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Cape County Commissioners May Declare August Seal-and-Shark Awareness Month

John Cronin

Barnstable County Commissioners worried about shark attacks this summer are going to consider declaring August "Cape Cod Seal and Shark Public Awareness Month."

Two serious shark attacks last year took place on the Outer Cape. In one, on August 15, 2018, a man was bitten and seriously injured by a great white shark not far off a beach in Truro. On September 15, 2018, a man was attacked and killed by a great white shark off a beach in Wellfleet.

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Ayanna Pressley Introduces Bill To Abolish Federal Death Penalty

John Cronin

U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) has filed a bill that would abolish the federal death penalty for current and future capital crimes – including Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced this past week that the federal government plans to resume executions in federal capital cases.

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