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Boston man files lawsuit seeking to bankrupt white supremacist group he says assaulted him
A Black teacher and musician who says members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked and beat him with metal shields during a march through Boston last year sued the organization on Tuesday. Charles Murrell III, of Boston, was in the area of the Boston Public Library to play his saxophone on July 2, 2022, when he was surrounded…
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A Titanic expert, an adventurer, a CEO, and a father and son are on the missing submersible
A renowned Titanic expert, a world-record holding adventurer, two members of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families and the CEO of the company leading an expedition to the world’s most famous shipwreck are facing critical danger aboard a small submersible that went missing in the Atlantic Ocean. The submersible Titan was reported overdue Sunday night about 435 miles south of St....
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Court vacates convictions against Black Muslim man whose attorney made racist posts
The highest court in Massachusetts has vacated sex trafficking convictions against a Black Muslim man whose court-appointed attorney had a history of posting racist and anti-Muslim vitriol on social media. Attorney Richard Doyle had a conflict of interest that deprived the defendant of his right to effective assistance of counsel, “a right upon which our entire system of criminal justice…
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Lawsuit alleges excessive force by police, false arrests during Worcester George Floyd protest
Eleven people have filed a federal lawsuit saying they were assaulted by police or wrongfully arrested while peacefully observing a June 2020 protest in Massachusetts’ second-largest city over the killing of George Floyd. The lawsuit filed Thursday names as defendants the city of Worcester, the former city manager, the chief of police and more than a dozen officers. The lawsuit...
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Dance Like a Rockette: College Students Take Unique Class in Boston
Thirty-eight students at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee are enrolled in the first for-credit college dance class taught by the Radio City Rockettes.
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Arctic Air Wreaks Havoc on Pipes, Sprinklers at Several Boston Buildings, Hospitals
The Prudential Center, Wang Theatre, Boston Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital were among several major places in Boston impacted by the record-low temperatures on Saturday
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Fan Sues Patriots, Says They Ruined His Brady-Signed Flag
The New England Patriots caused irreparable damage to a U.S. flag signed by Tom Brady by improperly displaying it in the team’s hall of fame at Gillette Stadium, the flag’s owner contends in a federal lawsuit. After it had been on display a couple of months, Brady’s signature written in blue Sharpie had significantly faded, which reduced the flag’s...
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Trucker Strike Raises Concerns About Disrupted Food Delivery Across New England
More than 300 truck drivers at New England’s largest wholesale food distributor have gone on strike, raising concerns about disrupted food deliveries to schools, hospitals and nursing homes. The drivers represented by the Teamsters Local 653 took to the picket line at Sysco Boston early Saturday seeking better pay and benefits. “Management took their abhorrent anti-worker treatment to new lows,…
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Mass. Soldier Who Went Missing During Korean War Accounted for
A soldier from Massachusetts who went missing during the Korean War and was later reported to have died in a prisoner of war camp has been accounted for using modern scientific techniques, military officials said. Army Cpl. Joseph J. Puopolo, 19, of East Boston, was accounted for in August, according to a statement Friday from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency….
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Christian Flag in Speech Battle Flies, Briefly, Over Boston
The Christian flag that became the focus of a free speech legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court was raised — briefly — outside Boston City Hall on Wednesday to cheers and songs of praise. The flag-raising took place about three months after the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision ruled the city discriminated against Harold...
