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The "Hot Cars Act" would install detectors inside cars in case a child sneaks into an unlocked car, or an adult driver forgets they have a child in the backseat.
The “Park It Act” would stop cars with keyless entry systems from constantly running in an attempt to stop carbon monoxide poisoning deaths in homes.
Susan Livington’s parents, James and Sherry, died this May when they didn't realize their keyless entry car remained running in their garage.
They both died of carbon monoxide poisoning in their beds.
If U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton had a chance to question Robert Mueller at Wednesday's hearings on Capitol Hill, he would have asked the former special counsel why he called the Russian cyber attack on the 2016 presidential election one of the worst of his career.
"This is a man who fought for our country as a Marine in Vietnam, served in the Justice Department, and led the FBI," Moulton said. "Yet he said of all the heinous crimes he's seen in decades of public service, that was one of the worst."
Today, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton is expected to introduce a bill that would limit how smart device manufacturers like Amazon and Google can collect your data.
American businesses are being hit hard by retaliatory tariffs imposed by China on U.S. goods in response to the Trump administration’s trade policies. Commercial fisheries are no exception.
The Purse Seine Vessel Owners’ Association represents the interests of the “small boat” commercial fishing fleet. It represents some 290 vessel owners, about half of whom are based in Washington state with about two dozen from Seattle.
If you look at the 457 miles of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail lines, you’d see what looks like uninterrupted service up and down the East Coast. The Acela Express line runs from Boston down through New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C., while the Downeaster line connects Boston to northern reaches of New England, through New Hampshire and up to Portland and Brunswick, Maine.
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing was Saturday. Those who witnessed the event might wax nostalgic for a day when Americans came together to support a swashbuckling adventure among the stars.
Today, many look back on the moon landing as the greatest single human accomplishment of the 20th century. This moment is particularly meaningful to Floridians, where the eight-day mission in 1969 had its beginning.
The Golden Gate in San Francisco. The Brooklyn in New York. Even the Zakim in Boston.
The United States builds bridges, not walls.
People from around the region gathered in Salem Friday night to emphasize the point, speaking out to defend undocumented immigrants and demand an end to the humane treatment of immigrants now in federal detention camps and centers across the United States.
Lights for Liberty in Salem was staged on the heels of reports of inadequate food, water and sanction or neglect of migrant children at a United States Custom and Border Control facility in El Paso, Texas and dentition camp in Homestead, Fla.
“No human being can ever be illegal,” declared Salem resident and activist Scot Sternberg before hundreds of people seated and standing in the First Church of Salem on Friday night.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), a long shot candidate for the 2020 Democratic primary, blamed failed House Democratic leadership for the escalation of a public feud between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the four progressive freshman lawmakers known as “the Squad.”
Moulton, in an interview with HuffPost on Monday, reiterated his campaign trail refrain blasting Pelosi and her lieutenants for failing to initiate an impeachment investigation against President Donald Trump.
MARBLEHEAD — “Holocaust = Fake News,” blared the headline of a flyer found attached to the welcome sign at Temple Emanu-El on Monday morning.
A second anti-Semitic flyer was later found out back, leaving the community disturbed and saddened.
“It wasn’t just a random bit of graffiti. ... Somebody really made the effort to come down and send us a message,” said Rabbi David Meyer, who called police and notified the Anti-Defamation League.