Disgraced former U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins has been suspended from practicing law in Massachusetts.
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Why are more young adults getting colorectal cancer? Mass General researcher is trying to find out
As a rising number of young adults get colorectal cancer before they turn 50, a Mass General researcher is trying to find out what’s behind the alarming jump in this early-onset cancer.
New Senate portrait puts Abigail Adams ‘where she belongs’
BOSTON — As she unveiled a portrait of early women’s rights advocate Abigail Adams on Friday, Senate President Karen Spilka announced an open call to the people of Massachusetts to nominate the next woman who will be permanently memorialized in the Senate. Spilka and Catherine Allgor, president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, unveiled Adams’ portrait […]
Two Worcester County men sentenced for trafficking contraband smokeless tobacco
BOSTON — Two Worcester County men were sentenced yesterday for conspiring to traffic in contraband smokeless tobacco. Mohammad Hanif Balaparya, 63, of Shrewsbury, and Rakesh Garg, 53, of Holden, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to three and two years’ probation, respectively. In October 2023, the defendants pleaded guilty to one […]
Fort Point shelter to serve migrants resurfacing at Boston’s Logan Airport
The new 80-bed safety-net site in the ritzy Seaport neighborhood will be the second facility to open this year in Boston for migrant families that have taken refuge at Logan, weeks after the state converted a Roxbury rec center into a shelter.
Mass. Republicans dispute Trump’s unity claim
BOSTON — In South Carolina, former President Donald Trump notched another primary victory Saturday as he seeks the GOP presidential nomination, declaring afterwards that he has never seen Republicans “so unified.” But do Republicans here in Massachusetts feel like they are all completely in sync? While Trump appears likely to win over a majority of […]
