March 23, 2021 Ex-civil rights leader blasts Smith College for 'perverting' MLK legacy after meritless racism charge Civil Rights leader Bob Woodson slammed Smith College on "The Story" Tuesday after White service workers were forced to undergo anti-racism training despite an investigation into a bias claim turning up no evidence.
March 22, 2021 2 Massachusetts hikers found dead after falling 100 feet in Maine national park The bodies of two hikers were recovered Saturday from Acadia National Park in Maine after they fell about 100 feet from ice-covered cliff bands on Dorr Mountain, officials said.
March 20, 2021 Massachusetts woman last seen walking her dog prompts police search; car found in New Hampshire Authorities in New England are searching for a 41-year-old Massachusetts woman who was last seen a little more than a week ago walking her dog.
March 19, 2021 Massachusetts widow's killing solved 36 years later, alleged killer confessed before he died Authorities in Massachusetts this week announced the solving of a decades-old brutal slaying of a widow following the killer's 2019 confession just before he died.
March 18, 2021 Paul Batura: Dick Hoyt's death – famed Boston Marathon runner and father lovingly pushed his son to greatness Dick Hoyt, the "heart and soul" of the Boston Marathon died Wednesday at 80.
March 18, 2021 Dick Hoyt, who pushed son in multiple Boston Marathons, dies Dick Hoyt, who inspired thousands of runners, fathers and disabled athletes by pushing his son, Rick, in a wheelchair in dozens of Boston Marathons and hundreds of other races, has died, a member of the family said Wednesday.
March 17, 2021 Ex-Massachusetts biotech firm director allegedly lied to FBI about buying castor beans to extract toxin ricin The former researcher director of a Massachusetts biotechnology firm was indicted on federal charges Tuesday after allegedly purchasing several hundred castor oil plant seeds online, researching how to extract from them the deadly toxin ricin – and then lying to FBI agents saying he just wanted to use them to grow "decorative" house plants.
March 16, 2021 Massachusetts detects Brazilian coronavirus variant in Cape Cod woman Massachusetts officials have identified a case of the P.1 coronavirus variant in a Cape Cod woman who first tested positive for the illness in February.
March 16, 2021 Schools weigh whether to seat students closer together amid pandemic U.S. guidelines that say students should be kept 6 feet apart in schools are receiving new scrutiny from federal health experts, state governments and education officials working to return as many children as possible to the classroom.
March 11, 2021 ‘Hero’ dog gets help for Massachusetts man who fell through ice Passersby saved a man who fell into a pond thanks to a dog's barks.