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Hull No — Town Meeting Rejects Sanctuary Status

Matthew McDonald

The South Shore town's voters rejected a warrant article that would have instructed local police not to assist federal immigration authorities. The hotly debated measure failed, 101-185.

John Kerry’s New Gig: Yale’s Loss Is Harvard’s Gain
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John Kerry’s New Gig: Yale’s Loss Is Harvard’s Gain

Matthew McDonald

In the never-ending battle to decide which one is less horrendous, Harvard caught a break late this week when Yale made an unforced error and hired John Kerry to some mumbo-jumbo new role.

Yale announced that Kerry, a former Massachusetts lieutenant governor, will be the school's "first-ever Distinguished Fellow for Global Affairs."

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