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Plymouth man pleads guilty to 7 counts of ‘chilling’ cyberstalking
Plymouth man James Florence Jr. pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to a brutal cyberstalking campaign against more ...
Judge strikes down an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media as unconstitutional
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge permanently struck down an Ohio law on Thursday that would have required children and ...
Boston City Council renews ethics committee push after Tania Fernandes Anderson plea deal
Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn renewed his push to establish an ethics committee for oversight of the body, to “help restore credibility” with the public in light of Tania Fernandes Anderson’s ...
Shooting at Florida State sends students running. Nearby hospital says it’s treating people
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A shooting Thursday on the Florida State University campus sent an unknown number of people to a ...
Ukraine’s future is at the center of talks in Paris with Rubio, Witkoff and top European officials
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and presidential envoy Steve Witkoff joined other top Ukrainian and European officials ...
Federal judge will hear arguments as groups try to block Trump’s executive order on elections
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday will hear arguments in three cases from national Democrats and voting rights ...
Massachusetts medical school lays off, furloughs 200 workers amid NIH funding cuts
UMass Chan Medical School has laid off or furloughed 200 employees, as the campus grapples with cuts to NIH research and ...
How war, money and the quest for discovery entwined the US government and universities
Research schools, which number between 150 and 200, used the inflow of federal dollars to build labs and other infrastructure ...
Russia strikes Dnipro as Ukrainian officials seek security pledges in Paris
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing ...
Girls hockey All-Scholastics and league All-Stars
Caroline Doherty (Hingham) Shea Richardson (Hingham) Kate Sullivan (Westwood) Sarah White (Notre Dame Hingham) ...
A recovering Pope Francis visits Rome prison to keep annual Holy Week appointment
Pope Francis visited Rome’s central prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to ...
Google’s digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly, joining its search engine in penalty box
Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for ...