Massachusetts
Single holdout juror blocking verdict in Lindsay Clancy murder trial, defense bids removal of juror
If the jury does not reach a verdict and a mistrial is declared, prosecutors would need to decide whether to retry the case, which has included more than 80 witnesses and more than 300 exhibits.
Massachusetts progressive Markey, a longtime Israel critic, expected to rout centrist challenger
A play called ‘The Zionists’ turns the post-Oct. 7 discourse into a dysfunctional family drama
Dozens charged in global insider trading scheme after making millions in illicit profits
Massachusetts lawmakers mandate genocide education in high schools
Following a slew of high-profile antisemitic incidents, Massachusetts lawmakers voted to require genocide education in high schools.
Aaron Feuerstein, the 'Mensch of Malden Mills,' dies at age 95
The devout Orthodox businessman famously kept paying his factory's 1,400 employees after the factory itself was closed down in a brutal fire.
Meet the Jewish mustard maven who founded a museum
“Mustard is in almost every religion and every culture,” said Barry Levenson, the founder, curator and CMO (chief mustard officer) of the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin.
CDC says delta variant more vaccine-resistant than previously thought
Vaccinated people had a similar amount of virus presence as the unvaccinated, suggesting that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant could transmit the virus.
Massachusetts school board member resigns after using antisemitic slur
Bob Hoey, a member of the Lowell School Committee, was on a local talk show Wednesday morning when he referred to a Jewish former official as a “kike.”
School board member in Massachusetts called someone a ‘kike’ on live TV
"We lost the kike, oh, I mean, the Jewish guy,” Hoey said Wednesday morning on “City Life,” a news opinion show. “I hate to say it, but that’s what people used to say behind his back.”
Anti-vaxxer rabbi fired by Chabad over social media posts
“It became clear that dismissal was our only choice,” said Rabbi Mendel Fogelman, director of the Central Massachusetts Chabad.
US charges MIT professor with grant fraud over hidden Chinese ties
The Justice Department is cracking down on Chinese influence within universities amid concerns about spying and intellectual property theft by the Chinese government.
Israel Horovitz, playwright who was accused of sexual assault, dies at 81
Horovitz wrote more than 70 plays and was the founding artistic director of Gloucester Stage in Massachusetts.
Investigational drug proven to prolong survival of ALS patients - study
The median overall survival for all CENTAUR study participants being administered AMX0035 was 6.5 months longer than the group originally randomized to placebo.
