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Tom Joyce is a seasoned journalist and political commentator with a rich background in covering politics, sports, and pop culture. Since 2019, Tom has been a prominent contributor to NewBostonPost.
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U.S. immigration authorities have arrested an illegal immigrant accused of raping a teen-age girl at a migrant shelter in Rockland earlier this year, almost seven weeks after a Massachusetts judge refused to honor a detainer request. Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston, a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arrested
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Early voting in the Massachusetts statewide primary begins next week. Early voting starts on Saturday, August 24, and is scheduled to continue daily until Friday, August 30. There will be no in-person voting on Saturday, August 31 through Monday, September 2.
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Federal immigration authorities deported a 23-year-old illegal immigrant from Brazil who was wanted by police in his home country for attempted homicide. Felipe Augusto De Oliveira was sent to Brazil on July 26 and was met there by Brazilian authorities, according to the Boston office of Enforcement and Removal Operations,
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A member of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary's board of trustees plans to speak at an Evangelicals For Harris online event this week. The coalition, which supports the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, is hosting a Zoom event at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 14.
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Massachusetts state legislators filed a bill in the name of rights for homosexuals and transgender people that would also result in lighter criminal penalties for bestiality. State representatives Jack Lewis (D-Framingham) and Samantha Montaño (D-Jamaica Plain) filed "An Act Repealing Homophobic and Transphobic Laws" (H.1618).
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Would you like the autograph from Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey? Or do you know someone who wants her autograph?
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Former President Donald Trump probably won't win New Hampshire this upcoming November, according to one election forecaster. Sabato's Crystal Ball recently changed three of its electoral college projections, including the one for New Hampshire. It changed New Hampshire from leans Democratic to likely Democratic, Minnesota from
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A Democratic candidate running to represent the 25th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives identifies as neither a man nor a woman. Evan MacKay, a Democrat from Cambridge, uses they/them pronouns and identifies as genderqueer. The candidate is primarying incumbent state representative Marjorie Decker (D-Cambridge).