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A robotic police dog named 'Roscoe' created by Boston Dynamics took a bullet and helped avert a fatal shooting, police say
Three robots from Boston Dynamics, one of them a "dog" named "Roscoe," helped police in a SWAT stan…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Dozens of Massachusetts state police officers are quitting over the state’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement
The State Police Association of Massachusetts, which represents 1,800 state troopers, said dozens h…
Jake Epstein
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Massachusetts bus driver faces multiple charges after police say she was driving drunk while transporting a busload of students
Police concluded that Bethann Sweeney, 53, a Hingham school bus driver was under the influence afte…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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Massachusetts became the 18th state to outlaw Black hair discrimination. Here's the tangled history of the CROWN Act.
45% of Black school girls have experienced hair discrimination, and Black women are 1.5 times more …
Yoonji Han
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A Massachusetts police department slammed the state's COVID-19 restrictions in a tweet, saying they 'punish their residents'
"Massachusetts will not adopt this they will punish their residents for as long as they can," the B…
Michelle Mark
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White supremacist was 'fuelled by hate' when he shot dead a Black air force vet and a retired Black state trooper, said police
Police found diaries filled with white supremacist writing belonging to Nathan Allen, who shot dead…
Bethany Dawson
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Corrosive acid was poured onto 3 slides at a Massachusetts playground, leaving children with burns, officials say
Authorities said the perpetrators went through a "great deal of effort" to access muriatic acid, th…
Joshua Zitser
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Boston Dynamics' lifelike Spot robot is now on sale for $75,000. See what it can do here.
For now, Spot is only available to US customers, and they can expect orders to be fulfilled in six …
Mary Meisenzahl
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Police officers are getting raises for wearing body cameras — at the expense of taxpayers
Police unions seeking substantial raises for officers made to wear body cams are calling the increa…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Patrol dogs are terrorizing and mauling prisoners inside the United States
The US may be the only nation where dogs are set on men inside their cells. The attacks have left m…
Hannah Beckler
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A Massachusetts mother died after trying to save her 6-year-old son who fell in a river. Officials are working to recover his body.
A family was fishing Thursday on Deer Island in Massachusetts when two children fell into the Merri…
Taylor Ardrey
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A Massachusetts liquor store clerk was indicted after she tried to redeem a winning $3 million lottery ticket left behind by a customer
A customer bought two Mega Millions lottery tickets and a large bag of barbecue potato chips. And t…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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The long, troubled history of police and transgender communities
The police once raided gay bars and arrested transgender people for cross-dressing. Decades after S…
Narimes Parakul
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A Tesla on Autopilot slammed into a police car, according to a new report — and now the driver is facing criminal charges
"I looked behind me, and my whole back windshield was blown out. There was glass in my hair," colle…
Graham Rapier
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An American Airlines flight attendant was reportedly led off the plane by police after a passenger told people there was a camera in the bathroom
Authorities said they were alerted to a "potential criminal act" on the American Airlines flight fr…
Pete Syme
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An Alaska man was killed during his vacation after a piece of metal fell off a truck and crashed into his windshield on a highway
Thomas Arrington, 69, was severely injured and died in a freak accident when a piece of metal, iden…
Taylor Ardrey
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The Obamas' personal chef died while paddle boarding near the former first couple's Martha's Vineyard estate: police
Police identified Tafari Campbell, a former White House sous chef, as the missing paddle boarder wh…
Erin Snodgrass,Sonam Sheth,Ha…
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An off-duty Massachusetts National Guard member aggressively confronted a tour bus full of senior citizens thinking they were migrants
In a livestream of the pursuit, the off-duty officer slammed US immigration policy and referenced D…
Lauren Frias
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Kids at a summer camp stumbled upon a rotting corpse while collecting firewood, report says
Four young campers at Camp Lenox in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, stumbled upon the grisly find,…
Joshua Zitser
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Unemployment diary: I'm a 27-year-old public relations manager in Massachusetts who's been out of work since March
"The hardest part has been worrying about the pandemic and the way it's being handled at the highes…