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Collision kills 67 in nation’s worst air disaster in a generation
01-31-2025 8:59 AM

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, TARA COPP, BRIAN MELLEY and LEA SKENE

ARLINGTON, Va. — A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot and reported that control tower staffing was “not normal” at the time of the country’s worst aviation disaster in a generation.

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Rep. Sabadosa, other pols again co-sponsor ‘Medicare for All’ bill
02-02-2025 11:01 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

During the last election cycle, voters in nearly a dozen legislative districts — including the district that includes all of Southampton — voted in favor of a nonbinding ballot question instructing their state representative to support a single-payer health care system in the state.


Passenger jet collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Washington National Airport
01-29-2025 11:06 PM

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, TARA COPP and ERIC TUCKER

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A passenger jet collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.


Valley’s state legislators stress defense at Tikkun Olam observance
01-27-2025 5:47 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — State legislators representing Hampshire and Franklin counties signaled that they were prepared to defend protections for immigrants, the environment and transgender people in Massachusetts as the new federal administration under President Donald Trump moves to limit or scrap them.


Push to legalize psychedelics returns: After defeat in November, 10 legislators file bills more limited in scope
01-24-2025 4:17 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

BOSTON — Less than three months after voters rejected a ballot measure to legalize certain natural psychedelic substances and introduce therapeutic care, legislators have filed 10 bills at the start of this legislative session hoping to push the cause forward.


Trump sworn in for 2nd term
01-20-2025 4:32 PM

By ZEKE MILLER,CHRIS MEGERIANand MICHELLE L. PRICE

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, returning to power with a promise to end America’s decline and to “completely and totally reverse” the actions of the man who drove him from office four years ago.


Guest column: Coretta Scott King’s noble idea for MLK Day
01-20-2025 8:01 AM

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 


Takeaways from Biden’s farewell address, which serves as warning to country
01-17-2025 9:43 AM

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG

WASHINGTON — With only days left in the White House, President Joe Biden was saving a few surprises for his farewell address Wednesday evening. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he used the opportunity to issue dire warnings about the future and call for deep changes to the country’s foundational document.


State legislators wrap up session, sending flurry of bills to governor
01-01-2025 12:24 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Top Democrats needed a few extra months to reach agreements on major laws this session, but wrapped up business for the term with almost a day to spare and New Year’s Eve plans intact.The House and Senate adjourned their last meetings of the...


Healey touts uptick in public transit ridership
12-31-2024 8:01 AM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Maura Healey, reflecting midway through her first term as governor, noted the many investments she is making in the state, such as access to free college and free school lunches and breakfasts, the results of which aren’t fully known as...


Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, Nobel winner, dies at 100
12-29-2024 5:41 PM

By BILL BARROW

ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died. He was...


Gov. Healey takes stock midway through term
12-26-2024 4:37 PM

By COLIN A. YOUNG and SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — At the midway point of her term in office, Gov. Maura Healey said last week she’s comfortable with what she’s gotten done and is more focused on implementing what she sees as “transformational” accomplishments than on pondering her next...


The Electoral College: Is it time for a change?
12-26-2024 1:28 PM

By HANNAH EDELHEIT

The night before electors for the 2024 presidential race were announced, 19-year-old Kaveesh Pathak wasn’t sure he was going to win. He had spent the last two weeks calling and campaigning to become one of the 11 Massachusetts Democrats to serve on...


Guest columnist William Lambers: The world needs the peace of Christmas Eve
12-24-2024 6:00 AM

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 With so many wars taking place, the world needs the gift of peace more than anything this holiday season. The world needs the peace of Christmas Eve. It has happened before.On Christmas Eve in 1814, thousands of American, British and Canadian...


DiZoglio, advocates plan legislative audit newsmaker
12-03-2024 4:11 PM

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — Auditor Diana DiZoglio plans to hold a press conference Wednesday marking a month since her legislative audit ballot question cruised to victory. But the victorious Question 1 will be staying on ice for at least another month.The Methuen...


Guest columnist William Lambers: America’s Thanksgiving story of charity and peace
11-27-2024 12:41 PM

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 Thanksgiving brings families together and gives us wonderful memories. Turkey is on the menu in most homes that celebrate the holiday. But actually, the first Thanksgiving held by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in 1621 likely had no turkey at all....


‘I’ve become Darlene’: Northampton author’s new book tells the story of a child who survived Belchertown State School
11-22-2024 12:41 PM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Decades ago, it was common for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be kept in inhumane conditions inside horrific institutions. With the release of his new book, “Becoming Darlene: The Story of Belchertown Patient #4952,”...


Guest columnist William Lambers: ‘The silence heard round the world’
11-10-2024 8:32 AM

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 The start of the Revolutionary War is known as “the shot heard round the world.” Veterans Day, (Armistice Day) is known for the “silence heard round the world.”It was Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. when the guns finally went silent, ending the fighting of...


Girls soccer: Upset-minded Northampton falls just short in 1-0 Div. 2 Round of 16 loss to Nashoba (PHOTOS)
11-09-2024 7:15 PM

By GARRETT COTE

BOLTON — Playing toe-to-toe with the No. 7 seed in Division 2, the No. 23 Northampton girls soccer team had a flurry of chances to jump ahead and command control early in the second half on the road against Nashoba.In the opening minutes of the latter...


Boys soccer: Hampshire Regional rides first-half wave to 3-0 win over Northbridge in Div. 4 opener
11-05-2024 8:50 PM

By GARRETT COTE

WESTHAMPTON — The MIAA Division 4 Round of 16 can’t be mentioned without the Hampshire Regional boys soccer team.The two have gone hand-in-hand the past three years – and they will once again in 2024.A first-half flurry fueled by a pair of Owen Miller...


Election Day unfolds relatively smoothly after massive turnout by early voters
11-05-2024 7:01 PM

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ALI SWENSON

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day unfolded relatively smoothly as voters faced only scattered disruptions and delays after an election season marked by concerns over disinformation, foreign influence and threats to election workers and voting...

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