Massachusetts
Somerville councilors, solicitor delay final action on Israel divestment proposal
Deputy Director of Communications Grace Munns wrote in an email that the mayor “is closely following the City Council process, and... would do a thorough review with staff of the legislation.”
Somerville, Massachusetts city council moves to enact Israel divestment vote
Israeli American Council leads nationwide protests against controversial Gaza documentary 'NAZA'
Kalaniyot faculty network strengthens campus ties to Israeli scholars, fights academic boycotts
Hampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center, pioneer in Holocaust studies, to close
The closure, which follows semester after years of financial troubles, won’t affect the Yiddish Book Center, which operates on land purchased from the college in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Sword-wielding Massachusetts man arrested over threats to Trump, FBI says
Andrew Emerald was charged in an eight-count indictment over a string of threatening posts, including one in which he vowed to travel to Mar-a-Lago if Trump was not dead by 2026.
FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend receives threatening email, Massachusetts man arrested
Alden Welch Ruml, 26, was arrested on Friday and charged by federal prosecutors in Boston with making threats in interstate commerce.
Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’
Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, MetroWest Jewish Day opened in 2003 and enrolls students in pre-K through eighth grade.
Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations
People in much of the Northeast were advised to stay off the roads because of treacherous conditions, with states of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey.
Brown University shooting suspect identified as Portuguese national, found dead in storage unit
Investigators said Neves-Valente also killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Nuno Loureiro earlier this week.
Police probe possible link between MIT professor's killing and Brown University shooting - report
According to AP, the FBI had previously said it knew of no links between the cases.
Israel examining possibility Iran involved in murder of nuclear scientist in US - report
This is an assessment that has not yet been verified and is not supported at this stage by official findings from the investigative authorities in the United States.
Harvard professor arrested by US immigration agents for firing pellet gun near synagogue
He agreed last month to plead guilty to illegally discharging the pellet gun and serve six months of pretrial probation.
Boston’s unfinished Holocaust museum hoists boxcar into exhibit space overlooking Boston Common
A historic 12-ton railcar is crane-lifted into the museum's center, symbolizing the millions "who never returned" and lost freedoms.
