Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 7th Circuit, is reportedly one of the top contenders for President Trump's nomination to the seat vacated by the death of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Ginsburg was the face of the liberal bloc on the Supreme Court, meaning that an appointment…

454 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Massachusetts, 10 additional deaths The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 454 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the statewide total to 127,317.There were 15,854 new molecular tests conducted, with a 2.86% daily positive rate. State health officials also confirmed 10 new COVID-19-related deaths across Massachusetts,…

The New Jersey Legislature on Thursday passed a sweeping bill that would make the state the first in the country to ban single-use paper bags at supermarkets.The bill, which would also prohibit single-use plastic bags and limit the use of polystyrene takeout boxes and in some cases plastic straws, now heads to Gov. Phil Murphy.The…

The Massachusetts attorney general has charged two former leaders of a veterans' home where 76 people died from the coronavirus, alleging that leadership mishandled the situation. A grand jury on Thursday indicted Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical Director Dr. David Clinton on charges of neglect, stemming from their decision in March to combine two…

President Trump proposed a second-term agenda for Black America on Friday that would designate the KKK and Antifa as terrorist organizations, make lynching a national hate crime and boost investment in Black communities by nearly $500 billion. At a speech in Atlanta, the president outlined his “platinum plan” for Blacks, calling it a “contract with…