Days after the Gabriel House fire, Fall River says it will increase firefighter staffing
The Fall River firefighters union had sharply criticized years of understaffing at fire stations in the city and said if they'd had more staff they could have saved more lives in the blaze that killed nine.

Connecticut Sun, Indiana Fever play sold-out TD Garden as calls grow for Boston team
Fever took down Sun 85-77.
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Manager of award-winning Boston restaurant detained by ICE
Paul Dama, a Boko Haram survivor and the manager of Suya Joint, was recently stopped on his way to church. -
Worcester councilors evaluate City Manager Batista as tensions across city remain high
City Manager Eric Batista oversees all municipal operations including the police department. -
GBH Daily: Give an A/C, take an A/C
Inside an effort to keep cool in Medford and Somerville. -
Healey buys lawmakers time with $7.5B interim budget filing
Massachusetts regularly produces some of the latest state budgets in the nation. -
Task force scans other states in search of primary care solve
Rhode Island’s former health insurance commissioner advised Massachusetts to focus on enforcement and accountability mechanisms -- rather than “aspirational” targets.
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