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…...

13+ hour, 1+ 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…...

11+ hour, 30+ min ago   (733+ words) LOWELL — Jeff Markley has been building data centers since 1991. Some 35 years later, he still is, but is concerned that opposition to the technology is challenging the commonwealth’s ability to remain competitive and relevant into the 21st century. “If Massachusetts wants to…...

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…...