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Police: 100 People Involved in Somerville Brawl
Police from several area departments had to respond to reports of a brawl at a Somerville hotel involving up to 100 people.Police say the fight broke out… -
Review Finds Problems at Other Mass. Drug Labs
BOSTON — An outside review of 17 labs in the same state building that housed the lab at the center of a drug -testing scandal found that they, too, had… -
NRA CEO: 'The Only Thing that Stops a Bad Guy With a Gun Is a Good Guy with a Gun'
National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre blasted politicians, the media, and the film and video game industries for creating a culture of violence… -
Reactions to NRA Statement by Wayne LaPierre
In the aftermath of last week’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. guns and gun control have become a topic of national conversation. It… -
Remembering Newtown's Victims
Around Massachusetts, people will be joining their Connecticut neighbors in a moment of silence and ringing church bells for victims of last week’s… -
State Chemist Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Tampering
The chemist at the center of the state drug lab scandal faced charges Thursday in a Boston courtroom. -
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Brown Reverses Stand on Assault Weapons Ban
Massachusetts outgoing Senator Scott Brown says he now supports a federal assault weapons ban.Throughout his failed re-election campaign last year Brown… -
Why Do We React Differently to Suburban Violence?
There have been 49 homicides in Boston in 2012, according to the Boston Police Department. Thirty of them were caused by guns.Does society respond to… -
Mattapan Massacre Shooter Gets Life in Prison
A Boston man has been sentenced to mandatory life without parole for killing four people — including a 2-year-old boy — in a drug-related robbery in…