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Sweden's Lucas Wallmark celebrates after scoring a goal against Latvia during a preliminary round men's hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Slafkovsky, 17, among standout stars in hockey at Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 14, 2022 01:15 AM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, file photo, Maine's new hockey coach, Red Gendron, poses at Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine. Gendron, a Boston native who took over coaching the Black Bears in 2013, died after suffering a medical emergency Friday April 9, 2021, according to a spokesperson at the University of Maine. He was 63. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Maine hockey coach Red Gendron dies unexpectedly at 63

Apr. 09, 2021 05:10 PM EDT

Company CEOs, college execs push for immigration overhaul

By Philip Marcelo Feb. 19, 2021 10:43 AM EST
BOSTON (AP) — From Harvard’s president to an executive in Boston’s booming biotech industry, dozens of New England business, higher education and political...

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file photo, an image of veteran Constance "Kandy" Pinard is projected onto the home she grew up in with her sister, Tammy Petrowicz, left, and brothers, Paul, center, and Brian Driscoll in Florence, Mass. Pinard, a nurse in the U.S. Air Force and resident of the Soldier's Home in Holyoke, Mass., died from the COVID-19 virus at the age of 73. The coronavirus pandemic was Massachusetts' top story of 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Beyond COVID-19: Politics, legal news grabbed 2020 headlines

By William J. Kole Dec. 28, 2020 09:02 AM EST

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file photos, a Salvation Army worker, center, wears a mask and gloves out of concern for the coronavirus while distributing food to a person, right, also wearing a mask, in Chelsea, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Beyond COVID-19: Politics, legal news grabbed 2020 headlines

By William J. Kole Dec. 21, 2020 08:49 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. President-elect Joe Biden has picked Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration’s coronavirus response. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Biden picks Xavier Becerra to lead HHS, coronavirus response

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Michael Balsamo And Jonathan Lemire Dec. 07, 2020 12:33 AM EST

ARCHIVO - En esta fotografía de archivo del 4 de diciembre de 2019, Xavier Becerra, procurador general de California, habla en una conferencia de prensa en Sacramento, California. (AP Foto/Rich Pedroncelli, archivo)
Biden picks Calif. AG Becerra to lead HHS, pandemic response

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Michael Balsamo And Jonathan Lemire Dec. 06, 2020 06:46 PM EST

Woodfork to head minor leagues for Major League Baseball

Nov. 09, 2020 02:37 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Woodfork was appointed Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of minor league operations and development on Monday and will...

This Sept. 1, 2020 photo shows Jake Auchincloss, who is running in the Massachusetts 4th District race, campaigns Foxboro, Mass., near the John J. Ahern Middle School on Primary Day. Auchincloss has won a packed primary to become the Democratic nominee to fill the U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Joe Kennedy III in Massachusetts. The Newton city councilor edged out six fellow Democrats in a race for the 4th Congressional District. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via AP)
Marine wins Democratic primary for Kennedy's US House seat

By William J. Kole Sep. 04, 2020 01:33 AM EDT

FILE- In this March 14, 2019, file photo, people walk on the Stanford University campus beneath Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif. A week after revoking sweeping new restrictions on international students, federal immigration officials on Friday, July 24, 2020, announced that new foreign students will be barred from entering the United States if they plan to take their classes entirely online this fall. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Gov't: New foreign students can't enter US if courses online

By Collin Binkley Jul. 24, 2020 06:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks to Japanese media during an interview in Beirut, Lebanon. U.S. authorities have arrested two men accused of helping former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan while awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct. Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor were arrested Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service on Wednesday morning in Harvard, Massachusetts. (Meika Fujio/Kyodo News via AP, File)
2 accused of smuggling ex-Nissan boss out of Japan in a box

By Michael Balsamo And Alanna Durkin Richer May. 20, 2020 04:13 PM EDT

A couple walks on Revere Beach, Saturday, May 16, 2020, in Revere, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Connecticut parks fill up; Pelosi speaks to Smith grads

By Holly Ramer May. 17, 2020 09:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2020, file photo, people line up at Gotham Health East New York, a COVID-19 testing center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. An Associated Press analysis finds that most states are not meeting the minimum levels of testing suggested by the federal government and recommended by public health researchers even as many of them begin to reopen their shattered economies. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
AP: Most states fall short of coronavirus testing thresholds

By Christina A. Cassidy, Matthew Perrone, Jason Dearen And Nicky Forster May. 02, 2020 12:09 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2016, file photo, National Women's Hockey League All-Star players take time for a "selfie" before the start of an all-star game at Harborcenter in Buffalo, N.Y. A person with direct knowledge of the plans tells The Associated Press the U.S.-based National Women’s Hockey League is in the process of establishing an expansion franchise in the Toronto area, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert, File)
Oh, Canada: NWHL confirms plans to expand into Toronto

By John Wawrow Apr. 22, 2020 08:00 AM EDT