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A Massachusetts State Police officer has been fired after allegedly firing off racial slurs during an off-duty confrontation, the New York Post reports. The incident occurred when the unidentified officer got into an exchange with a motorist. The race of neither the trooper nor the victim has been disclosed, but the department made it clear that it doesn’t […]
Starting this fall, any student studying at Boston University will be able to receive a posthumous degree if they die before graduation. The Daily Free Press reports that B.U. spokesperson Colin Riley confirmed the new policy for students, although it was actually instated in June despite only just being announced. Riley added that meetings regarding the policy first […]
A federal appeals court has vacated the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man who was convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. According to the Associated Press, a three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced the ruling on Friday, more than six months after Tsarnaev’s legal team appealed his sentence. Attorneys argued that Tsarnaev […]
The Boston Red Sox expressed their solidarity toward the Black Lives Matter movement by erecting a Black Lives Matter banner on the exterior of Fenway Park on Wednesday night. This act was met with heavy pushback and anti-Black Lives Matter rhetoric, however, from some fans of the team who were upset that the Red Sox showed support […]
On Monday, federal prosecutors unveiled utterly bonkers allegations against half-a-dozen now-former eBay employees that sounds equal parts entertaining and horrifying. Namely the employees are accused of waging a massive harassment campaign against a middle-aged Massachusetts couple due to critical writings that couple had made against eBay. It’s actually kind of hard to sort this all […]
Benny Garcia of Holyoke, Massachusetts was arrested Thursday after his 5-year-old son brought a packet containing white powder to his school. The 29-year-old’s child told his teacher that when he ingests the substance, suspected to be either cocaine or heroin, it makes him “feel like Spider-Man,” NBC News reports. The Lawrence Elementary School teacher notified the school principal of the incident, and police were […]
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is inciting a major problem in a Massachusetts town: People keep pilfering signs from a street that’s actually named Old Town Road. NME reports that the sign has been stolen from the Greater Boston town of Wellesley at least three times since the spring. The multiple thefts have arrived when […]
DaBaby reportedly left a headlining gig following a physical altercation with a fan. According to TMZ, the North Carolina rapper was scheduled to perform Friday night at the Centro Nightclub in Massachusetts. Shortly before DaBaby was set to hit the stage, his entourage was filmed assaulting an individual who was described as an “overzealous fan” by the publication. Warning […]
Many teachers encounter the fine line between coming across as relatable with their students, and turning into a real-life version of that Steve Buscemi “How do you do, fellow kids” meme. With instructors forced to deal with the youth’s ever-changing vocabulary, Twitter user @mewtailv2 shared a list titled the “Callahan’s Generation Z Dictionary” created by their teacher featuring slang […]
