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Mass. teen died from eating a spicy chip as part of social media challenge, autopsy report concludes
A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from ingesting a substance containing a high amount of the chili pepper extract capsaicin, according to an autopsy report. Harris Wolobah, a 14-year-old sophomore at Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester, died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating the chip. He was found unresponsive by…
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Recipient of pig kidney transplant has died
A Massachusetts man who received the world’s first genetically-edited pig kidney transplant has died, his family announced Saturday.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
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Manhunt continues in Massachusetts for ‘armed and dangerous' military vet suspected of killing wife
Aaron Pennington, a 33-year-old Air Force veteran is the prime suspect in the murder of his 30-year-old wife at their home in Massachusetts.
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DoorDash driver follows GPS into Mass. swamp while delivering Dunkin' order
A Doordash driver has been charged after driving their car into a body of water in Middleton, Massachusetts, on Friday morning, officials said.
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$4 thrift store purchase solves decades-old art mystery, nets New England woman $191K
The painting was one of four illustrations that American artist N.C. Wyeth contributed to a 1939 edition of Helen Hunt Jackson’s book “Ramona.”
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Retired Massachusetts firefighter saves baby possums
The 61-year-old retired firefighter rescued six baby possums after spotting their mother on the road.
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Video shows moment driver drags Massachusetts state trooper while fleeing traffic stop
A driver dragged a Massachusetts state trooper Wednesday evening in Brockton, police said Thursday, hours before catching the wanted man.
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Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney, former presidential candidate and governor, won't seek reelection in 2024
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, will not run for reelection, he said Wednesday, saying in a message to Utahns “it’s time for a new generation of leaders.” The former Republican nominee for president and governor of Massachusetts said that he enjoys working in the Senate and touted his accomplishments but noted that he’ll be in his mid-80s if he were...
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Here's the most expensive state to retire in 2023
Although California is known for its high cost of living, it’s not the most expensive state to retire, according to a recent Bankrate study.