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Vivek Ramaswamy To Stop Running TV Commercials In New Hampshire

If you stop seeing television commercials from one Republican presidential candidate, that is no mistake. Ohio entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is no longer running television ads less than one month away from the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire primary.

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Border Patrol Pleads For Help As Record Number of People Flood Southern Borders

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Transgender Track Runner Wins New Hampshire Event At 15-Team Meet

A male runner won an event at a high school girls' track meet in New Hampshire last week. Kearsarge Regional (North Sutton, New Hampshire) sophomore Maelle Jacques, a boy who identifies as transgender, won the high jump (5 feet) at a 15-team meet at Dartmouth College on December 17,

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Maura Healey Wishes Massachusetts A Happy Kwanzaa

Maura Healey took to X (formerly Twitter) today to wish Massachusetts a happy Kwanzaa.  "Happy Kwanzaa, Massachusetts! Sending my warmest wishes for a happy holiday and light, love, and unity in the year ahead," Healey wrote on Tuesday, December 26.

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Massachusetts Unemployment Remains Under 3 Percent

The Massachusetts unemployment rate saw a slight increase in November, reaching 2.9 percent, up from the revised October rate of 2.8 percent, according to State House News Service. Despite this uptick, the state has maintained a jobless rate below 3 percent for the seventh consecutive month. In comparison,

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New Hampshire Primary Now Just Four Weeks Away

The New Hampshire presidential primary is now just four weeks away. The primary is set to take place on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, eight days after the Iowa Caucuses.

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Boston Globe Columnist Defends Boston Mayor’s ‘Electeds of Color’ Party

A Boston Globe columnist is defending Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's "Electeds of Color" party. "There was outrage when the invite mistakenly went out to the entire Boston City Council, not just the six councilors of color," the Boston Globe's Shirley Leung wrote

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Western Massachusetts Police Chief Apologizes For School Search For Explicit Book ‘Gender Queer’

When Great Barrington police received a call earlier this month that a middle school teacher had handed students a book depicting animated sex acts, a plainclothes officer visited the school. The officer could not locate the book. Now, the department is apologizing for sending anyone at all.