Massachusetts

UMass student interning in Congress killed in Washington, D.C. shooting

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UMass student interning in Congress killed in Washington, D.C. shooting

A University of Massachusetts student who was interning in Congress was killed in a shooting in Washington, D.C., this week. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, of Granby, Massachusetts, was one of three people who were wounded in a shooting near the convention center around 10:30 p.m. Monday. All three were rushed to hospitals. Tarpinian-Jachym died the next … Read more

How a “cool block” in one Massachusetts city could provide a template for combatting extreme heat

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How a "cool block" in one Massachusetts city could provide a template for combatting extreme heat

Boston — For Arwa Ait-Chaib and her mother, Wafa El Hidar, summertime in Chelsea, Massachusetts, means trying to beat the heat.  “There are always some days that I feel like we live in the middle of the Sahara desert,”  Ait-Chaib told CBS News.   Their Chelsea neighborhood, located just across the river from Boston, offers little … Read more