The 2 ½-story house is the only surviving residence associated with the slain civil rights leader’s formative years in the city.
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Hundreds claim decades of abuse by 150 New Hampshire youth detention staffers
Abuse allegations against New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center have grown to include 230 men and woman who say they were physically or sexually abused between 1963 and 2018.
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Former Massachusetts officer to face charge in alleged beating of Black man
A court official rules there was probable cause for the case to move forward.
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‘We turn a blind eye’: Boston’s police remain largely white
City leaders have vowed for years to work toward making the police force look more like the community it serves.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act to bar the Justice Department from monitoring privileged electronic communications between an incarcerated person and that person’s lawyer.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Owners of truck involved in New Hampshire crash that killed 7 motorcyclists are charged
The allegations of falsifying records are not directly linked to the 2019 crash, in which the driver of the Westfield Transport truck awaits trial.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News
Could pandemic further erode the New England town meeting?
In Maine, the pandemic eliminated town meetings last year for more than 400 of the state’s 486 municipalities that hold meetings during the spring.
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Massachusetts to ease virus restrictions, allow limited crowds at sports and performance venues
The changes include indoor and outdoor stadiums, arenas and ballparks, including Fenway Park, Gillette Stadium and the TD Garden.
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Two hard-hit cities, 2 diverging fates in vaccine rollout
Two predominantly Latino cities in New England have had diverging fates in the global rollout of the coronavirus vaccine.
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Mills expresses ‘grave concern’ over plans to protect North Atlantic right whales
The governor calls on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop practical protection rules that won’t harm Maine’s lobster industry.