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Several Democrats responded overnight to news that the Teamsters, under General President Sean O’Brien, decided against issuing a presidential endorsement. “Unfortunately, neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests of working people are always put before big business,” O’Brien said in a statement. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. who, like O’Brien, hails from …

Two corrections officers have been stabbed by inmates and three others were injured during an attack at a Massachusetts prison, prompting a labor union to declare that the “inmates are literally running the asylum.” The Massachusetts Department of Correction announced Thursday that the assault at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley – a town north of Worcester – happened around …

A pro-Israel demonstrator in Massachusetts has been charged after prosecutors say he shot a man sporting a Palestinian flag pin who ran across the street through traffic and tackled the defendant Thursday during a heated dispute about the war in Gaza in which the man accused protesters of “defending genocide” and calling them “sick.” Scott Hayes, 47, of Framingham, has …

Riley Gaines praised a Massachusetts high school for deciding its girls field hockey team should forgo playing a team that had boys on it, and she also took a swipe at NCAA President Charlie Baker. Gaines, the host of OutKick’s “Gaines for Girls” podcast and the director at the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute, appeared on “Don’t @ …

The days are already getting a bit crisper and the first day of fall, September 22nd, is coming up fast. Millions of tourists flock to rustic New England in hopes of catching the best views of fall foliage. In 2023, 3.6 million people visited New Hampshire alone in the fall, according to the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic …

More than 100 migrants are sleeping on the floors of Boston’s Logan International Airport as more continue to stream in and use the facility as a shelter. A police source confirmed to Fox News that the hundreds of people pictured lining the floors of Boston’s main air hub with makeshift beds and air mattresses are migrants that have been using …

Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, both Democrats, introduced legislation Tuesday that would result in prison time for violators of “corporate greed” in health care. The Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act would also offer state attorneys general and the U.S. Justice Department more tools to go after health care executives accused of corporate exploitation for endangering patient safety …

An 81-year-old woman on Martha’s Vineyard drove up to the Island Time dispensary last week seeking her usual order of pot. But owner Geoff Rose had to tell her the cupboard was bare — he’d been forced to temporarily close three weeks earlier after selling every last bud and gummy. Unless something changes, the island’s only other cannabis dispensary will …

A successful team effort led to the dramatic saving of an 8-year-old horse named Valcour. The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA), SRH Veterinary Services, and first responders all worked together to retrieve the animal who was stuck in broken floorboards in Ipswich, Massachusetts. TheLipizzaner, a European bred riding horse, fell partially through the floor after …

The president of an organization called Mayors for Guaranteed Income told Fox News Digital that elected officials who pushback against a guaranteed basic income (GBI) program are “out of touch with what’s really happening in their communities.” “I think the issue is just one of politics and sort of unenlightened elected officials who were just out of touch with their …