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  • FILE – A Paqui One Chip Challenge chip is displayed in Boston, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. A medical examiner says a Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge died from ingesting a substance “with a high capsaicin concentration,” according to autopsy results The Associated Press obtained late Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Capsaicin is a chili pepper extract. Harris Wolobah died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating the chip. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc, File)Retail

    ‘One Chip Challenge’ led in part to high school sophomore’s death, autopsy found

    By Steve LeBlanc, Kathy McCormack, and others
  • A University of Southern California protester is detained by USC Department of Public Safety officers during a pro-Palestinian occupation at the campus’ Alumni Park on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)Leadership

    USC cancels May graduation ceremony as colleges crack down on pro-Palestinian protests on campus

    By Steve LeBlanc, Nick Perry, and others
  • FILE – Giant wind turbine blades for the Vineyard Winds project are stacked on racks in the harbor, July 11, 2023, in New Bedford, Mass. Vineyard Wind, the wind farm under construction off the coast of Massachusetts, has begun delivering energy to the power grid from five of the planned 62 wind turbines now up and running, company and state officials said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)Environment

    First large-scale offshore wind farm in U.S., off Massachusetts coast, has started delivering electricity

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • Bust is unveiled in MassachusettsPolitics

    Father of the abolitionist movement Frederick Douglass honored in Massachusetts Statehouse with sculpture

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • Portsmouth, New HampshireEnvironment

    Huge storms highlight ‘very weird’ winters in climate change era. ‘From a selfish side it’s like kind of nice to not have snow’

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • Charlie BakerLeadership

    Former Gov. Charlie Baker leads NCAA into paying college athletes era with lessons dating all the way back to Harvard basketball team

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • Homeless people stay warm at South Station, set up as as warming center, as temperatures reach -7F (-14C) in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 4, 2023. – The northeastern US and Canada are experiencing an Arctic blast that could see some areas record their lowest ever wind chill temperatures. The US National Weather Service (NWS) warned that parts of Maine might see wind chills of minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 51 degrees Celsius). “This is an epic, generational arctic outbreak,” the NWS office in Caribou, near Maine’s border with Canada, wrote in an advisory. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Massachusetts’ shelter system just hit a 7,500-family limit, so the state is letting homeless people stay overnight in Boston’s transportation building

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 13: RITZ CLUB Photo of PRINCE, Prince performing on stage – Purple Rain Tour (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)Lifestyle

    Prince’s white ruffled ‘Purple Rain’ shirt and iconic blue high-heeled boots that show his ‘influence and legacy’ in fashion are being auctioned

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • People dressed as witches gather near a newly installed marker, in Pownal, Vt., that recognizes the survivor of Vermont's only recorded witch trial.Lifestyle

    Massachusetts group wants to clear the names of hundreds of accused witches from 400 years ago: ‘We’d like an apology’

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • Paqui'sRetail

    ‘Deeply saddened’ Hershey’s unit asks stores to pull coffin-shaped ‘One Chip Challenge’ after death of Massachusetts teenager

    By Michael Casey, Steve LeBlanc, and others
  • MONTPELIER, VT – JULY, 11: Flooding in downtown Montpelier, Vermont on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Vermont has been under a State of Emergency since Sunday evening as heavy rains continued through Tuesday morning causing flooding across the state. ( Photo by John Tully for The Washington Post via Getty Images)Environment

    ‘We’re all grieving and heartbroken’: Farmers are devastated by recent Northeast flooding that swept away crops

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • Olivia MeloLifestyle

    Rare books curator in West Virginia returns 119-years overdue library book to Massachusetts: ‘This came back in extremely good condition’

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • Boston, MA – June 25: U.S Coast Guard Captain Jason Neubauer, right, and Rear Admiral John Mauger hold a press briefing on the conclusion of the search and rescue mission to find the Titan submersible. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Investigators examine whether criminal charges are warranted for the Titan sub disaster that left 5 people dead

    By Jennifer McDermott, Steve LeBlanc, and others
  • Billy RutherfordSuccess

    Gen Z teenagers are bragging about how much they can make in this economy: ‘Nobody I know would work for minimum wage’

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
  • FILE – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint press conference with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney, July 8, 2022. Former Prime Minister Ardern, who helped lead her country through a devastating mass shooting, will be joining Harvard University later in 2023, Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf said Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)Politics

    Jacinda Ardern, who led New Zealand through COVID and a devastating mass shooting, is joining Harvard University

    By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press