A Florida man previously convicted of murder in Massachusetts is now running for city council in Palm Bay and hoping to bring positive change to the coastal town. Michael Bruyette, 59, spent 30 years in prison for beating a man to death in June 1985 before he was paroled with special conditions in 2016 for demonstrating good behavior, according to …
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Massachusetts considering universal, free community college
A plan to create tuition-free, universal community college for all Massachusetts residents was up for discussion Tuesday as the state Senate launched debate on its proposed $57.9 billion budget for the new fiscal year. Supporters, including Democratic Senate President Karen Spilka, say the plan dubbed MassEducate is aimed at increasing the state’s workforce while expanding opportunities for students across the …
Read More »Massachusetts recreational center to return to public use after serving as temporary migrant shelter
A recreational center serving as a temporary migrant shelter in Roxbury, Massachusetts, is slated to transition back to public use next month in time for summer, according to the governor’s office. The Malnea A. Cass Recreational Complex, a state-owned facility with sports courts and a pool for community members, has been closed to the public for several months while it …
Read More »Democratic town furious over migrant shelter opening in neighborhood
Residents in a New England town are fuming that they have not been consulted on plans to convert a former state prison into a tax-payer-funded migrant shelter for hundreds of people. The state is refurbishing Norfolk, Massachusetts’ Bay State Correctional Center, a former minimum-security dorm-like facility, to accommodate migrants and homeless individuals who are currently holed up at Boston’s Logan …
Read More »Migrant children in Massachusetts lived among sex predators as Dem governor claimed shelters 'vetted': report
Massachusetts officials placed migrant children to live among registered sexual predators, an investigation by the Boston Globe revealed. According to a Boston Globe report, an investigation by the newspaper suggested that the state failed to vet hotels across the state before placing migrant families to live among the alleged predators. “For the past month, the state Executive Office of Housing …
Read More »World War II love letters reveal passionate young man 'I never knew,' daughter writes in new book
Paula Bernice Roberts was swept off her feet by a passionate young World War II hero she met after her parents died. Her own father. “He was so romantic and he loved my mother so much,” Roberts, who lives in Massachusetts, told Fox News Digital. AMERICAN VETERANS WHO COMMIT SUICIDE ARE 95% MALE, CRISIS OFTEN DRIVEN BY FAMILY DISPUTES, SAY …
Read More »Massachusetts man dies 2 months after becoming first person to receive successful pig kidney transplant
A Massachusetts man has died nearly two months after he made history as the first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, his family and the hospital that performed the procedure announced Saturday. Richard Slayman, 62, had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in March, when surgeons predicted the pig kidney would last for at least two years. The …
Read More »Michigan man charged in alleged plot to bomb Satanic Temple
A Michigan man carrying explosives traveled to Massachusetts in 2023 and later said he wanted to blow up a building in Salem known as the Satanic Temple, according to a federal indictment. Luke Terpstra was charged in western Michigan with two felonies: transportation of an explosive and possession of an unregistered explosive. “Building explosive devices and transporting them with the …
Read More »Truck driver cleared in deadly NH motorcycle wreck testifies to get license back
A commercial truck driver who was acquitted of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire testified at a hearing Wednesday on his request to reinstate his suspended license, while a lawyer for the state said he still played a role in the 2019 crash. A jury in 2022 found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of multiple manslaughter and negligent …
Read More »Anti-Israel agitators at MIT take down barrier, retake campus encampment after police cleared it
Anti-Israel agitators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology took back their campus encampment after it was initially cleared by police. Administrators at MIT in Cambridge have been forced to deal with a new encampment on a site that was cleared but immediately retaken by demonstrators as they seek to continue their anti-Israel protest. The agitators have called for the school …
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