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Massachusetts Transit Agency Offers to Rehire 8 Former Employees Fired for Being Unvaccinated

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is offering jobs back to eight former employees that it fired for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The former MBTA employees were fired after Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker issued Executive Order No. 595 in August of 2021. The order required all state-level executive branch employees to be…


LIVE NOW: Russian Judge Sentences Griner to 9 Years in Prison; Senate Backs Finland and Sweden Joining NATO | NTD News Today

China conducted live-fire missile drills in the waters near Taiwan, just one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island. Taiwan and the White House have responded. A Boston subway line is closing for a month for track maintenance and repair. The line has been plagued with problems, including with some of its new…


Russian Judge Sentences Griner to 9 Years in Prison; Senate Backs Finland and Sweden Joining NATO | NTD News Today

China conducted live-fire missile drills in the waters near Taiwan, just one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island. Taiwan and the White House have responded. A Boston subway line is closing for a month for track maintenance and repair. The line has been plagued with problems, including with some of its new…


Massachusetts’ New Chinese-Made Subway Cars Malfunction for the Fourth Time

A recent investigation into Massachusetts’ New Red and Orange Line cars made by a Chinese rail company found “something acting abnormally” within their truck frames. It was the fourth time since August 2019 that a malfunction was identified in the new cars. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s new Red and Orange Line cars are assembled in…