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A civil rights complaint was filed against a woman accused of telling a Black child who accidentally broke her son’s toy that she would “kneel on his neck” and calling him a racial slur, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Thursday. Kristina Graper, 51, of Dover, threatened the 9-year-old boy who was playing in a neighborhood park with...

A Georgia judge has ruled that Ahmaud Arbery’s mental health records can’t be used as trial evidence by the men who chased and killed him.

A Maine man is due to be sentenced for the death of a 6-month-old-boy in Millinocket. A judge found Jessee Mackin guilty of manslaughter in the baby’s death in May, 2015. Mackin was living with the baby’s mother in Millinocket at the time. The baby, Larry Earl Lord, died after being brought unresponsive to a hospital. Mackin is being sentenced...

A quarantine was ordered for most marijuana vaping products in Massachusetts Tuesday, extending the state’s efforts to control vaping products amid a nationwide epidemic of lung injuries. Exempt from the quarantine are medical marijuana products designed specifically for devices for medical marijuana flower vaping, the state Cannabis Control Commission said.

A part of the Baker administration’s ban on vape-related products has been lifted Tuesday for medical marijuana users, as ordered by a Superior Court judge. Judge Douglas Wilkins ruled last week that the state cannot enforce the vaping ban on medical marijuana card holders because only the Cannabis Control Commission has the authority to regulate medical marijuana. Patients will be...

The Baker administration’s vape sales ban will be lifted for medical marijuana patients beginning at noon.

The vaping industry has dropped its federal lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’ temporary ban on the sale of vaping products while a separate suit advances in state court. The Vapor Technology Association filed notice late Wednesday dismissing its lawsuit in Boston federal court. The D.C.-based group is still challenging Massachusetts’ ban in state court.

Massachusetts health officials say a third person has died from a vaping-related lung illness in the Bay State. The Department of Public Health announced Wednesday the third resident was a man in his 50s from Worcester County. Offiicals said the man reported vaping nicotine and THC, an ingredient sometimes found in marijuana.

A Massachusetts judge says the state’s ban on the sale of vaping products can’t be enforced on medical marijuana products. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins ruled Tuesday that marijuana card holders seeking to purchase marijuana vaping products should be exempt from the four-month ban.

Actress and activist Jane Fonda spent a night in a local jail after her fourth arrest in as many weeks while participating in a climate change demonstration on Capitol Hill. The 81-year-old Oscar winner was among more than 40 people arrested Friday while sitting in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building. A spokesman for Fire Drill Fridays, Ira...

A store in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has been issued a cease and desist order by local health officials for selling vaping products in violation of the governor’s first-in-the-nation ban. The order was delivered to the owner of Lifestyle Vape on Tuesday, police said. The business could also face fines and other disciplinary action from the town.

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Massachusetts health officials say a second state resident has died from a vaping-related lung illness. Marylou Sudders, secretary of Health and Human Services, told WGBH-FM on Wednesday that the second resident was a woman in her 40s from Middlesex County. The state previously said a woman in her 60s from Hampshire County died of a vaping-related illness.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration took steps Monday to maintain its retail ban on all vaping products. The Department of Public Health filed an emergency regulation with the secretary of state’s office to comply with a Superior Court judge’s ruling while keeping the first-in-the-nation ban on vaping products from lifting.

Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the retail sale of vaping products in Massachusetts was hanging in limbo Thursday after an appeals court judge denied the administration’s request to overthrow a lower court order that requires Baker to alter his ban and reissue it Monday.

A judge ruled Monday that Massachusetts’ temporary ban on vaping can remain in place.

Jane Fonda was arrested for the second time this month on Friday.  Fonda was trying to bring attention to the “Green New Deal” and raise awareness about climate change.

Brandon Aubin pleaded not-guilty to 10 felony charges including indecent exposure and endangering welfare of a child.

A Concord, New Hampshire man has been arrested for alleged sexual misconduct involving “very young juveniles,” authorities said Friday. Concord police said Brandon Aubin, 36, was arrested Thursday after a months-long investigation for allegedly exchanging nude images with young people and asking them to take part in sexual acts.