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Debating terrorism and Campaign 2016
NewBostonPost Editor Jennifer Braceras debated terrorism and Campaign 2016 with Kevin Franck Friday on NECN.
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Mass. teen killed in Israel terror attack
A teenager from Sharon, Mass., was one of three people murdered in Israel on Thursday afternoon when a Palestinian man attacked cars stuck in traffic in the West Bank. Ezra Schwartz, 18, a recent high school graduate, was spending a "gap year" in Israel studying and performing community
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The NewBostonPost Holiday Photo Contest is here!
Are you ready for the holidays? Share your photos with us – it could be delicious food or home decorations, Christmas trees or Menorahs. Just post your photos on your Facebook/Instagram page by Dec. 16, tag us @NewBostonPost and use the hashtag #NewBostonPost. Or you can send it to anna.
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Baker tops nation’s governors in voter approval ratings
BOSTON – Bay State Gov. Charlie Baker is the most popular governor in the nation, according to a poll released Friday by Morning Consult, a media and polling company in Washington. Baker, a Republican elected last year, enjoys a 74 percent approval rating, the company said, citing a poll of 1,
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Worcester weapons theft suspect collared in New York, FBI says
BOSTON – A man accused of child rape in May was named in an FBI affidavit Wednesday as a suspect in the theft of six M4 automatic rifles and 10 military pistols from a U.S. Army Reserve center in Worcester last weekend. Authorities apprehended the man, James W. Morales, hours
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Mass. Senate approves sex ed bill
BOSTON — The Democratic-controlled state Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of An Act Relative to Healthy Youth (S 2048), a measure to require school districts that provide sex education lessons to formulate those lessons based on the Massachusetts Health Curriculum Framework. The bill, which passed the Senate 32-6, does
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Transgender ‘Bathroom Bill’ wins DeLeo’s support
BOSTON – A measure ensuring access to restrooms and other public facilities for transgender people, known to some as the Bathroom Bill, won the backing of Speaker Robert DeLeo Tuesday, although the leader of the House of Representatives said a vote on the bill may not occur until 2016, if at
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Say it ain’t so, Big Papi! Ortiz to retire
BOSTON – Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, whose clutch hitting led to the team's first World Series championship in 86 years and then two more, plans to make next season his farewell tour, FoxSports.com reported Tuesday. The designated hitter for the Red Sox, who turns 40 years of