Mark Pratt, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

An empty miniature bottle that once contained liquor rests on a street near a sidewalk, Monday, April 3, 2023, in Boston. A Boston city councilor has proposed barring city liquor stores from selling the single-serve bottles that hold 100 milliliters or less of booze both as a way to address alcohol abuse and excessive litter. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Bottle battle: Boston talks of banning tiny bottles of booze

by Mark Pratt Associated PressApril 6, 2023

BOSTON — The little bottles of booze at Huntington Wine and Liquor are displayed prominently at the front counter of the Boston store, some stacked neatly in display cases, others tossed haphazardly in trays.Steven Rubin, whose family has owned the…

This undated photo shows great white shark Turbo. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy identified 55 new individual sharks in Cape Cod waters during its most recent research season.

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Researchers document 55 more white sharks in Cape Cod waters

by Mark Pratt Associated PressMarch 17, 2023

An intense debate at Wellesley College over who should be admitted to the women’s school has intensified with students approving a referendum to allow the admission of transgender men and nonbinary people.

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Wellesley students call for admission of trans men

by Mark Pratt Associated PressMarch 15, 2023

This image provided by Simik Ghookasian shows passengers and crew members restraining a man who according to federal authorities tried to open an airliner’s emergency door and tried to stab a flight attendant on a weekend flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Sunday, March 5, 2023. Simik Ghookasian, a passenger, said in a telephone interview that he was seated several rows behind the suspect, identified by federal authorities as Francisco Severo Torres, when he heard a commotion....

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Passenger: Teamwork needed to restrain threatening man on flight

by Mark Pratt Associated PressMarch 7, 2023

The deck of Titanic 12,500 feet below the surface of the ocean, 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada in 1986. Rare and in some cases never before publicly seen video of the dive was released on Wednesday.

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It was ‘haunting’: Ballard recalls mission to Titanic site

by Rodrique Ngowi Associated Press, and Mark Pratt Associated PressFebruary 15, 2023

Brian Walshe, left, listens during his arraignment Wednesday in Quincy District Court on charges of murdering his wife, Ana Walshe.

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Murder suspect’s online searches detailed in court

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJanuary 18, 2023

FILE — Dr. Roger Kligler sits during a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, that allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses is not protected by the state constitution. The suit was originally filed in 2016 by Kligler and Dr. Alan Steinbach. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool, File)

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High court rules against medically assisted death

by Mark Pratt Associated PressDecember 19, 2022

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Sex offender charged in death of Chicopee girl in 1966

by Mark Pratt Associated PressNovember 3, 2022

This image provided by Dan Vitale shows a U.S. flag signed by quarterback Tom Brady. Vitale, the owner of the flag, sued the New England Patriots on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, saying the team caused irreparable damage to the flag by improperly displaying it at the team's hall of fame at Gillette Stadium. The suit contends that after the flag had been on display for a couple of months, Brady’s signature written in blue Sharpie had significantly faded, which reduced the flag’s value by...

Fan sues Patriots, says they ruined his Brady-signed flag

by Mark Pratt Associated PressOctober 7, 2022

FILE - Students walk on the Northeastern University campus in Boston on Jan. 31, 2019. A Northeastern University employee who said he was injured when a package he was opening on the Boston campus exploded last month was charged Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, with fabricating the incident. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi, File)

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Ex-Northeastern employee charged in campus bomb hoax

by Mark Pratt Associated Press, and Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressOctober 4, 2022