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Sagadahoc Sheriff says department more careful with yellow flag laws since Lewiston shooting

Sheriff Joel Merry, embattled for months over his department’s handling of warnings about the Lewiston shooter, said his department has applied higher scrutiny to cases in which Maine’s yellow flag law could be used to restrict someone’s weapons.

Irish firefighter visiting Boston for St. Patrick’s Day charged with raping woman in downtown hotel, DA says

Authorities say Terrence Crosbie attempted to fly back to Ireland on Saturday night after he was interviewed by police, but State Police stopped the plane on the tarmac at Logan International Airport and took him into custody.

Two former New England College students are victims in double murder-suicide in Miami, officials say

Meghan Moore, 25, and Sidney Capolino, 23, were fatally shot at their Miami apartment by a man who then turned the gun on himself, police said.

Elizabeth Warren announces inquiry into loan servicer MOHELA, hears personal stories from borrowers

Warren said she will call on the chief executive of MOHELA, a major student loan servicer, to testify before the Senate subcommittee on economic policy in response to servicing failures that have made debt relief inaccessible for some eligible borrowers.

Mass. Senate to vote on its own version of limits on emergency shelters, setting up dispute over handling migrants

The Senate proposal is part of a spending bill meant to buoy the strained shelter system through the end of the fiscal year, as well as help fund it into 2025.

‘My personal life is my personal life.’ Healey defends decision not to disclose details of four-day trip.

Governor Maura Healey told reporters Monday that she intends to share information publicly about her “work-related travel.”

Melrose fire chief placed on leave due to ‘alleged violation of city policy’

Fire Chief Ed Collina was placed on leave as of March 15, officials said.

Commuter rail train hits tractor-trailer in Littleton

There were no injuries, said Richard Sullivan, superintendent of the MBTA’s Transit Police. The truck sustained heavy damage.