AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoHealth Care: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and its nurses failed to reach a deal, leaving an Oct. 14 strike looming. The hospital says it is preparing thousands of temporary nurses. Politics and Costs: Gov. Maura Healey and Republican challenger Mike Minogue clashed over Massachusetts’ high costs in their first debate, sparring over who is responsible and how to bring expenses down. Voters will also decide several major ballot questions in November. Courts and Accountability: The federal murder trial of former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell opened with sharply conflicting accounts of Sandra Birchmore’s death. Prosecutors allege he killed her after she became pregnant; the defense says she died by suicide. Public Safety: Investigators are examining the death of an 86-year-old resident at a Hopkinton assisted-living facility, where the thermostat reportedly read 99 degrees. Nantucket Search: Crews continue searching for wreckage and flight recorders from an air ambulance that vanished off Nantucket with six people aboard; none have been found.
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