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Dublin firefighter visiting for St. Patrick’s Day charged with raping woman at Boston hotel, DA says
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- Dublin firefighter visiting for St. Patrick’s Day charged with raping woman at Boston hotel, DA says
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- 1 month ago
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- A firefighter from Ireland who flew into Boston for St. Patrick’s Day weekend is being held on a $100,000 bail in connection with the alleged rape of a woman at the Omni Parker House hotel on Friday, according to Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden.
Full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/dublin-firefighter-visiting-st-patricks-day-charged-with-raping-woman-boston-hotel-da-says/UXMBQ7YYSNADJC3RLCJ5QRVCIE/
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- 25 Investigates: Massachusetts State Police investigating a detective in the Karen Read case
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- 1 month ago
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- The Massachusetts State Police Internal Affairs Unit is investigating a State Police Detective for a potential violation of department policy in connection with the Karen Read murder case.
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/25-investigates-massachusetts-state-police-investigating-detective-karen-read-case/ZWSYMYVEWVEY5LJQML2NYVKGUU/
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- WATCH LIVE: Gov. Healey announcing pardons for people with simple marijuana convictions.
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- 1 month ago
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- ‘It’s sad to see’: Somerville addresses concerns about encampment under busy highway
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- 1 month ago
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- The Mayor of Somerville says city officials are working to address concerns about a homeless camp under the Southeast Expressway.
The trash, tarps, bikes, and collection of furniture are in plain view on McGrath Highway right next to a new luxury condo building and across the street from a busy Stop and Shop.
Neighbors told Boston 25 News that they’ve been dealing with quality-of-life issues related to the encampment underneath Interstate 93 for months.
A meeting was held just last week with residents to listen to the problems they’ve been dealing with.
Some aren’t convinced that enough is being done.
“It is sad to see that it’s not being handled appropriately by the city,” said neighbor Jason Myrnyj. “It’s something in the world you have to come across, but it is unfortunate that people around here have to look at it.”
Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne said intensive outreach by the Somer...
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- Karen Read’s attorneys seek to have charges dropped in her murder case
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- 1 month ago
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- Karen Read, the woman accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, was back in court on Tuesday morning for a hearing in her murder case as her attorneys sought to get her criminal charges dropped.
Her defense team, led by attorney Alan Jackson, presented a motion to dismiss the second-degree murder case against Read in Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham.
She is accused of running down John O’Keefe in reverse with her Lexus SUV in Canton but an accident reconstructionist hired by the FBI found O’Keefe’s injuries did not appear to be from a car strike.
“The damage on the car was inconsistent with having made contact with John O’Keefe’s body. In other words, the car didn’t hit him, and he wasn’t hit by the car. Period. Full stop,” Read’s attorney Alan Jackson said.
Jackson revealed that and other findings from 3074 pages of documents The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts turne...
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- WATCH LIVE: Karen Read, woman charged in murder of police officer boyfriend, returns to court.
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- 1 month ago
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- HAPPENING NOW: Worcester Police providing update after manhunt for murder suspect ends in Califor…
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- 1 month ago
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- Princess Kate photo pulled by British news agencies, AP, others over ‘manipulation’ concerns
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- 1 month ago
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- Kate, the Princess of Wales, apologized Monday for “confusion” caused by her editing of a family photo released by the palace — a photo of her with her children that was intended to calm concern and speculation about the princess's health, but had the opposite effect.
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/princess-kate-photo-pulled-by-british-news-agencies-ap-others-over-manipulation-concerns/VZC4NN3UGFCUDNBAEAGXF5YSAI/
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- WEATHER ALERT: Timing out the heavy rain moving into the region and the chances of flooding tomor…
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- 1 month ago
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- WATCH LIVE: Worcester police speaking as manhunt for suspect in deaths of mom, daughter continues.
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- WATCH LIVE: President Joe Biden giving his third State of the Union address
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- 1 month ago
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- Family identifies 11-year-old girl and mother shot to death inside their car in Worcester
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- 1 month ago
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- A family member identified the mother and daughter who died after they were found shot inside a bullet-riddled vehicle in Worcester on Tuesday, investigators announced Wednesday.
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/family-identifies-11-year-old-girl-mother-shot-death-inside-their-car-worcester/3ZDX26U32VBWPNIF6WDHN2MY6Q/
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- ‘It makes me more thoughtful’: Push to decriminalize magic mushrooms gains momentum in Massachusetts
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- 1 month ago
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- If someone thinks of psychedelic drugs, images of strung-out hippies from the 1960s might come to mind.
Today that’s changing as a push to make magic mushrooms legal in Massachusetts gains steam.
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/it-makes-me-more-thoughtful-push-decriminalize-magic-mushrooms-gains-momentum-massachusetts/PBOOSVPSPFEJFIRBNF3JETMWTQ/
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- ‘Her life was taken by a coward’: Friend of Haverhill woman killed in murder-suicide speaks out
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- 1 month ago
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- The best friend of a young woman killed in a murder-suicide in Haverhill says she saw warning signs in the weeks leading up to the deadly gunfire.
The Essex County District Attorney’s Office announced the names of the deceased couple on Monday as 24-year-old Loren Marino and 24-year-old Austin Amaral.
A spokesperson with the DA’s office told Boston 25 News on Tuesday that investigators believe Amaral murdered Marino before turning the gun on himself.
A neighbor who lives downstairs said she found the wounded bodies of the couple in Marino’s bedroom.
“I was flying back from Las Vegas, and I got these words, Loren got murdered,” said friend Katie Iandolo. “I was hysterical. People were bringing me water and praying over me.”
Iandolo told Boston 25 News that Marino had previously known Amaral but just seriously began dating him two months ago.
“There was a lot of obsession with him. He kind of ca...
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- Donald Trump speaking to supporters following his Super Tuesday victories
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- Nikki Haley announcing suspension of her 2024 presidential campaign
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- 1 month ago
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- ‘Going to get justice’: Mom of young Boston student restrained to chair says school should be closed
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- 2 months ago
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- The mother of a 3-year-old special needs student is planning legal action against a school in Boston after staffers allegedly restrained her young son to a chair with duct tape and nylon straps.
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/going-get-justice-mom-young-boston-student-restrained-chair-says-school-should-be-closed/3BMBN7UQ6BAAJFSXDX6EFIL6YI/
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- WATCH LIVE: Mass. Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking military secrets.
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- 2 months ago
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- Police speaking after Milford school bus driver arrested for alleged child pornography
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- 2 months ago
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- ‘Severe bleeding’: Two Marshfield Police officers hospitalized after responding to well-being check
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- 2 months ago
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- The nighttime call came in to police like most routine calls do, with a family member asking Marshfield officers to perform a well-being check on a local resident.
For this call, a mental health clinician also responded with officers. Members of Marshfield Fire Department staged nearby, just in case they were needed.
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/severe-bleeding-two-marshfield-police-officers-hospitalized-after-responding-well-being-check/QPMEK7EHOBDXPKSIHPQ4YVXHEA/
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- ‘Hearts are beyond broken’: Stacy Wakefield, wife of late Red Sox knuckleballer, has passed away
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- 2 months ago
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- The Boston Red Sox on Wednesday announced the death of Stacy Wakefield, the wife of the late Tim Wakefield, who was a mainstay on the club’s pitching staff for 17 seasons.
“It is with deep sadness that we share that our beloved mother, daughter, sister, niece, and aunt, Stacy, passed away today at her home in Massachusetts,” a statement shared by the Red Sox on behalf of Stacy’s family read. “She was surrounded by her family and dear friends, as well as her wonderful caretakers and nurses.”
Stacy’s passing comes less than five months after her husband’s death.
“The loss is unimaginable, especially in the wake of losing Tim just under five months ago. Our hearts are beyond broken,” the family said.
Her family added, “We will remember Stacy as a strong, loving, thoughtful, and kind person, who was as down-to-earth as they come. We feel so lucky to have had her in our lives, and we take comfort in the fact that she ...
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- 25 Investigates: E.R. wait time crisis not improving
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- 2 months ago
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- With diabetes and hardened arteries, Danny Daggett of Stoughton has spent a lot of time in the hospital.
But he says he’s never had a wait like this: over 16 hours.
“This is at the point where I wanted to leave,” he said, referring to the 8-hour mark. “They just didn’t have the people.”
Danny says he was at Steward-owned Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton for an emergency blood transfusion scheduled by his primary care doctor.
“We kept going up to ask, you know: ‘When we going to be seen?’” he said. “They couldn’t answer us.”
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy (D) has called on Steward to sell Good Samaritan and the 8 other hospitals it operates in the state over concerns about the company’s financial health and the impact on patients.
Steward did not respond when 25 Investigates asked them about Daggett’s experience.
25 investigates analyzed Medicare data and found...
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- ‘A lot of water in basements’: Growing number of climate disasters causing problems for homeowners
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- 2 months ago
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- 28 weather-related disasters each created more than a billion dollars worth of damage last year across the country.
That set a record for the United States.
One of the problems is much of the infrastructure wasn’t built to handle so many storms of such high magnitude.
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/lot-water-basements-growing-number-climate-disasters-causing-problems-homeowners/6KNL4GNV6JEBZLHY7B5544J6FU/
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- AG Andrea Campbell discussing lawsuit against Mass. town over failure to comply with MBTA communi…
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- 2 months ago
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- Class action lawsuit accuses Temu of spying, reading users’ private messages
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- 2 months ago
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- Temu is one of the most popular shopping apps in the world, but a new lawsuit accuses the company of spying on its customers by gaining access to 'literally everything on your phone.'
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/class-action-lawsuit-accuses-temu-spying-reading-users-private-messages/N7242XSV4ZCVPKG2IIRMCS3PI4/
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- Judge delays Karen Read murder trial after thousands of pages of new federal evidence emerges
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- 2 months ago
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- A Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney and one of Karen Read’s lawyers provided contrasting descriptions of the secret documents the U.S. Attorney’s Office turned over last week from their probe of Read’s arrest and prosecution.
During a hearing for Read Monday in Dedham, defense attorney Alan Jackson said his team was still reviewing the 3074-page document dump, but he described the information he’s already examined as being favorable to Read.
Judge Beverly Cannone agreed to push back her trial from March 12 to April 16 to give both sides time to review the new findings.
“All of it is brand new. And all of it, your honor, appears to us to be exculpatory,” Jackson said about the federal findings. “We will be filing a motion for extraordinary governmental misconduct based on certain evidence that we just received,” he said.
In addition to filing a misconduct claim, Jackson said he plans to issue additional subpoen...
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- ‘Our hearts are broken’: Father of 12-year-old girl killed in Middleboro house fire speaks out
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- 2 months ago
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- he father of 12-year-old Jasmine Lane who lost her life in a Middleboro house fire over the weekend says his family’s world is shattered.
“She had so much potential and for this to happen, our hearts are broken into a million pieces,” Jim Lane, father of Jasmine Lane, told reporters Monday evening after arriving back in Mass.
The grandparents were watching the children while Lane and his wife left for a Caribbean cruise Friday morning, only 14 hours before the fire took their little girl.
Firefighters were called to a home on Pearl Street around 2 a.m. Saturday for reports of a fire with people trapped inside. Upon arrival, the blaze has already consumed the first and second floors. Crews attempted to rescue Jasmine, but they could not get inside due to the heavy fire conditions. Once the flames were extinguished, the girl was found dead inside the home.
“We lost my 12-year-old daughter who was more than everything,” he said...
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- WATCH LIVE: Karen Read, woman charged in murder of police officer boyfriend, returns to court.
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- 2 months ago
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- Firefighters battling large fire on Pleasant Street in Medford
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- 2 months ago
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- LIVE: Prosecutors, police speaking after Adam Montgomery found guilty of murder in daughter's death
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- 2 months ago
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- 25 Investigates: Thousands of local MA families among those in overwhelmed emergency shelter system
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- 2 months ago
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- Currently, about 51% of families – upwards of 3,800 families – in the emergency shelter system are local Massachusetts residents.
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/25-investigates-thousands-local-ma-families-among-those-overwhelmed-emergency-shelter-system/NGDI7GH64JHRHNWXHLVAPAISX4/
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- ‘It’s time for NH to really be accountable’ in case of Harmony Montgomery, retired judge says
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- 2 months ago
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- 25 Investigates finds that the ongoing murder trial of Adam Montgomery is shedding light on a missed opportunity to protect Harmony Montgomery.
Authorities believe Adam Montgomery killed five-year-old Harmony on Dec. 7, 2019, but she wasn’t reported missing until nearly two years later. Her body has not been found.
In February 2022, New Hampshire state officials released a report in which former New Hampshire child protective services worker Demetrios Tsaros assessed Harmony Montgomery on the first day he went to the Montgomery home for a report of physical abuse.
But we now know from the former social worker’s testimony in Montgomery’s murder trial – that Tsaros barely saw little Harmony that day: July 29, 2019.
New Hampshire’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families received a report that 5-year-old Harmony suffered a black eye from her father, Adam.
The former social worker went to the family’s Manchest...
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- Costs growing out of control? Here are 3 simple ways to trim your household expenses
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- 2 months ago
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- Inflation continues to cool off but prices remain stubbornly high. We spoke with three consumer experts about simple ways you can cut some of your household costs.
Full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/costs-growing-out-control-here-are-3-simple-ways-trim-your-household-expenses/HE34CPUQSNHK7E5GTSCMKQSOD4/
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- WATCH LIVE: Closing arguments underway in Adam Montgomery murder trial.
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- 2 months ago
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- WATCH LIVE: Authorities providing update on Sudbury house fire after massive emergency response.
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- 2 months ago
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- ‘Wing was destroyed’: Boston flight diverted after plane damage discovered mid-air
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- 2 months ago
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- Passengers on a Boston-bound flight were happy to be on the ground Tuesday morning after the wing of their plane started “coming apart” in mid-air.
Read the full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/wing-was-destroyed-boston-bound-flight-diverted-after-plane-damage-discovered-mid-air/CX5XXTC7JNEJ3G5IGT7PBHKYMU/
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- LIVE: Brockton officials speaking about push for National Guard to restore order at high school.
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- 2 months ago
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- Keeping your kids safe: Here’s what you can do to keep devices from tracking your children
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- 2 months ago
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- Our personal information is being collected every day on every device we use. But it is not just our information companies collect, our kids are also being tracked.
Full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/keeping-your-kids-safe-heres-what-you-can-do-keep-devices-tracking-your-children/SJEQ7COXFBFZ3FDWVMZN6RT254/
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- Crews responding to scene of massive home explosion in Sterling, Virginia
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- 2 months ago
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- WATCH LIVE: Bruins veteran Milan Lucic in court for start of trial on domestic violence charge.
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- 2 months ago
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- Familly of Weymouth police sergeant Michael Chesna speaking after verdict reach in murder trial
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- 2 months ago
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- Verdict has been reached in Emmanuel Lopes trial, accused of murdering Weymouth police sergeant a…
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- 2 months ago
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- WATCH LIVE: Karen Read appears in court for motion to delay murder trial.
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- 2 months ago
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- WATCH LIVE: MBTA providing update on power outage that brought trains to a standstill
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- 2 months ago
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- WATCH LIVE: US Attorney announcing charges against alleged Boston gang members.
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- 2 months ago
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- Buying a new car? Make sure you read the fine print or it could cost you
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- 2 months ago
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- Boston 25 News consumer advisor Clark Howard said we are seeing an increase in the number of cars being sold, which is a good thing for the economy.
But it can be a bad thing for your wallet if you don’t pay attention to the fine print.
Full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/buying-new-car-clark-howard-says-make-sure-you-read-fine-print-or-it-could-cost-you/OQOYIFTT55GYJHRHFTEK5LZWDQ/
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- No more isolating? CDC updating guidelines on positive COVID-19 testing
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- 2 months ago
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- You may not have to stay home anymore after testing positive for COVID-19.
The CDC will update its guidance on this in the next couple of months, and doctors say you likely won’t need to isolate for five days after getting that positive test.
Full story: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/no-more-isolating-cdc-updating-guidelines-positive-covid-19-testing/43J2MZUETZCRLMBDNOKT62BLTA/
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- TEAM COVERAGE: Tracking nor'easter sliding up coast of New England
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- 2 months ago
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- https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/tuesday-noreaster-latest-timeline-expected-snow-totals-maps-threats-after-storm-shifts/RLBNEGZTXVCTTBW7BZ6YFYC7QY/
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- LIVE VIDEO: Flakes are flying at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester.
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- 2 months ago
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- https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/tuesday-noreaster-latest-timeline-expected-snow-totals-maps-threats-after-storm-shifts/RLBNEGZTXVCTTBW7BZ6YFYC7QY/
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- WATCH LIVE: Mayor Wu providing update as Boston braces for up to a foot of snow.
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- 2 months ago
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