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Massachusetts opioid overdose deaths down 36% in 2024
Boston Herald - Massachusetts
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July 10, 2025
Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data. In 2024, Massachusetts had 1,340 confirmed opioid-related overdose deaths, down 764 from 2023, the federal...
Massachusetts police officer shot by colleagues victim of ‘campaign to criminalize her’: Lawyer
Boston Herald - Massachusetts
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July 10, 2025
An attorney for the off-duty Massachusetts police officer shot and injured by colleagues who were serving her a restraining order says his client remains in “grave condition” and has fallen victim to an “appalling campaign to criminalize her.”...
Massachusetts Turnpike service plazas: What to know about the $750M renovation
MassLive - Massachusetts
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July 10, 2025
LUDLOW — Irish company Applegreen has released a design concept for the Massachusetts Turnpike plazas in Ludlow — a barn-like stone-and-timber look, similar to what it wants to do elsewhere on the western portions of the pike. Renovations that...
Massachusetts' average price for gallon of gas dips slightly
The Patriot Ledger - Massachusetts
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State gas prices slightly declined for the second consecutive week and reached an average of $3.01 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, down from last week's price of $3.02 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The...
Massachusetts DL Marcus Almada commits to UCLA, discusses decision
247Sports - Tennessee
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UCLA was the first official visit defensive lineman Marcus Almada made. The Bruins established themselves as the program to beat in early May and none were able to. The vibe inside UCLA's program, the attention the coaching staff gave and the...
Massachusetts Town Crowned America’s 8th Best to Visit in 2025
WUPE - Massachusetts
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July 10, 2025
One of the many great aspects of Massachusetts is if you don't want to take a week-long vacation and instead want to make a weekend or day trip to a town or small city, there are plenty to choose from in the Bay State. America's 8th Best Town to...
Massachusetts lawmaker introduces bill banning ICE officers from wearing face masks
Washington Examiner
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July 10, 2025
A Massachusetts state Democrat on Wednesday introduced a bill to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from wearing face masks, which the agency has defended as a way to protect officials from getting doxxed.An increasing number of...
Flash floods possible as heavy rain pours onto Massachusetts Thursday morning
MassLive - Massachusetts
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July 10, 2025
Massachusetts is expected to see what forecasters are deeming very heavy rainfall Thursday morning, prompting a flood watch to be issued for much of the state. As much as 4 inches of rain could fall over Eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut and...
Tibetans in Massachusetts celebrate 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday
PRI - The World
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July 10, 2025
A couple hundred Tibetans put on traditional clothes and gathered at the Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in Medford, Massachusetts, on Sunday morning. They were there to celebrate the 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday. Tenzin Gyatso,...
Ryan Downes, Patrick Kilcoyne to meet in Massachusetts Amateur final
Boston Herald - Massachusetts
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July 10, 2025
Ryan Downes and Patrick Kilcoyne will meet Friday with the 117th Massachusetts Amateur Championship on the line. The pair advanced with quarterfinal and semifinal match play victories Thursday at GreatHorse in Hampden. Downes, a GreatHorse member...
Patrick Kilcoyne and 2023 champion Ryan Downes reach Massachusetts Amateur final
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Patrick Kilcoyne and 2023 champion Ryan Downes advanced Thursday to the 36-hole final of the 117th Massachusetts Amateur on Friday at GreatHorse in Hampden. Downes, a sophomore at Vanderbilt who is from Longmeadow and plays out of GreatHorse,...
More workers in Massachusetts are looking for work
The Patriot Ledger - Massachusetts
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Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 7,115 in the week ending July 5, up from...
Two winning $1 million Powerball tickets sold in Massachusetts
MassLive - Massachusetts
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July 10, 2025
Two winning $1 million Powerball tickets were sold in Massachusetts for Wednesday‘s drawing for a $217 million jackpot. The winning numbers for the drawing were 5, 9, 25, 28, 69 and Powerball: 5. One of the winning tickets, which matched the first...
Illegal immigrant in Massachusetts who stole ID of dead child and worked as firefighter sentenced to prison
Boston Herald - Massachusetts
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July 10, 2025
A Vietnamese man living here illegally who stole the identity of a dead child, using it to work as a firefighter and paramedic, has been sentenced to federal prison. Truong Nguyen, 50, who has been living in Braintree, was sentenced in Boston...
Karen Read asks Massachusetts court to throw out wrongful death lawsuit
Fox News
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After her not-guilty verdict, Karen Read was asked if she had 'any words for the O'Keefe family.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Karen Read, cleared last month of murder charges in the death of her former boyfriend, Boston Police...
This Massachusetts Potato Chip Was Named the Best of All Time
B98.5 - Maine
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July 10, 2025
Do you love potato chips? That satisfying crunch and salty goodness? They just seem to go so well with a sandwich or maybe a cold soda or beer. Or perhaps you just love holding a big "party size" bag all for yourself while binge-watching on...
Social media dessert phenomenon now available at Massachusetts flea market
MassLive - Massachusetts
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July 9, 2025
SPRINGFIELD — When Noe Yolindo Ambrocio-Perez collided with a concrete pole in mid-May, an affidavit in federal court says he carried a Guatemalan identification card and had an open container of Modelo beer in the van he was driving. The...
Man arrested in Massachusetts for alleged Tucson road rage incident
KGUN - Arizona
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July 10, 2025
A Rhode Island man was arrested in Milford, Mass., on Tuesday, July 8, for his alleged involvement in a road rage incident that took place in Tucson in 2022. According to TPD, Giovanni Cardona allegedly shot someone who was confronting him at his...
Shark Bites Massachusetts Man As He Tries To Release It Back Into Water
The Inertia - California
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July 10, 2025
Absolutely no respect. Photo: Nantucket Current // Instagram The old adage advises to not bite the hand that feeds. Unfortunately, sharks are completely unaware of the concept, or of adages in general. Instead, a shark in Nantucket opted to bite a...
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Ruling: Noncompetition Agreement Act Does Not Apply to Forfeiture Clauses
JD Supra - California
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July 10, 2025
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently clarified the scope of the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (MNAA). In Susan Miele v. Foundation Medicine, Inc., the SJC held the MNAA does not apply where a forfeiture clause is...