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The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill Thursday allowing people to change their gender on government documents, including retroactively on marriage licenses, State House News Service reported. The bill would require government documents to offer more options for gender besides male and female.
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Governor Maura Healey is moving for the third time in roughly two years, this time to Arlington, a spokesman for Healey told State House News Service. Healey, 52, will be moving in with Joanna Lydgate by August 1, a spokesman said. Healey and Lydgate were the subjects of a Boston
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A boa constrictor is on an escapade in Lexington, reports NBC Boston. The snake, which is thought to be someone's pet, was spotted on Wednesday, July 26. Lexington police released a picture Wednesday night.
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A heat advisory is scheduled to go into effect on Thursday, July 27, with predicted temperatures of near 100 degrees Fahrenheit. "Highs mid 80s to low 90s. Dangerous heat late this week into Saturday. Make sure to stay cool & hydrated!" the National Weather Service office in Norton
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The Boston Red Sox managed to do something last night that hasn't happened since 1884, and it wasn't good. With men on second and first and no outs, Triston Casas hit a long popup that the Atlanta Braves' centerfielder came in to catch on the
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Barack Obama's personal chef, who began cooking in the White House in 2007, drowned near Obama's house on Martha's Vineyard earlier this week. Tafari Campbell, 45, worked as a chef in the White House, starting when George W. Bush was president and continuing there
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A hearing for a Massachusetts legislature bill that would ban so-called "deceptive advertising" by crisis pregnancy centers occurred on Monday, July 24. Myrna Maloney Flynn, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, gave testimony at the hearing. A full transcript provided by the organization is below"
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A black bear went swimming in a Pembroke woman's pool earlier this week, videos from the woman's Ring camera show. The video shows the bear get into the pool much like a human would, before staying for a few minutes and eventually leaving.