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BOSTON — The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge ruled in awarding him $3.3 million in damages. U.S. District Judge Mark Mastroianni blamed both parties for the March 2019 crash in […]

Massachusetts U.S. Senate Primary Election Results 2024  The New York Times Source link

BOSTON – Last week, Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy welcomed over 400 prosecutors from around the nation to the 41st Annual National Black Prosecutors Association (NBPA) Conference.  “It was an honor for our office to co-host the NBPA this year, and welcome so many talented prosecutors from around the nation to Boston,” said […]

Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt died on Saturday. By BRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated Press March 31, 2024, 4:31 AM ET • 3 min read Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda, has died […]

Finally, there is something cats can do for humans. The Worcester Public Library in Worcester, Mass., announced that through the end of March, people who have lost or damaged a book or other borrowed items can bring a photograph, drawing, or magazine clipping of a cat, and get their library cards reactivated. The library calls […]

The American South is one of the most focused-on regions within the studies of slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Over time, the illusion that the American North and Canada have been “safe havens” for slaves to escape from the horrors of the South and tropical regions have been widely spread as fact. Studies on […]

Footnotes 1. “Reception and Departure of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment,” Boston Evening Transcript, May 28, 1863, 2. 2. Luis F. Emilio, A Brave Black Regiment: History of The Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1863-1865 (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1995), 34. 3. The New South (Beaufort, SC). June 20, 1863, 2. 4. Emilio, A […]


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