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Milton man, 42, dead after stabbing at Kowloon parking lot in Saugus

Patrick Kenney Jr. was found with a knife wound in the parking lot after 9 p.m. and died a short time later at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, officials said.

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79-year-old Acton man arrested on child enticement charges
An initial investigation found that Douglas Cooper allegedly was sending sexually explicit messages on a cellphone application to an adult posing as a 14-year-old boy and agreed to meet at the South Acton Commuter Lot for a sexual encounter, officials said.

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Milton man, 42, dead after stabbing at Kowloon parking lot in Saugus

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FDA poised to approve first gene-editing therapy, made by local drug firms

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Milton man, 42, dead after stabbing at Kowloon parking lot in Saugus

Patrick Kenney Jr. was found with a knife wound in the parking lot after 9 p.m. and died a short time later at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, officials said.

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Man stabbed in parking lot at Kowloon in Saugus taken to hospital

The stabbing occurred shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the popular Chinese restaurant on Route 1 north, police said.

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‘There’s no way to sugarcoat it.’ The state’s first climate report card is out, and the grades are mixed.

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Man stabbed in parking lot at Kowloon in Saugus taken to hospital

The stabbing occurred shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the popular Chinese restaurant on Route 1 north, police said.

Mass. State Police announce death of Trooper assigned to Cape & Islands detective unit

Sergeant Gregory Furtado, 41, “spent his career in service to and in protection of, the citizens of our Commonwealth,” State Police said Saturday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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