Today in History

On Feb. 13, 1967, the Beatles’ double A-sided single “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” was released in the United States by Capitol Records. In 1741, Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine.

Today in History Monday, Feb. 13, 2017

On Feb. 13, 1967, the Beatles’ double A-sided single “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” was released in the United States by Capitol Records. In 1741, Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine.

Trump: N.H. ballot boxes stuffed by bay staters

Massachusetts has been pulled into the election-fraud controversy after President Trump – offering no evidence – claimed that thousands of Bay State voters were bused to New Hampshire to cast ballots last November. In a closed-door meeting with 10 senators about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, which also included former New Hampshire U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Trump insisted both he and Ayotte would have won the Granite State had it not been for the “thousands” of people “brought in on buses” from Massachusetts to “illegally” vote in New Hampshire, according to Politico.

Logs: Trump supporters targeted nearly as much as Hillary Clinton backers

Contrary to expectations, state Attorney General Maura Healey’s hate crime hotline drew nearly as many complaints from backers of President Trump as it did from Hillary Clinton supporters in the first two weeks after the election, a Herald review found – with some using the phone number to troll Healey about her proposed assault weapons ban. Records for the first two weeks, released in response to a Herald request, show 21 complaints from people reporting threats or harassment from Trump supporters, while 15 people called to report incidents targeting Trump supporters, a review showed.

Blue-state Americans can keep their health coverage

To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: My liberal sister, a hospital worker, staunchly supports Obamacare on moral grounds. Marsha believes that no American should go without needed medical attention for lack of money.

Mass. probation hiring scandal convictions overturned

A federal appeals court on Monday overturned the convictions of three former Probation Department officials, ruling that the government “overstepped its bounds in using federal criminal statutes to police the hiring practices of these Massachusetts state officials.” Former Probation Commissioner John O’Brien and former deputy commissioners Elizabeth Tavares and William Burke were convicted in 2014 for their roles in a patronage scheme in which they “abused the hiring process… in exchange for favorable budget treatment from the state Legislature and increased control over the Probation Department,” three U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit judges wrote in their opinion.