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Most major healthcare and hospital systems will lift masking requirements next week

The changes come as the federal public health emergency for COVID-19 officially comes to a close.
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Worker’s body located after ‘violent explosion’ tears apart Newburyport factory, officials say
The fire department located a man’s body, who is the fifth and missing worker from the PCI Synthesis plant, around 5:25 p.m. Thursday a spokesman for Newburyport fire confirmed early Thursday evening.

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Newburyport plant damaged by violent explosion Thursday has history of safety and environmental violations, records show

Lindsay Clancy ‘forever’ paralyzed from waist down after jump from window of Duxbury home, lawyer says

The Duxbury woman who allegedly killed her three young children and then tried to kill herself remains paralyzed from the waist down, Kevin Reddington, her defense attorney, told the Globe.

Former Boston high school dean who was a Latin Kings member is sentenced to more than 18 years in prison

A former dean at The English High School in Boston who led a double life as a Latin Kings gang member was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston to more than 18 years in prison on racketeering charges, prosecutors said.

Swampscott restaurant evacuated after seawall collapse

Clarence Thomas had a child in private school. Harlan Crow paid the tuition.

Recent fires in Medford, New Bedford sparked by lithium-ion batteries, officials say

In a Medford house, two battery-powered scooters caused a four-alarm blaze Sunday, displacing four residents, according to a statement from the state Department of Fire Services.
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In one Vermont county, the top lawmen keep getting in trouble

John Lavoie, the state’s attorney in Franklin County, told jokes and made off-color remarks that would make Archie Bunker blush. But, like the county’s sheriff who is facing charges for kicking a prisoner, he refuses to resign.

With new report, AG Campbell calls for more public participation in key energy decisions

The report, titled “Overly Impacted and Rarely Heard,” calls for reforms to be implemented at the Department of Public Utilities and the Energy Facilities Siting Board.
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Novelist Richard North Patterson defies the publishing world’s stay-in-your-racial-lane dictates

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Former Proud Boys leader, three other members convicted in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case

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