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Top Boston news: 150 displaced by apartment fire; hearing set in suit over state vaping product ban

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Published on October 14, 2019
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Wilmington High School senior dedicates memorial to MIT police officer killed after 2013 Marathon bombings

A lasting memorial was dedicated Saturday to fallen MIT police officer Sean Collier who was killed by the Tsarnaev brothers after the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.

Read the full story on WBZ | CBS Boston.

Boston uses chemical warfare tool to help detect fentanyl

A small tool called the MX908 can test trace drug samples for evidence of fentanyl and other deadly chemicals. The mass spectrometer was initially marketed to military and hazmat crews fighting bioterrorism.

Read the full story on NPR.

Gas explosion, fire displaces 150 people

No injuries were reported at the 40-unit residential building in the Mattapan neighborhood Saturday afternoon.

Read the full story on Boston Globe.

Hearing set in suit challenging state’s vaping products ban

A federal judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of vaping products. 

Read the full story on 7News - WHDH Boston.


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