Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas have economically overtaken the area including Boston, New York City, and Washington D.C., according to Bloomberg. The population in the Southeast grew by 2.2 million people in the last two years.
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Boston has agreed to pay $2.1 million in legal fees and other expenses after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the city for refusing to allow a Christian flag to fly outside City Hall.
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Boston University scientists were today condemned for ‘playing with fire’ after it emerged they had created a lethal new Covid strain in a laboratory.
DailyMail.com revealed the team had made a hybrid virus — combining Omicron and the original Wuhan strain — that killed 80 per cent of mice in a study.
The revelation exposes how dangerous virus manipulation research continues to go on even in the US, despite fears similar practices may have started the pandemic.
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As more details emerge of the Boston Marathon attack, authorities have said an eight year old boy, Martin Richard, was killed in the blasts. His mother and sister were also seriously injured.
The bombs exploded 4 hours into the marathon, turning the carnival atmosphere into one of terror. Bostonians had turned out on their public holiday to mark Patriots Day, which remembers the first battles of the American War of Independence.
Spectators were cheering as runners finished the race. The final mile had been dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hooke Elementary School shooting, and some of the families were sitting near the finish line.
There are early reports coming out of Fox News that the FBI are searching an apartment in a suburb of Boston, with speculation that those responsible could have links to the Pakistani Taliban.
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Two people have been killed and at least 100 injured after two explosions occured at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Some of those injured have lost limbs in the blasts. A third explosion was reported outside the JFK library in the city.
The explosions happened at 2:45pm local time, two hours after the first of the 27,000 competitors crossed the finish line.
Authorities say they knew of no security threats prior to the marathon, and are investigating the attack. Washington DC and New York have been placed on high alert.
Earthquake in Maine rattles New England states – News – Boston.com.
On Tuesday, New England was hit by a magnitude 4.0 earthquake.
While very minor tremors occur somewhat frequently on the east coast, they rarely are strong enough to be felt. This one was the strongest to hit the east coast since the Washington DC earthquake in August of 2011.
About 2000 people joined the Dalai Lama for chanting and religious teaching.
Medford is a suburb of Boston and next door to Cambridge where he was teaching at MIT the day before.
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Mitt Romney has been spending some time in his hometown of Belmont, Massachusetts, preparing for the second of the Presidential debates. The next debate takes part in Hempstead, New York, on Tuesday 16th October.
Also in the Boston area, the Dalai Lama has just finished a visit to MIT, where he has been talking on Ethics, Values and Wellbeing.