- The National Academies Just Switched Their Major to Political Science
- U.S. Marshals Massachusetts operation nets dozens of fugitives for homicide, aggravated sex offenses, firearms violations, drug trafficking, kidnapping, robbery
- Sen. Velis renews push to expand state wiretap law – Daily Hampshire Gazette
- Republic Services, Teamsters Local 25 reach deal to end months-long trash strike
- Bill Maher fires back at Dave Chappelle’s ‘stupid’ comments on free speech in US, slams celebrity activism
- Now former Kansas sheriff’s deputy accused of alleged inappropriate relationship with Fall River minor facing federal charge
- Amherst Joins the Nation in Saying ICE Out for Good
- Cochrane Library under fire over reviews claiming HPV vaccines are “safe and effective”
- Advances – A look at the week of Feb. 1, 2026
- Massachusetts Auditor DiZoglio Bureau of Special Investigations identifies nearly $12 million in public benefit fraud in these programs
- Investigation breaks up vape shop break-in/organized vehicle theft ring across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
- Empires and Boomerangs – CounterPunch.org
- McDaniel: Cautionary lessons from iRobot’s downfall – Boston Herald
