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Massachusetts shark attack fatality was engineering student, outdoorsman, devout
A 26-year-old man who was killed in a shark attack off a Cape Cod beach had been a part-time engineering student who was engaged to be married and loved surfing and other outdoor activities, according to friends and school officials. Arthur Medici, of Revere, Massachusetts, ...
In Massachusetts, Ayanna Pressley wins fight for 'soul' of Democratic Party
Ayanna Pressley is all but assured of becoming the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts, the latest example of the Democratic Party's embrace of diversity and progressive politics proving successful strategy in the Trump era. The 44-year-old's upset victory against longtime Democratic Rep. ...
'A lot of this was luck': Victim says he punched shark in gills to escape
The man bitten by a shark off Cape Cod this month said he escaped by punching the powerful predator in the gills. In his first interview since the Aug. 15 attack , William Lytton told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he'd been swimming a ...
Massachusetts top court rules stun gun ban violates Second Amendment
The top court in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down a state law that banned civilians from possessing stun guns, saying the law violated the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, which protects Americans' right to bear arms. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in the case of ...
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp's lawsuit seeking to stop New York and Massachusetts from probing whether the company misled investors and the public about climate change and the potential effects on its business. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan said ...
Federal prosecutors in Boston on Thursday charged a Massachusetts man with sending a series of threatening letters containing a suspicious powder, including one addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son. The letter addressed to Donald Trump Jr. led to the Republican president's daughter-in-law, Vanessa ...
Massachusetts hospital worker 'will not be coming back' to work after huge Powerball lottery win
A 53-year-old Massachusetts hospital worker stepped forward Thursday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history — a $758.7 million Powerball prize — after breaking the news to her employer the way the rest of us only dream of: "I called and ...
Suspect in slaying of Massachusetts cop during night traffic stop later gunned down in flat
The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts police officer died after an exchange of gunfire Sunday as authorities closed in on him at an Oxford residence, police said. The man, identified as 35-year-old Jorge Zambrano, burst out of a closet and opened fire ...
Cancer patient, 64, at Massachusetts General gets first U.S. penis transplant
oston A 64-year-old cancer patient has received the nation's first penis transplant, a groundbreaking operation that may also help accident victims and some of the many U.S. veterans maimed by roadside bombs. In a case that represents the latest frontier in the growing field of reconstructive ...
Troubled man sought hospital help, was released before deadly stabbing rampage
Two bystanders and an off-duty deputy sheriff were hailed as heroes Wednesday for intervening when a mentally disturbed man went on a stabbing rampage at a home and a mall hours after leaving a hospital, killing two people and injuring at least five others. Arthur ...
Massachusetts mall stabbing spree leads to lockdown, evacuation
Several people were stabbed at a shopping mall outside Boston on Tuesday evening, authorities said, in what police described as an "active scene." The Taunton Police Department said on Twitter it was investigating "multiple stabbings" at the Silver City Galleria mall and on a nearby ...
Massachusetts court that opened door to same-sex marriage to hear gay parental rights case
The same state court that paved the way for same-sex marriage in the United States is now being asked to decide a complicated case about the parental rights of a once-partnered but unmarried gay couple. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the state that more ...
