Haverhill police chief resigns amid uproar in the department The police chief in Haverhill, Mass., resigned on Thursday, the mayor said, after a police union voted no confidence in him or his replacement.

BREAKING UPDATE: Haverhill's police chief has resigned, the mayor announced, hours after a department union voted no confidence in him. Read the full statement here. on.nbcboston.com/enklNnM

“.. Foreclosure rates have surged across the country and are up almost 20% from this time last year.”

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So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Womp womp

Students of color twice as likely to attend substandard schools, new report finds The report from MassINC highlights the inequities in the educational settings for urban areas compared to suburban areas.

Low-income and students of color in Massachusetts are almost twice as likely to attend schools with unsatisfactory conditions than their white counterparts, according to a new report from the Boston-based nonprofit MassINC. https://bit.ly/472ujh3

The Landmark U.S. Office Buildings That Are on Life Support Providence’s Superman Building has been empty since 2013, despite a revival effort. ‘It’s dead down here now.’

“It’s on every postcard. And it’s empty.” Some iconic U.S. office buildings are on life support.

Addition by subtraction

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data Sep. 3, 2025

Judge's house on fire

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

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Americans are ‘deer in the headlights’ in face of Trump assault on free speech, Maria Ressa tells Jon Stewart Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administration

Ressa… told Stewart people the world over were electing “illiberal leaders democratically because of insidious manipulation … [which] starts with the manipulation and corruption of our public information ecosystem” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

So much to mourn here. ICE shot and killed a single father just after he has dropped his two kids off at daycare. Their justification for stopping him was traffic violations form 12 years ago. Their justification for shooting him was that he was driving away.

A completely needless tragedy.

Crazy story

Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story

The publications in Alaska lost significant staffing after the owners made changes to an article that had drawn criticism from a Republican state lawmaker. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

You know he’s white, because in addition to begging trump for help, LAPD has spent the last 90 minutes on the phone with him. Super sad situation, though.

Not to mention awful for all the people presumably stuck in the building.

JFC. “The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address ‘giftgirl2025’ and initially told the museum that they were looking for ‘like a sword or something,’ according to a person familiar with the discussions.”

That’s why you don’t complain on strike two

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

The explosion of easy access to gambling could be the opioid crisis of this decade.

F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill The decision enraged opponents of abortion, who have been pressuring the administration to restrict access to abortion medication.

Breaking News: The FDA approved a generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, expanding the supply at a time when the Trump administration is under pressure from abortion opponents to sharply restrict access to the pills.

A very timely take on the unedifying Riadh comedy fest, from a colleague of the journalist murdered by the regime there a few years back.

EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles

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White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data | CNN Politics The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN.

Whoa, White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data
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Members of Congress still get paid during a government shutdown Some House and Senate lawmakers are requesting that their paychecks be withheld as millions of federal workers prepare to go without pay.

Reminder: Members of Congress will still get paid if the government shuts down

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FO 2/2

6,000 short of a sellout

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

Devastating story with incredible graphics wapo.st/46GSwcv

The Misogynistic Abuse Directed at Rory McIlroy’s Wife at the Ryder Cup Is Deeper Than Golf It shows a cultural shift, one in which men feel emboldened to attack women in public without shame or consequence.

“The behavior was pure misogynistic abuse, and it’s a growing movement in American culture right now.” www.glamour.com/story/the-mi...

Brutal. Hate to see it

Ryan Walters to resign as Oklahoma state superintendent for private sector job State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Wednesday that he will resign from office and take a job in the private sector.

Laugh. Out. Loud.

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Recommend @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social coverage of guy who is now dean at Harvard public health school, paid $150k when Columbia prof as "expert witness" supporting Tylenol/autism plaintiffs. (Judge tossed the case, and his testimony.)

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...