Massachusetts
Adam Glanzman/Getty Images (MASSACHUSETTS) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on Wednesday that students with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend the Cambridge institution tuition-free starting next fall. The bulk of American households meet this income threshold, according to the university, which says the new policy will cover 80% of its incoming […]
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office released this Ring camera still of Stanley Kotowski in the clothes he was last seen wearing before going missing. (Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office) (NEW YORK) — Authorities in South Carolina said they have found the body of an endangered Massachusetts man who went missing over a week ago while vacationing […]
Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The threat of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus has prompted several Massachusetts towns to implement targeted mosquito spraying to protect residents. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this virus, often called Triple E, is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito and can cause a “rare […]
Getty Images – STOCK/ilbusca (BEAUFORD, S.C.) — A Massachusetts man vacationing with his family in South Carolina has been missing since Friday and is endangered, authorities said. Stanley Kotowski, 60, was last seen Friday morning leaving his family’s vacation rental on Hilton Head Island, according to his family. He is believed to be barefoot and […]
ilbusca/Getty Images (BOSTON) — Massachusetts’ 911 system has been restored following a statewide outage Tuesday afternoon, according to the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety. “The public may now resume calling 911 for emergencies,” the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety said. “The State 911 Department continues to investigate the cause of the disruption.” Earlier […]
Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Massachusetts health officials are warning that a hepatitis A outbreak has hit the state, and it resembles a similar outbreak that occurred several years ago. Six cases have been reported across four counties between Nov. 1 and Nov. 29, with more infections under investigation, according to an alert issued Monday […]
Springfield Police Department (SPRINGFIELD, Mass.) — A Massachusetts man allegedly broke into his neighbor’s home Monday, killing her, and injuring her grandkids before fatally shooting himself with a gun, according to officials. Police officers arrived at a residence in Springfield, Massachusetts, Monday afternoon after responding to calls of shots fired, the Hampden District Attorney’s Office said […]
ABC (QUINCY, Mass.) — Massachusetts man Brian Walshe pleaded not guilty on Thursday to killing his wife, mother of three Ana Walshe, who has been missing since New Year’s Day. Brian Walshe was indicted by a grand jury last month for murder, misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice and improper conveyance of a human body. […]
Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images, FILE (BOSTON) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Monday announced her state has begun stockpiling the abortion drug mifepristone ahead of a court-ordered injunction that could pull the drug from the market as early as Friday. It’s a dramatic escalation in the fight over abortion rights that’s pitted […]
The Cohasset Police Department demonstrates the equipment used to mine cryptocurrency in the crawl space. — Cohasset Police Department (COHASSET, Mass.) — A small Massachusetts town enlisted the help of the Department of Homeland Security to track down the person who illegally installed a cryptocurrency mining operation in a crawl space of a middle school. […]