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Parent Hires Lawyer
Parent Hires Lawyer
Parent Hires Lawyer
The mother of a student at Hayden-McFadden School in New Bedford has hired a lawyer after she says her daughter was stabbed with a hypodermic needle on school grounds. The claim stems from an incident on August 22, when Michelle Farland's six-year-old daughter came home from school and told her mother another child had poked her in the hand with a needle allegedly found on the playground earlier t
Brigham & Women's Shooting
Brigham & Women's Shooting
Brigham & Women's Shooting
Update:  Police say a doctor was shot inside a prestigious Boston hospital before the gunman killed himself. Boston Police Commissioner William Evans says the physician was shot twice and suffered life-threatening injuries. Evans says police were on the scene at Brigham and Women's Hospital within seconds after getting the first calls at about 11 a.m. Tuesday. Officers conducting a room-by-room se
Ask Me About My Colonoscopy (NOT!)
Ask Me About My Colonoscopy (NOT!)
Ask Me About My Colonoscopy (NOT!)
Waiting to be seen by my doctor, I was sitting elbow to elbow in a packed and tiny doctor's office when the gentleman across from me started his narration with another elderly patient-in-waiting about his recent colonoscopy. I had the sudden urge to chuckle but I held it in...
New Bedford Flu Case Increase
New Bedford Flu Case Increase
New Bedford Flu Case Increase
With the cold weather usually comes an increased chance that you may come down with the flu. Flu cases here on the Southcoast have seen a slight increase this season, and one Southcoast doctor says there are only a few good ways to combat the virus...