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The fatal shooting of a retired Massachusetts state trooper and an Air Force veteran is now being investigated as a hate crime.  Investigators found “some troubling white supremacist rhetoric” that targeted Black and Jewish people made by Nathan Allen, 28, before the shooting. CBS News reports that he wrote “about …

A town in Massachusetts has created a fund to pay reparations to Black members of the community. A town is taking on the responsibility of the U.S. government by starting a fund to give reparations to Black residents to “repair past harms” white people have committed against Black people. According …

A fisherman in Massachusetts shared an unbelievable story of his diving trip this week. The man claims he was swallowed whole by a Humpback Whale. According to People, Michael Packard of Massachusetts said the incident occurred early Friday morning while fishing for lobster off Cape Cod. Packard told the Cape …

A Springfield, Massachusetts woman recently got lucky twice. First when she won a $1 million prize on a lottery ticket, and then again when the store owners returned it to her after she threw it away. Lea Rose Fiega bought the $30 “Diamond Millions” instant game on March 30 at …

In Massachusetts, a parent group is upset their white children were not asked to participate in a “healing space” created for students of color. The group, Parents Defending Education (PDE), filed a civil rights complaint against Wellesley Public Schools for inviting Black, Brown, Asian and Indigenous students to a healing …

A Massachusetts man was arrested at his home Thursday and charged with hate crimes for driving his Ford pickup truck toward a group of Black children.  Shane Belleville, 36, of Hollbrook, is charged with four counts of assault with intent to intimidate based on race, four counts of civil rights …

A high school football coach is under investigation after he allegedly used anti-Semitic language to call plays. In Duxbury, Massachusetts, the Duxbury High School football team has dropped its head coach following reports that the man used offensive and anti-Semitic language while calling plays during games. On Wednesday, the school …

For Apple users, life would be much easier with more Apple stores and shorter lines. Guess what? Apple and Target are teaming up to bring us a new “enhanced shopping experience” — mini Apple stores. There will be 17 new Apple mini-stores popping up in the coming months. The stores …

Charges have been filed against a 54-year-old white man accused of killing a 34-year-old Black man during a violent road rage confrontation last week in Massachusetts. According to People, authorities in Belmont claim the white suspect from Hudson allegedly hurled racial slurs at the Black victim, who was from Boston. …

In a year that has seen a surge in protests against police brutality and racial inequality, a Massachusetts State police officer has been fired after reportedly yelling racial slurs during an off-duty confrontation. The encounter occurred when the former officer got into a heated exchange with a motorist on Revere …

Seun Adedeji is breaking boundaries as one of the select few young Black leaders in the industry. At just 27, Adedeji is the founder and CEO of his own cannabis dispensary called Elev8, which is now located in central Massachusetts’s hinterlands. According to a Bloomberg cover story on Adedeji, he …

A 100-foot-long joint filled with more than 1,000 grams of weed was a hit at a Massachusetts pot fest. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Saturday, a group of smokers at Harvest Cup, a marijuana festival in Worcester, made a joint that was said to the size of one-third of a football field. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ …