Tag: Massachusetts

Lawsuit Claims Massachusetts and Google Installed COVID-19 ‘Spyware’ on 1 Million Devices

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly working with Google to install “spyware” onto the Android devices of a million state residents without their knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plaintiffs Robert Wright and Johnny Kula were among 1 million Massachusetts residents who had the state’s “COVID Exposure Settings: US-MA”…


Racially Discriminatory College Admission Policies Receive Rough Ride at Supreme Court

Most Supreme Court justices seemed receptive on Oct. 31 to a student group’s argument that racially discriminatory admissions policies at U.S. colleges are unconstitutional and must be struck down. The Biden administration countered that such policies should be allowed to continue indefinitely because they promote diversity, which it claims benefit the nation. Although left-wing activists…


Daycare Workers Face Child Abuse Charges for Intentionally Scaring Kids; Woman Unleashes Bees on Police | NTD Good Morning

Five people have been charged in the viral Mississippi daycare video case. That’s where an employee wearing a horror-film mask intentionally frightened children. A Massachusetts woman was arrested for attacking officers with a swarm of bees. The deputies were trying to serve an eviction notice when they were met with protesters. Soon after, Susan woods…


Daycare Workers Face Child Abuse Charges for Intentionally Scaring Children; Woman Unleashes Bees on Police | NTD Good Morning

Five people have been charged in the viral Mississippi daycare video case, in which an employee wearing a horror-film mask intentionally frightened children. A Massachusetts woman was arrested for attacking officers with a swarm of bees. The deputies were trying to serve an eviction notice when they were met with protesters. Soon after, Susan Woods…


Handing Out Flyers for an Anti-Woke, Parent-Led Event Gets Grandparent Banned From School Grounds

A Massachusetts grandfather has been slapped with a no-trespassing order for passing out flyers for a parent-led forum aimed at educating other parents about woke ideology being pushed on their children in the local schools. Larry Russell, who has several grandchildren in the Newburyport schools, was told to stay off school grounds by Superintendent Sean…


Massachusetts Appoints New State Dinosaur, Swift-Footed Lizard of Holyoke

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday signed legislation establishing an extinct species to represent the state: a dinosaur. Baker, a Republican, signed the legislation during a ceremony at the Museum of Science in Boston, although the governor had actually signed the law making the dinosaur the official state rep back in May. The Podokesaurus holyokensis, or “swift-footed lizard of Holyoke,” lived millions of…


Pack of Coyotes Surrounds Dog Walker in Massachusetts

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.—Coyotes surrounded a person walking their dog north of Boston over the weekend but were apparently scared off by police cruisers that arrived to help, authorities said. Police in Swampscott received a call around 9:30 p.m. Saturday from the dog walker, who said that they were surrounded and that the coyotes were “not backing…


Texas Man Arrested for Alleged Northeastern University Bomb Hoax

A Texas man who told police last month that he was injured in a suspected bomb threat at Northeastern University was arrested and charged Tuesday with allegedly staging a hoax explosion and providing false and misleading information about it to authorities, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The alleged hoax occurred when Jason Duhaime, 45,…


Mexico to Appeal Ruling Dismissing Its Lawsuit Seeking Damages From US Gun Companies for Mexican Crime

The Mexican government will appeal its loss in a lawsuit that sought to hold U.S. manufacturers and wholesalers of firearms liable for criminal gun trafficking into Mexico. The announcement came after Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts ruled (pdf) on Sept. 30 in Mexico v. Smith & Wesson…


Supreme Court Overturns Appeals Court in Challenge to Massachusetts Gun Law Leaving Constitutionality in Question

The Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court decision on Oct. 3 that upheld one of Massachusetts’ tough gun laws, months after the high court expanded Second Amendment rights. The Massachusetts law in question, the constitutionality of which is now in doubt, imposed a lifetime ban on purchasing handguns—but not possessing them—on anyone convicted of…