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Biden's Thanksgiving holiday is part of a longer farewell as Trump's return to White House nears

Nov. 30, 2024 20:24 PM EST

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Joe Biden is wrapping up his final Thanksgiving holiday as president on Nantucket, a family tradition that this year seems to be part of a broader farewell to his time in the White House. The Democrat's four years as president will be bookended by Republican...

UConn blunts UMass upset bid topping Minutemen 47-42

Nov. 30, 2024 16:16 PM EST

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Joe Fagnano threw for three touchdowns, Cam Edwards ran for 142 yards and accounted for two touchdowns and UConn outlasted UMass 47-42 on Saturday to end the regular season for both teams. Fagnano threw a 26-yard touchdown to Jasaiah Gathings with 12 seconds...

Police seek assault charges after transgender boy beaten in Massachusetts

Nov. 30, 2024 13:43 PM EST

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts (AP) — Police in Massachusetts are seeking to charge three teenagers in connection with an attack on a transgender boy in August. After a lengthy investigation, the Gloucester Police Department said Friday that it has filed applications for criminal...

Massachusetts lawmakers push for an effort to ban all tobacco sales over time

Nov. 29, 2024 00:19 AM EST

BOSTON (AP) — A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time. Other locations have weighed similar “generational...

Attack on a disabled man sparks outpouring of support and charges against 4 teens

Nov. 27, 2024 14:44 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — A small town in Massachusetts has rallied behind a well-known community member who is developmentally disabled, after authorities say he was badly beaten by a group of teenagers last month. Four teens were charged this week in connection with the attack. Three...

A Massachusetts man wrongfully convicted of murder was awarded $13 million. He won't get all of it

Nov. 27, 2024 12:46 PM EST

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — For the nearly three decades that he was behind bars, Michael Sullivan's mother and four siblings died, his girlfriend moved on with her life and he was badly beaten in several prison attacks. All for a murder he long insisted he never committed. ...

Some of those Ocean Spray cranberries come from a bog in Massachusetts

Nov. 27, 2024 11:09 AM EST

MIDDLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Weeks before Thanksgiving, some of the cranberries that will be on dinner plates Thursday were floating on the Rocky Meadow bog in southeastern Massachusetts. The cranberries have turned this pond pinkish crimson. Several workers, up to their waist in...

Remaining Massachusetts communities reach deals with striking teachers

Nov. 26, 2024 21:06 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Two Massachusetts communities reached deals with their striking teachers union Tuesday, ending the last of three teachers strikes in communities north of Boston. The Marblehead School Committee and the Marblehead Education Association announced that they reached...

Massachusetts man pleads guilty to threatening Jewish community members and to bomb synagogues

Nov. 26, 2024 09:53 AM EST

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening to kill members of the state’s Jewish community and bomb local synagogues. John Reardon, 59, of Millis, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of obstruction of free exercise of...

Analog Devices: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Nov. 26, 2024 07:26 AM EST

WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) — WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $478.1 million. The Wilmington, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of 96 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs,...