Massachusetts home sales up 10 percent through November

Massachusetts home sales up 10 percent through November

STATE HOUSE — Despite brutal winter weather that delayed the start of the usual home-buying season, 2015 has featured an historic burst of growth in the housing market, analysts said in a report released Tuesday morning.

Adding to the already positive year for the housing market, November home sales in Massachusetts were up more than 10 percent over the same month last year, according to the Warren Group's report.

US official: Airstrikes have killed 10 Islamic State leaders
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US official: Airstrikes have killed 10 Islamic State leaders

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and coalition airstrikes killed 10 Islamic State leaders over the past month, including several linked to the Paris attacks or other plots against the West, a U.S. military official in Iraq said Tuesday.

U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren told Pentagon reporters that the militants were killed mainly by drone strikes in Iraq and Syria. He offered few details, but said at least two of those killed were linked to the Paris attacks.

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