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BOSTON (AP) — Boston marked the third anniversary of the deadly 2013 marathon bombings Friday with subdued, silent remembrances. Victims' families laid wreaths at the spots where two pressure cooker bombs detonated near the Boylston Street finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260.
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FALL RIVER – Amazon.com – the world's largest retailer – is just months away from opening a new distribution center in Fall River, pumping at least $50 million into the project and delivering hundreds of new jobs to the beleaguered mill city. "I think it's a wonderful
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Following the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013, many people worked through their grief, and placed the events of that day into larger context, with photography, painting, poetry and other creative endeavors.
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BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker cut short his remarks Wednesday night at a networking event for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people after the crowd began to heckle the governor over his refusal to take a stand on the so-called "bathroom bill" that would assure transgender persons' access
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A Brookings Institution study made headlines in January when it found that Boston has the worst income inequality of any major American city. In doing so, the study obscured the far more punishing reality of Massachusetts cities outside Boston, which have seen far less economic growth and today resemble the
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BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey, named in a lawsuit by a band of pro-Common Core plaintiffs who allege she erred in certifying an initiative petition that would let voters decide whether to keep the controversial standards or revert to Massachusetts' own pre-2010 frameworks, has responded with a court filing
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BOSTON – A slim majority of voters support expanding the cap on charter schools in Massachusetts, a new poll shows. The survey from the Western New England University Polling Institute suggests a proposed ballot question to allow up to 12 new charter schools or expansions each year would pass, if it
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BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker won't be joining his party in Cleveland this summer. The Republican National Convention convenes in Ohio's second-biggest city in July to nominate a presidential candidate in what promises to be a messy floor fight pitting New York billionaire Donald Trump against
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