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September 11, 2001 will forever be remembered as one of the darkest days in American history. It's a day that 2,996 people were killed by radical Islamic terrorists who hijacked planes and commit several attacks. That included hijacking American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175
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There won't be school on the Monday following June 19 in Massachusetts this school year. Apparently, students and staff will get the day off — even if school is in session — since Juneteenth became a statewide holiday this past July. Now, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who is running for re-election in the U.S. Senate this November, received an endorsement from Joe Lieberman, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Connecticut. Lieberman was Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 presidential election. Lieberman's endorsement comes from
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Rayla Campbell is suing the state to try to get on the November ballot to run against U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, according to a news story published Wednesday night. Campbell, who lives in Randolph, came up about 800 votes short of the 2,000 write-ins she needed in the
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said he can't understand why Maine continues to include Massachusetts on its list of travel-restriction states because of coronavirus. "We have the second lowest positive test rate in the country, O.K.? And we are in the top five or six or seven
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker declined to state a position on ranked choice voting Wednesday. A ballot question asking voters if they want to replace the current first-past-the-post system of counting votes with a system that would count the lower choices of some voters in certain elections is set to go
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Rayla Campbell's virtually unprecedented bid to get 2,000 write-in votes to get on the November general election ballot against U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) came up short. The Randolph Republican got 1,202 votes in the Republican primary for the Seventh Congressional District, a spokesman for
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The Massachusetts Republican Party is not happy with the way vote counting has gone in a couple of elections in the state, arguing that it may cost a couple of GOP candidates from making the ballot this November. As of the end of the business day Tuesday, September 8, one
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