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Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Brockton man mourned after death in Taunton shooting that injured 7 others (nbcboston.com) — A 22-year-old Brockton man, Zirovick Depina, was killed and seven others were wounded during a weekend house-party shooting in nearby Taunton, shaking both his loved ones and neighbors. Friends remembered him as a joyful, open-minded young man, while residents described newfound fear about gatherings and everyday life as investigators continue searching for answers and have not yet announced any arrests.
• As students return to school, a plan to ban cellphones in classrooms languishes on Beacon Hill. Why? (bostonglobe.com) — Brockton families should know their schools are already ahead of Beacon Hill, with Superintendent Priya Tahiliani calling the city's two-year-old classroom cellphone ban a "game changer" for student focus and behavior. As lawmakers debate a statewide requirement without clear funding, Brockton's experience shows both the benefits and costs of locking up phones, while districts elsewhere wait to see what rules they'll have to follow.
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