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Apr 20, 2026

US Supreme Court rejects Massachusetts school gender-identity policy challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on April 20 to hear a bid by parents to sue a public school district in Massachusetts over actions by teachers and officials to support the gender […]

Apr 8, 2026

Sweeping social media crackdown for kids coming in MA if bill passes

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is planning on passing a bill April 8 that would ban social media use for children under 14 in the state. The ban would be “among the most restrictive […]

Gov. Maura Healey is one of two Massachusetts officials and a nonprofit official being sued after the state started a campaign urging pregnant women not to seek help from ‘crisis pregnancy centers.’ (Associated Press file)
Aug 30, 2024

Pregnancy centers sue Massachusetts over campaign

BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated […]

A federal judge has cleared the way for the 50 Venezuelan migrants flown at the behest of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, above, from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts to sue the charter flight company involved. (Associated Press file)
Apr 3, 2024

Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard can sue charter company

BOSTON — Lawyers representing migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard nearly two years ago by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can sue the charter flight company that transported them to the island […]

Jared Bornstein walks through brush while hunting on a Saturday in November 2023 in Turner, Maine. (Associated Press file)
Mar 29, 2024

High court upholds Sunday hunting ban

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s highest court has ruled that the state’s longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional. The court considered a lawsuit that asked whether the ban on hunting […]

A courtroom drawing shows Jack Teixeira, right, appearing April 14, 2023, in federal District Court in Boston. (Margaret Small file drawing)
Mar 5, 2024

Leaked secrets send airman to prison for 11 years

BOSTON — Massachusetts Air National Guard Airman Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty on Monday to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets under […]

Nov 1, 2023

Group seeks to clear victims of anti-witch laws

BOSTON — In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous […]


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