If you’ve recently experienced severe itching after stopping an oral allergy medication, you’re not alone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that patients who are no longer taking cetirizine (Zyrtec) or levocetirizine (Xyzal) after long-term use “may experience rare but severe itching.”Between April...
A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a stabbing that occurred in a South Shore city Monday night.Police responded to a reported stabbing in the area of 1615 Commercial St. in Weymouth around 8:30 p.m. on June 30, according to the Weymouth Police...
It would not be the Fourth of July without the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., and the 2025 edition taking place on Friday has a little added drama, as world-record holder Joey Chestnut returns to the stage...
The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the newspaper’s leadership and not necessarily those of MassLive. Readers are invited to share their opinions by emailing to letters@repub.com.The German Gerena Community School on Birnie Avenue...
As Joey Chestnut makes his return to Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Friday, a Massachusetts resident is hoping to beat him out. Geoffrey Esper, of Oxford, is Major League Eating’s No. 2-ranked eater in the world. He placed second in the 2023 Hot Dog Eating...
Massachusetts police departments are asking residents to not call 911 to report illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July. But there are numbers you can call to report the illegal activity. Fireworks in Massachusetts are illegal without licensing and certification. State law mandates that police...
Get the Fourth of July started with some baseball happening down in Washington D.C. as the Boston Red Sox visit the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.The game is scheduled to start at 11:05 a.m. EDT and will be broadcast on MLB Network, NESN and MASN....
Dear Eric: This is regarding “Also an Animal Lover,” whose neighbor was feeding wild animals in her backyard. I lived next door to a woman who would feed deer, and one day my wife counted 32 deer in our backyard ravaging our flowers and bushes....
WILBRAHAM — In 2017, Dr. Erkan Mutlukan, an ophthalmologist, faced possible discipline from the United Kingdom’s General Medical Council. Patients and colleagues complained that he was threatening, rude and dismissive. The doctor would later face similar complaints while practicing in Wilbraham — when the dark...
Tears started rolling down Allen Alston‘s face at the mention of his mother, who died in July 2024. But Alston couldn’t reach up to wipe them away — his hands remained tightly shackled to his waist. On Wednesday, Alston, 47, appeared in front of the...
