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School Apologizes, Fires Teacher for Blackface Masks in Black History Month Lesson
A Massachusetts Montessori school apologized and fired a teacher for instructing young children to make and wear Blackface masks as a Black History Month project. The incident, which happened in a classroom with toddlers, took place last Tuesday at IC Kids in Newton. When one mother, Nadirah Pierce, picked up her children and learned what had happened, she complained and…
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Off Course: SUV Gets Stuck on Golf Course After Driver's Wrong Turn
A black SUV wound up stuck on the grass near the sixth hole at a country club in Newton, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, according to the Newton Police Department.
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Study Treats Sickest COVID Patients With Multiple Myeloma Drug
A Newton-based pharmaceutical company is treating patients with severe cases of the coronavirus with a drug approved to treat multiple myeloma as part of a new study to keep people off ventilators. More than 230 patients enrolled in the second phase of the study, many of them in Boston, and researchers at Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc say they’re making progress....
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John Krasinski's ‘Some Good News' Show Inspires People to Share Uplifting Stories
Massachusetts native and actor/director John Krasinski has started a new chapter of his career, as a news anchor on “Some Good News.” Krasinski on Sunday launched “Some Good News,” a new YouTube series he created focusing entirely on good news. In preparation, the star took to Twitter on Wednesday asking people for stories that made them feel good to...
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LAPD Newton Officers Investigate Two Shootings in Less Than Half-Hour
Two people were shot within a half-hour Saturday night in the area served by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Newton Station.
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Bethenny Frankel Shares Near-Fatal Allergic Reaction Experience: ‘I Couldn't Talk, See'
Bethenny Frankel is grateful to be alive after almost “dying” from an allergic reaction. The reality star detailed the life-threatening incident on Twitter on Monday. According to Bethenny’s tweet, she has a “rare fish allergy” and accidentally had soup with fish in it on Sunday. Immediately after ingesting the soup she began to feel itchy and went “unconscious for 15...
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San Francisco to Allow Noncitizens to Vote for School Board
San Francisco will become the largest city in the United States and one of only a handful nationwide to allow noncitizens, including people in the country illegally, to vote in a local election in November.
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LA Mayor, Officials Will Honor LAPD's Highest Ranking Black Woman
Mayor Eric Garcetti will be joined by other city officials Friday at a reception in Exposition Park for the first black woman promoted to the rank of deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Man Who Jumped on Hood of School Bus on Mass. Pike Charged
The man caught on dashcam video jumping on the hood of a school bus in the middle of the Massachusetts Turnpike earlier this week has been issued a summons on numerous charges.
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Freeway Call Boxes Going the Way of Pay Phones — Extinct
The iconic yellow call boxes lining the side of the freeways in San Diego are going the way of the dodo and you can blame progress for that.
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PHOTOS: Thousands of Shoes on Display Outside US Capitol as Temporary Memorial to Children Killed by Gun Violence
Thousands of children’s shoes are on display Tuesday outside the U.S. Capitol as a temporary memorial to children killed by gun violence.
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Sheryl Crow Releases Song for Sandy Hook Promise
Grammy award-winning singer Sheryl Crow has written a song for the Sandy Hook Promise group, which formed shortly after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012.
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Biological Clock Discoveries by 3 Americans Earn Nobel Prize
Three Americans won a Nobel Prize on Monday for discovering key genetic “gears” of the body’s 24-hour biological clock, the mechanism best known for causing jet lag when it falls out of sync. Problems with our body clock also been linked to such disorders as sleep problems, depression, heart disease, diabetes and obesity. Researchers are now trying to find ways...
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Cities Are Cleaning Up Polluted Rivers to Make Way for Swimming
Boston is among the cities hoping to follow the model of Copenhagen, Denmark, which opened the first of its floating harbor baths in the early 2000s. Paris opened public swimming areas in a once-polluted canal this week, and similar efforts are in the planning stages in New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne and elsewhere. In Boston, the Charles River Conservancy still...
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'This is the World We Live in Now': New Bomb Threats Against Jewish Community Centers Across US Raise Alarms
Jewish community centers around the country were again targeted with bomb threats Wednesday morning, a week after a spate of similar threats were made against many centers. Centers in at least 17 states were targeted Wednesday with bomb threats. Centers in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Delaware, Connecticut, Alabama, California, Maine, Tennessee, South Carolina, Missouri,...
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Florida Woman Made Death Threats to Sandy Hook Parent: Feds
Federal authorities say a Florida woman has been charged with making death threats against the parent of a child who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
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California DMV Was Unprepared for Disaster Recovery: Experts
The California Department of Motor Vehicles does not appear to have had an adequate disaster recovery system in place before a computer meltdown wiped out most operations for several days, two information technology experts say.
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California High School Will Let Staff Carry Guns on Campus
A high school near Fresno, California, will allow some of its staff members to carry concealed weapons, a decision the school’s superintendent said will create “a safe environment for students and staff members.”
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2 Killed, 7 Others Injured After Car Crashes Into Pizza Shop in Newton, Massachusetts
Two people are dead after a car crashed into Sweet Tomatoes Pizza in West Newton, Massachusetts, Tuesday night.