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Matt McDonald, a Boston-area native, has decades of experience as a reporter, editor, and copy editor. His work has appeared in The Mashpee Messenger, Cape Cod News, and The Norfolk Boomerang.
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A pro-life lawyer who helped undermine the legal underpinnings of Roe v. Wade for more than three decades is the main speaker at the annual brunch of the Pro-Life Legal Defense Fund. James Bopp Jr., general counsel of the National Right to Life Committee, is this year's recipient
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James Bopp Jr. has served as General Counsel of the National Right to Life Committee since 1978. He was a major strategist in attacking the legal foundations of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide, until it was overturned in June 2022. He
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Tucker Carlson has left Fox News Channel. Carlson, 53, hosted the network's most recognizable show from Monday, November 14, 2016 until Friday, April 21, 2023.
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NewBostonPost is publishing a regular weekly column on religion. This week's article is below. Toward the end, Jesus cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
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The indictment in New York City of former President Donald Trump hurts the country, said Amy Carnevale, the chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party. "The arraignment today of the former President appears to be based on contrived legal arguments and discredits the notion of judicial integrity and impartiality. The
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All four Roman Catholic diocesan bishops in Massachusetts are allowing Catholics to eat meat on Friday, March 17 even though it's a Friday during Lent. So are all the dioceses elsewhere in New England, except for the Diocese of Providence, which covers the entire state of Rhode Island.
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A West Roxbury state representative is resigning his seat to become head of government affairs for the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council. Edward Coppinger, a Democrat, will become at least the fourth state legislator to take a job with the high-paying nonprofit organization that lobbies on behalf of biotechnology companies in the
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The once-ubiquitous American chestnut tree may be making a comeback starting this summer, as scientists get ready to release a new genetically engineered version designed to resist blight. The blight, which came from Asia, appeared in the United States in 1904, and wiped out more than 98 percent of chestnut