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Providence woman sentenced for fatal 2023 hit-and-run crash that killed 85-year-old pedestrian -- Caitlin Kelly, 29, pleaded no contest to a felony charge alleging she left the scene of the crash that killed Vanda Makovetskiy

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Healey kicks off competitiveness council to address headwinds facing the state -- The Massachusetts Competitive Council met for the first time on Wednesday at the State House.

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UMass Amherst renaming its Mount Ida campus in Newton -- Come January, the campus will become known as the "Charles River Campus of UMass Amherst."

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Authorities suspend search for missing person in Merrimack River; operations to resume Thursday -- The search began around 8 a.m. when witnesses reported someone having trouble in the water.

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