Paradise turned to purgatory on Saturday for the Massachusetts men’s basketball team as it lost its second consecutive game at the Paradise Jam. Matched up in the losers’ bracket against Green Bay on Saturday, UMass (3-3) suffered a remarkably stagnant first half offensively before gaining some life in the second, but was out-executed down the stretch for a 79-75 loss.
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Massachusetts State Police loses $6.8M judgment in lawsuit accusing it of discrimination
BOSTON (AP) A jury has ordered the Massachusetts State Police to pay $6. 8 million after a finding that it discriminated against female and minority troopers. The verdict confirmed Tuesday by a Suffolk Superior Court clerk came in a lawsuit accusing the agency’s leadership of enabling a discriminatory process for hiring and promotions that kept [.].
MIT scores legal win as federal court dismisses appeal in lawsuit claiming campus protests were antisemitic
“Gathering together in groups on campus, disrupting campus tranquility, and impeding travel for many students” is not antisemitic, the court ruled. The post MIT scores legal win as federal court dismisses appeal in lawsuit claiming campus protests were antisemitic appeared first on Boston. com.
Editorial: BBC’s jolly good fun against Trump stinks
The BBC is much like our NPR; they just keep the taxpayer cash coming and roll out all the dirt they need to make the arc of a story fit a pre-conceived narrative.
Lost dog wanders into busy Boston tunnel during morning rush hour before being saved by police
The black-and-white pooch was seen trotting against traffic in the Ted Williams Tunnel on Thursday morning as cars and trucks zipped by during rush hour, surveillance video from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shows.
Ken Burns on America’s origin story: “The most important event since the birth of Christ”
The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, “The American Revolution,” and why the end of the Revolutionary War did not mean the end of our nation’s revolution.
Furloughed federal workers face delays getting unemployment pay during shutdown
For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved.
Home-field advantage is in reach for Bowdoin and Colby women’s soccer teams
The Polar Bears and Mules are looking to finish the regular season strong. Gorham native is one of the top DIII field hockey scorers and locals golfers do well at the final fall tournament.
Millions of people in ‘half the states’ set to lose food aid benefits due to shutdown
The government shutdown is set to take a toll on millions of people reliant on food aid benefits if it is not resolved by Nov. 1. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food purchasing assistance to low-income people in the country, will reportedly run out of government funding by the end of October if [.].
