A person suffered life-threatening injuries in a stabbing near an MBTA stop in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, according to Boston police.
Police confirmed they responded to the stabbing call on Dorchester Avenue We…
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Teen arrested with loaded gun on school grounds in Fall River
A 17-year-old was arrested after he was found with a loaded gun on school grounds in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Wednesday.
Fall River police told WJAR that they were patrolling the area around Resiliency Preparatory Academy on Rock Street due to a report that outside agitators had been observed on school grounds. Shortly before 11 a.m., school resource officers found a group of youths on school grounds, at least one of whom was not a student there.
Police checked the group and found a 17-year-old with a loaded firearm. The teen attempted to fight with police and evade arrest and was taken into custody after a short struggle.
Two officers were injured during the incident, police said.
The teen, whose name was not released, is facing charges of carrying a loaded firearm in public without a license, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an Firearms Identification Card and resisting arrest.
No further details were released.
Harvard reports slight decline in Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling
There was a slight decline in the number of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education.
The impact of the ruling is still coming in…
New England to warm up to the 80s through the weekend
September is shaping up to be the best stretch of weather in all of New England. Warm afternoons, cool nights and all dry for any plans we have through much of next week!
Highs in the 70s Wednesday with a sea breeze, lows tonight in the 40s a…
Steward hospital situation remains ‘volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous,’ official says
Even with hospital sales approved for bankrupt Steward Health Care, state health officials say they are still bracing for a rocky path ahead and working to stay engaged with the communities that lost facilities.
Beyond the closure of Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center, the Healey administration is still entrenched in the eminent domain process to seize St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton — and handling the uncertainty surrounding Norwood Hospital, a Steward facility not involved in the bankruptcy proceedings, Department of Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said Wednesday.
“I’m sure that there will be additional bumps in the road, even as we move closer and closer toward the resolution of this very difficult situation,” Goldstein said during a Public Health Council meeting, without offering specific examples. “I have confidence in the incredible team that I’ve had the privilege to work with during the many months we’ve been dealing with these issues. But I know that whatever situation may arise, we have the system, the people, the expertise and the determination to manage them.”
Dr. Gregg Meyer, who has led the state’s Incident Command System for Steward, said the ongoing situation “remains VUCA.”
“Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous,” Meyer said. “It is actually the perfect setting for public health preparedness and emergency preparedness to be put into place to keep things safe.”
Mass. high school forfeits girls’ field hockey game over male player
A Massachusetts high school has decided to forfeit an upcoming girls’ field hockey game because the opposing team has a male player, according to NBC affiliate WJAR.
Dighton-Rehoboth High School is using a new athletic policy to withdraw from the Sept. 17 game against Somerset-Berkely, reports WJAR.
The policy was passed this year by the school committee, which allows players or coaches to opt out of games if there are members of the opposite sex on the opposing team.
This comes after a female Dighton-Rehoboth athlete was injured by a male player from Swampscott in a field hockey game last year, according to WJAR.
State law says boys are allowed to play on girls teams when their high school doesn’t offer the sport for males.
‘”I think it’s incumbent on the state to start looking at the level of interest for males who want to participate in field hockey and provide them with a same-sex opportunity,” Runey told WJAR.
Another field hockey game scheduled in October will also be fortified, Runey said.
