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June 3, 2021

Yale grad student Kevin Jiang murder: Nabbed fugitive Qinxuan Pan to seek $20M bail reduction

Qinxuan Pan, accused of gunning down Yale University graduate student and U.S. Army veteran Kevin Jiang earlier this year, is expected to ask a judge in Connecticut to reduce his $20 million bail in a hearing scheduled for next month.

June 3, 2021

Celtics fan accused of throwing bottle at Nets' Kyrie Irving arraigned, ordered to stay away from TD Garden

The Boston Celtics fan accused of throwing a water bottle at Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving over the weekend was arraigned in a Massachusetts court on Wednesday on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and was ordered by a judge to stay away from TD Garden.

June 2, 2021

Massachusetts' Cape Cod great white shark detections on the rise

The population of Atlantic great white sharks has reportedly expanded along Massachusetts' Cape Cod peninsula, with detections on the rise.

June 2, 2021

Massachusetts Steamship Authority hit by cyberattack

Guests traveling to Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket using ferry service from the Massachusetts Steamship Authority should expect delays after the company announced it has been the target of a ransomware attack Wednesday morning that is affecting operations.

June 1, 2021

Massachusetts police officer who tackled Boston Marathon bomber retires

A suburban Boston police officer who became a national hero in 2013 when he tackled one of the Boston Marathon bombers retired from the only job he says he ever wanted.

May 29, 2021

Amazing new image from NASA's Chandra Observatory reveals colorful threads of Milky Way

An amazing new view of the Milky Way provided by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields that weave the cosmic tapestry together.

May 26, 2021

‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ author Eric Carle dies at 91

Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91.

May 25, 2021

Massachusetts defrocked priest Richard Lavigne carried out 1972 murder of Danny Croteau: prosecutors

Massachusetts authorities investigating the 1972 murder of a 13-year-old altar boy have determined that a defrocked Roman Catholic priest who recently died was his killer, bringing an end to a cold case that remained unsolved for nearly half a century.

May 21, 2021

MIT professor who put crib in his office to support his grad student goes viral

Dr. Troy Littleton, a professor of neuroscience at MIT, has gone viral for putting a crib in his office for his graduate student’s baby daughter.

May 20, 2021

Massachusetts sheriff slams Mayorkas' 'left-wing' agenda for closure of ICE facility: 'Political hit job'

The sheriff of Bristol County, Massachusetts, is taking aim at Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after he announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would no longer use a migrant detention center in the county that was the subject of misconduct allegations, with the sheriff describing it as a "political hit job."