Boston ‘straight pride’ parade dwarfed by large counter-protest

A controversial “straight pride” parade in Boston on Saturday drew more than 1,000 counter-protesters and a few hundred supporters.

The rightwing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was “grand marshal” of the event, for which a group calling itself Super Happy Fun America (SHFA) acquired a permit in June.

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Seth Moulton: meet the 19th Democratic contender for US 2020 race – video

The Massachusetts congressman Seth Moulton has become the 19th person to declare their intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Watch the decorated Marine Corps veteran talk about his fame in Iraq, his attempt to stop Nancy Pelosi's re-election as House Speaker and what makes him stand out in a crowded Democratic field 

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Bill Cosby settles defamation lawsuits with seven female accusers

  • Entertainer had accused them of lying about sexual allegations
  • Cosby, 81, is currently serving sexual assault sentence

Disgraced actor and comedian Bill Cosby has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by seven women who say he defamed them when he accused them of lying about sexual misconduct allegations.

Related: Bill Cosby sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for sexual assault

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Elizabeth Warren launches 2020 bid with attack on ‘rigged politics’ – video

Senator Elizabeth Warren has officially launched her presidential campaign in Massachusetts, calling for a more equal society and an end to corruption. 'This is the fight of our lives,' she told supporters in the city of Lawrence, the site of a historic workers' strike in 1912 led by women and immigrants

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‘Rigged system’: will Warren’s rage against the rich win over 2020 voters?

While controversy around her heritage lingers, voters call the Democrat’s fight against economic injustice ‘inspiring’

On a cold, blustery January day in 1912, immigrant women walked out of the Everett Mill in the Massachusetts factory town of Lawrence demanding higher wages and better working conditions. Mill owners and city government responded in a swift and heavy-handed manner; local militias and police forces were called to the streets. Protesters died. Many more were arrested.

On a cold, blustery February day 117 years later, the Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren stood in front of Everett Mill to announce her candidacy for president of the United States, channeling the spirit of those women as she told her supporters that they were in a fight for their lives against a rigged system that favors the rich and powerful.

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Kevin Spacey appears in court in Nantucket on indecent assault charge

  • Actor will face a maximum of five years in prison if convicted
  • Groping incident allegedly took place at bar in 2016

At a minutes-long arraignment on the ritzy Massachusetts island of Nantucket on Monday, Kevin Spacey did not appear to utter a word.

Related: Kevin Spacey case brings attention to Nantucket – where many go to avoid spotlight

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‘Creepy’: Elizabeth Warren lambasts Trump after offer to…

Washington: Democratic senator and potential 2020 US presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has released a genetic analysis, with an accompanying video , aimed at proving her Native American heritage and rebutting a frequent attack from President Donald Trump that she lied about her ancestry. The critique of Warren has been a frequent one since 2012, when the Boston Herald reported that Harvard Law School had listed Warren's Native American ancestry in touting its diversity.

Elizabeth Warren is trying to reclaim her past as she prepares for the – fight’ in 2020

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's gestures grew more emphatic and her light Southern accent more pronounced as the Massachusetts Democrat moved toward a crescendo before an audience in her native Oklahoma. She ticked off the villains: billionaires, giant corporations, hungry politicians and their rigged system.

Mass. lawmakers, advocates blast Trump’s criticism of Ford

Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation and victim advocates Friday blasted President Trump for suggesting the woman accusing Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were teenagers would've contacted police at the time if it was "as bad as she says." "Sexual assault is severely under-reported because of the stigma and harassment that so often follows after survivors speak out," said US Representative Katherine Clark, a Melrose Democrat and former prosecutor, in a statement.

Senators: Natural gas pressure was 12 times normal level before Massachusetts explosions

Senators are demanding answers about what warnings Columbia Gas had of blasts that destroyed as many as 80 homes in and around Lawrence, Mass. Senators: Natural gas pressure was 12 times normal level before Massachusetts explosions Senators are demanding answers about what warnings Columbia Gas had of blasts that destroyed as many as 80 homes in and around Lawrence, Mass.

Lawsuit targets Massachusetts utility over deadly gas explosions

A resident of a Massachusetts city rocked by last week's deadly gas blasts that damaged dozens of homes sued utility operator NiSource Inc ( FILE PHOTO: A burnt Columbia Gas of Massachusetts envelope sits on the sidewalk outside a home burned during a series of gas explosions in Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S., September 14, 2018.

The Latest: NTSB investigators could be on scene for a week

The National Transportation Safety Board said the team heading to Massachusetts to investigate a series of gas explosions blamed for one death and dozens of fires in three communities is expected to remain on the scene for a week. The agency said in a series of tweets Friday that the team will be gathering perishable evidence from the accident site and pulling together information from federal, state, and local agencies, and Columbia Gas.

The Latest: Gas service could take weeks to fully restore

Officials are saying it could take weeks before residents of three Massachusetts communities torn by natural gas explosions could have their service fully restored. Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday that more than 100 gas technicians are being deployed throughout the night and into Saturday to make sure each home is safe to enter.

Trump not even close on latest economic claims

President Donald Trump pitched a wildly off-base claim about economic growth Monday as the White House used selective statistics to build a case that the economy is doing much better than when Barack Obama was in office. The attention on Obama comes as the ex-president steps back into the political arena on behalf of Democrats in the November elections.

Ap Fact Check: White House’s selective reading on economy

President Donald Trump pitched a wildly off-base claim about economic growth Monday as the White House used selective statistics to build a case that the economy is doing much better than when Barack Obama was in office. The attention on Obama comes as the ex-president steps back into the political arena on behalf of Democrats in the November elections.

Jack Spillane: Maybe a sleepy election season is just the ticket

People are evidently so happy with the guys and gals who represent us in the state Legislature that hardly anybody has run against a wide swath of longterm incumbents who have represented local cities and towns for one, two and three decades. It's actually more likely that a U.S. senator or congressman from Massachusetts, incumbent governor or attorney general, will draw a re-election opponent than an incumbent member of the state Legislature from SouthCoast.