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Federal immigration authorities deported a 23-year-old illegal immigrant from Brazil who was wanted by police in his home country for attempted homicide. Felipe Augusto De Oliveira was sent to Brazil on July 26 and was met there by Brazilian authorities, according to the Boston office of Enforcement and Removal Operations,
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A member of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary's board of trustees plans to speak at an Evangelicals For Harris online event this week. The coalition, which supports the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, is hosting a Zoom event at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 14.
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Massachusetts state legislators filed a bill in the name of rights for homosexuals and transgender people that would also result in lighter criminal penalties for bestiality. State representatives Jack Lewis (D-Framingham) and Samantha Montaño (D-Jamaica Plain) filed "An Act Repealing Homophobic and Transphobic Laws" (H.1618).
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Gun owners who oppose a firearms law enacted in Massachusetts last month hope to persuade the state's voters to repeal it in November 2026. Jim Wallace, executive director of Gun Owners' Action League, said his organization has filed a petition seeking a referendum on the law, which
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service Steward Health Care chief exeuctive officer Ralph de la Torre was on vacation two weeks ago when his company revealed that it planned to close two hospitals in Massachusetts, but he didn't have a hand in the decision or any
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Would you like the autograph from Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey? Or do you know someone who wants her autograph?
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Former President Donald Trump probably won't win New Hampshire this upcoming November, according to one election forecaster. Sabato's Crystal Ball recently changed three of its electoral college projections, including the one for New Hampshire. It changed New Hampshire from leans Democratic to likely Democratic, Minnesota from
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A Democratic candidate running to represent the 25th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives identifies as neither a man nor a woman. Evan MacKay, a Democrat from Cambridge, uses they/them pronouns and identifies as genderqueer. The candidate is primarying incumbent state representative Marjorie Decker (D-Cambridge).
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