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Stephen Colbert Is Ushered Out Of Harvard Talk As Hundreds Of Student Protesters Scream And Pull Fire Alarm
Stephen Colbert and cellist Yo-Yo Ma had their Harvard University event abruptly canceled Thursday after a fire alarm was pulled about 40 minutes into the program. Outside, hundreds of graduate student union protesters were shouting and chanting, protesting the university’s labor practices and criticizing the two for crossing their picket line. The fire department and Harvard determined there was no reason for the alarm, and the union denied having anything to do with it. The protesters say they're fighting for better pay, safe working conditions and protections for roughly 4,000 graduate workers. Colbert and Ma have not publicly commented.
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She saw her son's killer, sentenced to life with no parole, at the grocery store
When Janette Jackson of Dorchester saw her son’s convicted killer at her neighborhood grocery store, it stunned her. Then it snapped her into action. “When I saw him at Stop & Shop, I'm like, 'Oh my God, that's him,'” Jackson said. “And he just dashed right out when I saw him.”
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Police: Man fired AK-47 during ‘dispute’ at soccer game in Everett
The person who fired the gun is still at large, Everett police said. A man fired an AK-47 assault rifle in Everett Sunday night amid an argument at a soccer game, police said. Around 8:45 p.m., Everett police received a report of a male with an AK-47 at Rivergreen Park, the Everett Police Department wrote on social media.
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81-year-old woman trapped under car for hours in pouring rain before husband finds her
HINGHAM, Mass. (WHDH) - Firefighters rescued an 81-year-old Massachusetts woman who spent four hours trapped under her car in the pouring rain. Norman Wilbur says he knew something was wrong seconds after a cab dropped him off Friday night at his Hingham home. It turned out his wife, 81-year-old Peggy Wilbur, had gotten trapped underneath her car.
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Mass. man and passenger seriously hurt in ATV crash at N.H. state park
A Massachusetts man and a passenger on an ATV he was riding were seriously injured when he crashed the vehicle on a New Hampshire trail Saturday morning, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. The crash happened while Gregory Bodenair, 39, of Dedham, was riding on John Hill...
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Boston’s famous reject has died
The death has been made known of Danny Katzen, a hornist who is said to have auditioned 48 times for the second horn position in the Boston Symphony Orchestra before finally being given the job. Danny entered the orchestra in 1979 and played for 29 years, retiring in 2008. He performed in Leonard Bernstein’s final lifetime concert at Tanglewood and can also be heard on most of the Boston Pops’ celebrated recordings, as well as on the John Williams soundtrack of Schindler’s List.
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Off-duty officer hurt, one person arrested after fight at Dorchester McDonald’s
The incident – one of several violent altercations in local fast food establishments in recent months – remains under investigation, police said. An off-duty police officer was injured after he intervened in a fight at a McDonald’s in Dorchester, the Boston Police Department said. Shortly after 8...
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Boston mourns percussion king, 96
Principal timpanist for the Boston Pops and assistant percussionist of the Boston Symphony, Arthur Press was a commanding figure at Symphony Hall for 46 years (1956 to 1992), playing on more than 50 recordings. He died last week at a great age. From his obit:. “Arthur Press was in many...