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This screen grab made from video provided by WCVB-TV shows a police officer standing guard over a home in Worcester, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (WCVB-TV via AP)

Police look for ‘armed and dangerous’ wife of Massachusetts cop found dead

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Massachusetts State Police Command Staff and over 180 recruits from the 90th Recruit Training Troop stand in formation outside Mercadante Funeral Home & Chapel in Worcester, Mass, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, for police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who died during a boxing training exercise. (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via AP)

Large police presence at funeral for recruit who died during training exercise in Massachusetts

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Sandra Garcia, center, sits with other family members as pallbearers carry the casket of her son, Massachusetts State Police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia, during his funeral service at the Mercadante Funeral Home in Worcester, Mass., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2024. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via AP)

Massachusetts police gather at funeral for trooper recruit who died during training

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

FILE - The seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is displayed on a Massachusetts State Police cruiser parked outside the Statehouse, March 3, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Boxing training suspended at Massachusetts police academy after recruit’s death

By Kathy McCormack - Associated Press

Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Martin throws to first base as he trips on the mound fielding a ground ball against the Toronto Blue Jays during the ninth inning of a baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Red Sox reliever Chris Martin placed on injured list with elbow inflammation

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Morrill Worcester sits for a portrait at his wreath-making company in Columbia, Maine, Dec. 1, 2006. The family that wanted to build the world's tallest flagpole in Down East Maine has agreed to pay a $250,000 penalty under a consent agreement following construction of more than 50 cabins without obtaining environmental permits from the state. The Board of Environmental Protection on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, signed off on the consent agreement signed late last month by Worcester, patriarch of the family whose company owns the land. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Family that wanted to build world’s tallest flagpole to pay $250K fine for cabins

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An American flag flies at Patriot Park, a collection of monuments in tribute to veterans in Columbia Falls, Maine, Saturday, May 27, 2023. The Worcester family was hoping to build a $1 billion flagpole theme park nearby, but an attorney said Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, that they won’t pursue the project either in Washington County or elsewhere, and will look for other ways to honor veterans. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine family gives up on proposal to honor veterans with the world’s tallest flagpole

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A Paqui One Chip Challenge chip is displayed in Boston, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. The death of a Massachusetts teenager after his family said he ate an extremely spicy tortilla chip has led to an outpouring of concern about the social media challenge and prompted retailers to pull the product from their shelves at the manufacturer's request. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Teen’s death leads to outpouring of concern over spicy chip challenge as sales are halted

By Steve LeBlanc and Michael Casey - Associated Press

A package of Paqui OneChipChallenge spicy tortilla chips is seen on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Boston. Authorities are raising the alarm about a OneChipChallenge social media trend that encourages people to avoid seeking relief from eating and drinking for as long as possible after eating the chips, days after a Massachusetts teenager died hours after taking part in the challenge. The dare is popular on social media sites, with scores of people including children unwrapping the packaging, eating the chips and reacting to the heat. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Vigil planned for Massachusetts teen who died after taking part in One Chip Challenge

By Michael Casey and Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

An umpire signals for a strike after being told a strike call through an earpiece during the first inning of a minor league baseball game between the St. Paul Saints and the Nashville Sounds, Friday, May 5, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Automatic balls and strikes could soon be coming to the major leagues. Much like the players themselves, robo-umps are working their way up through the minors with the goal being promoted to the show. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Robo umps reach Triple-A, but MLB rollout still uncertain

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

This undated driver license photo released by the Worcester County District Attorney's Office shows Vanessa Marcotte. A delivery driver charged with killing a Google employee from New York who went missing while out for a run near her mother's Massachusetts home six years ago pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (Worcester County District Attorney's Office via AP, File)

Delivery driver charged with killing Google employee from N.Y. pleads guilty

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Portico Crisis Pregnancy Center nurse Cassie Owen hold an ultrasound abdominal probe Jan. 26, 2022, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. States that have passed ever-restrictive abortion laws also have been funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into privately operated clinics that steer women away from abortions but provide little if any health care services. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

Crackdown on pro-life pregnancy centers spurs free-speech uproar

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kansas, on April 19, 2019. A group of theologically conservative United Methodists planned to launch a new worldwide denomination on May 1, 2022. This will begin the breakup of the third-largest religious body in the U.S. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Diocese strips school of Catholic status over Black Lives Matter, Pride flags

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Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks outside of the Dirksen building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Sept. 5, 2018. Jones will be getting back the $75,000 in fines he paid to a Connecticut court for failing to appear at a deposition last month in a lawsuit over his assertions that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, a judge has ruled, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Lawyer: Victim of Massachusetts fire had sued InfoWars

By Mark Pratt - Associated Press

Police fatally shoot man who claimed to have rifle, bomb

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2 dead, 1 hurt after fire in Worcester apartment buildings

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Minority voters in Worcester file federal voting rights suit

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DA: Dispute over restaurant bill leads to deadly shooting

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Professors honored for work on history of LGBTQ community

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Funeral homes adapt to changing death practices

By BILL DOYLE - Associated Press