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September 15, 2026 MassLive.com Latest Headlines Business GOP gubernatorial nominee Michael Minogue talks AI, lackluster job growth, and sparking a new manufacturing boom Michael Minogue proposes leveraging AI and robotics to revive manufacturing in Massachusetts. By Scott Kirsner | SKirsner@masslive.com Read more News News Georgia’s youngest mayor removed from office after investigation into conduct A Georgia city removed Mayor Jayden Williams after investigators reviewed allegations involving city spending and communications with an 18-year-old. By Chris Pugh, cleveland.com MORE    Lottery Powerball: See the winning numbers in Monday’s $251 million drawing Check your numbers to see if you hit it big in Monday's jackpot. By National Desk MORE    Boston Ex-Catholic priest convicted after 2002 clergy child sexual abuse scandal dies in prison Ronald Paquin, a defrocked Catholic priest who was convicted of sexually abusing boys in Massachusetts and Maine following a 2002 scandal, died in prison on Friday. By Susannah Sudborough | SSudborough@masslive.com MORE    See more news Sports Patriots Why the loss of A.J. Brown sets Patriots offense back to square one | Karen Guregian No matter which way you slice it, loss of A.J. Brown is devastating. By Karen Guregian | KGuregian@masslive.com MORE    Sports Stephen A. Smith, Finebaum slam Steve Sarkisian over Holly Rowe diss: ‘He treated her like trash’ The two analysts didn't hold back in going after the Texas coach. By Mark Heim | mheim@al.com MORE    News Patriots owner Robert Kraft says Macklemore’s pro-Palestine comments led to Ed Sheeran tour split Macklemore was set to open for Ed Sheeran at Gillette Stadium and other tour stops, but says Patriots owner Robert Kraft helped push him off the lineup because of his pro-Palestine views. By Liesel Nygard | LNygard@masslive.com MORE