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MA Patch Daily: Teens with Weapons, OUIs, and Major Heroin Bust

Melrose and Beyond: ex-Mass. man turned terrorist killed in Iraq, school turnover, sobriety checkpoints, crashes, and more.

It has been a fiery hot day for news today around Massachusetts and our editorial team has a slew of new posts and stories up on the 80+ Patch sites across the state. Here are some of the stories we’ve been working on.

The Boston Police, the FBI, and the Suffolk County District Attorney held a press conference earlier today about the police shooting death of Roslindale resident Usaama Rahim this morning (see other posts below).

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Also, MBTA Police arrested this alleged flasher yesterday. More than 10,000 parents in Boston have signed petitions requesting access to higher quality schools. Dias Kadyrbayev, a friend of the convicted Boston Marathon Bomber, gets 72 months in prison for hiding evidence. Want to bea nature detective? Alleged Massachusetts heroin dealers were arrested by the feds after making $100K worth of deals in New Hampshire. When are we all going to be able to eat at Mission on the Bay? A man who allegedly killed a Bentley University student is in court. And police are looking for this woman, disguising herself with tan spray and a wig, for allegedly stealing licenses and checks around the state.

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