A Massachusetts-based coalition of public and private organizations launched Thursday plans to raise awareness of the harms sports betting can have on young people, the laws surrounding the industry, and risks associated with gambling.
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GBH eyes cost-cutting measures for Boston public station: ‘We are looking at a variety of ways to address this’
As Boston’s NPR station WBUR turns to buyouts amid a challenging financial situation, GBH’s leader says the public station is also looking at cost-cutting measures.
Homeland Security arrests Ohio man they say raped and murdered in Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan genocide took the lives of about 800,000 Tutsis over 100 days in 1994. Boston-based prosecutors say that Eric Tabaro Nshimiye was one of the many perpetrators of that horror.
‘We must have unity’
SHIRLEY — Select Board Chairman Andree Lourdes Jean Jacques is one of many Haitian-Americans watching with growing concern as the dire situation in Haiti goes from bad to worse. In recent weeks, a renewed wave of violence and lawlessness rocked the capital city of Port-Au-Prince as heavily-armed gangs broke into a prison complex and attacked […]
Police say road rage to blame for altercation on I-495
BOLTON — On Monday afternoon, State Troopers responded to a report of an altercation with a weapon involved in the breakdown lane of Route 495 south. A preliminary investigation by State Police from the Leominster Barracks indicated the incident, which resulted in a tractor-trailer driver suffering serious injuries, stemmed from alleged road rage. Evidence suggested […]
Healey has shelter funding backup plan if Legislature is slow to find deal on spending bill
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration is eyeing a backup plan to cover direct emergency shelter payments in the event lawmakers hammering out a spending plan for the rest of the fiscal year find themselves mired in negotiations, according to an administration official.