School bus catches fire on Massachusetts expressway

These Massachusetts cities set new temperature records on Wednesday

At least two Massachusetts cities experienced new record high temperatures on Wednesday amid a sweltering heat wave, including Boston, where a century-old record fell.The record-high temperature for the city on June 19 was set in 1923 at 96 degrees. But, on Wednesday, temperatures reached 98 degrees, breaking the previous record and setting a new high for the date going back to 1872.

School bus catches fire on Massachusetts expressway

Four people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation in Boston on Monday, June 17, after a school bus caught fire on a major highway in the area, local media reported.

House Passes Bill to Prevent Opioid-related Overdose Deaths – Beacon Hill Times

Special to the Times The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a wide-ranging opioid bill which covers the licensure of recovery coaches, makes opioid overdose reversal drugs more accessible, protects harm reduction providers, and removes barriers that new mothers in recovery face at the time they give birth.  “As families across Massachusetts know all too well, the impact of opioid addiction can be utterly devastating for the individual…