-
+17 +1
FDA to Massachusetts Group Home: Stop Shocking Disabled Residents
The government questions whether The Judge Rotenberg Center has been straight with families about the risks of its electrical shock devices and alternative treatments.
-
+2 +1
Massachusetts officer shot and killed; hunt on for suspect
A police officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop in a central Massachusetts town early Sunday and authorities are now hunting for the suspect, Fox 25 Boston reported. The murdered officer, Ronald Tarentino, 42, joined the Auburn Police Department two years ago after transferring from the Leicester, Mass., department, Auburn Police Chief Andrew Sluckis said at a news conference Sunday afternoon.
-
+11 +1
Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to taxis
Massachusetts is preparing to levy a 5-cent fee per trip on ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft and spend the money on the traditional taxi industry, a subsidy that appears to be the first of its kind in the United States. Republican Governor Charlie Baker signed the nickel fee into law this month as part of a sweeping package of regulations for the industry. Ride services are not enthusiastic about the fee.
-
+24 +1
Uber and Lyft to tip Massachusetts taxi drivers a nickel per trip
Add to the list of Massachusetts’ odd laws. The Codfish State already forbids tomatoes in clam chowder, tattooing and body piercing, dueling to the death on Boston Common on Sundays unless the Governor is present, and playing the fiddle in Boston at any time, according to Only in Your State. The latest judiciary jaw-dropper requires that ride-hail companies subsidize taxi companies, according to Reuters. The new law, just inked by the Massachusetts governor, requires that Uber, Lyft, and other ride-hailing companies pay a 5-cent fee per ride to taxi companies.
-
+13 +1
The Bizarre Case Of Hiccuping Teenagers In Old Salem
An outbreak of chronic hiccups in teens in Danvers, Massachusetts, site of the Salem Witch Trials, spurred a big investigation. Health officials suspected the culprit was a group psychological phenomenon, but kept that out of the final report. By Dan Vergano.
-
+2 +1
Disunion: Ahead on Emancipation
No politician was more determined than Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts to ensure that secession and war resulted in emancipation.
-
+6 +1
Boston Light Still Shines Bright after Three Centuries
Ahead of its 300th birthday, we get a special look at the history of America's first lighthouse in Little Brewster Island from its current and first woman keeper.
-
+18 +1
Who Is It That Afflicts You?
Witchcraft, trials, death and the Devil: how the long road of history winds from 1692 Salem, Massachusetts to 2015. By “Rachel.”
-
+17 +1
Speech at [Boston] Women March Against President Trump Protest
Sen Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
-
+8 +1
Massachusetts lawmakers sponsor 100% renewable energy bill
Massachusetts could become the first state in America to be powered entirely by renewable energy. Lawmakers recently introduced a bill that would require an economy-wide transition to obtaining power via clean sources like wind and solar, and 53 state legislators from both the House and the Senate have shown support for the measure.
-
+11 +1
Museum removes artwork produced by immigrants as protest
A museum at a small liberal arts college in Massachusetts has removed or covered dozens of artwork produced by immigrant artists or donated by foreign-born collectors to illustrate their contribution to the cultural wealth of the United States. The Art-Less project has effectively removed or shrouded 120 works of art, or about 20 per cent of artwork on display in the galleries at Wellesley College's Davis Museum.
-
+13 +1
The Perfect Fire
It started with a candle in an abandoned warehouse. It ended with the men of the Worcester Fire Department in a fight for their lives. By Sean Flynn.
-
+12 +1
Disunion: African North Americans and the War
Thomas Peter Riggs was not like most soldiers. A private in the 54th Massachusetts regiment, his race would have stood out first to contemporary observers: Riggs was black, and his unit was the first to be organized in the North, after President Lincoln and the Union Army acquiesced to expanding the power of the Emancipation Proclamation with African-Americans fighting as soldiers.
-
+19 +1
American Jezebels
In 1637, Mary Dyer of Boston gave a monstrous birth and its midwife was Anne Hutchinson. Both were Puritans of-a-kind… Ed Simon.
-
+20 +1
The Holdup: A Mobster, a Family and the Crime That Won’t Let Them Go
The aged gangster welcomed me at the door....This was Ralph DeMasi, once a feared member of the New England underworld...
-
+14 +1
A Rare Deposition from the Salem Witch Trials Goes to Auction
Christie’s is auctioning a rare 1692 deposition from the Salem witch trials that helped sentence an elderly widow to death. By Allison Meier.
-
+15 +1
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw's Missing Civil War Sword Found
The long lost sword of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the commanding officer of the North’s first all-black regiment during the Civil War, has been acquired by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
-
+2 +1
Massachusetts man dies after being swarmed by bees
A Massachusetts man attacked by a swarm of bees while doing yard work has died.
-
+4 +1
Boston smart city: Stuff you can do (and didn't know you could)
Sometimes, smart city technology helps. Other times, not so much: say, interactive art prone to getting loved to death. Boston has tinkered with both feeble and fab apps, resulting in pretty useful apps. Here are six examples that will get you phone-jabby.
-
+25 +1
School shaved 7-year-old girl’s head without mom’s permission, reportedly said 'it will grow back straight'
A Massachusetts mom says her 7-year-old daughter's head was shaved bald without her permission. Little Heroes Group Home in Dracut had Denise Robinson’s daughter Tru's head shaved about a week ago, 7News Boston reports. Robinson said her daughter, who previously had hair down her back, was told the decision was made because of hygiene.
Submit a link
Start a discussion