Massachusetts News

Aggregated Massachusetts News Articles

• Healthy Pedroia Hopes To Make Comeback Part Of Red Sox's Repeat Attempt
  
  Second baseman Dustin Pedroia is hoping to make a healthy return to the Boston Red Sox's lineup and help them in their quest to repeat as World Series champions.
  By Matt Kalman, Contributor.  Forbes.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 19:08:00 -0500.
• Bill Weld Will Challenge Trump for 2020 Republican Nomination
  
  Mr. Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts, is unlikely to pose a major threat to Trump and he is in some ways an incongruous figure to leap into the Republican presidential fray.
  Alexander Burns.  New York Times.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:19:35 GMT.
• ACLU of Massachusetts sues for border wall contract records
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit demanding information about a contract for a section of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump said his administration awarded.
  Fox News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 22:15:25 GMT.
• Teeth can be used to predict mental health problems, study finds
  
  Dr Erin Dunn, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, examined lost milk teeth from six-year-olds, and found those with thinner enamel were more likely to have issues.
  Daily Mail.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:24:59 GMT.
• Historic Nantucket lightship goes on sale for whopping $5.2 million
  
  A $5 million price tag on an historic lightship docked in the Boston Harbor has people asking: who would actually buy that?
  Rob Dirienzo.  Fox News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:00:56 GMT.
• Six Ways to a Healthy Heart According to Mache Seibel, MD
  
  BOSTON - Mache Seibel, MD, OB/GYN offers advice for heart health and unexpected ways to lower risk of heart disease.
  Business Wire.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 19:30:00 UTC.
• "El Chapo" will join these notorious prisoners at the "Alcatraz of the Rockies"
  
  Boston Marathon bomber, the "Unabomber" and the man behind "the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history" are all housed at the "Supermax" Colorado facility
  CBS News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:58:45 +0000.
• Massive 20-story project pitched for Raleigh's Hillsborough St.
  
  After buying the site last year, a Massachusetts developer wants to build nearly 1 million square feet.
  Ben Graham.  American City Business Journals.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:54:04 +0000.
• Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Weld to challenge Trump for GOP nod
  
  William Weld, a former governor of Massachusetts who two years ago ran for vice president on the Libertarian Party ticket, on Friday became the first Republican to announce a challenge to President Donald Trump in the 2020 primaries
  ABC News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:16:19 -0500.
• Massachusetts ex-governor first Republican to challenge Trump for 2020
  
  Bill Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, said on Friday he will challenge U.S. President Donald Trump for their party's presidential nomination in 2020, saying the country was in "grave peril."
  Reuters.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:46:09 -0500.
• Whom should the Bruins trade for before the deadline?
  
  Chris Kreider as a Bruin? Mark Stone joining Boston for the stretch run? Our team designs trades the Bruins should be before the deadline.
  ESPN.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:37:50 EST.
• Ex-Massachusetts governor to challenge Trump for GOP nod
  
  Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld announces his intention to explore primary challenge against President Trump
  CBS News.  Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:29:48 +0000.
• WATCH: America Strong: WWII veteran remembered
  
  Several strangers came out for the funeral of James McCue, a 97-year-old World War II veteran with no surviving family members, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Thursday.
  ABC News.  Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:54:40 -0500.
• GE to Scale Back Boston HQ, Return $87 Million of Incentives
  
  General Electric is scaling back its planned Boston headquarters, including selling the property and dropping plans to add hundreds of jobs.
  Wall Street Journal.  Thu, 14 Feb 2019 18:27:26 EST.

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