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Narcan at MBTA stations: Here’s how this new program will work, and when it starts
Health A Harvard student group proposed placing naloxone kits at Red Line stations. It was then approved in the state budget. BOSTON, MA – 8/24/2023 The Red Line train departs from Savin Hill on Thursday. Erin Clark/Globe As overdoses surge in Massachusetts and across the country, a group of Harvard students are partnering with the […]
Watch: State releases parody PSA about moving trucks and Storrow Drive
Local News The video is set to Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel.” A truck is stuck under a bridge on Storrow Drive Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Massachusetts State Police The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation has just one plea for incoming Bostonians: don’t get Storrowed. Mass. DCR released a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, […]
Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail on charges he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss
Politics Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departure from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. AP Photo/Alex Brandon By ERIC TUCKER, KATE BRUMBACK and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press updated on August 24, 2023 ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump surrendered Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to […]
U.S. intelligence says an intentional explosion brought down Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane
World News One of the officials said the initial assessment determined it was “very likely” Prigozhin was targeted and that the explosion falls in line with Putin’s “long history of trying to silence his critics.” AP By EMMA BURROWS and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press updated on August 24, 2023 | 4:09 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — […]
Historic Rhode Island hotel damaged in blaze will be torn down; cause under investigation
Local News The Harborside Inn on Block Island was severely damaged in a blaze that started late last Friday night and lasted well into Saturday morning. Alexa Gagosz / Globe Staff By Associated Press updated on August 24, 2023 | 2:38 PM Block Island welcomed back vacationers Sunday, a day after a fire tore through […]
Man wanted for Texas armed robbery arrested on Martha’s Vineyard
Local News Brian Covington allegedly robbed a Texas apartment at gunpoint in February. He then traveled to multiple states before winding up on Martha’s Vineyard, police said. Police in Massachusetts arrested a man on Martha’s Vineyard this week who was wanted for an alleged armed robbery in Texas earlier this year. Brian Covington, 29, and […]
Bears are running amok in Connecticut. State gives OK to shoot them.
Local News Worried about public safety, Gov. Ned Lamont recently signed into law a measure that allows residents to shoot and kill bears under certain circumstances. A black bear wandered into a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, neighborhood in June. Cheryl Bergmann By Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times Service updated on August 24, 2023 | 12:58 PM […]
MBTA to shut down parts of Red Line for 16 days in October
Local News There’s good news and bad news for Red Line riders frustrated with speed restrictions. Passengers board the Red Line at Ashmont in Dorchester. Jonathan Wiggs/Boston Globe Staff, File The MBTA will shut down the Red Line’s Ashmont Branch and Mattapan Line for 16 days in October as part of a plan to address […]
New gas pipeline rules floated following 2018 blasts in Massachusetts
Politics The explosions and fires in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover in September 2018 left a teenager dead, about two dozen injured and destroyed or damaged more than 130 properties. Firefighters battle a house fire on Herrick Road, Sept. 13, 2018, in North Andover, Mass., one of multiple emergency crews responding to a series of […]
Local obituary: Aubrianna Serra, 10, ‘gave her life to protect her family’
Local Obituaries Aubrianna Lynn Serra died on Aug. 17, 2023. Aubrianna Serra. – via Legacy.com Aubrianna Lynn Serra, 10, gave her life to protect her family. She died at Boston Children’s Hospital on August 17, 2023, due to complications from a gunshot wound. She was born in Springfield on April 7, 2013, to Christopher Serra […]