15 Mar, 2025

As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder

Crime Some 20 states have so-called “drug-induced homicide” laws, which allow prosecutors to press murder or manslaughter charges against anyone who supplies or exposes a person to drugs causing a fatal overdose. Evan Frostick, left, and Madison Bernard, right, both charged with murder and child cruelty in the death of their daughter, Charlotte Frostick, appear […]

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Parents should discuss ‘One Chip Challenge’ with their children, Worcester DA says after teen’s death

Local News “We urge parents to discuss this with their children and advise them not to partake in this activity,” Joseph Early Jr. wrote on Facebook Wednesday. In the wake of 14-year-old Harris Wolobah’s death, following his participation in the “One Chip Challenge,” Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. is recommending parents discuss the […]

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Children hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help.

COVID Stuck with distance learning as they began grade school, the kids who are now finishing elementary school were the ones most disrupted by COVID, with alarming delays in their reading ability. Books are displayed on a free library shelf inside the classroom of Richard Evans, a teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School, on Thursday, […]

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37-year-old who drowned saving wife’s children remembered by family

Local News Vincent Parr of Lawrence drowned in New Hampshire on Sunday trying to rescue his wife’s adult children. Vincent Parr of Lawrence died on Sunday afternoon while attempting to recuse his wife’s adult children, Parr’s mother said. Contributed Photo A 37-year-old man who drowned saving two of his wife’s adult children from the current […]

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New Bedford woman, 23, who died in crash leaves behind three young children

Local News Kayla Bertoncini died after a car crash on South Boston Bypass Road Saturday night. A 23-year-old New Bedford woman left behind three children when she was killed in a South Boston crash Saturday.  Massachusetts State Police identified the woman as Kayla Bertoncini. Now, her fiancé is left to care for Bertoncini’s three young […]

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Watch: Children of Alzheimer’s: Felice Freyer’s story

Boston Globe health reporter Felice Freyer is a regular guest on Boston Globe Today and helps us understand complex medical issues, and their impact on our daily lives. This time, she’s talking about her own life, specifically how Alzheimer’s has impacted her family, in a special issue of Boston Globe Magazine. The post Watch: Children […]

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Driver cited after allegedly hitting 2 children with car in Lynn

Local News The children, ages 7 and 10, were taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, police said. A driver was cited after they allegedly hit two children with their car in Lynn Monday morning. Driver pleads not guilty in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams Affordable housing in the Seaport? That’s the plan. […]

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As ‘childcare cliff’ looms, thousands of Mass. children could lose access

Politics Pandemic-era federal funding to support childcare is set to expire at the end of September, putting providers at risk of closing and driving prices up. Children play and learn at the Nurtury center in Roxbury in February 2023. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe Thousands of Massachusetts families could lose access to child care at the end […]

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