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Following his death six months ago, a bank robber who stole $215,000 from a Cleveland bank in 1969 was definitively identified by US Marshalls last week.
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Even Scrooge has to confront the coronavirus this year.
A Massachusetts theater troupe is putting a 2020 spin on their holiday tradition, shifting from live performances using a lavish set to a
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A federal judge on Friday ruled that two Massachusetts men can be legally extradited to Japan to face charges they helped former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country in a box and on a private jet. US Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell in Boston rejected the arguments against extradition by US Army Special Forces veteran …
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Incumbent Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.) has won the Democratic Senate primary in Massachusetts against Joe Kennedy III. Markey’s defeat of Kennedy marks the first time a member of the Kennedy family has lost a congressional race in Massachusetts. Markey, who has spent 44 years in the Senate, has made a name as a progressive …
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The Boston Red Sox unveiled a 250-foot “Black Lives Matter” billboard outside Fenway Park on Thursday, marking the 61st anniversary of the first game played by Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, the team’s first black player. Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy has been outspoken in support of demonstrations against police killings of African Americans that have roiled …
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US judge said on Friday two Massachusetts men pose too great of a risk of flight to be released on bail given “spectacular” allegations that they helped orchestrate former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s escape from Japan. Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell said US Army Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, had …
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Boston mayor Marty Walsh declared racism a “public health crisis” on Friday, and announced a proposal to transfer funds from the police department’s overtime budget to social services. Walsh said $3 million would be immediately transferred from overtime for city police to the Boston Public Health Commission. The mayor will also propose that the City …
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A federal judge on Thursday announced he will allow gun stores to reopen in Massachusetts, after Governor Charlie Baker ordered gun stores to close during the coronavirus pandemic. “There’s no justification here” to close gun stores, said Judge Douglas Woodlock of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts. “I don’t have anything like a substantial fit …
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MASSACHUSETTS — A Massachusetts factory that normally makes some of the nation’s most beloved board games, including Monopoly, Risk and Candyland, has pivoted to making personal protective equipment for heath care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Charlie Baker said Saturday. The Cartamundi-owned Hasbro factory is making 50,000 face shields per …
Following his death six months ago, a bank robber who stole $215,000 from a Cleveland bank in 1969 was definitively identified by US Marshalls last week.
