MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit

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February 18, 2020

MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology agrees in a court settlement to make its website and online educational videos more accessible to people who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Published
February 18, 2020

‘Whitey’ Bulger juror regrets voting to convict him of murder

The notorious Boston crime boss wrote her more than 70 letters from prison.
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February 17, 2020

Big turnout expected at Connecticut hearing on vaccine exemption

Connecticut is considering eliminating the state's religious exemptions from certain vaccines for public school students.
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February 17, 2020

Massachusetts police fatally shoot man connected to carjackings, stabbing

The two carjackings occurred Sunday in Lowell, Mass., and Nashua, N.H.
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February 17, 2020

LGBT bereavement groups give support for unacknowledged loss

Groups specifically geared to the LGBT community are a recent phenomenon even in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage was legalized in 2004.
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February 17, 2020

Gas prices dip in northern New England, rise nationwide

Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont all are posting different - but lower - average gas prices.
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February 16, 2020

Police: 1 dead, 4 wounded in Connecticut club shooting

Police officers had been stationed outside the club because of previous problems there.
Published
February 16, 2020

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

Among other legislation, the House passed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act.
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February 13, 2020

Explosions rock Massachusetts chemical plant

Authorities said there is no public health threat resulting from the blasts at the building in Newburyport.
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February 12, 2020

Authorities identify woman stabbed to death at Timberland headquarters

Robert Pavao, 20, of Berwick is charged in the slaying of Catherine Heppner, 46, in New Hampshire on Sunday.