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Eight Massachusetts High School Football State Championship Games Taking Place This Week

Eight Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association high school football state championships are scheduled to be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough this week. Here is who is playing and when, according to the MIAA's web site:

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Old Rochester Using Genderbread Person To Teach Students There Are Infinite Genders

Gender exists on a spectrum and there are more than two genders, a curriculum at Old Rochester Regional High School says. The 10th-grade health curriculum at Old Rochester uses the genderbread person in its curriculum to teach this claim as fact, as opposed to the common understanding that there are

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Poll: Voters Think Schools Should Inform Parents About Pronoun and Gender Identity Changes

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Chris Christie Says Fellow Candidates Must Attack Trump To Win New Hampshire Primary

Former New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie wants his fellow candidates to focus on attacking only one person in the race:  former President Donald Trump. Christie said it is the only way that someone like himself, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, or Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

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Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Distances Itself From Tribe Member Who Held Up Palestine Flag During Thanksgiving Day Parade

A Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe member held up a Palestine flag on the tribe's float during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday, but the tribe says it takes no position on the Israel-Hamas war. "It's unfortunate that we are

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Joe Biden Spends Thanksgiving In Nantucket, Chanted At By Palestinian Protestors

President Joe Biden celebrated Thanksgiving with his family on Nantucket on Thursday, but was on the receiving end of several chants accusing him of genocide.  One instance took place on Friday, November 24, according to Boston.com. The chant: "Biden, Biden, you can't hide. We charge you

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Boston Globe Hosts Poll On $20-An-Hour Minimum Wage

The Boston Globe published arguments for and against Massachusetts establishing a $20 minimum wage. Julio Mejia, a community organizer for Merrimack Valley Project and a school committee member-elect at the Greater Lawrence Technical School, argues that implementing a $20 minimum wage would signal Massachusett's dedication to equity.

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Dominican Man Pleads Guilty To Counterfeiting U.S. Currency

A Dominican man pleaded guilty in a federal court in Boston this week for his involvement in a conspiracy to sell counterfeit U.S. currency amounting to nearly $150,000. Maximo Morillo, aged 64, pleaded guilty to three charges related to counterfeiting U.S. currency outside the United States and