The Cambridge-based company plans to launch a clinical trial to develop a booster to better combat emerging variants. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Pawtucket’s Slater Mill acquired by National Park Service
Completed in 1793, Slater Mill on the banks of the Blackstone River, is the first successful water-powered spinning mill in the U.S. and helped set America’s Industrial Revolution in motion. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
For emerging adults, pandemic serves up unique challenges
“This generation is losing out on this key transition period,” says Kathryn Sabella, director of research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Mitt Romney calls out Marjorie Taylor Greene for pushing big lie of a stolen election
“Lies of a feather flock together: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nonsense and the ‘big lie’ of a stolen election,” Romney wrote. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
5 maps predicting snow totals from the upcoming storm
“A coastal storm is becoming increasingly likely for our area Monday night into Tuesday.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Congressman Stephen Lynch tests positive for COVID-19
Congressman Stephen F. Lynch has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Friday. “This afternoon U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch received a positive test result for COVID-19 Friday after a staff member in the Congressman’s Boston office had tested positive earlier in the week,” said Molly Rose Tarpey, a spokesperson for the South Boston Democrat,…
Mass. reports 2,781 new COVID-19 cases, 98 new deaths
The state also reported 1,789 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Here’s the data reported Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
How Mass. Reddit user ‘Roaring Kitty’ and his friends roiled the markets
A Massachusetts man who goes by “Roaring Kitty” on social media helped fuel the frenzy around GameStop. His $53,000 investment in the company briefly reached $48 million in value. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Marshfield woman charged for murder of her husband, authorities say
Christine Ricci, 46, was charged after her husband suffered fatal stab wounds, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
‘A promise to my family’: William Gross explains why he’s not running for mayor
Gross detailed his decision soon after announcing his retirement as Boston police commissioner. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
William Gross suddenly retires as Boston police commissioner, as he eyes mayoral run
A third candidate entered the 2021 race Thursday to replace departing Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. And it seems a fourth could soon be on the way. Walsh’s office announced the sudden retirement Thursday of Boston Police Commissioner William Gross, who is considering a campaign to be the city’s next mayor. Gross, who became the Boston…
Acton man charged in connection with allegedly sexually assaulting 2 children
Daniel Napier, 58, faces charges including aggravated rape of a child. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
City Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George to enter Boston’s mayor race
The former East Boston High School teacher is slated to formally announce her candidacy Thursday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Police: 15-year-old fended off home invader who stabbed his 71-year-old grandmother
Suspect James Gonzalez, 29, is facing a variety of charges, including assault to murder while armed on someone over 60. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
An MIT scientist is arrested, and academics push back
Gang Chen, an MIT professor, faces federal charges of hiding affiliations with China. His colleagues, and MIT, are publicly challenging the allegations. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
‘I need her to come back’: Parents of missing Belmont teen plea for her return
“I need someone to give her back if someone has her.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Man charged with shooting at police during Boston protests to plead guilty
John Boampong became upset and opened fire after police told him to move his car away from the area, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
The trials of Mary L. Pierce, the 19th-century woman behind the sinkhole in Dorchester
City archeologists detailed the history of the well’s site in a 49-page report Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum vandalized early Saturday morning
Boston police are looking for a suspect who broke a glass door at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum early Saturday morning and then fled on a bicycle, the department said Monday. Nothing was stolen from the museum and no one was injured, Officer Kim Tavares, a Boston police spokeswoman, said by phone. “The person made…
Some virus-control restrictions relaxed in Mass. as of Monday
Restaurants, movie theaters and many other businesses will now be allowed to remain open past 9:30 p.m. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
Moderna vaccine protects against British and South African variants, company says
The company has begun developing a new vaccine against the South African variant as a precaution. Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
ACLU sues Rhode Island town after resident ordered to take down signs critical of local government
Michael DiPaola recently erected several signs calling out “perceived selective and corrupt code enforcement.” Top Featured Tags: – Massachusetts News Press Release Distribution Service
