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Patti Saris Transitioning To Senior Judge In Fed Court
By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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Cartoonist Who Forged Classic Norman Rockwell Painting Left Kids A Huge Payoff When They Found The Original
A Vermont cartoonist who forged a copy of an original Norman Rockwell painting so he could keep the original from his wife's divorce lawyer ended up leaving his adult children a multi-million-dollar payoff years after his death. Don Trachte, who died in 2005 at age 89, displayed the
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Audit-The Legislature Campaign Says It Submitted Enough Signatures To Make November 2024 Ballot
Massachusetts state auditor Diane DiZoglio's campaign to put a ballot question before voters next year giving the auditor explicit authority to audit the state legislature says it submitted more than enough signatures to meet a crucial deadline. DiZoglio and what State House News Service called "her hodgepodge
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Kicker Who Missed Extra Point To Tie Makes Field Goal To Win, As Duxbury Edges Marshfield In Thanksgiving Rivalry
Duxbury (10-1) defeated Marshfield (9-3) in a dramatic 23-21 rivalry game on Thanksgiving Day. Duxbury was down seven points in the third quarter, but scored a touchdown to almost tie it – only to have its placekicker, Gavin Hammond, miss the extra point.
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Drop Charges Against Julian Assange, Say Two Massachusetts Congressmen and Several Conservative Colleagues
Two Massachusetts members of Congress who are among the most left-leaning on Capitol Hill have joined several conservative Republicans in calling on the Biden administration to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange, 52, a native of Australia, has been in prison in England since 2019 while fighting extradition
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Healey Administration Recommends Public Colleges In Massachusetts Join Abortion Provider Trade Association
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is recommending public colleges and universities join a national trade association for abortion providers. It's one of the suggestions the state agency made in a 47-page blueprint made public Wednesday that is designed to help public schools of higher learning "to
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Illegal Immigrant Child Rapist Arrested On Martha’s Vineyard
Deportation officers from Boston's Enforcement and Removal Operations arrested a 37-year-old Brazilian national near his West Tisbury home last week. Saulo Cardoso Ferreira, convicted of raping a 5-year-old child in his home country, had fled Brazil after being handed a 14-year sentence and was wanted by Brazilian authorities,
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RFK Jr. Addresses JFK Assassination
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighed in on the assassination of his uncle ahead of the 60-year anniversary of the event. John F. Kennedy, who was president at the time, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
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