A man is accused of trying to lure two girls selling lemonade into his van in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood on Wednesday, police said.
The incident happened at about 11 a.m. on Soley and Warren streets, according to Boston polic…
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Police respond to serious crash near Logan airport
Police responded to a serious crash near Boston Logan International Airport early Thursday morning.
The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. on Transportation Way.
Video shows the vehicle facing a cement wall with its front end damaged.
It’s unclear at this time what caused the crash or if anyone was injured.
This story will be updated once more information becomes available.
Steward Health Care CEO refuses to testify before Senate committee
Bankrupt Steward Health Care is back in the spotlight Thursday morning after CEO Ralph de la Torre said he won’t testify before a Senate committee in Washington.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is demanding answers behind the hospital system’s collapse. Meanwhile, residents are still wondering about the future of health care in Massachusetts.
Back in May, Steward filed for bankruptcy, saying it had more than $9 billion in liabilities. At that time, the senate committee requested de la Torre to testify and offer up an explanation as to how this happened.
He didn’t honor those requests. As a result, the committee, headed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, subpoenaed him.
In de la Torre’s most recent response through his attorney, he said it would be “wholly inappropriate” to testify before his company’s bankruptcy proceedings are resolved.
A federal judge overseeing the case approved the sale of six Steward hospitals on Wednesday.
Approved was Steward’s plan to sell St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River and Morton Hospital in Taunton to Lifespan for $175 million; the Holy Family Hospital facilities in Methuen and Haverhill to Lawrence General Hospital for $28 million, and Good Samaritan Medical Center and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center to Boston Medical Center for as much as $140 million.
Steward closed its other two hospitals here, Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, on Saturday.
The sales are expected to close by the end of this month.
Steward is hoping the state provides funding to help keep the hospitals open from now until then.
De la Torre didn’t rule out appearing before Congress eventually.
Security concerns as Boston school year begins
The deadly shooting at a Georgia high school is now putting parents in Massachusetts on edge as their children return to the classroom this week.
As students in Boston prepare for their first day of school, safety concerns are at the forefront Thursday morning.
Safety and security are always top of mind, especially at the beginning of the school year but so is making sure that students come to class every day.
Boston Public Schools continues to tackle absenteeism in the district.
School officials said they’ve reduced it by as much at 10% in the last two years. That’s part of the reason why Mayor Michele Wu, Superintendent Mary Skipper and dozens of volunteers knocked on roughly 300 doors of students on the eve of the first day of school, handing out backpacks filled with school supplies, gift cards and reminding families of the importance of being in school.
The mayor and superintendent said it was important to make that connection with students and parents to show them that they care about their education.
“Most important to remember that at the end of the day, it’s about each individual young person and their family,” said Wu.
“There are students that are chronically absent and if we don’t intervene, they will drop out,” added Skipper.
One thing that should help is that the district is fully staffed with bus drivers this year as well, unlike in previous school years.
Sunshine continues to dominate in New England; weekend showers loom
This week has been a real treat for all of New England. We’ll keep it rolling into Friday, but there are chinks in the armor.
Onshore breezes slowly increase the humidity, and with the longer nights, we have plenty of reasons to believe …
Harvard is ranked the worst school for free speech: ‘Abysmal’ climate; How do other Massachusetts colleges rank?
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