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Five weeks, 80 witnesses and one crucial question as Lindsay Clancy trial nears verdict

Clancy, 36, did not testify during the five-week trial

The Independent UK · Aug 27

Twenty-six incumbents are running in contested primaries for the Massachusetts General Court on Sept. 1, the most since 2010

There are 26 incumbents in Massachusetts’ General Court facing primary challengers on Sept. 1. This is the most since at least 2010. All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and all 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate are up for election this year.

Ballotpedia · Aug 27

Massachusetts Democrat Rep Arrested for Pandemic Fraud, Second Local Official Charged in Weeks

Massachusetts State Rep. Francisco Paulino has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating a pandemic fraud scheme, manipulating federal programmes to fund personal ventures and campaign activities.

International Business Times UK · Aug 26

Massachusetts woman suspected of killing cop husband found dead in apparent murder-suicide

Karen Solomon went missing after her husband, Worcester Police Officer Kurt Solomon, was found dead

The Independent UK · Aug 24

Massachusetts fishermen thought they had spotted a shark before landing a 1,260-pound blue marlin after a three-hour battle, coming just 142 pounds short of the world record

In a thrilling encounter off Cape Cod, a charter captain teamed up with an angler to reel in an astonishing blue marlin that tipped the scales at 1,260 pounds and stretched over eleven feet. This remarkable catch approached the Atlantic blue marlin world record from 1992, prompting researchers to investigate…

The Times of India · Aug 24

She lost a grandson and dozens of guinea pigs in a house fire; today, she runs a Massachusetts sanctuary caring for nearly 400 abandoned guinea pigs

She lost a grandson and dozens of guinea pigs in a devastating house fire in 2019. Years later, Kimie Smothermon is running a Massachusetts sanctuary where hundreds of guinea pigs now depend on her every day. At the Guinea Pig Sanctuary in Salisbury, between 350 and 400 guinea pigs are…

The Times of India · Aug 24

Against the wind: despite Trump’s attacks, unions are fighting for good US clean energy jobs

Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a growing labor movement has addressed the climate crisis and economic inequality

The Guardian - US · Aug 23

In 1926, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket from a snowy Massachusetts field; 35 years later, NASA formally dedicated Goddard Space Flight Center

On March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard made history by launching the first liquid-propellant rocket from a serene farm in Worcester, Massachusetts. This momentous rocket flight lasted twenty seconds, ascending to an impressive height of forty-one feet. Eventually, the New York Times acknowledged its previous mockery of Goddard's innovative theories. His…

The Economic Times · Aug 23

In 1920s Massachusetts, a divorcing couple agreed to build a duplicate house; the husband followed the deal but put the new home on an isolated salt marsh

On Massachusetts’ Plum Island, a pale pink house once stood alone above the marsh, looking almost too picturesque for the strange story attached to it. Local legend claimed the unusual home was born from a bitter divorce in the 1920s. According to the tale, a wife demanded that her husband…

The Times of India · Aug 23

Massachusetts fishermen first thought they hooked a shark. Then the fight intensified enough to leave holes on the boat: ‘Catch of a lifetime’

Less than 150 pounds shy of the world record.

We Got This Covered · Aug 22