The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking top secret government documents online is expected to plead guilty at a federal court hearing next week. Jack Teixeira, of North Dighton, was arrested last April and charged with six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. Each count carries up to 10 years […]
Ally Jarmanning
WBUR
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Mass. State Police Tested Out Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog. Civil Liberties Advocates Want To Know More
Cops have long had dogs, and robots, to help them do their jobs. And now, they have a robot dog.
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Most Mass. Counties Have Among The Highest Rates Of Dispensing Overdose-Reversal Drug
Massachusetts has among the highest rates of dispensing naloxone, the drug that can reverse an opioid overdose, according to new federal data.Among counties nationwide, Franklin County in western Massachusetts last year had the fourth-highest rate of prescriptions for naloxone — commonly sold under the brand name Narcan — with more than 2,200 prescriptions filled for every 100,000 […]
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Trump Calls For A ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law, Which Mass. Has Had For A Year
Speaking Monday in response to two mass shootings over the weekend, President Trump pushed one gun control measure that’s been adopted by Massachusetts and more than a dozen other states: a so-called “red flag” law.“We must make sure that those judged to pose a grave risk to public safety do not have access to firearms, and that […]
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Mass. RMV Scandal Isn’t Its First Involving Licensing Drivers
The Registry of Motor Vehicles, which faces scrutiny this week for failing to suspend licenses and putting dangerous motorists on the road, has done it before. A 2008 state audit found up to 9,000 motorists should have had their licenses revoked or suspended for offenses like drunken driving and vehicular homicide, but didn’t because the RMV had no tracking […]
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Recreational Marijuana Retailers Open In Massachusetts
Recreational marijuana sales have begun in Massachusetts. Two legal pot shops opened Tuesday morning. Cultivate in Leicester and New England Treatment Access in Northampton will sell cannabis to anyone over the age of 21. It’s been a transaction two years in the making. Both NETA and Cultivate say they’re expecting thousands of customers today. Traffic […]
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In Mobster’s Murder Trial, Jurors Will Have To Decide Which Aging Gangster They Believe
In Boston federal court, mobster Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi isn’t the one currently on trial. But listening Wednesday to the defense teams’ opening…
