Edward Brooke, 1st black elected US senator, dies
By SYLVIA WINGFIELD and MARK PRATT Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate,…
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MASS. REELING FROM DRUG LAB SCANDAL A YEAR LATER
By DENISE LAVOIE FILE – In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, Annie Dookhan, a former Massachusetts chemist accused of faking test results at a state drug lab, pleads not…
FBI: MASS. BOMBS MAY HAVE BEEN IN PRESSURE COOKERS
By JAY LINDSAY and EILEEN SULLIVAN FBI agents gather near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The bombs that ripped through the crowd…
FORMER MASS. US SENATOR NOT RULING OUT RUN IN NH
By STEVE PEOPLES Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts sits at a table during the 11th Annual “Keeping the Dream Alive” dinner commemorating the anniversary of Martin Luther King…
BOSTON MAYOR TO ANNOUNCE HE WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION
By STEVE LeBLANC and BOB SALSBERG FILE – This Oct. 5, 2012 file photo shows Boston Mayor Tom Menino during a campaign event for Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren in Boston.…