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July 9, 2026 MassLive.com Latest Headlines Entertainment Hit ‘80s singer dies unexpectedly at 75: ‘Heartbroken’ The Grammy-nominated singer scored a No. 1 hit in 1983. By Geoff Herbert | gherbert@syracuse.com Read more News Western Massachusetts In copyright claim against Anthropic, local author trying to pull off a ‘Leeroy Jenkins’ About two decades before, the Easthampton man co-wrote a book titled “Hacking World of Warcraft,” which he says ended up in the tranche of books used to train the Claude large language model. By Daniel Jackson | djackson@repub.com MORE    News Newburyport welcomes 80K baby oysters as a secret weapon against pollution Grain-sized shellfish have arrived in Newburyport with a massive mission: filter 4 million gallons of water daily. And they can keep doing it for three decades. By Liesel Nygard | LNygard@masslive.com MORE    Entertainment Country music star announces return to touring: ‘See y’all on the road’ The 42-year-old singer stepped away in June. By Brian Linder | blinder@pennlive.com MORE    See more news Sports Patriots Bo Bichette recalls playing baseball with ‘specimen’ A.J. Brown — and has unique way of keeping tabs on Patriots WR Before becoming an NFL star, A.J. Brown was Mississippi's top ranked outfielder. He and Bo Bichette faced 95 mph fastballs as teammates in the 2015 All-American Game at Wrigley Field. By Chris Mason | cmason@masslive.com MORE    Red Sox Red Sox may have gotten lucky with two injured players Two Red Sox players were forced from the game in the third inning, but neither is expected to miss much time. By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com MORE    Red Sox Why Red Sox manager Chad Tracy isn’t as surprised as others with rookie starter’s performance The Red Sox starting rotation is deep and talented. But right now, no one is throwing better than Jake Bennett. By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com MORE