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The Revolutionary War began April 19, 1775 with the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. That's a gap of 442 days.
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Is former President Donald Trump pro-life? Sadly no. He doesn't support the heartbeat bill law in Florida (which allows for abortion for six weeks too many), and he doesn't think the federal government should restrict the gestational limit on abortion.
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) is running for a third term in the United States Senate and is expected to win with ease. Sabato's Crystal Ball rates the seat as safe Democratic, and there's no reason to believe she'll lose this time. She
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King: A Life by Jonathan Egg Macmillan Publishers May 2023 557 pages Most Americans know something about Martin Luther King Jr. After all, in 1983 a federal holiday was named after him to celebrate his remarkable life and positive impact on the nation. Only one other American has had a
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The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind by Joseph Nocera and Bethany Lee McLean Penguin Random House 448 pages October 2023 This book describes the business aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the problems that resulted in multiple failures, both in
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If the Massachusetts House of Representatives has its way, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will ban schools from having American Indian mascots. This wouldn't happen because of a bill that made its way through the legislative process. Instead, the House wants to force its will onto municipalities on this
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The Massachusetts legislature and Governor Maura Healey put a new restriction on the state's emergency shelter system, but it won't fix the problem. While pouring another $426 million into the system, on Thursday state legislators and the governor also imposed a nine-month limit on how long
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Massachusetts state legislators are working on yet another bloated budget, this time for the upcoming fiscal year 2025. With more than $57.9 billion in the proposed House budget and various non-monetary provisions, state legislators do not seem interested in embracing fiscal responsibility anytime soon.
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