The confrontation ended peacefully (both men walked away) but it exploded on social media over the weekend with people hurling accusations at the police and the man.
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Jeffrey Yao allegedly stabbed Deane Kenny Stryker as she sat at a table at the Winchester library Saturday. Yao?s lawyer said he suffers from a chronic mental illness that ?unquestionably? played a role in the ?completely random? attack.
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So, are we now supposed to arm librarians, too? The truest connection between Nikolas Cruz, the Florida shooter, and Jeffrey Yao, the Winchester stabber, is that they are mentally ill young men in a country that cares little about such people.
The state Cannabis Control Commission voted Monday for a limited rollout of retail marijuana sales in July, postponing licenses for home delivery services, pot lounges, and other distribution channels until early next year.
President Donald Trump told the nation?s governors that he would have run into the deadly Florida high school shooting ?even if I didn?t have a weapon.?
Bill Cosby?s 44-year-old daughter dies in Mass., spokesman says Ensa Cosby died Friday from kidney disease, according to the comedian?s spokesman.
Seven men were arrested by State Police when they allegedly drove off-road vehicles and scooters on the Southeast Expressway.
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If the court, as expected, rules that union fees for non-members are unconstitutional, unions that represent firefighters, police officers, and teachers will lose a substantial source of revenue.
From a few small digs at President Trump to a quick Patriots Super Bowl reference, here?s what former president Barack Obama had to say at the hush-hush event.
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If we?re going to see a major snowstorm before winter comes to a close, the next three weeks will bring the greatest opportunity.
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The Red Sox skipper is thoroughly embracing a job that he still says he sometimes can?t believe he has.
The owner doesn?t have a timetable, but says it?s happening. The venue has played host to a who?s who of jazz acts.
Celtics 109, Grizzlies 98
Kyrie Irving scored 25 points as the Celtics won their third straight after the All-Star break.
Congestion charges are already in place elsewhere, but they would apparently be a tough sell here.
Stephen Kerrigan drops out of race for Third District seat Stephen Kerrigan, who was the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014, told supporters he was ending his campaign in an email Monday.
Dog thrown out of car window reunited with rightful owner Theron Miller of Montana picked up his Chihuahua-beagle mix at the Everett police station on Monday afternoon, putting an end to a weeks-long ordeal.
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CEO says this is not the end of GE as we know it Uniting far-flung business lines under one roof was once a sign of success for a public company CEO. Now, that strategy makes you a pariah on Wall Street.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Complaint dropped, but Felix Arroyo is still in limbo The formal complaint has been withdrawn and the accusations are uncorroborated. In the meantime, Arroyo?s career is in ruins.
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With eSports and virtual reality, fans eventually might not even need actual athletes to play the games.
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William Noble, a founding member of the Cambridge Tenants Union, was an unstinting advocate for using rent control and other measures to protect the city?s less affluent residents.
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The latest season of ABC?s ?The Bachelor? has proven to be a snooze-fest. But now, it seems, it may end with a dash of controversy.
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The fashion industry is built on glamour and allure, but many models, especially the very young, know it for something else: sexual exploitation and abuse.
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
We?ve been schooled by the Parkland students The teens haven?t resigned themselves to ?business as usual.? They?re taking on the swamp of money in politics.
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WE KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT Parkland. Las Vegas. Sutherland Springs. Newtown. On and on: In America, mass shootings have become so familiar that they seem to follow the same sad script.
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The delay in completing the deal was due to the team?s concerns over the slugger?s 2017 foot injury.
Covering the Games offers a lesson in perspective, underscoring what an enormous stage this is.
Hundreds of people lined a path as nine-year-old Mateo Goldman headed back to the Driscoll School classroom for the first time since 2016.
The Tufts Library in Weymouth is offering eight how-to classes designed to ease young adults into full-scale adulthood.
Working with native plants is one great way to ensure the plants in your garden will not contribute to the disastrous environmental and economic effects of invasive species.
The former Trump campaign adviser received a judge?s permission to visit the city with his children for spring break.
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"Ride sharing is pulling from and not complementing public transportation."
The former sheriff?s deputy has been criticized after it was revealed he did not enter a Florida high school during a shooting rampage this month.
The film studio, co-founded by Harvey Weinstein, said it will file for bankruptcy after talks to sell the struggling company to an investor group fell apart.
The film took in an estimated $108 million in ticket sales, putting it on track to rank among the highest-grossing blockbusters ever.
For Virginia-based artist Sonya Clark, the purpose of the work, titled ?Unraveling,? is to deconstruct the symbol through conversation and community.
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