Andrea Bryant lives in Bethlehem, about a mile from the landfill there. She doesn’t open her windows at night anymore because she’s often been woken up by a thick stench in her house, though the noise still rouses her most mornings.

Anti-abortion organizations are pushing state lawmakers to promote a controversial and unproven “abortion reversal” treatment — flouting the objections of medical professionals who point out it is not supported by science.

Officials in Washington, California, New York and Massachusetts have announced purchases of mifepristone and misoprostol.

Healey and her running mate, Kim Driscoll, were also one of the two all-women gubernatorial tickets that won election this year.

The complaint against Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and others says they ‘designed and executed a premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme centered on exploiting’ vulnerable asylum-seekers for their own political, personal and financial gain.

Dozens of asylum seekers say they were lured into boarding buses or planes headed to Washington, DC and Martha’s Vineyard with promises of jobs and housing.

‘We will not tolerate the mistreatment of individuals in civil immigration detention or substandard conditions of detention,’ said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Mayor Kim Janey said her administration will be open to those who have felt disconnected from the city’s power structure.

Activists say Amherst didn’t become more than 75% white and just 5% Black by accident.

Experts disagree on whether a COVID-19 surge is looming — but agree that opening indoor dining at 100% capacity is a danger to employees and patrons either way.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke at the White House rally before the violent insurrection at the Capitol, saying ‘we will not quit fighting.’

Also: Michigan health workers will receive implicit bias training, and House Democrats take steps to increase staff diversity.

The Republican Attorneys General Association lashed out at the attorney general of Massachusetts after she called for racial justice.

Also: Virginia decriminalizes marijuana and voter safety wins the day in a couple of key states.

Donald Trump, citing the coronavirus, said he will sign an executive order suspending immigration.

The Trump administration has said that individual states, not the federal government, must do the bulk of the work to get medical equipment.

Trump dismissed Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s concerns this week about not being able to compete with the federal government to secure coronavirus supplies.

Trump said he was being treated worse in the impeachment inquiry than witches in the Salem witch trials.

The Massachusetts Republican Party adopted a Trump-style resolution this week by smearing two Muslim American congresswomen.

After District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ right to not prosecute cases was affirmed, she lamented the “colossal waste of time.”

Democratic-controlled states expanded health care access, made voting easier, and strengthened protections for victims of hate crimes.

Trump is telling ‘racist lies’ and trying to deny a tribe its rights.

Trump’s dare just blew up in his face.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker is openly defying the Trump administration because of its ‘inhumane treatment of children.’