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bostonglobe. com > 06/22/2026 > nation > staggering-amounts-fentanyl-hit-streets-dea-watched-took-no-action-records-show

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1419+ words) DEA agents repeatedly monitored shipments of fentanyl pills " but did not seize them " as federal prosecutors sought to bring bigger criminal cases against traffickers of a synthetic opioid that the White House last year designated a " weapon of mass destruction....

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bostonglobe. com > 05/07/2026 > metro > hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak

Could the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak keep spreading? Here's what disease experts say.

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (911+ words) News of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic has drawn worldwide attention. Three passengers on the MV Hondius died in recent weeks, and five other passengers are infected with the virus, according to the…...

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bostonglobe. com > 07/26/2025 > nation > suspect-arrested-in-fatal-university-of-new-mexico-dorm-shooting

Suspect arrested after University of New Mexico dorm shooting leaves 1 dead - The Boston Globe

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (681+ words) University officials lifted a shelter in place order late Friday afternoon, saying there was still an active investigation and that the main campus in Albuquerque would remain closed. They said students were allowed to eat at the dining hall and…...

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bostonglobe. com > 07/25/2025 > nation > university-of-new-mexico-shooting

1 dead, 1 wounded, suspect at large in University of New Mexico dorm shooting - The Boston Globe

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (77+ words) Gunshots were fired at the Casas del Rio dormitory complex, the university said in a statement. The wounded person's injuries were not life-threatening, it said. "Out of an abundance of caution, UNM has closed its Albuquerque central campus," the university…...