More than 60 people died. Barry Cadden is the first person charged with causing the deaths to go to trial.
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New requirements would compel seniors to decide between public benefits or ditching trusts used to pay for extra medical costs.
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Mass. physicians open debate on end-of-life optionsThe state?s doctors will be asked for their views on ?medical aid in dying? ? or, as others call it, ?physician-assisted suicide.?
More than half of doctors across America are reducing opioid prescriptions, although that can hurt patients with chronic pain.
The girl is the latest victim of an opioid epidemic been blamed for hundreds of deaths in Massachusetts.
2 employees placed on leave after prisoner?s daring escapeAuthorities are seeking Jason Morales, 35, formerly of Cambridge, accused of stealing firearms from a Worcester armory.
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Season-ending rout was microcosm of Patriots? success all yearThe 35-14 win at Miami was the perfect embodiment of the team that secured the top seed in the AFC Playoffs.
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Emily Isenberg has become one of the leading Boston-area experts in those temporary shops that are becoming a retailing fixture.
A team effort paved way for the rescue of 10 stranded dolphinsThe Risso?s dolphins became stranded on New Year?s Day in Wellfleet Harbor.
Thinking globally, suing locallyChelsea activists have joined a Conservation Law Foundation lawsuit challenging Exxon Mobil to gird an Everett oil terminal against climate change.
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Some districts are turning to international testing for a perspective on how well programs are preparing students for college and beyond.
MIT proposes a transportation revolution: on-demand carpoolingThe university suggests that the move would significantly reduce the need for taxicabs.
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In addition, the 49ers want to interview personnel staffer Nick Caserio for their open GM job.
After claims of inappropriate behavior by male students, Rindge & Latin?s leaders gathered together.
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Only 3 percent of federally regulated banks are serving businesses in the cannabis industry, said Warren.
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Dick Clark Productions said the accusations were ?defamatory, outrageous, and frankly absurd.?
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