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Up in the polls, Elizabeth Warren didn’t take it easy on John Deaton, and what else we learned from the week’s debates

Massachusetts voters this week had two chances to watch candidates duke it out as they compete for the only statewide race on the ballot.

Senator Elizabeth Warren said she would be willing to reconsider the same border bill she voted against this year

“If it’s the same exact bill, then I’ll certainly take a hard look at it, especially if it’s not already dead,” Warren said during a debate Thursday night.

Worcester father charged with assault in 4-year-old daughter’s beating death, prosecutors say

Francisco Ortiz, 34, was ordered held, pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Wednesday, prosecutors said.

POST Commission expands power to audit police departments

The Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission expanded its powers to oversee the state’s police departments Thursday morning, including the ability to audit how agencies investigate their own officers.

Experts warn Boston’s future financial woes are more dire than Wu says

In a hearing, they argued that declining commercial property values pose a much more longterm threat to Boston’s future financial stability than Mayor Michelle Wu has acknowledged.

Karen Read case cost State Police more than $250,000

The State Police security involved uniformed troopers monitoring the crowds who came out in support of Read, as well as counter protestors.

After man with special needs is attacked in a park, residents in Danvers voice concern about dangerous teenagers

The victim, Chris Anderson, spoke about the attack before the Danvers Select Board Tuesday night.

Man who killed parents, sister in Rochester in 1993 denied parole for second time

He became eligible for parole after the state Supreme Judicial Court ruled in 2013 that it was unconstitutional to sentence juveniles convicted of first-degree murder to life without the possibility of release.