3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1174+ words) Kayla Rivera, a 17-year-old Lowell High School rising senior, was upstairs in the Kissimmee, Florida, vacation home her extended family had rented on the morning of July 14 when she heard a commotion downstairs. Her dad’s voice sounded tense, panicked. He…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (260+ words) The Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union responded following a Herald report detailing inmates who received portions of a $6.75 million settlement related to facility response to a 2020 incident at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, calling the payments a “disgrace.” Over a year…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (496+ words) Massachusetts’ smallest town has scored a legal victory against Northeastern University, with the state’s highest court upholding its right to preserve open space intended for a campus expansion. The Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling ends an eight-year debate between Northeastern and…...

10+ hour, 19+ min ago   (611+ words) Massachusetts is among dozens of states that don’t require 9/11 to be taught in schools, leaving students without knowledge about “perhaps the most transformative day in the country’s history.” That’s according to Pat Bavis, the chairman of the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund’s education…...