Authorities said a suspect still remains at large and no motive had been established.
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April storm plowing into Maine on schedule
State offices closed, business canceled, police advising people to stay home. The coming storm doesn’t seem to know that it’s spring.
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William Delahunt, Massachusetts congressman who eased international adoption, dies at 82
Delahunt also negotiated with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez to import heating oil for low-income families.
Posted inNation / World, New England, Schools & Education
College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say it’s OK, financial aid can numb sticker shock
The amount lower-income students are paying at elite institutions has been declining over the past 6 years, but some school officials are worried the climbing costs will put off some students from applying entirely.
Posted inNew England, News, Schools & Education
Harvard removes human skin from the binding of 19th-century book
For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the book.
Posted inNation / World, New England
Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology
Sound and touch devices will be available at public gatherings on April 8, when a total solar eclipse crosses North America, the moon blotting out the sun for a few minutes.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, New England
Last coal-burning power plant in New England set to close in a win for environmentalists
Merrimack Station in New Hampshire will become the state’s first renewable energy park under a deal with the EPA.
Posted inNation / World, New England
‘Robot dog’ takes bullets for police on Cape Cod
The robot, manufactured by a Massachusetts company, was deployed during an armed standoff in Barnstable.
Posted inNation / World, New England, News, Politics
Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82
As Al Gore’s Democratic running mate in 2000, he was the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party.
Posted inNation / World, New England
Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s case
The ruling from the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence intact – for now.