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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) outside the Capitol Washington. A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates says the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind the DACA program “was unlawful and must be set aside.” (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Judge rules against Trump on DACA

by Staff Report April 24, 2018

Bryon Hefner appears at his arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on Tuesday with his attorney, Tracy Miner, left. Hefner, the estranged husband of former Senate president Stanley Rosenberg, D-Amherst, pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault, disseminating images of a naked person without consent, and criminal lewdness.

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Bryon Hefner, estranged husband of state Sen. Stanley Rosenberg, denies sexual assault and other charges

by M.J. Tidwell @mjtidwell781April 24, 2018

This fire at 25 Fort St. was ignited by a brush fire, according to a Northampton fire official.

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Burning brush said cause of Northampton house fire Tuesday

by Bera Dunau @BeraDunau, and Sarah Robertson @BeraDunauApril 24, 2018

In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 photo, Brewvino Owner and Manager Jordan Chronister talks about renovations that will be made following Brewvino, LLC.’s acquisition of Grandview Golf Club, in York, Pa. The golf club is apologizing for calling police on a group of black women after Chronister and his father said they were playing too slowly. The women were playing at the club on Saturday, April 21.

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Black woman golfer: It was like we had targets on our backs

by Staff Report April 24, 2018

Lisa Quinones—SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Mount Holyoke College makes interim president Sonya Stephens its permanent leader

by Dusty Christensen @dustyc123April 24, 2018

Amherst Town Hall

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UMass students OK with election schedule as it stands

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterApril 24, 2018

Officials carry a body into a vehicle after a van mounted a sidewalk crashing into pedestrians in Toronto on Monday, April 23, 2018. The rented van jumped onto the crowded sidewalk Monday, killing and injuring people before the driver fled and was quickly arrested in a confrontation with police, Canadian authorities said.

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Motive elusive after van driver kills 10 on Toronto sidewalk

by Charmaine Noronha Associated PressApril 24, 2018

Hadley Police Chief Michael Mason apologized to anyone who was offended by an inadvertent Facebook post on the department’s Facebook page over the weekend. In the post, an officer shared a photo from another Facebook page which questioned the response people had regarding the recent arrest of two African-American men in a Philadelphia Starbucks versus the recent murders of two Florida deputies who were shot while eating at a restaurant. The officer meant to post to his personal Facebook page, Mason said.

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Post on Hadley PD’s Facebook page causes flap

by Emily Cutts @ecutts_HGApril 24, 2018

U.S. Air Force veteran Kevin O'Brien, 28, of Belchertown, left, and his mother and caregiver Betty O'Brien talk about potentially installing a gazebo at the back of the house April 20, 2018. Kevin O'Brien was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in November 2013 and, years later, underwent surgery that left him with handicapped with impaired motor skills.

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Belchertown mother advocates for military caregivers like herself

by Sarah Robertson Staff WriterApril 24, 2018

The CEO of a methadone clinic holds a 35 mg liquid dose of methadone in Rossville, Georgia, March 7, 2017. The drug is the oldest and most effective of approved medications used to treat opioid addiction, but Medicare doesn’t cover it.

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Opioid treatment gap in Medicare: methadone clinics

by Carla K. Johnson AP Medical WriterApril 24, 2018