Two potentially harmful viruses, West Nile and eastern equine encephalitis, have now detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts, officials say.
No person or animal has yet been infected with West Nile Virus or EEE, according to the Massachusetts …
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Healey joining Dem. governors’ meeting with Biden at White House
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is traveling to the White House Wednesday for a meeting between Democratic state governors and President Joe Biden.
Healey’s office confirmed Wednesday she is taking part in the meeting, which comes as Biden struggles to deal with the fallout of his debate performance against former President Donald Trump last week, including concerns from some in party leadership that his age may doom his reelection bid.
The meeting is noted on the White House’s public schedule for Biden. It will take place in the Roosevelt Room, after the president holds a Medal of Honor ceremony, and will be closed to the press.
This is a breaking news story that will be updated.
These 33 Massachusetts beaches are closed ahead of the 4th of July holiday
Thirty-three beaches across Massachusetts are closed ahead of the Fourth of July holiday due to elevated bacteria levels.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides an updated dashboard of beach closures, which is updated at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. every day during the beach season.
What beaches are closed in Massachusetts?
As of Wednesday morning, the list of closures included beaches in Ashby, Ashland, Boston, Braintree, Charlemont, Chatham, Clarksburg, Concord, Dartmouth, Dennis, Framingham, Gardner, Great Barrington, Lunenberg, Lynn, Milton, Nahant, Nantucket, North Andover, Orleans, Pittsfield, Rutland, Salem, Swampscott, Swansea, Templeton, Townsend, Truro, West Tisbury, Wiliamstown, Winchester, Winthrop and Worcester.
Click here to see the full list of Massachusetts beach closures.
If a beach is closed, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health says you should not swim or enter the water at that location to avoid the risk of illness.
Sunny Wednesday, but cloudy approach for the 4th of July
It’s another nice day for New England, with dry skies into Boston.
This afternoon, high temperatures are in the upper 70s near the coast and will touch the upper 80s across the interior. Humidity will begin to increase Wednesday night an…
Jaylen Brown rewards Celtics fans who returned lost championship ring
It feels like the Boston Celtics Championship parade was ages ago.
Well, Celtics forward and MVP Jaylen Brown would probably agree since he lost his ring along the parade route and has been hoping to get it back.
However, thanks to two good Samaritans, his nearly two-week search has come to an end, and he’s showing his thanks in a big way.
Brown is an Eastern Conference Finals MVP and now a huge hero from how it appears on his social media.
In a clip he posted to his Instagram, the two fans who found his ring were so excited to return it to him and almost seemed satisfied with the opportunity to meet him.
The awesome interaction between fans Luke and Adi, who apparently found Brown’s 7uice Foundation ring, came two weeks after he posted a plea on social to anyone who could find it.
While he was celebrating the C’s Banner 18 during the parade, he lost that ring while sporting the championship hardware he’d just earned and told whoever found it, they’d get a reward.
He made good on that promise, gifting Luke and Adi with some autographed swag and courtside tickets to the ring ceremony.
This task was a like a needle in a haystack. There were over a million fans out there during the parade and yet, they found the ring, gave it back and now get to reap the rewards of their honesty.
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Firefighters battling blaze in Everett, 3-year-old rescued from building
Firefighters are at the scene of a blaze in Everett, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning.
The fire was reported around 8 a.m. in a 3-story building at Hancock and Tappan streets.
A firefighter reportedly rescued a 3-year-old child from the third floor of the building. The child was taken to Boston Children’s Hospital and the firefighter was also transported to an area hospital.
Two Everett public works employees were the first to see the smoke and ran into the building.
Aerial footage showed about a half dozen fire and emergency vehicles at the scene. Several firefighters were on the roof of the building.
Few details were immediately available.
