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Easter celebrations worldwide range from bloody to benign
Easter Sunday concludes Holy Week, when Christians worldwide celebrate the life of Jesus Christ, his death on the cross and his subsequent…
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Committee forms to oppose Common Core ballot question
BOSTON – Former Fitchburg State University president Robert Antonucci will lead a new committee to fight a ballot question that would allow Massachusetts…
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Greater Boston shows most population gains as rural areas shrink
BOSTON – Most recent population growth in Massachusetts has occurred in Boston and the metro area, while the number of residents in some…
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Baker administration suggests support for hydropower may help stop pipeline
BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker's alternative hydroelectric power bill may take wind out of the sails of proponents for a potential…
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Pipeline builders face off with Bay State homeowners
BOSTON – Hundreds of area residents are threatening to disrupt a proposed gas pipeline project that promises to increase the supply of natural…
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Supreme Court to hear Little Sisters of the Poor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After months of waiting, the international Catholic charity organization Little Sisters of the Poor will have their day in…
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Walsh St. Pat’s video plays off Baker ‘bromance’
BOSTON – Despite their political differences, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh have worked closely together on a number of…
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Boston takes steps to help women start businesses
BOSTON – Although women make up 51 percent of Boston's working population, U.S. Census data shows that about a third…
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Boston tops Northeast for job creation, Gallup says
BOSTON – Greater Boston ranks higher than any other major urban area in the Northeast for job creation, although it is less competitive…
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Boston immigrants drive Hub’s economic vitality, author says
BOSTON – Immigrants are more central than ever to Boston's economy. They make up more than a quarter of city residents…
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New England fishermen fight onerous regulations
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – New England fishermen, already unhappy with strict limits imposed by the federal government on the amount of certain groundfish…
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Harvard undergrads reshape feminism debate
CAMBRIDGE – Earlier this month, more than 100 Harvard University students, both male and female, declared themselves to be feminists at the seventh…
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Assisted suicide bill faces legislative deadline
BOSTON – The clock is ticking to pull the plug or put a bill before Bay State lawmakers that would make physician-assisted suicide…
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Boston activists push for new equal pay law
BOSTON – More than 70 years after Massachusetts made it illegal to pay men and women different rates for the same job, a…
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Carson signs up to lead evangelical voters to polls
Dr. Ben Carson has found a new job. The retired neurosurgeon who officially ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination last…
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Army ordered to back off testing Sikh soldier
WASHINGTON – A serving U.S. Army officer who went to court to keep his beard for religious reasons notched a significant victory…
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Unintended pregnancy rate falls to 30-year low, report shows
BOSTON – Unintended pregnancies in the U.S. fell to the lowest proportion in 30 years across the board, according to an analysis…
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Pro-life advocates urge action
BOSTON – As the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with one of the most significant abortion cases to reach its chambers in…