Massachusetts senators voted Thursday to shuttle hundreds of millions of one-time use dollars to a state-run shelter system buckling under the weight of an influx of migrants from other countries and soaring costs that show little sign of slowing down.
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Westfield Democrat fires back at Jim Jordan over inquiry into Haitian accused of rape
A Westfield Democrat fired back at U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, for an inquiry the congressman launched into a Haitian national accused of raping a migrant girl at a Massachusetts shelter last week.
Former Boston Police commissioner Ed Davis auditing safety, security at Brockton High School
The former Boston Police commissioner who led the city department at the time of the 2013 Marathon bombings is conducting an audit at Brockton High School, embroiled by student violence that officials say is starting to decline.
Massachusetts teachers union faces heat for anti-racism program with ‘antisemitic and anti-Israel falsehoods’
The Massachusetts Teachers Association is again coming under fire for its actions related to the Israel-Hamas war. Jewish groups are slamming the union for holding an anti-racism program that boosts “antisemitic and anti-Israel falsehoods.”
World’s First: Mass General transplants pig kidney into a 62-year-old Weymouth man
Mass General announced the world’s first successful transplant today of a genetically edited pig kidney into a 62-year-old Weymouth man living with end-stage kidney disease.
Ex-MBTA cop gets 6 years in prison for 2012 rapes
Judge Joshua Wall sentenced Shawn McCarthy, 50, of Maine but formerly of Wilmington, to six years in state prison. McCarthy must serve a minimum of four years on the concurrent sentences and must also register as a sex offender.
