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Diner Patrons in Worcester Can’t Stand Elizabeth Warren, Newspaper Finds

Matthew McDonald

"Is she nice?" one 8-year-old girl asked when the topic of presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren came up at the Miss Worcester Diner where she and her mother were eating.

Many people eating at diners in central Massachusetts seem to think not.

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Homeless Woman Calls New City Park Curfew ‘Act of War,’ Cites Illegal Immigrants As Hindrance

Matthew McDonald

A homeless woman who lives in her truck and lives off $750 a month in federal benefits says she plans to sue the city of Milford, Connecticut over a new 9 p.m. closing time at the public park where she stays, which she calls "an act of war."

The woman pays for a membership at a local YMCA so she can use the shower. She sleeps on a mattress in the back of her truck with a propane tank for heat, according to the Connecticut Post.

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