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'Murder in progress': Police tried to spare attacker's life as they saved woman from assault

Mar. 28, 2024 23:31 PM EDT

COHASSET, Mass. (AP) — Detective Lt. Gregory Lennon glimpsed at the modest duplex from his patrol car while waiting for backup that was seconds behind. This was a wellbeing check, among the most common calls in this quiet seaside town near Boston, but Lennon knew better than to go in alone. ...

A decade after deaths of 2 Boston firefighters, senators pass bill to toughen oversight

Mar. 28, 2024 19:25 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A decade after two firefighters died when they became trapped in a brownstone in Boston’s historic Back Bay neighborhood by a fire caused by sparks from welders working next door, the Massachusetts Senate passed a bill Thursday aimed at toughening oversight of so-called “hot...

Massachusetts joins with NCAA, sports teams to tackle gambling among young people

Mar. 28, 2024 17:34 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Top Massachusetts officials joined with NCAA President and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday to announce a new initiative aimed at tackling the public health harms associated with sports gambling among young people. Baker said those harms extend not...

What's keeping egg prices high for Easter? It's not just inflation

Mar. 28, 2024 11:55 AM EDT

Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers. It’s the second year in a row consumers have faced sticker shock ahead of Easter and Passover, both...

US Coast Guard searches for US Marine who went swimming in Puerto Rico during high surf advisory

Mar. 28, 2024 11:10 AM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it is searching for a U.S. Marine who went swimming in high surf off Puerto Rico’s northeast coast while on vacation. Officials identified him as 26-year-old Samuel Wanjiru from Massachusetts and said he was visiting...

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut receive proposals for offshore wind projects

Mar. 27, 2024 19:14 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut received proposals Wednesday for offshore wind projects as the three East Coast states hope to boost their reliance on the renewable energy source. The three states joined in a historic agreement that allows for potential...

Robotic police dog shot multiple times, credited with avoiding potential bloodshed

Mar. 27, 2024 18:07 PM EDT

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A robotic dog is being thanked by state police in Massachusetts for helping avert a tragedy involving a person barricaded in a home. The robotic dog named Roscoe was part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and deployed on March 6 in a Barnstable...

Massachusetts man gets 40 years in prison for fatal attack on partner on a beach in Maine

Mar. 27, 2024 17:45 PM EDT

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — A Massachusetts man who beat his partner to death on a beach in Maine was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison. Jeffrey Buchannan had pleaded guilty to murder under a plea agreement. He told police he blacked out before the attack on Rhonda Pattelena,...

Steward Health Care strikes deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum

Mar. 27, 2024 17:39 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, as it works to stabilize its finances. The move comes as Gov. Maura Healey has said state monitors are...

Truck driver indicted on murder charges in crash that killed Massachusetts officer, utility worker

Mar. 27, 2024 17:37 PM EDT

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A pickup truck driver accused of crashing into and killing a police officer and a utility employee at a work site in a Boston suburb, then pulling a knife on another officer before stealing his cruiser, has been indicted on two counts of second degree murder and other...