Service

The Massachusetts Senate went on record again Thursday in favor of a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags with sponsors pointing to the harm such bags have done to whales, but then rejected a proposal whose sponsor said was intended to reduce the risk of sea mammal entanglement.

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