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Strong solar storm could mean Northern Lights visible in Connecticut
A large solar eruption has sent a strong geomagnetic storm and if the weather cooperates, could give us the best chance to see the Northern Lights in Connecticut in nearly 20 years this weekend.
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Bear dragged man's body from car after fatal crash in western Mass., police say
Police say a man was killed in a car crash in western Massachusetts on Sunday, and his body was found a short distance away after being dragged from the vehicle by a bear. State police said they received a call around 11:30 a.m. Sunday from a passing trucker on Route 91 south in Hatfield who had just seen a partially…
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75-year-old man sentenced to under 3 years in 1966 killing of 10-year-old girl
Decades after a 10-year-old Massachusetts girl was beaten to death, a man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to under three years in prison.
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Massachusetts woman wins $1M lotto prize twice in 10-week span
An Attleboro, Massachusetts, woman has hit the jackpot — not once, but twice — playing the Massachusetts State Lottery.
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Conn. man wanted in western Mass. high school shooting turns himself in, police say
A man wanted in connection with a shooting inside of a western Massachusetts high school turned himself in to police, according to NBC affiliate WWLP. Chantz Dudley, of Harford, Connecticut, turned himself in on Tuesday on two outstanding firearm warrants, Springfield police said. Dudley, 20, is accused of forcing himself into the High School of Science and Technology in March…
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No plans for tolls at Mass. state borders, Gov. Healey says
Gov. Maura Healey has joined a chorus of voices pushing back against an idea floated by the secretary for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation about adding tolls at the state’s borders. MassDOT Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt was giving a keynote speech at a WalkMassachusetts gathering on April 10 when she talked about the need to get “aggressive” to have enough money…
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Man asks for ‘Thirty' iced on wife's birthday cake, goes viral for head-scratching result
A couple in New England was left in stitches from a hilarious mistake made by their local bakery.
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‘One of the happiest moments of my life': Recipient of pig kidney transplant released from hospital
Richard Slayman of Weymouth was discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital after receiving the world’s first genetically-edited pig kidney transplant.
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6 youths to be charged in Mass. racial bullying incident involving mock ‘slave auction'
Multiple youths are facing charges in connection with a serious racial bullying incident that occurred last month in Southwick, Massachusetts, involving a “mock slave auction” on social media. The hate speech and race-based bullying occurred on Feb. 8, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said at a news conference Thursday, and he learned of it a week later, at which point…
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A man who crashed a snowmobile into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is suing the government for $9.5M
The lawsuit filed by Jeff Smith against the government follows a 2019 crash in which Smith’s snowmobile clipped the helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail.
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Rare gray whale, extinct in the Atlantic for 200 years, spotted off New England
A rarely seen gray whale, extinct in the Atlantic Ocean, was spotted last week swimming off the coast of Nantucket, according to the New England Aquarium.
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Here's how a massive pothole helped an inmate escape police custody
An inmate used a traffic jam on Interstate 95 as an opportunity to escape custody on Monday, according to authorities. That inmate led police on a 45-minute manhunt. But that inmate is now behind bars. Police were ultimately able to find the escaped inmate near the MSPCA in Waltham after an employee tipped them off. Officers arrived to find the…
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Massachusetts state troopers accused of taking bribes for commercial drivers licenses
Six people, four of them current and former Massachusetts State Police troopers, have been arrested as part of an alleged bribery conspiracy to give guaranteed passing scores to certain applicants for commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts.
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Man in custody after shooting police officer in Massachusetts
A man has been taken into custody after police say he exchanged gunfire with officers, injuring one of them, during a call Saturday in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Massachusetts State Police said they were called in to assist with the situation, which happened at a home on Old Carriage Drive. The suspect barricaded in the home after the gunfire, investigators said. State…
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Conn. man, 2 Mass. residents killed in plane crash, state police say
The three people who were killed in a small plane crash Sunday in western Massachusetts were identified Monday as part of a local flight school. State police said the victims were 68-year-old William Hampton, of Indian Orchard, Mass.; 29-year-old Chad Davidson, of Woodstock, Connecticut; and 53-year-old Frederika Ballard, of Southwick, Mass. Ballard was the owner of the Fly Lugu Flight…
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Mass. teen and grandfather killed in Christmas Night crash involving drunken driver, police say
Two people, one a teenager, were killed in a crash caused by a drunken driver going the wrong way on Route 6 in Somerset, Massachusetts, on the night of Christmas, state police said Tuesday.
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Massachusetts police chief apologizes after officer searched middle school for LGBTQ book
A Massachusetts police chief apologized after an officer searched a middle school for a copy of “Gender Queer: A Memoir.”
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Teen charged with drunken driving after crash into Mass. State Police barracks
A 17-year-old girl has been arrested after crashing into a Massachusetts State Police barracks while under the influence of alcohol, the agency said Sunday. A 2000 Nissan Altima driven by the girl from Pittsfield, with another 17-year-old girl from Pittsfield in the passenger seat, crashed through a brick wall of the building in Cheshire Saturday evening and damaged a kitchen…
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Before his death, a man told his daughter his secret: He was a bank robber and a 52-year fugitive from justice.
Thomas Randele died in 2021, not long after revealing he’d been living under a phony identity after pulling off Society National Bank heist in Cleveland in 1969.
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Bruins' Milan Lucic appears in court on assault charge, released on personal recognizance
Boston Bruins veteran Milan Lucic appeared in court Tuesday morning to face an assault and battery charge and was released on personal recognizance bail. The Bruins’ left wing is charged with assault and battery after his wife reported him to police in the early hours of Saturday morning, saying she had been choked. The court entered a not guilty plea…