Shoving matches broke out in Boston Common amid a heavy police presence.
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Possessions of man behind ice bucket challenge up for sale
The proceeds will benefit the Peter Frates Family Foundation, which helps ALS patients.
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Principal attacked at Boston school; student charged
Police say a 16-year-old girl is facing charges after the principal is knocked unconscious and taken to a hospital.
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Tiny house in wealthy Boston suburb sells for $315,000
The listing described the 250-square-foot home as having an open floor plan.
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Former Maine man gets at least 50 years in Timberland staffer’s death
The ex-security guard pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a marketing director at the outerwear company’s New Hampshire headquarters last year.
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Boston elects first woman and Asian American as mayor
Michelle Wu’s victory marks a turning point for the city, which had chosen only white men as mayor before her.
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Boston votes to elect female mayor for 1st time in history
Boston voters have hit the polls to choose between Democrats Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George for mayor.
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Rhode Island picks five medical marijuana dispensaries for licenses
The state currently has only three dispensaries. The companies were chosen by random lottery.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the House has passed the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, to extend requirements for an employer to accommodate women to pump their breast milk at work.
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Hundreds of Massachusetts state workers suspended over vaccine order
The governor announced in August that executive branch workers will have to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or seek an exemption from the state, otherwise they’d risk being fired.