Topic: massachusetts

Pandemic, election brew an extra-spooky Halloween

Pandemic, election brew an extra-spooky Halloween

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 11:28 AM

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, United States - Croton-on-Hudson is a quaint village an hour north of New York City that has thrived thanks to a spooky tale written some 200 years ago. The town is still holding its annual Halloween bash this year -- with the US election and the coronavirus pandemic lending an extra dose of chills. Read more »

What scares Salem? October without Halloween

What scares Salem? October without Halloween

Aimee Ortiz, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 14 10:18 AM

With coronavirus cases spiking around the country, cities, towns, retailers and confectioners are bracing themselves for what could be a substantially more subdued Halloween this year.  Read more »

Food assistance in Chelsea amid COVID-19 pandemic

Food assistance in Chelsea amid COVID-19 pandemic

Brian Snyder, Reuters
Posted at Jul 07 10:59 AM

A resident picks up food distributed at a food pantry run by Revival International Center (Centro Internacional de Avivamiento) Chelsea, amid ongoing economic hardship for some people due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S. on Monday. Read more »

Early graduation could send US medical students to virus front lines

Early graduation could send US medical students to virus front lines

Emma Goldberg, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 27 11:46 AM

The battle to treat an ever-growing number of patients infected with the new coronavirus just gained its newest recruits: soon-to-be medical graduates. Several medical schools in Massachusetts and New York announced this week that they intended to offer early graduation to their fourth-year students, fast-tracking them into front-line hospital care as the need for medical workers surges.   Read more »

Warmer weather may slow, but not halt coronavirus: MIT

Warmer weather may slow, but not halt coronavirus: MIT

Knvul Sheikh and Ernesto Londoño, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 23 10:13 AM

Communities living in warmer places appear to have a comparative advantage to slow the transmission of coronavirus infections, according to an early analysis by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more »

Boston Marathon bomber seeks to avoid death penalty

Boston Marathon bomber seeks to avoid death penalty

Tim McLaughlin, Reuters
Posted at Dec 12 08:55 PM

Tsarnaev, now 26, was sentenced to death in 2015 after a jury found him guilty of killing three people in the April 15, 2013 bombing - Martin Richard, 8; Chinese exchange student Lingzi Lu, 26, and restaurant manager Krystle Campbell - and murdering Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, 26, three days later as the brothers attempted to flee. Read more »

Prosecutors drop Kevin Spacey sex assault case

Prosecutors drop Kevin Spacey sex assault case

Nate Raymond, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 18 06:26 AM

BOSTON - Massachusetts prosecutors on Wednesday dropped a criminal case accusing former "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket bar in 2016 after the alleged victim refused to testify. Read more »

1