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Massachusetts Lawmakers Propose Reducing Sentences for Inmates Who Provide Bone Marrow or Organs

The bill (HD.3822), introduced last month by Reps. Carlos González, Judith A. Garcia, Bud L. Williams, and Russell E. Holmes, would allow eligible incarcerated individuals to gain not less than 60 and not more than 365 day reduction in the length of their committed sentence … on the condition that…

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‘She cheated on me’ is no longer a defense for men charged with murder in Massachusetts: Supreme Judicial Court

“She cheated on me” is no longer a reasonable defense for husbands and boyfriends who are accused of murdering their wives and girlfriends in the Bay State, according to a recent ruling from the Supreme Judicial Court.

Boston Herald

Massachusetts Voters Ended Rent Control Decades Ago. Boston's Mayor Wants To Bring It Back.

The city's old-school rent control scheme worsened housing quality but had no effect on housing supply. Mayor Michelle Wu's new rent control law will likely have the opposite effect.

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Prisoners donating organs to get time off raises thorny ethical questions

In January 2023 two Democratic representatives, Judith Garcia and Carlos Gonzalez, proposed a bill that would offer prisoners in Massachusetts a new way to win reduction in their sentences: by donating their bone marrow or vital organs.

The Conversation

New mum gives birth to her first child at AGE 52 - and is already planning second baby

Luise Hoehn, from Massachusetts, US, was trying for a baby for six years and spent more than $200,000 on donor eggs and IVF, but eventually gave birth on Christmas Day to son Stellan

Daily Mirror

Angry Wendy's customer shoots drive-thru worker after they get wrong sized drink

A friend of an employee who was grazed by a bullet in the incident at the Wendy's in Lynn, Massachusetts, US, said the customer was angry about getting a small drink when he had ordered a large

Daily Mirror

What are the highest scoring games of Jaylen Brown’s career with the Boston Celtics?

Brown is one of the few Celtics players to record a 50-point game and has proven to be one of the most prolific scorers in team history

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Parents and 12-year-old son found shot dead in Massachusetts home

Police say Andrew Robinson killed his wife and son before turning the gun on himself

The Independent UK

Andover shooting: Dad, mum and son, 12, found dead inside home after bodies discovered

The three bodies were discovered by police who had to break their way through two doors to get inside the family home in Andover, Massachusetts, US

Daily Mirror

One state looks to get kids in crisis out of the ER — and back home

At many U.S. hospitals, children and teens are stuck in the emergency department for days or weeks because psychiatric beds are full. Massachussets has a simple, yet promising solution.

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Organs in exchange for freedom? Bill raises ethical concerns

A proposal to let prisoners in Massachusetts donate organs and bone marrow to shave time off their sentence is raising profound ethical and legal questions about putting undue pressure on people behind bars who are desperate for freedom

The Independent UK

University student hit by train loses part of her leg and suffers crushed skull

Bridgewater State University student Ava Harlow, 20, from Massachusetts, US, became trapped underneath a moving train at the BU Central Station in Boston on January 27

Daily Mirror

Prosecution: Woman planned the killings of her 3 children

Prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman used exercise bands to strangle her three children in the family home in a well-planned assault while her husband was out for about 20 minutes picking up medicine at a pharmacy and a takeout dinner

The Independent UK

Massachusetts mother accused of killing kids appears in court from hospital bed as judge spares her from jail

The prosecution argued on Tuesday that Ms Clancy allegedly timed out how long her husband would be gone before committing the murders.

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Massachusetts woman to be formally charged Tuesday in deaths of her 3 children

BOSTON — The Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children to death last month is set to be formally charged Tuesday as a fundraiser set up for her husband to make ends meet has blown past its $1 million goal.

The Independent UK

Fire at Massachusetts hospital forces some evacuations

Authorities say a fire at a Massachusetts hospital’s electrical transformer has forced an undetermined number of evacuations and power was shut off to the building for safety reasons

The Independent UK

Frozen shark washes up on Massachusetts beach amid sub-zero temperatures

Porbeagle shark landed on the icy sands of Cold Storage Beach in Dennis on 4 February.

Daily Mirror

Frozen shark washes up on beach during cold blast in sub-zero conditions

After a picture of the shark was posted on social media someone came and cut off the tail, dorsal fin, pectoral fin, and what was left of the teeth in Cold Storage Beach in Dennis, Massachusetts, US

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Truck fully submerged in icy lake as temperatures plunge to -13C in arctic blast

A towing company in Wisconsin, US, waited for the arctic blast to strike so that the icy surface would become thicker, enabling them to pull the pickup truck out of the frozen Crooked Lake

The Independent UK

Lindsay Clancy was overmedicated on array of prescription drugs when she killed children, lawyer claims

The Massachusetts nurse was allegedly suffering from severe postpartum psychosis after giving birth to her youngest son

Daily Mirror

Prisoners could soon be able to swap an organ for less than year off jail sentence

A bill proposed by Democrats in the Massachusetts state legislature would allow prisoners in the US to exchange bone marrow or an organ for time off their sentence, capped at one year

Daily Mirror

Life-sized Shrek statue goes missing with police launching urgent search

Local police in Hatfield, Massachusetts, in the US, called on the public to help find the 200lb concrete statue saying: "The dragon sculpture he lives with is frustrated and lonely"

The Guardian - US

Massachusetts prisoners may get shorter sentences for organ donations

A new bill proposes that prisoners get at least two months off their sentences for donating bone marrow or organs

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Thirty governors have given their State of the State addresses so far in 2023

All 50 state constitutions mandate that the governor give an annual (or regular) report to the state legislature on the condition of the state. This speech is most commonly referred to as the State of the State address, although it is known as the Condition of the State address in…

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Medicaid coverage is expiring for millions of Americans – but there's a proven way to keep many of them insured

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

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