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31-Year-Old Man Stabbed During Fight In Neighboring Boston City: Police 31-Year-Old Man Stabbed During Fight In Neighboring Boston City: Police
31-Year-Old Man Stabbed During Fight In Neighboring Boston City: Police A 31-year-old man is in the hospital after he was stabbed in Davis Square in Somerville, authorities said. Police responded to a call about a fight in the area around 8:32 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, Somerville Police said.  Upon arrival, officers found the male victim suffering from multiple stab wounds to his torso. He was taken to a local hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening, according to police.  The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 617-625-1600 ext.#7226.

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by David Cifarelli
Sports
Yankees Fans Struck By Lightning While Leaving Spring Training Game Yankees Fans Struck By Lightning While Leaving Spring Training Game
Yankees Fans Struck By Lightning While Leaving Spring Training Game Two Yankees fans were struck by lightning while leaving a spring training game. The incident took in Tampa, Florida, around 3:45 p.m., Saturday, April 2, said Vanessa Nettingham, of the Tampa Police. The strike occurred when the two were walking in the parking lot of the Raymond James Stadium across from George M. Steinbrenner Field, Nettingham said. The couple, who were unidentified, were leaving early from the Yankees and Atlanta Braves game after it ended in the sixth inning due to a thunderstorm in the area, she added. The man, in his 60s, and the woman, in her 20s, were transpor…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
COVID-19: CDC Unveils New Strategy Allowing Communities To Ease Masking, Social Distancing COVID-19: CDC Unveils New Strategy Allowing Communities To Ease Masking, Social Distancing
Covid-19: CDC Unveils New Strategy Allowing Communities To Ease Masking, Social Distancing The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance to permit most healthy Americans to ditch their masks indoors, including students. On Friday, Feb. 25, the CDC announced it was altering its metrics that are used to determine which communities can begin lifting their mask mandates with a focus less on positive test results and more on virus-related hospitalization numbers. Previously, the CDC’s prevention guidance for local communities focused on the rate of new COVID-19 cases and the seven-day average positive infection rate; however, as the ongoing fight aga…

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: Massachusetts Hospitalizations Surge To Highest Level Since Spring 2020 COVID-19: Massachusetts Hospitalizations Surge To Highest Level Since Spring 2020
Covid-19: Massachusetts Hospitalizations Surge To Highest Level Since Spring 2020 Massachusetts hospitals have been quickly filling up as the state is reporting more patients being treated for COVID-19 than at any point since the outset of the pandemic nearly two years ago. According to the latest update from the Massachusetts Department of Health, there are now 2,524 COVID-19 patients being treated in state hospitals, the highest number since March 2020, just months after the initial outbreak of the virus. Among those 2,524 patients, 416 are in Intensive Care Units, while 259 are intubated as the Omicron COVID-19 variant continues to rage through the region. The jump i…

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by Zak Failla
News
Warning For Severe Flu Season Issued By Health Officials; Here Are MA Areas Most Affected Warning For Severe Flu Season Issued By Health Officials; Here Are MA Areas Most Affected
Warning For Severe Flu Season Issued By Health Officials; Here Are MA Areas Most Affected With all eyes on the recent surge of COVID-19, health officials are cautioning about a potentially severe flu season as several outbreaks have cropped up across the country. As the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is rapidly spreading, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alert advising that the flu is back in full force after taking a back seat to the pandemic last winter. In Massachusetts, according to the most recent report from the Department of Health on Friday, Dec. 24, the influenza severity statewide is currently “moderate,” with the percentage of flu-…

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: Massachusetts Sees Largest Surge In Cases Since January COVID-19: Massachusetts Sees Largest Surge In Cases Since January
Covid-19: Massachusetts Sees Largest Surge In Cases Since January Massachusetts is in the midst of a new surge of COVID-19 infections that has not been seen in nearly a year. In the latest update from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Commonwealth was reporting 4,838 new laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus, as the average seven-day positivity rate of those tested for COVID-19 rose to 5.14 percent. The number of new cases is the highest single-day total since late January, during the previous winter spike of infections. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts during the last two weeks, according to the Department of Health: 0-4: …

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals COVID-19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals
Covid-19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals A new study has found a strong link between smoking cigarettes and severe outcomes from COVID-19 infection. According to a report from News Medical, researchers for the UK Biobank study looked at "primary care records, COVID-19 test results, hospital admissions data and death certificates" to search for associations between smoking and hospitalizations and death from COVID-19.  The news site reported that 59 percent of participants have never smoked, 37 percent were former smokers and 4 percent were smokers.  The study found that current smokers were 80 percent more likely to be …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Two Hospitalized After Crash In Region Two Hospitalized After Crash In Region
Two Hospitalized After Crash In Region Two people were hospitalized after a crash on a busy roadway in the region. It happened on Tuesday, Sept. 21 in Hampden County on Liberty Street in Springfield. One of the vehicles reportedly rolled over. The two people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and transported to local hospitals for evaluation, the Springfield Fire Department said. No other information was immediately available regarding the crash. The cause of the accident has not been released as it remains under investigation.

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Injured In Crash In Region Two Injured In Crash In Region
Two Injured In Crash In Region Two people received non-life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle crash in the region. The crash took place in Western Massachusetts on Tuesday, Sept. 7, on Grayson Drive in Springfield. According to the Springfield Fire Department, the two people had to be extricated and were transported to area hospitals. The investigation into the crash is ongoing. 

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by Kathy Reakes
News
ID Released For Tour Bus Driver From Hudson Valley In Crash Hospitalizing 57 ID Released For Tour Bus Driver From Hudson Valley In Crash Hospitalizing 57
ID Released For Tour Bus Driver From Hudson Valley In Crash Hospitalizing 57 The identity has been released of the driver of a tour bus headed from the Hudson Valley that crashed on the New York Thruway about 25 miles west of Syracuse, sending 57 people to the hospital. The crash happened Saturday afternoon, Aug. 14 on westbound I-90 near Exit 40 (Weedsport) in Cayuga County when it exited the roadway for an unknown reason and rolled over onto the grassy shoulder, according to New York State Police. All 57 occupants, including the driver, were transported for injuries ranging from minor to serious.   The bus had departed from the Poughkeepsie area on Satu…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed After Two Injured In Massachusetts Shooting Suspect Nabbed After Two Injured In Massachusetts Shooting
Suspect Nabbed After Two Injured In Massachusetts Shooting A Massachusetts man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of two men during a physical confrontation. The incident took place around 9:25 p.m., Saturday, April 10 when Worcester Police officers were dispatched to the area of John Street for a report of a ShotSpotter activation, said the Worcester Police Department. As officers approached, they were informed that there were several calls reporting a fight and shots fired.  As officers arrived on the scene, they were frantically flagged down and pointed to the area where they located a 34-year-old male shooting victim in a J…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Barricaded MA Suspect Throws Yellow Liquid, Attacks Cops With Wrench, Police Say Barricaded MA Suspect Throws Yellow Liquid, Attacks Cops With Wrench, Police Say
Barricaded MA Suspect Throws Yellow Liquid, Attacks Cops With Wrench, Police Say Several police officers in Massachusetts were treated at area hospitals after a wrench-wielding man barricaded himself in his Worcester home and threw a hazarous yellow liquid at them during a standoff, investigators said. Officers from the Worcester Police Department responded to a Canterbury Street home at approximately 9:15 a.m. on Friday, April 2, where there was a report of a man barricaded in a first-floor apartment with knives and a wrench. Upon arrival, officers positioned themselves outside the building and attempted to negotiate, at which point the suspect came out of the back do…

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by Zak Failla