#What it’s like to return to ‘normal’: Awkwardness, uncertainty and moments of overwhelming joy

#What it’s like to return to ‘normal’: Awkwardness, uncertainty and moments of overwhelming joy

“#What it’s like to return to ‘normal’: Awkwardness, uncertainty and moments of overwhelming joy” Adnan R. Khan lives in Cambridge, Mass. where more than half of adults are fully vaccinated. He describes the city’s reopening, which was not exactly the celebratory fanfare some might have expected. Among the forbidden acts revisited since the coro­na­virus made…

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#Massachusetts’ Cape Cod great white shark detections on the rise

#Massachusetts’ Cape Cod great white shark detections on the rise

“#Massachusetts’ Cape Cod great white shark detections on the rise” The population of Atlantic great white sharks has reportedly expanded along Massachusetts’ Cape Cod peninsula, with detections on the rise. While numbers of the feared fish on the East Coast are markedly less than those swimming in the Pacific, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) has reported numbers increasing since the species…

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#Robinhood loses bid to block Massachusetts regulators’ case against it

#Robinhood loses bid to block Massachusetts regulators’ case against it

“#Robinhood loses bid to block Massachusetts regulators’ case against it” A Massachusetts judge on Thursday rejected Robinhood’s bid to block state regulators from moving forward with their enforcement action alleging that the online brokerage encourages inexperienced investors to place risky trades without limits. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Salinger said Robinhood could continue challenging in court the…

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#Robinhood sues Massachusetts over regulatory clampdown

#Robinhood sues Massachusetts over regulatory clampdown

“#Robinhood sues Massachusetts over regulatory clampdown”  Online brokerage Robinhood on Thursday sued to invalidate Massachusetts’ recently-adopted fiduciary rule and block state regulators from proceeding with charges it encourages inexperienced investors to place risky trades without limits. Robinhood in a lawsuit filed in state court in Boston said the fiduciary standard of conduct for broker-dealers that…

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#Massachusetts has most P.1 coronavirus variant cases in US

#Massachusetts has most P.1 coronavirus variant cases in US

“#Massachusetts has most P.1 coronavirus variant cases in US” Massachusetts now accounts for about a quarter of the P.1 coronavirus variant cases detected in the U.S., surpassing Florida’s 55 with 58. According to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Bay State’s total is currently highest in the U.S. A review of data conducted by…

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#Biotech researcher bought 800 castor beans to extract ricin: feds

#Biotech researcher bought 800 castor beans to extract ricin: feds

“#Biotech researcher bought 800 castor beans to extract ricin: feds” A research director at a Massachusetts biotechnology firm has been arrested by federal authorities for allegedly trying to acquire the highly toxic poison ricin, officials said Tuesday. Dr. Ishtiaq Ali Saaem, 37, who has a doctorate in biomedical engineering, allegedly wanted to extract the toxin…

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