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In this still photo provided by Ethereal Films, Brenda Hampton attends the National PFAS Conference, in Boston, in June 2019. Hampton, a mother and grandmother, who believes tainted water led to her kidney problems, found that PFAS seemed to be in everything, including fast food packaging. Concerned that her children were ingesting the chemicals as they ate french fries and burgers, she joined the fight to get it banned from McDonald's. (Elijah Yetter-Bowman/Ethereal Films via AP)

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Pressure growing to remove PFAS from fast food wrappers
By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press
Wed,06/01/22-10:13AM , 282 Reads
BOSTON (AP) — Brenda Hampton first came across the toxic industrial compound PFAS after finding it was part of the cocktail of contaminants that tainted the drinking water in her North Alabama community.
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Chris Rock, center, arrives at the Wilbur Theater before a performance, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Chris Rock takes to comedy mic, still processing Oscars slap
By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press
Wed,03/30/22-4:11PM , 413 Reads
BOSTON (AP) — Chris Rock received several standing ovations before he told one joke Wednesday at his first comedy show since Will Smith slapped him in the face onstage at the Oscars.
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Tilicia Owens and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, center, listen to Detroit Water and Sewerage Department director Gary Brown in her basement Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Detroit. They discussed the city’s $15 million effort to provide flood prevention pumps and other equipment in 11 neighborhoods. Part of the money will come from the $350 billion Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds which can be used by states, counties and cities to recover from the pandemic and can be used for everything from job creation to child care to housing. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Affordable housing, long overlooked, getting federal boost
By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press
Fri,03/25/22-10:24AM , 396 Reads
BOSTON (AP) — After her home flooded five times in the past year, Tilicia Owens was on edge with every impending storm and ready to leave her Detroit neighborhood behind.
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Boston's indoor mask mandate for businesses is lifted
By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press
Sat,03/05/22-7:30AM , 401 Reads
BOSTON (AP) — A city order that required people to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces in Boston, including restaurants, shops, museums and entertainment venues, was lifted Saturday.
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