New England
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PublishedApril 1, 2024
Harvard removes human skin from the binding of 19th-century book
For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the book.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2024
Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology
Sound and touch devices will be available at public gatherings on April 8, when a total solar eclipse crosses North America, the moon blotting out the sun for a few minutes.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2024
Last coal-burning power plant in New England set to close in a win for environmentalists
Merrimack Station in New Hampshire will become the state's first renewable energy park under a deal with the EPA.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2024
‘Robot dog’ takes bullets for police on Cape Cod
The robot, manufactured by a Massachusetts company, was deployed during an armed standoff in Barnstable.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2024
Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82
As Al Gore’s Democratic running mate in 2000, he was the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2024
Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s case
The ruling from the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence intact – for now.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
New Hampshire brings first murder charge in the death of a fetus
A man is facing charges in the death of a woman who was 35 to 37 weeks pregnant.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
Massachusetts moves to protect horseshoe crabs during spawning
Horseshoe crabs predate the dinosaurs, but their populations have been depleted for decades.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade marred by drunken fights, destruction and arrests
Residents of South Boston, where the parade is held, have filed hundreds of complaints since Sunday and a city councilor called for 'major changes.'
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PublishedMarch 17, 2024
Massachusetts family helps return Japanese artifacts looted during World War II
The items, taken after the Battle of Okinawa, were discovered by a family sifting through the personal effects of their late father.
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