2024 in Massachusetts
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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Massachusetts.
Incumbents
[edit]State government
[edit]Events
[edit]- March 5 – Super Tuesday:
- May 7 – Police arrest 109 people at a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[2]
- May 10 – Police dismantle encampments and arrest dozens of students protesting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.[3]
- June 16 – Seven people are injured, and one other person is injured while running away in a shooting at a pop-up party in Methuen.[4]
- August 6 – Massachusetts District Judge Richard Stearns rules that Harvard University must face a lawsuit accusing the university of intentionally ignoring requests for safety from Jewish students following "severe and pervasive harassment" on campus, while also calling the university's claims that antisemitic acts are protected under the First Amendment "dubious".[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "What is Super Tuesday and why does it matter?". ABC News. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
- ^ D'Amours, Kristina; MacLean, Duncan (May 7, 2024). "Over 100 arrested at University of Massachusetts pro-Palestinian demonstration". WWLP. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ^ "Dozens arrested at Penn, MIT in latest U.S. crackdowns on Gaza protests". Reuters. May 10, 2024.
- ^ "7 shot when gunfire erupts at a pop-up party in Massachusetts". AP News. June 16, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
- ^ "Harvard University must face lawsuit over antisemitism on campus, judge rules". Reuters. August 6, 2024.