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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.

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 26, 2026.
KASH PATEL is applauded by his partner Alexis Wilkins after being sworn in as FBI director by US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025.

FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend receives threatening email, Massachusetts man arrested

An empty classroom

Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’

A DELTA Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, US, December 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations


Massachusetts regulators probe Robinhood over March Madness basketball betting

Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin said he was concerned Robinhood was "linking a gambling event on a popular sports event that's especially popular to young people to a brokerage account."

 A general view of a March Madness logo at center court before the game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Drake Bulldogs at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas on March 22, 2025.

How are Massachusetts schools failing Jewish students through bias? - opinion

As antisemitic lessons increase, who’s running K-12 education?

 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN attend school on February 25, 2025, in Gaza City. Jewish students in the US are being bullied at record levels, with the positioning of Zionism as an epithet, the writer explains.

Massachusetts Teachers Association gives teachers antisemitic, BDS materials

Massachusetts lawmakers pressed the MTA over its failure to remove ‘virulently antisemitic’ content from its teaching resources.

 View of an empty classroom at a school in Jerusalem, during a strike, on September 1, 2024.

Meet the fish detective who can decode your gefilte fish heritage

For decades, Wulf’s Fish has helped home cooks keep the gefilte fish tradition alive with expert guidance and premium seafood.

 Gefilte fish is traditionally made from whitefish, carp or pike, and can be made from scratch.

Want to stop smoking? $700 in rewards can really help, study says

“We wanted to find out if giving people rewards helps them to quit smoking in the long term," said Professor Caitlin Notley, lead author of the study from UEA’s Norwich Medical School.

 Want to stop smoking? $700 in rewards can really help, study says.

Mass. man arrested for incitement to shoot synagogue worshippers, threats to rape Jewish women 

Mathew Scouras, 34, was arraigned Monday  for allegedly posting on an internet image board threats against Jewish people.

 A 9mm Glock handgun, numerous rifle parts, ammunition, and over $70,000 in cash that was located by Beverly Police during execution of a search warrant at the home of a Beverly man who encouraged others on an internet image board to shoot people outside of synagogues.

Massachusetts man pleads guilty to threatening to bomb synagogue

John Reardon during a hearing in Boston federal court pleaded guilty to threatening to bomb the Congregation Agudas Achim and threatening to kill Jewish children.

John Reardon of Millis, Massachusetts, appears in an undated booking photograph after his arrest for allegedly making a threatening call to a synagogue in Attleboro, Massachusetts

‘Hitting her is not working, have to knife her’: Man accused of stabbing girlfriend with sword

Shane Curry, charged with first-degree murder for fatally stabbing his girlfriend, Nevaeh Goddard, with a sword, attempted suicide after.

 The US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is pictured on July 30, 2024.

Pro-Israel veteran arrested in Massachusetts after shooting pro-Palestine assailant

The man wearing the pin stood across the street from ten pro-Israel protesters calling them "sick" and saying they were "defending genocide."

 Screenshot of video showing pro-Palestine individual tackling pro-Israel veteran, shots are fired.

In a first, Massachusetts lawmakers delay budget fight to accommodate Passover observance

“They immediately said, ‘We’ll have to figure out a new way,’” recalled Balser, who represents the heavily Jewish suburb of Newton.

 Representatives' desk with microphone and voting buttons (yea/nay)