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September 10, 2019

Patriots' Antonio Brown signing allegedly prompts mass shooting threat from Giants fan

A New York Giants fan upset that the New England Patriots signed wide receiver Antonio Brown allegedly threatened a mass shooting at Gillette Stadium over the weekend.

September 9, 2019

Massachusetts girl, 5, contracts deadly EEE virus, in critical condition: report

Two additional cases of the potentially deadly mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus have been confirmed in Massachusetts, one of which was reportedly confirmed in a 5 -year-old girl. 

September 8, 2019

Rob Gronkowski included in cryptic video with caption 'news will drop tomorrow night'

Speculation for the return of tight end Rob Gronkowski is heating up after the former All-Pro was recorded on video catching passes from former New England Patriots, while returning to Gillette Stadium on Saturday.

September 7, 2019

MIT Media Lab director resigns after report on financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein

A top official at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) resigned Saturday after acknowledging this past week that he went around the university's official designation of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein as a “disqualified” donor and continued to accept gifts from him for a prestigious research lab.

September 6, 2019

Embattled Massachusetts mayor arrested over alleged extortion of marijuana vendors

The embattled mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts was arrested Friday for allegedly “extorting marijuana vendors for cash,” prosecutors said.

September 6, 2019

Hurricane Dorian's path: What you need to know

The fourth named storm of the hurricane season, Dorian, weakened to Category 1 strength early Friday as its eye passed just east of Cape Lookout, N.C. The storm, which had reached Category 5 strength earlier in the week, devastating the Bahamas, where the death toll rose to 30 on Thursday.

September 6, 2019

Fifth case of deadly EEE virus confirmed in Massachusetts, 3 dozen communities at 'critical risk'

A fifth person in Massachusetts has been diagnosed with the life-threatening mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus, state health officials said Thursday.

September 6, 2019

Anti-ICE protesters block rush-hour traffic in Boston area; 12 arrested for trespassing at Amazon

Police in Massachusetts reportedly arrested 12 pro-immigration protesters Thursday after hundreds of demonstrators marched through the Boston area, blocking rush hour traffic.

September 4, 2019

AOC, Pressley vow to help pay bail for counterprotesters arrested at 'Straight Pride' parade

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and fellow member of “the Squad” Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., vowed Saturday to contribute to a fund that is raising bail money for the 36 counter-protesters arrested at the “Straight Pride Parade" in Boston. 

September 2, 2019

Palestinian student, 17, who'd been blocked from entering US, arrives at Harvard

Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student living in Lebanon, after claims that he was blocked from entering America because of his friends' social media posts, arrived at Harvard University Monday to start his college journey Tuesday, according to The Harvard Crimson.