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How the Global Supply Chain Grinch Could Steal Christmas
Experts are warning of a major toy shortage this holiday season, due to backups in the global supply chain. Their advice: start your shopping now to get those must-have gifts, and to avoid hefty shipping costs and delays.
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WATCH: Donnie Wahlberg's Message for Boy, 11, Whose Concert Shirt Was Stolen
For a young New Kids on the Block fan from Weymouth, Massachusetts, seeing the band at his first concert at Fenway Park Friday night had profound significance.
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Mass. Uber Driver Arrested, Accused of Trapping Woman Inside Car
A rideshare driver in Massachusetts has been arrested on a kidnapping charge after he allegedly trapped a woman inside his car in Brighton late Thursday night, police said.
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Decades-Old Killing of Mass. Woman Solved, DA Says
The 1984 killing of a 59-year-old woman in Pembroke has finally been solved, Massachusetts State Police and the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Virginia Hannon’s alleged killer, Jesse Aylward of Brockton, is dead and was turned in by a friend the day after he died in February 2020 at the age of 58, Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz said….
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Woman Says Grandmother's Wedding Ring Stolen From Hand as She Died From COVID
A Massachusetts woman is not only mourning the loss of her 84-year-old grandmother but is also searching exhaustively for her nana’s missing wedding ring, which she says was stolen.
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Cold Case: Family Searching for Maura Murray 17 Years After Disappearance
On the 17th anniversary of the disappearance of Maura Murray, her family is still hopeful. “I’m hoping something shakes loose this year,” said her older sister, Julie. Julie’s and Maura’s brother, Kurtis, held a virtual candlelight vigil Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., the last time Maura was seen. “It’s kind of crazy to think it’s 17 years. I’ve spent more...
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Gigantic Sinkhole Discovered in Boston Neighborhood Park
A mystery is unfolding at a park in Dorchester, Massachusetts, after a gaping, 40-foot deep, 3.5-foot wide sinkhole was discovered. “It’s forty feet deep. You can’t even see the bottom of it,” said Kristin Bergeson, who was walking her dog in Ronan Park. “At first we thought they were redigging for a light post or something then we looked...
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Rhode Island DOH Confirms Two Presumptive Positive Cases of Coronavirus
Rhode Island public health officials say they’ve identified the state’s first and second presumptive positive cases of the coronavirus. The Rhode Island Department of Health announced Sunday that an unidentified man in his 40s and a teenager who both had traveled to Europe in mid-February tested positive for the virus. The man’s test result was announced Sunday afternoon, and...
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Mass. Palm Reader Stole Over $70,000 From Client in Exorcism Scheme, Police Say
A palm reader in Massachusetts is being accused of stealing more than $70,000 from a client by telling the woman her daughter was possessed by a demon and she needed the money to relocate the spirit into a Barbie doll. Somerset police say Tracey Milanovich — who ran Tracy’s Psychic Palm Reader on County Street — faces charges of…
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1 Victim, Gunman Dead in Shooting at RI Retirement Facility
A man fatally shot a woman and critically wounded two others before killing himself at an assisted living facility in Westerly, Rhode Island, Thursday, police said. The shooting at the Babcock Village Apartments retirement home about 10:30 a.m. prompted a lockdown of nearby schools as police secured the building and searched for the gunman. Police said at a news conference…
