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Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
Health No prescription or referral is needed, but proponents hope Oregon’s legalization will spark a revolution in mental health care. Gared Hansen removes psilocybin mushrooms from a growing container in his Uptown Fungus lab to prepare for distribution in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) AP By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press September […]
Former Boston officer indicted in Jan. 6 assault on Capitol cop
Crime Former Boston police officer Joseph Robert Fisher pleaded not guilty Wednesday to eight criminal charges, including assaulting a Capitol police officer. In this image from US Capitol Police video, Joseph Robert Fisher appears inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The former Boston police officer was arrested March 30 on charges that […]
Video appears to show Lauren Boebert vaping at ‘Beetlejuice’ show before she was ejected
Politics Boebert campaign manager Drew Sexton confirmed this week she had been kicked out but denied she was vaping. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. Patrick Semansky / AP, File AP By JESSE BEDAYN and MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press updated on September 15, 2023 | 4:39 PM DENVER (AP) — Newly released surveillance video from a Denver […]
Trial date set for Karen Read in controversial Canton murder case
Crime In a marathon hearing Friday, the judge in Karen Read’s murder case heard several motions and set a trial date for next March. Karen Read appeared in Norfolk County Superior Court for a pre-trial hearing in May. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe, File Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Karen Read went head-to-head in […]
Cannabis Control Commission chair suspended
Local News Shannon O’Brien, Massachusetts’s top cannabis regulator, was suspended only a year after being appointed to the position. Shannon O’Brien. Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe Shannon O’Brien, chair of the Cannabis Control Commission, has been removed from her post as the top cannabis regulator in Massachusetts. State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg suspended O’Brien on Thursday, a […]
Massive Dorchester Bay City project gets green light from BPDA
The Boston Globe The $5 billion Dorchester Bay City project would put 21 buildings on what’s now mostly parking lots on and around the site of the old Bayside Expo Center in Dorchester. Stantec By Catherine Carlock, The Boston Globe updated on September 15, 2023 | 2:07 PM The site of the former Bayside Expo […]
Dana-Farber to join with Beth Israel Deaconess to build new cancer hospital
Local News The move signals a break between Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women’s. Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe In a major shakeup to the region’s healthcare system, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announced Thursday that they would team up to build a free-standing inpatient hospital for […]
Duxbury woman Lindsay Clancy indicted in deaths of her three kids
Clancy is facing three counts each of murder and strangulation in the January deaths of 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan Clancy. The post Duxbury woman Lindsay Clancy indicted in deaths of her three kids appeared first on Boston.com. Originally posted 2023-09-15 17:24:10.
Like his dad, retiring Mitt Romney embraced moderate conservatism. He fears the GOP has lost its way.
Politics Both Romneys called for a more humane party, one that prioritizes civility and principle over resentments and score-settling. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney visits St. Paul’s Lutheran Church while campaigning for president in Berlin, N.H., in 2011. AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File AP By MEAD GRUVER and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press September 15, 2023 […]
Watch: Press box blows over in R.I., but it wasn’t a tornado
Local News Tornadoes were found to have occurred in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts Wednesday night. The press box at Ferguson Field at Lincoln High School in Lincoln, R.I., was toppled by Wednesday’s severe storm. Robert F. Bukaty/AP As New England prepares for the impacts of Hurricane Lee this weekend, some communities are still reeling […]